[TheClimate.Vote] June 5, 2017 - Daily Global Warming News
Richard Pauli
richard at theclimate.vote
Mon Jun 5 06:59:54 EDT 2017
/June 5, 2017/
*(videos) Weather Channel sends Trump a message: 'Still Don't Care?
Proof You Should'
<https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/06/02/weather-channel-sends-trump-a-message-still-dont-care-proof-you-should/>*
When President Trump announced at 3 p.m. Thursday that he would be
pulling the U.S. from the Paris climate accord, the Weather Channel
editors were ready. They turned the "official homepage of Mother Nature"
- usually devoted to tornadoes, blizzards, heat waves and hurricanes -
into a not-so-subtle protest.
"So, What Happens to Earth Now?" said one headline that appeared on its
home page.
"Still Don't Care? Proof You Should," said another, linking to a story
about "ghost forests" that are dying off as a result of rising tides and
sea levels.
A story headlined "…and More Proof…" appeared, along with "…and even
More Proof…"
"Or the Imminent Collapse of a Key Ice Shelf"
"…Or Antarctica Turning Green…"
"…Or California's Coast Disappearing Into The Sea…"
The layout, though updated throughout the afternoon, stayed nearly the
same through Friday morning.
The home page sent unsuspecting readers - including the millions of
people simply checking the daily temperature - a pointed message: pay
attention.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/06/02/weather-channel-sends-trump-a-message-still-dont-care-proof-you-should/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/c46c0bc2-ba73-4fa1-b263-2c673d6f2bfd
*Putin: 'Don't worry, be happy' as Trump ditches climate deal
<http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/putin-dont-worry-be-happy-as-trump-ditches-climate-deal/ar-BBBQ6Mg?li=BBnb7Kz>*
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with heads of major foreign
companies at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in St.
Petersburg, Russia, Friday, June 2, 2017.
WASHINGTON - While other world leaders have strongly condemned President
Donald Trump's decision to abandon the Paris climate accord, Russian
President Vladimir Putin said Friday he won't judge.
"Don't worry, be happy!" Putin quipped after being asked for his
reaction at an economic forum in St. Petersburg, Russia. He said the
climate deal doesn't formally go into effect until 2021, giving nations
years to come up with a constructive solution to combating global warming.
Trump's move drives another wedge between the United States and its
traditional European allies, while aligning its stance closer to Russia
in boosting fossil fuels while deferring action to curb climate change...
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/putin-dont-worry-be-happy-as-trump-ditches-climate-deal/ar-BBBQ6Mg?li=BBnb7Kz
*(video) Climate & Extreme Weather News #30 (June 1st to June 3rd 2017)
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xanI40Bzh9c>*
Understanding Climate Change
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xanI40Bzh9c
*(video) After Denial: How People React to the Hard Reality of Climate
Change
<http://e360.yale.edu/features/how_we_react_to_climate_change_five_stages_of_grief>*
Despite incontrovertible evidence that humans are changing the climate,
a sizable minority of the global population still doesn't accept it is
happening, while many who do are overwhelmed by the enormity of the
problem. The second runner-up in the 2016 Yale Environment 360 Video
Contest, "After Denial," explores the ways people react to climate
change. (video 15 minutes)
http://e360.yale.edu/features/how_we_react_to_climate_change_five_stages_of_grief
Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/177398696 After Denial (high res)
*
****How Rising Seas and Coastal Storms Drowned the U.S. Flood Insurance
Program
<http://e360.yale.edu/features/how-rising-seas-and-coastal-storms-drowned-us-flood-insurance-program>*
Sea level rise and more severe storms are overwhelming U.S. coastal
communities, causing billions of dollars in damage and essentially
bankrupting the federal flood insurance program. Yet rebuilding
continues, despite warnings that far more properties will soon be
underwater.
The federal insurance program has subsidized thousands of risky
properties along the coast by charging them below-market premiums.
The NFIP also lacks a reserve fund to help cover losses from
catastrophic storms like Sandy. Instead of charging a little more and
setting aside money, the way private insurers do in other lines of
business, the federal flood program relies on the U.S. Treasury -
taxpayers - as its financial backstop, or reinsurer. In 2013, the NFIP
finally added a 15 percent assessment to its flood policies, and
gradually built up about $1 billion in reserves. But an epochal 2016
flood in Louisiana used up that money.
A 2016 Rutgers study found that seas near New Jersey could rise between
1 and 1.8 feet by the middle of this century under a scenario of low
carbon emissions. But under a high emissions scenario, seas could swell
as high as 4.5 feet by 2100. Recently, a National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration study estimated mean global sea levels could
rise as high as 8 feet by the end of the century
Rulli has done everything he can to flood-proof his pizza shop,
elevating the ovens and running all of the electrical wiring through the
ceiling. After Sandy pushed six feet of brackish water and mud inside,
he considered tearing it down and building a new shop high above the
flood stage. But with real estate so expensive, he couldn't afford to
move to higher ground.
At least Rulli is able to maintain his sense of humor. A number of years
back he added a message to the large sign outside his restaurant:
Occasional Waterfront Dining. "It was my way of making a joke," he said.
"Everyone who knows this place got it right away."
http://e360.yale.edu/features/how-rising-seas-and-coastal-storms-drowned-us-flood-insurance-program
*What Does 'America First' Look Like in the Arctic?
<https://www.rand.org/blog/2017/05/what-does-america-first-look-like-in-the-arctic.html>*
How will the White House's "America First" position shape the Arctic?
It's too early to tell, say RAND experts, but pigeonholing the region as
an oil and gas reserve would risk ignoring other U.S. interests. The
Arctic has important implications for climate change, international
relations, science, and more....
This seeming shift in U.S. climate policy away from greenhouse gas
reduction is of particular significance for the Arctic, which is
experiencing global warming at an accelerated rate - sea ice levels hit
a record low in late March. As detailed in a recent Arctic Council
report on the region encompassing the Bering, Chukchi and Beaufort Seas,
some Americans are experiencing these changes firsthand. Native Alaskans
are seeing higher sea levels at the coast; melting permafrost that
threatens to destroy existing infrastructure; and the slow vanishing of
the protective sea ice barrier that used to be there for much greater
periods of the year...
The imprint of the Trump administration on the Arctic is already
extending beyond greenhouse gas emissions levels. Another executive
order signed in April will pave the way for more offshore oil and gas
drilling in the Arctic and elsewhere, assuming that it survives
litigation in the U.S. court system. If the United States ratified the
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea - the international
agreement outlining rights and responsibilities for nations using the
world's oceans and resources - it would provide the United States with
the opportunity to set forth a claim for the extension of its
continental shelf, potentially extending U.S. rights to drill for oil
and natural gas off the Arctic coastline in Alaska...
Yet the U.S. Arctic may not be ready for expanded oil and gas
exploration. At present, there is precious little infrastructure in
Alaska (the U.S. door to the Arctic) that can support an expansion of
economic activity. Only local communities and a few onshore hydrocarbon
and mineral sites can manage a year-round presence, and their capacity
is too small to provide the search-and-rescue or environmental disaster
management capabilities at the same standards enjoyed by the Lower 48.
https://www.rand.org/blog/2017/05/what-does-america-first-look-like-in-the-arctic.html
*Like Champagne opened, methane explosions resulted in Ocean craters*
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9q3c9CErdmA>
Climate State
Like 'champagne bottles being opened': Scientists document an ancient
Arctic methane explosion
Massive Craters Formed By Methane Blow-outs From The Arctic Sea Floor
https://cage.uit.no/news/massive-craters-formed-methane-blow-outs-arctic-sea-floor
Like 'champagne bottles being opened': Scientists document an ancient
Arctic methane explosion
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/06/01/like-champagne-bottles-being-opened-scientists-document-an-ancient-arctic-methane-explosion
Methane GWP, How Bad of a Greenhouse Gas Is
Methane?https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-bad-of-a-greenhouse-gas-is-methane/
Massive craters formed by methane blow-outs from the Arctic sea floor
https://phys.org/news/2017-06-massive-craters-methane-blow-outs-arctic.html
Methane exploded from Arctic sea-floor as Ice Age ended
https://www.nature.com/news/methane-exploded-from-arctic-sea-floor-as-ice-age-ended-1.22095
View of the methane seeps in the Arctic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oTFjWBiP4E
Massive craters on Arctic Ocean floor caused by methane blow out
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNg0z-bYsmY
Scientists just found telltale evidence of an ancient methane explosion
in the Arctic / A methane mound in the Canadian High Arctic, Stephen
Grasby
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/04/21/scientists-just-found-telltale-evidence-of-an-ancient-methane-explosion-in-the-arctic-ocean
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9q3c9CErdmA
*Melting Arctic awaits nitrous oxide release*
<http://climatenewsnetwork.net/22338-2>
"The Arctic N2O budget will depend strongly on moisture changes, and a
gradual deepening of the active layer will create a strong non-carbon
climate change feedback"
And since the predicted range of warming for the Arctic by the century's
end is 5.6°C at a conservative estimate and 12.4°C at the most, the
permafrost may be seen as yet another dangerous factor in the global
warming equation.
The Finnish researchers have just added to the anxiety, because, they
point out, the upper three metres of the permafrost are home to - once
again, at a very conservative estimate - 67 billion tons of nitrogen.
This is 500 times the amount of nitrogen added to soils as fertiliser
worldwide by farmers.
"Our results," they report, "imply that the Arctic N2O budget will
depend strongly on moisture changes, and that a gradual deepening of the
active layer will create a strong non-carbon climate change feedback." -
Climate News Network
http://climatenewsnetwork.net/22338-2
*Climate *Science Meets a Stubborn Obstacle: Students
<https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/04/us/education-climate-change-science-class-students.html>
..Hired a year earlier, Mr. Sutter was the first science teacher at
Wellston to emphasize climate science. He happened to do so at a time
when the mounting evidence of the toll that global warming is likely to
take, and the Trump administration's considerable efforts to discredit
those findings, are drawing new attention to the classroom from both
sides of the nation's culture war.
Since March, the Heartland Institute, a think tank that rejects the
scientific consensus on climate change, has sent tens of thousands of
science teachers a book of misinformation titled "Why Scientists
Disagree About Global Warming," in an effort to influence "the next
generation of thought," said Joseph Bast, the group's chief executive.
The Alliance for Climate Education, which runs assemblies based on the
consensus science for high schools across the country, received new
funding from a donor who sees teenagers as the best means of reaching
and influencing their parents.
Idaho, however, this year joined several other states that have declined
to adopt new science standards that emphasize the role human activities
play in climate change.
At Wellston, where most students live below the poverty line and the
needle-strewn bike path that abuts the marching band's practice field is
known as "heroin highway," climate change is not regarded as the most
pressing issue. And since most Wellston graduates typically do not go on
to obtain a four-year college degree, this may be the only chance many
of them have to study the impact of global warming....
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/04/us/education-climate-change-science-class-students.html
*This Day in Climate History June 5, 2007 <http://youtu.be/Wlqb1D9pDIs>
- from D.R. Tucker*
At a GOP presidential debate in New Hampshire, Rudy Giuliani declares:
"I think we have to accept the view that scientists have that there
is global warming and that human operation, human condition,
contributes to that. And the fact is that there is a way to deal
with it and to address it in a way that we can also accomplish
energy independence, which we need as a matter of national security.
It's frustrating and really dangerous for us to see money going to
our enemies because we have to buy oil from certain countries. We
should be supporting all the alternatives."
http://youtu.be/Wlqb1D9pDIs
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