[TheClimate.Vote] April 16, 2017 - Daily Global Warming News
Richard Pauli
richard at theclimate.vote
Sun Apr 16 09:58:04 EDT 2017
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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>
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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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