[TheClimate.Vote] April 16, 2017 - Daily Global Warming News

Richard Pauli richard at theclimate.vote
Sun Apr 16 09:58:04 EDT 2017


/April 16, 2017 /

http://www.newsweek.com/quora-question-how-climate-change-affecting-us-now-583329


    Quora Question: How Is*Climate Change* Affecting Us Now?
    <http://www.newsweek.com/quora-question-how-climate-change-affecting-us-now-583329>(Newsweek)
    <http://www.newsweek.com/quora-question-how-climate-change-affecting-us-now-583329>
    <http://www.newsweek.com/quora-question-how-climate-change-affecting-us-now-583329>

Newsweek 	 -‎1 hour ago‎ 	

	
	
	

    *REGIONAL CONFLICTS:* Climate change has increased drought in the
    middle east, and has contributed to the rise of ISIS and the
    destabilization of the middle east playing out now. This in turn has
    led to the millions of Syrian and other refugees in temporary
    refugee camps in countries outside of the worst impacted areas and
    the hundreds of thousands of refugees attempting to get to Europe
    and often drowning. Researchers Link Syrian Conflict to a Drought
    Made Worse by Climate Change.
    *MIAMI IS SINKING:* Many parts of Miami are already experiencing sea
    water welling up from under foot at king tides and some are
    experiencing regular flooding at merely high tides. This is with the
    relatively small amount of sea level rise already experienced. This
    is an indicator of what is to come. Miami Is Sinking Into the
    Sea—But Not Without a Fight.
    *FARMERS ARE UNDER STRESS:* Farmers are already adapting to changes
    in climate, but not without impacts. There is already an increase in
    frequency and severity of drought and heavy rains, extremes which
    make getting crops difficult. Already crops are shifting north in
    the northern hemisphere. Climate Impacts in the Midwest: Becoming
    More Resilient.
    *PINE BEETLE DEVASTATING FORESTS:* The Pine Beetle has shifted its
    range further north with increasingly warm climates in North
    America, moving into Canada and devastating extremely large areas of
    pine forest. This has caused significant economic and environmental
    fallout. The Bug That's Eating the Woods
    *WILDFIRES ARE INCREASING:* Wildfires are becoming more frequent,
    more severe and covering more ground due to climate change. This is
    killing people, burning communities out, reducing air quality
    substantially over major areas of continents and costing quite a lot
    to deal with. Is Global Warming Fueling Increased Wildfire Risks?
    *INSURANCE PREMIUMS ARE UP:* Insurance companies have been paying
    out a lot more in claims due to climate change, and in return have
    been changing their premium structures and rates. They have seen a
    statistically clear indication of climate change in terms of extreme
    weather events which cause significant economic damage. Extreme
    weather forces insurers to adapt and lobby for change.
    *HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS ARE ALREADY DYING ANNUALLY:* A UN
    organization tasked with monitoring the impacts of climate change
    calculates that climate change is already causing 400,000 premature
    deaths a year. CLIMATE VULNERABILITY MONITOR.
    *PERMAFROST IS MELTING:* Northern communities and physical
    infrastructure is built on permanently frozen ground, which if
    melted is a quagmire. Melting of this permafrost is already
    occurring, destroying buildings and infrastructure such as roads.
    Permafrost warming in parts of Alaska 'is accelerating' - BBC News.
    *JELLYFISH BLOOMS ARE CAUSING DAMAGE: *Jellyfish are enjoying the
    warmer oceans, and increasing substantially in range and numbers.
    They are clogging thermal power plant intakes causing the plants to
    shut down and destroying fish farms. Massive Swarms of Jellyfish Are
    Wreaking Havoc on Fish Farms and Power Plants.
    *TORNADOES ARE INCREASING AND SHIFTING RANGE:* Tornadoes are
    clustering, increasing in destructive power and being seen further
    north and in different times of the year. This is one of the
    predictions of climate change models and appears to be playing out.
    Communities with no tornado warnings or experience in dealing with
    them are being hit. New U.S. tornado trend is worrisome.

http://www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-new-yorker-radio-hour/episode-78-margaret-atwood-evangelizing-against-climate-change-and-greek-tragedy
Margaret Atwood, *Kaatherine Hayhoe, Evangelizing Against Climate 
Change,* ...With David Remnick 
<http://www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-new-yorker-radio-hour/episode-78-margaret-atwood-evangelizing-against-climate-change-and-greek-tragedy>
April 14, 2017  Audio Episode 78:

      Interview with Katherine Hayhoe, climate scientist evangelist,
    (5:15) evangelical climate scientist speaks with David Remnick about
    explaining global warming to skeptical audiences. . /Also, /in this
    episode: Margaret Atwood reflects on the realism of her novel "The
    Handmaid's Tale."

https://www.desmogblog.com/2017/04/11/sound-climate-science-models-projecting-future-lamar-smith
*Yes, We Can Do 'Sound' Climate Science Even Though It's Projecting the 
Future 
<https://www.desmogblog.com/2017/04/11/sound-climate-science-models-projecting-future-lamar-smith>*
Kevin Trenberth and Reto Knutti

    ...with regard to climate science, as evidenced by the hearing of
    the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology, chaired by
    Lamar Smith, on March 29, 2017....
    The kinds of statements made by Smith, the president and Pruitt are
    misguided. They show a woeful ignorance about science and how it
    works, and in particular about climate science. Consequently, they
    ignore sound advice on how to best plan for the future.
    ...The wonderful thing about science is that it is not simply a
    matter of opinion but that it is based upon evidence and physical
    principles, often pulled together in some form of "model."
    ...there is a great deal of data because of the millions of daily
    observations made mostly for the purposes of weather forecasting.
    Climate scientists assemble all of the observations, including those
    made from satellites... and then analyze the data in various ways...
    In most cases, these adjustments can be performed very rigorously
    because of neighboring observations and overlapping observations.
    For example, sea surface temperatures come from multiple sources,
    such as ships and drifting buoys,...While the data are of mixed
    quality and length, they encompass many variables that can be
    related physically - temperatures, winds, humidity, rainfall, etc. -
    and together they tell a very compelling story....
    One form of model may be statistical and empirical in nature, such
    as how often to restock supermarket shelves. This is not the case
    for climate science. Because we don't have a physical system to
    experiment with, climate scientists build a virtual planet Earth in
    a computer. Computer models are based upon the physical laws of
    nature represented by mathematical equations that are solved using
    numerical methods applied to a three-dimensional grid over the globe...
    Accordingly, we have many facts and physical understanding of the
    Earth's climate. The role of scientists is to lay out the facts,
    their interpretation, and the prospects and consequences as best we
    can. But the decision about what is done with this information is
    the responsibility of everyone, including and often led by
    politicians. The failure of Lamar Smith and his ilk to recognize
    that climate scientists ask legitimate scientific questions, and
    moreover, that they that they provide very useful information for
    decision-makers, is a major loss for the public.


http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-sac-california-national-climate-leadership-20170415-story.html


    Trump is creating a void on climate change. Can California...
    <http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-sac-california-national-climate-leadership-20170415-story.html>

Los Angeles Times 	 -‎11 hours ago‎ 	

	
	
	

    California made no secret of its ambitions when it enacted a
    landmark law on global warming just over a decade ago. Progress here
    on slashing greenhouse gas emissions, the law said, would have
    "far-reaching effects by encouraging other states, the federal
    government and other countries to act."
    Now the goal has become more critical than ever as President Trump
    rolls back national environmental regulations. No matter how hard
    California pushes, the country will fall short of its obligations
    under the Paris agreement on climate change unless more states try
    to keep pace....
    The gap in environmental policies between California and other
    states has quickly morphed into a source of international concern.
    The United States must slash emissions by at least 26% below 2015
    levels by 2025 to hit its target in the Paris agreement. If other
    countries such as India don't see the world's largest economy
    upholding its end of the deal, the entire framework for averting the
    worst effects of global warming could collapse. On Thursday, U.S.
    Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt called
    for an "exit" to the climate agreement.
    "You could begin to see an unraveling of this coalition," said
    Robert Stavins, director of the Harvard Environmental Economics Program.

http://grist.org/article/artist-shows-what-climate-change-will-do-to-our-national-parks/


    Artist shows what *climate change*will do to our national parks
    <http://grist.org/article/artist-shows-what-climate-change-will-do-to-our-national-parks/>

Grist 	 -‎9 hours ago‎ 	

	
	
	

National parks are at the front lines of*climate change*. The creep of 
change is playing out in places that Americans have set aside to be 
preserved for the enjoyment of future generations.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/04/14/first-protest-in-space-targets-trump-with-an-astronauts-famous-words/?utm_term=.097cd1f89cde
*(video) 'First protest in space' targets Trump with an astronaut's 
famous words 
<https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/04/14/first-protest-in-space-targets-trump-with-an-astronauts-famous-words/?utm_term=.097cd1f89cde>*

    On Wednesday, 56 years to the day after Russian cosmonaut Yuri
    Gagarin became the first human in space, a Phoenix-based collective
    called the Autonomous Space Agency Network launched a weather
    balloon to about 90,000 feet. The balloon, Aphrodite 1, weighed a
    little over a pound and was inflated with 120 cubic feet of helium.
    Aphrodite 1's payload consisted of a GPS sensor, a camera and a
    message for President Trump. It was a printout of a tweet that read,
    "@realDonaldTrump: Look at that, you son of a bitch."..
    "To our knowledge, the Aphrodite 1 launch was the first political
    protest in near space," a member of the group wrote to The
    Washington Post in an email. (Members of the Autonomous Space Agency
    Network, or ASAN, are anonymous as "a way to discourage the use of
    the group for the ego or vanity of individual members," the person
    said.)...
    The tweet was quoting Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell, the sixth
    person to walk on the moon. He famously said of viewing Earth from
    space: "You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and
    drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, 'Look at that,
    you son of a bitch.' " This quote has been cited as an example of
    the overview effect, a perspective shift toward global unity and
    conservation reported by astronauts struck by the planet's fragility...
    There is no abrupt boundary between Earth's atmosphere and space.
    The balloon ascended to about a fourth of the way to the Karman
    line, the point adopted as a shorthand for space more or less
    because 100 kilometers up has a nice ring to it.

http://www.masslive.com/politics/index.ssf/2017/04/springfield_panel_discussion_e.html


    Springfield Arise for Social Justice panel explores ties between
    immigrants,*climate change*
    <http://www.masslive.com/politics/index.ssf/2017/04/springfield_panel_discussion_e.html>

MassLive.com 	 -‎2 hours ago‎ 	

	
	
	

SPRINGFIELD -- Immigration and*climate change*-- hot button topics in 
the 2016 presidential campaign -- took center stage again Saturday, as 
community organization Arise for Social Justice sought to highlight 
links between the two issues.

http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/energy-environment/328835-climate-change-is-not-a-hoax-it-is-deadly-serious-say


    *Climate change*is not a hoax — ask any millennial seeing it
    firsthand
    <http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/energy-environment/328835-climate-change-is-not-a-hoax-it-is-deadly-serious-say>

The Hill (blog) 	 -‎Apr 14, 2017‎ 	

	
	
	

In January, a group of Cornell University undergraduates travelled to 
the Mekong River Delta of Vietnam, a region of the world considered to 
be one of the most vulnerable to*climate change*. There they met with 
farmers, climate experts, government*...*

https://paw.princeton.edu/article/david-mcdermott-hughes-89-climate-change-moral-issue


    David McDermott Hughes '89 on*Climate Change*as a Moral Issue
    <https://paw.princeton.edu/article/david-mcdermott-hughes-89-climate-change-moral-issue>

Princeton Alumni Weekly 	 -‎Apr 14, 2017‎ 	

	
	
	

The book: For many people,*climate change*has yet to become a moral 
issue. In Energy Without Conscience: Oil,*Climate Change*, and 
Complicity (Duke University Press), David McDermott Hughes '89 argues 
that, the same way tobacco use often provokes ...

http://www.hollandsentinel.com/news/20170415/letter-poor-excuses-on-climate-change-building-up


    Letter: Poor excuses on*climate change*building up
    <http://www.hollandsentinel.com/news/20170415/letter-poor-excuses-on-climate-change-building-up>

HollandSentinel.com 	 -‎12 hours ago‎ 	

	
	
	

At a sparsely-attended (but lively) town hall Tuesday, I finally got to 
ask Congressman Bill Huizenga about*climate change*legislation face to face.

http://www.paysonroundup.com/opinion/letters_to_editor/fake-news-and-global-warming/article_54050154-4e7d-5998-afe5-e86f1d528fad.html 

Fake news and global warming 
<http://www.paysonroundup.com/opinion/letters_to_editor/fake-news-and-global-warming/article_54050154-4e7d-5998-afe5-e86f1d528fad.html>

    Payson RoundupIn the day of fake news it is difficult to know the
    truth. ... There are those that claim there has been a pause in
    global warming since 1998 and those that ...

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/apr/15/why-scientists-are-fighting-back-we-have-had-enough-of-trump-war-on-facts
*Why scientists are fighting back. We've had enough of Trump's war on 
facts 
<https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/apr/15/why-scientists-are-fighting-back-we-have-had-enough-of-trump-war-on-facts>*
The Guardian

    Nowhere is the attack more ferocious than on the issue of global
    warming, where the Trump administration has taken a wrecking ball to
    the modest but ...
    There is nothing subtle about Trump's antipathy to science. As a
    candidate, he dismissed decades of established scientific evidence
    by calling global warming a "hoax" and he has displayed an
    unprecedented disregard for facts and evidence throughout his brief
    presidency, even on matters as trivial as the size of the crowd at
    his inauguration....
    What unites these disparate acts is the principle that demonstrable
    facts and evidence – not fake news, alternative facts, supposition
    or innuendo – must form the backbone of public decisions. It is what
    separates a democracy from a theocracy, monarchy, or dictatorship,
    all forms of government in which "the truth" is whatever the ruler
    says it is...
    My organisation, the Union of Concerned Scientists, with its more
    than 500,000 members and supporters, has joined with allies from the
    climate, environmental justice and labour movements to help organise
    both the March for Science and the People's Climate March...
    As the demonstrations are likely to show, an enormous number of
    people understand what is stake. The greatest attack on science in
    memory may wind up spurring the greatest mobilisation of scientists,
    and allies far and wide, we have ever seen...
    Kenneth Kimmell is president of the Union of Concerned Scientists, a
    US-based nonprofit organisation


http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2005/04/20050416.html
*This Day in Climate History April 16, 2005 
<http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2005/04/20050416.html> 
-  from D.R. Tucker*
In his weekly radio address, President George W. Bush declares:

    "In the coming days and weeks I'll talk more about what we need to
    do in Washington to make sure America has an energy policy that
    reflects the demands of a new century. The first order of business
    is for Congress to pass an energy bill. Next week Congress begins
    debate on energy legislation and they need to send me a bill that
    meets four important objectives:
    "First, the energy bill must encourage the use of technology to
    improve conservation. We must find smarter ways to meet our energy
    needs, and we must encourage Americans to make better choices about
    energy consumption. We must also continue to invest in research, so
    we will develop the technologies that would allow us to conserve
    more and be better stewards of the environment.
    "Second, the energy bill must encourage more production at home in
    environmentally sensitive ways. Over the past three years, America's
    energy consumption has increased by about 4 percent, while our
    domestic energy production has decreased by about 1 percent. That
    means more of our energy is coming from abroad. To meet our energy
    needs and strengthen our national security we must make America less
    dependent on foreign sources of energy.
    "Third, the energy bill must diversify our energy supply by
    developing alternative sources of energy like ethanol or biodiesel.
    We need to promote safe, clean nuclear power. And to create more
    energy choices, Congress should provide tax credits for renewable
    power sources such as wind, solar, and landfill gas. We must also
    continue our clean coal technology projects so that we can use the
    plentiful source of coal in an environmentally friendly way. The
    bill must also support pollution-free cars and trucks, powered by
    hydrogen fuel cells instead of gasoline.
    "Finally, the energy bill must help us find better, more reliable
    ways to deliver energy to consumers. In some parts of the country,
    our transmission lines and pipelines are decades older than the
    homes and businesses they supply. Many of them are increasingly
    vulnerable to events that can interrupt and shut down power in
    entire regions of the country. We must modernize our infrastructure
    to make America's energy more secure and reliable."
    http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2005/04/20050416.html

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