[TheClimate.Vote] July 29, 2017 - Daily Global Warming News

[Richard Pauli]

/July 29, 2017/

*Little Algae creates Huge Melt Feedback on Greenland Ice 
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8abc8yagJ1Q>*
Climate State
Published on Jul 28, 2017
Algae responsible for large albedo feedback on Greenland's frozen 
surface, not only soot and dust.
We believe gathering measurements from the surface of Greenland ice is 
fundamental to advancing our understanding of the melting Arctic. 
http://darksnowproject.org
Video via https://www.youtube.com/user/greenman3610
Dark Snow 2017 Update "Am I really seeing that?" is a common sensation 
here, as below, what looks like a glimpse from the outskirts of Mordor. 
hhttps://www.youtube.com/user/greenman3610
/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8abc8yagJ1Q/
*BBC news article containing video interviews and clips from camp: 
<http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08ylr8b>*
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-40686984
BBC Radio 4 - The World Tonight edition containing Black and Bloom story:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08ylr8b
/https://blackandbloom.org//


*'Sharknado' creator: Epic fishy storm could actually happen 
<http://nypost.com/2017/07/28/can-climate-change-cause-something-worse-than-a-sharknado/>*
Climate change bites!   video preview https://youtu.be/H1CsdePN14Y
A "Sharkicane" - a terrifying twist on the meteorological havoc wrought 
in the cult flick "Sharknado" - is more likely than ever to strike 
Earth, the movie's creator jawed to The Post.
"Sharknado 5: Global Swarming" takes a campy dive into what might happen 
if climate change spiraled out of control - and features a raging 
hurricane-tornado that sucks up massive man-eaters and spits them out 
onto Rome, London and Amsterdam.
But as the planet heats up, wild weather patterns really do increase the 
chance of a fishy storm of biblical proportions, according to 
"Sharknado" originator Thunder Levin....
Not long ago, hundreds of fish really did fall from the sky in the 
northern Australia town of Lajamanu, where meteorologists said the freak 
2010 storm was probably caused by a tornado that carried the sea 
creatures hundreds of miles, he continued...
Thelatest "Sharknado" installment 
<http://nypost.com/2013/07/12/sharknado-rules-twitter-as-campy-shark-thriller-starring-ex-90210-star-becomes-viral-hit/>- 
whose tagline is "Make America Bait Again!" - centers on the same main 
characters, Fin and April, who set off on a journey across the world to 
save their son after he gets swept up by a Sharknado.
The disaster horror-comedy stars Ian Ziering and Tara Reid and features 
cameos from Chris Kattan, Margaret Cho along with the has-been hunk 
Fabio, who plays the pope.
The latest installment of the shark flick is sure to make a splash, 
Levin said.
"The movie is going to be a lot bigger than previous ones because it's 
all around the world. It's a lot of fun," he said. "I like the ending 
because it sets up a whole lot of possibilities for the future."
/http://nypost.com/2017/07/28/can-climate-change-cause-something-worse-than-a-sharknado//


*The Weather Channel*
*Climate Change Could Cause Heat-Related Deaths to Spike for 10 Major US 
Cities, (Ozone) Study Says 
<https://weather.com/science/environment/news/climate-change-heat-deaths-american-cities-atlanta-boston-chicago-new-york>*
Heat-related fatalities will drastically increase in 10 major U.S. 
cities if climate change is allowed to continue at its current rate, 
according to a new study.
Researchers from Brown University incorporated temperature-related 
mortality 
<http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016041201730750X>rates 
from Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New 
York, Philadelphia and Washington D.C. with temperature models between 
the years 2085 and 2090. Their findings were published in the journal 
Environmental International.
The conversation about climate change is typically focused on the costs 
of mitigation, but this paper shows the human toll of policy inaction," 
said study senior author Gregory Wellenius, an associate professor of 
epidemiology at Brown's School of Public Health. "These results show the 
cost in terms of human lives due to just this one aspect of climate 
change: temperature."
In the "worst case" scenario, the average heat-related mortality rate 
would be 10,300 per year by 2050 and 26,000 by 2090. In the scenario 
where the rate of human-caused climate change is curbed, the number of 
heat-related deaths would be approximately 7,700 by 2050 and 10,400 by 2090.
When population growth was factored in, the predicted rise in 
heat-related deaths increased significantly.  Some 16,400 fatalities 
would be heat-related by 2050 in the "worst case," with 52,339 deaths 
expected in 2090, while the better-case projected 12,300 and 21,100 
deaths in 2050 and 2090, respectively.
/https://weather.com/science/environment/news/climate-change-heat-deaths-american-cities-atlanta-boston-chicago-new-york/

*Projected temperature-related deaths in ten large U.S. metropolitan 
areas under different climate change scenarios
<Projected%20temperature-related%20deaths%20in%20ten%20large%20U.S.%20metropolitan%20areas%20under%20different%20climate%20change%20scenarios>*Highlights
In the context of a warming climate, we project that the heat-related 
death rate will increase in 10 U.S. metropolitan areas.
This increase may be partially offset by a reduction in the cold-related 
death rate.
We project that the net change will be positive in 8 of the 10 locations 
studied.
Population growth may increase the absolute number of future 
temperature-related deaths.
Future temperature-related deaths may be reduced by lowering greenhouse 
gas emissions.
/http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016041201730750X//
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*Chatham House Report*  Rob Bailey and Laura Wellesley
Energy, Environment and Resources Department | June 2017
*Chokepoints and Vulnerabilities in Global Food Trade 
<https://www.chathamhouse.org/publication/chokepoints-vulnerabilities-global-food-trade>
*Executive Summary
Global food security is underpinned by trade in a few crops and 
fertilizers. Just
three crops - maize, wheat and rice - account for around 60 per cent of 
global food
energy intake.   A fourth crop, soybean, is the world's largest source 
of animal protein
feed, accounting for 65 per cent of global protein feed supply. Each 
year, the world's
transport system moves enough maize, wheat, rice and soybean to feed 
approximately
2.8 billion people.   Meanwhile, the 180 million tonnes of fertilizers 
applied to
farmland annually play a vital role in helping us grow enough wheat, 
rice and
maize to sustain our expanding populations.
International trade in these commodities is growing, increasing pressure on
a small number of 'chokepoints' - critical junctures on transport routes 
through which
exceptional volumes of trade pass. Three principal kinds of chokepoint 
are critical
to global food security: maritime straits along shipping lanes; coastal 
infrastructure
in major crop-exporting regions; and inland transport infrastructure in 
major
exporting regions.
A serious interruption at one or more of these chokepoints could 
conceivably lead
to supply shortfalls and price spikes, with systemic consequences that 
could reach
beyond food markets. More commonplace disruptions may not in themselves 
trigger
crises, but can add to delays, spoilage and transport costs, 
constraining market
responsiveness and contributing to higher prices and increased volatility.
ii | Chatham House
Chatham House, the Royal Institute of International Affairs, is an
independent policy institute based in London. Our mission is to help
build a sustainably secure, prosperous and just world.
https://www.chathamhouse.org/publication/chokepoints-vulnerabilities-global-food-trade
www.chathamhouse.org


*(with video) This Day in Climate History July 29, 2004 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25678-2004Jul29.html>-  
from D.R. Tucker*
July 29, 2004: At the Democratic National Convention, Senator John Kerry 
of Massachusetts, the Democratic Presidential nominee, notes that if he 
is elected, he will "have a vice president who will not conduct secret 
meetings with polluters to rewrite our environmental laws."
He also observes:
"We value an America that controls its own destiny because it's finally 
and forever independent of Mideast oil. What does it mean for our 
economy and our national security when we have only 3 percent of the 
world's oil reserves, yet we rely on foreign countries for 53 percent of 
what we consume?
"I want an America that relies on its ingenuity and innovation, not the 
Saudi royal family.
"And our energy plan for a stronger America - our energy plan will 
invest in new technologies and alternative fuels and the cars of the 
future, so that no young American in uniform will ever be held hostage 
to our dependence on oil from the Middle East."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25678-2004Jul29.html
http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/Day4Ev/
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