[TheClimate.Vote] April 28, 2017 - Daily Global Warming News
Richard Pauli
richard at theclimate.vote
Fri Apr 28 09:48:01 EDT 2017
/April 28, 2017 /
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2017/apr/27/new-study-global-warming-keeps-on-keeping-on
New study: *global warming *keeps on keeping on
<https://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2017/apr/27/new-study-global-warming-keeps-on-keeping-on>
The Guardian -10 hours ago
A new paper finds no statistical evidence that global warming slowed
down in recent years or that it's sped up just yet
As humans continue to dump heat-trapping gases like carbon dioxide
into the atmosphere, the Earth continues to warm. In fact, it has
been warming for decades and we now routinely hit temperatures that
are 1°C (about 2°F) above the temperatures from 100 years ago...
But despite what we may expect, temperatures across the globe don't
rise little by little each year in a straight line. Rather,
temperature changes are a bit bumpy. They go up and they go down
somewhat randomly as they increase. Think of a wiggly line
superimposed on a straight rising line.
What this analysis shows us is that the Earth continues to warm
apace. Furthermore, we shouldn't get excited about any given year
that is cold or warm, or think it's showing that global warming is
slowing down or speeding up. Rather, this paper reminds us that
long-term trends are what matters. And the long-term trends are
speaking loudly.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/apr/27/bernie-sanders-fossil-fuel-plan-2050
*Bernie Sanders takes aim at Trump on climate ahead of march in DC
<https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/apr/27/bernie-sanders-fossil-fuel-plan-2050>*
'There is no area where Trump is more wrong than on climate change'
Bill proposes switch to 100% clean, renewable energy by 2050 ...
legislation which seeks to completely phase out the use of fossil
fuels through a transition to 100% clean and renewable energy by the
middle of this century. But the bill, called the 100 by '50 Act, is
unlikely to be considered by a Republican-controlled Congress, where
many GOP lawmakers are still unwilling to acknowledge the science
behind global warming and contribution of human activity.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikescott/2017/04/27/trump-might-not-believe-in-the-risks-of-climate-change-but-investors-do-and-they-are-taking-action/
(Forbes) Trump Might Not Believe In The Risks Of*Climate Change*-
But Investors Do And They Are Taking Action
<https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikescott/2017/04/27/trump-might-not-believe-in-the-risks-of-climate-change-but-investors-do-and-they-are-taking-action/>
Forbes -8 hours ago
The 45th President of the United States might think climate change
is a hoax invented by the Chinese, but there is a fair chance that
the investors who put money into his hotels and casinos think it is
rather more serious than that...
New research from the Asset Owners Disclosure Project (AODP) reveals
that 60% of the world's 500 biggest asset owners (AOs), representing
assets under management of $27 trillion, now recognise the financial
risks of climate change and the opportunities that are created by
the transition to a low carbon economy. That figure, revealed in
AODP's fifth Global Climate Index, is not just startling in itself,
but it is an 18% increase on the figure last year....
But he added: "It is shocking that many pension funds and insurers
are still ignoring climate risk and gambling with the savings and
financial security of millions of people. As the number of these
laggards falls, their exposure to market repricing grows
significantly higher and a time may be approaching when it is too
late to avoid portfolio losses."...
"Climate change is becoming a central part of risk management around
the world, and will transcend short-term political setbacks such as
moves by the Trump administration in the US to roll back action on
climate change," Poulter said. "Once investors adopt prudent risk
management practices they will not unlearn them."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/04/26/scientists-keep-increasing-their-projections-for-how-much-the-oceans-will-rise-this-century/
*Scientists keep upping their projections for how much the oceans will
rise this century
<https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/04/26/scientists-keep-increasing-their-projections-for-how-much-the-oceans-will-rise-this-century/?utm_term=.3abb7e362f32>*
And yet another report
<http://www.oceansciencetrust.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/OST-Sea-Level-Rising-Report-Final_Amended.pdf>,
prepared for the state of California and released this month by a
team of climate researchers, has now also presented the possibility
of extreme sea level scenarios by 2100 — albeit ones that have
either a low or an unknown probability of occurring.
That document looked specifically at California coastlines, and
found that for San Francisco, for instance, the "likely" range for
sea level rise in the year 2100 under a high global warming scenario
would be 1.6 to 3.4 feet. But it also said there was a 1-in-20
chance of 4.4 feet, a 1-in-200 chance of 6.9 feet, and even a
chance, whose probability could not be estimated, of 10 feet.
http://www.oceansciencetrust.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/OST-Sea-Level-Rising-Report-Final_Amended.pdf
http://www.amap.no/swipa2017
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/26042017/western-water-supply-mountain-snowmelt-global-warming-climate-change
Western Water Crunch Has*Climate Change*Fingerprints, Scientists
Find
<https://insideclimatenews.org/news/26042017/western-water-supply-mountain-snowmelt-global-warming-climate-change>
InsideClimate News -14 hours ago
The American West has already lost between 10 and 20 percent of its
mountain snowpack since the early 1980s, and*climate change*is partly to
blame, new research shows. If greenhouse gas emissions are not
curtailed, the region could lose 30 percent of ...
https://www.ted.com/talks/pope_francis_why_the_only_future_worth_building_includes_everyone?language=en
*(18 min video) His Holiness Pope Francis: Why the only future worth
building includes everyone
<https://www.ted.com/talks/pope_francis_why_the_only_future_worth_building_includes_everyone?language=en>*
A single individual is enough for hope to exist, and that individual
can be you, says His Holiness Pope Francis in this searing TED Talk
delivered directly from Vatican City. In a hopeful message to people
of all faiths, to those who have power as well as those who don't,
the spiritual leader provides illuminating commentary on the world
as we currently find it and calls for equality, solidarity and
tenderness to prevail. "Let us help each other, all together, to
remember that the 'other' is not a statistic, or a number," he says.
"We all need each other."
Interactive Transcript
<https://www.ted.com/talks/pope_francis_why_the_only_future_worth_building_includes_everyone/transcript?language=en>
"The future of humankind isn't exclusively in the hands of
politicians, of great leaders, of big companies. Yes, they do hold
an enormous responsibility. But the future is, most of all, in the
hands of those people who recognize the other as a "you" and
themselves as part of an "us." We all need each other. And so,
please, think of me as well with tenderness, so that I can fulfill
the task I have been given for the good of the other, of each and
every one, of all of you, of all of us. Thank you."
https://www.ted.com/talks/pope_francis_why_the_only_future_worth_building_includes_everyone/transcript?language=en
*Studies Show Worrisome Figures for Canadian Methane
(http://climatenexus.org/):*
Methane emissions from the oil and gas industry in Canada could far
exceed official estimates, according to two new reports. A new study
<http://climatenexus.us4.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=d1f5797e59060083034310930&id=92ee182099&e=95b355344d> from
the David Suzuki Foundation and St. Francis Xavier University
published in the journal Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics finds
methane emissions from industry activity in British Columbia could
be 2.5 times higher than previous estimates. Meanwhile, a separate
report
<http://climatenexus.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d1f5797e59060083034310930&id=a2d7a907d4&e=95b355344d>
released from a Canadian nonprofit today estimates that methane
emissions in Alberta could be up to 60 percent higher than official
figures. The Canadian government announced last week that it would
delay planned methane reduction regulations by up to three years,
garnering fierce criticism from environmental advocates.
http://environmentaldefence.ca/2017/04/26/new-report-shows-methane-emissions-alberta-higher-previously-thought/
*NEW REPORT SHOWS THAT METHANE EMISSIONS IN ALBERTA ARE HIGHER THAN
PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT
<http://environmentaldefence.ca/2017/04/26/new-report-shows-methane-emissions-alberta-higher-previously-thought/>*
A new report by Environmental Defence
<http://environmentaldefence.ca/report/canadas-methane-gas-problem/>
shows why strong federal regulations are needed to reduce methane
emissions from Canada's oil and gas sector. The report points to
research showing that methane emissions in Alberta are 60 per cent
higher than the industry claims, and that there are many health,
environmental, and economic benefits to regulating methane across
Canada.
http://environmentaldefence.ca/report/canadas-methane-gas-problem/
*CANADA'S METHANE GAS PROBLEM
<http://environmentaldefence.ca/report/canadas-methane-gas-problem/>*
Canada has a serious methane problem. Newly published research shows
that methane emissions from Canada's oil and gas sector – due to
both venting of methane as part of normal operation, and leaks from
equipment – are higher than previously thought.
Fortunately, this problem can be fixed. Evidence shows that methane
can be cost-effectively reduced and eliminated by 2030 if the
federal government enacts smart regulations to end methane leaks and
venting.
http://www.atmos-chem-phys-discuss.net/acp-2017-109/
*Mobile measurement of methane emissions from natural gas
developments in Northeastern British Columbia, Canada
<http://www.atmos-chem-phys-discuss.net/acp-2017-109/>*
"...emission sources we located (emitting at a rate > 0.59 g/s)
contribute more than 111,800 tonnes of methane annually to the
atmosphere. This value exceeds reported bottom-up estimates of
78,000 tonnes for all oil and gas sector sources in British
Columbia, of which the Montney represents about 55 % of production.
The results also demonstrate that mobile surveys could be used to
exhaustively screen developments for super-emitters, because without
our intensive 6-fold replication we could have used single-pass
sampling to screen 80 % of Montney-related infrastructure. This is
the first bottom-up study of fugitive emissions in the Canadian
energy sector, and these results can be used to inform policy
development in an era of methane emission reduction efforts."
http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2017/EGU2017-6675.pdf
*Subpolar Atlantic cooling and North American east coast warming linked
to AMOC slowdown
<http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2017/EGU2017-6675.pdf>*
Stefan Rahmstorf (1), Levke Caesar (1), Georg Feulner (1), and
Vincent Saba (2)
Reconstructing the history of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning
Circulation (AMOC) is difficult due to the limited availability of
data. One approach has been to use instrumental and proxy data for
sea surface temperature (SST), taking multi-decadal and longer SST
variations in the subpolar gyre region as indicator for AMOC changes
Recent high-resolution global climate model results as well as
dynamical theory and conceptual
modelling suggest that an AMOC weakening will not only cool the
subpolar Atlantic but
simultaneously warm the Northwest Atlantic between Cape Hatteras and
Nova Scotia, thus providing a characteristic SST pattern associated
with AMOC variations.
We analyse sea surface temperature (SST) observations from this
region together with high-resolution climate model simulations to
better understand the linkages
https://ieet.org/index.php/IEET2/more/Searle20160430
*The Deeper Meaning of the Anthropocene
<https://ieet.org/index.php/IEET2/more/Searle20160430>*
The argument Wilson makes in Half Earth isn't all that difficult to
understand, and for those who are concerned with the health of the
planet, and especially the well being of the flora and fauna with
which we share the earth, might initially be hard to disagree with.
Powerfully, Wilson reminds us that we are at the beginning of the
sixth great extinction a mass death of species on par with other
great dyings such as the one that killed the dinosaurs....
Any polemic such as the one Wilson has written requires an enemy,
but rather than a take aim at the capitalist/industrial system, or
the aspiration to endless consumption, Wilson's enemy is a
relatively new and yet to be influential movement within
environmentalism that aims to normalize our perspective on the
natural world.
http://ewn.co.za/2017/04/27/oxfam-climate-change-deepening-horn-of-africa-s-hunger-crisis
Oxfam:*Climate change*deepening Horn of Africa's hunger crisis
<http://ewn.co.za/2017/04/27/oxfam-climate-change-deepening-horn-of-africa-s-hunger-crisis>
Eyewitness News -9 hours ago
NAIROBI -*Climate change*is making drought and humanitarian disasters
worse in the Horn of Africa, Oxfam said on Thursday, ahead of a major
climate march in Washington to coincide with the first 100 days of the
Trump administration.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/42809364#42809364
*This Day in Climate History April 28, 2011
<http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/42809364#42809364> - from D.R.
Tucker*
On MSNBC's "The Last Word," guest host Chris Hayes and
guests Chris Mooney and Jonathan Kay analyze the right wing's fixation
on denying climate change and other objective truths.
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