[TheClimate.Vote] May 22, 2017 - Daily Global Warming News
Richard Pauli
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Mon May 22 09:33:38 EDT 2017
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https://www.*usatoday.com*/story/news/nation-now/2017/05/22/climate-change-predictions-can-scary-kids-what-can-you-say/335505001/
*Climate change*predictions can be scary for kids. What can you
say?
<https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/05/22/climate-change-predictions-can-scary-kids-what-can-you-say/335505001/>
(USA Today)
Predictions for a planet affected by climate change can sound like
they're ripped from a doomsday novel: stronger hurricanes, intense
heat waves, rising sea levels and the disappearance of ice in the
Arctic.
And scientists have seen some of those changes already taking place,
according to NASA.
Climate change - as well as other environmental issues like
deforestation and wildlife extinction - have the potential to be
scary for children. The implications of climate change can
contribute to stress, depression and anxiety for everyone, but
especially for kids, according to a study released this year by the
American Psychological Association, Climate for Health and EcoAmerica.
So how can parents approach these topics with their children? Here's
what experts had to say:
*Encourage action*
When talking with your kids about climate change, communicating "the
sense that you can do something to improve a scary situation" is key,
"I think sometimes we can overwhelm them," she said. "We just start
throwing facts at them. They have to know there's some way to help.
Otherwise, they're going to feel overwhelmed."
*Talk about animals*
Children's love of animals can be a natural gateway to both talking
more and learning more about environmental issues, Hoyos said.
*Be in nature*
If you want to talk about environmental issues with your kids, one
of the best places to start is by simply going outside.
Parents need to get their kids outdoors, Pecco said, and they need
to go outside with them. Doing so allows both parents and kids to
"see they're also a part of the natural cycle and what we do affects
the environment," she said.
*Examine your daily habits and learn from your kids*
The things you do every day can also be a natural segue into
conversations, Brown said. Asking kids whether they leave the water
running when they brush their teeth, for example, can lead to
discussions about conservation. For Hoyos, having an electric car
allowed her to explain to her kids that technology can be used to
cut down on carbon emissions.
*Online resources for kids*
Here are some resources Brown, Hoyos and Pecco recommend for parents
wanting to help their kids learn more about climate change and other
environmental issues.
*NASA ClimateKids <https://climatekids.nasa.gov/>*: a website with
games, activities and more
*Alliance for Climate Education <https://acespace.org/>*: the
group's website, good for older kids, has information about climate
change and ways to get involved
*imatteryouth.org <http://www.imatteryouth.org/>*: a youth-driven
campaign fighting climate change
*World Wildlife Fund
<http://wwf.panda.org/how_you_can_help/games/>*: apps and games to
help kids learn more about conservation issues
*National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration*
<https://www.climate.gov/>: data, videos and more
https://www.*bloomberg.com*/news/articles/2017-05-22/nato-lawmakers-warn-global-warming-will-trigger-food-shortages
NATO Lawmakers Warn*Global Warming*Will Trigger Food Shortages
<https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-05-22/nato-lawmakers-warn-global-warming-will-trigger-food-shortages>
Lawmakers from nations in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization are
warning that global warming will lead to mass migration and conflict
in the Middle East and Africa, another reason President Donald Trump
should stay in the Paris climate deal
Climate change will lead to "dire" food and water shortages in the
region, according to a draft report presented Monday to the NATO
Parliamentary Assembly.
Acting as the "ultimate threat multiplier" after decades of resource
mismanagement in the region, extreme weather and rising seas would
likely lead to volatile food prices and increased competition,
Trump, who will attend his first meeting with leaders of the Group
of Seven Countries this week, has threatened to pull the U.S. out of
the Paris Accord, end climate financing and is reviewing the Clean
Power Plan -- a key policy for cutting pollution introduced by his
predecessor Barack Obama. He's postponed a decision and it's now
expected by the end of May.
http://www.*climatecentral.org*/news/climate-change-could-slash-staple-crops-21460
Climate Change Could Slash Staple Crops | Climate Central
<http://www.climatecentral.org/news/climate-change-could-slash-staple-crops-21460>
Climate change, and its impacts on extreme weather and temperature
swings, is projected to reduce global production of corn, wheat,
rice and soybeans by 23 percent in the 2050s, according to a new
analysis.
The study, which examined price and production of those four major
crops from 1961 to 2013, also warns that by the 2030s output could
be cut by 9 percent.
The findings come as researchers and world leaders continue to warn
that food security will become an increasingly difficult problem to
tackle in the face of rising temperatures and weather extremes,
combining with increasing populations, and volatile food prices.
The negative impacts of climate change to farming were pretty much
across the board in the new analysis. There were small production
gains projected for Russia, Turkey and Ukraine in the 2030s, but by
the 2050s, the models "are negative and more pronounced for all
countries," the researchers wrote in the study published this month
in the journal Economics of Disasters and Climate Change
<http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41885-017-0005-2>.
...Haile's study is one of two major studies this month reporting
big impacts to major crops in the future. Just this week UC Davis
researchers released a study in the Environmental Research Letters
<http://www.ucdavis.edu/news/climate-change-will-cut-cereal-yields-model-predicts>
journal reporting that by the end of the century climate change is
likely to cause France's winter wheat yields to decrease 21 percent,
winter barley yields to decrease by 17 percent and spring barley to
decrease by about to 33 percent.
from:
http://www.dailyclimate.org/tdc-newsroom/2017/may/climate-change-could-cut-into-major-crop
https://link.*springer.com*/article/10.1007/s41885-017-0005-2
*Impact of Climate Change, Weather Extremes, and Price Risk on Global
Food Supply <https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41885-017-0005-2>*
Weather extremes also exacerbate the year-to-year fluctuations of
food availability, and thus may further increase price volatility
with its adverse impacts on production and poor consumers. Combating
climate change using both mitigation and adaptation technologies is
therefore crucial for global production and hence food security.
http://www.*ucdavis.edu*/news/climate-change-will-cut-cereal-yields-model-predicts
*Climate Change Will Cut Cereal Yields, Model Predicts
<http://www.ucdavis.edu/news/climate-change-will-cut-cereal-yields-model-predicts>*
Technological Advances Could Offset Those Losses
Key predictions:
Based on the historical weather and yield data, the new model
predicted that by the end of the century:
- Yields are projected to decrease by 21 percent for winter wheat,
17.3 percent for winter barley and 33.6 percent for spring barley
under the most severe warming scenario.
- The negative impacts of increased heat during climate warming
won't be offset by a decrease in extreme cold temperatures during
winter.
- Possible increases in rainfall would help mitigate the effects of
heat stress but would not be sufficient to offset the negative
impacts of warming temperatures.
https://www.*theguardian.com*/environment/2017/may/22/new-coalmines-will-worsen-poverty-and-escalate-climate-change-report-finds
New coal mines will worsen poverty and escalate*climate change*,
report finds
<https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/may/22/new-coalmines-will-worsen-poverty-and-escalate-climate-change-report-finds>
The Oxfam report, More Coal Equals More Poverty
<https://www.oxfam.org.au/what-we-do/food-and-climate/this-is-climate-in-action/coal-and-poverty/>,
says the climate change impacts of coal-fired power will
disproportionately affect the world's poor and - with most of the
energy-poor households in developing countries beyond the reach of
electricity ...
Subsidising coal-fired power plants is "clinging to the technologies of
the past", the Oxfam report says.
https://www.*oxfam.org.au*/what-we-do/food-and-climate/this-is-climate-in-action/coal-and-poverty/
*Coal and poverty: More coal = more poverty
<https://www.oxfam.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/More-Coal-Equals-More-Poverty.pdf>*
The real, human cost of burning more coal is measured in public
health catastrophes and life-shattering humanitarian disasters.
The catastrophic damage caused by coal and climate change has become
a matter of survival for families living in the world's poorest
communities. Burning coal remains the single biggest contributor to
climate pollution. More intense droughts, floods and tropical
cyclones are destroying people's homes and leaving many families
facing food and water shortages. And the world's poorest people are
being hit hardest. In East Africa, almost 11 million people are
dangerously hungry due to a catastrophic drought that has been
compounded by climate change.
Climate change, fuelled by dirty coal pollution, could drive a
staggering 122 million more people into extreme poverty by 2030.
There is no space for new coal.
http://news.wbfo.org/post/people-are-still-marching-save-climate-less-hope
*People are still marching to save the climate, but with less hope
<http://news.wbfo.org/post/people-are-still-marching-save-climate-less-hope>*
WBFO Living on Earth
Hundreds of thousands of people worldwide rallied for the People's
Climate March on April 29, but the mood was bleaker than the First
People's Climate March in New York City in 2014.
In September 2014, nearly half a million people crammed the avenues
of New York for the first march to urge nations of the world to take
bold action on global warming. It was the eve of the UN Climate
Summit and PRI's Living on Earth team was there. At the intersection
of 46th Street and Sixth Avenue the atmosphere was joyful, almost
like a carnival parade.
But now, in 2017, the level of ambition to tackle the threat of
global warming - or even to accept scientific consensus about it -
seems to have evaporated in Washington. A year after some 200
countries signed the landmark Paris climate agreement, the Trump
administration has indicated it might pull the US out of the accord.
It was partly disappointment at new administration policies, and an
increasing sense of the dangers of inaction that brought thousands
back onto the streets in 370 communities in the US and across the
world for another People's Climate March on April 29.
"We are here because there is no planet B. There's no backup plan if
we ruin this Earth that we have," said Rev. Mariama White-Hammond at
the rally in Boston. "No matter how many divisions there are across
lines of race, religion, class, gender expression, immigration
status - no matter how many divisions - we are bound together on
this, one planet."
Health workers, vegans, faith groups, teachers, students and
activists for employment and climate justice joined worried citizens
to rally for an end to fossil fuels and to raise the alarm about
climate-related hazards that affect Boston and many coastal cities.
There were fiery speeches and music, but overall a bleaker mood than
the First People's Climate March.
"That [first] march was just incredible. It was such an upswell of
energy for the climate movement," said one marcher. "Now, there's
more of a fear that things won't be heard, even though we're
speaking. But there's more of a need even now, I think, than in
2014. There's more of a sense that we're up against something really
big."
Living On Earth original audio:
http://www.loe.org/shows/segments.html?programID=17-P13-00018&segmentID=3
Marching for the Climate, Before and In Trump's Era
<http://www.loe.org/shows/segments.html?programID=17-P13-00018&segmentID=3>
Stream
<http://loe.org/audio/stream.m3u?file=/content/2017-05-05/loe_170505_b1_Paris%20Climate%20march.mp3>/Download
<http://www.loe.org/content/2017-05-05/loe_170505_b1_Paris%20Climate%20march.mp3>
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/may/21/experts-reject-bjorn-lomborg-centres-view-that-2c-warming-target-not-worth-it
*Experts reject Bjørn Lomborg's view on 2C warming target
<https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/may/21/experts-reject-bjorn-lomborg-centres-view-that-2c-warming-target-not-worth-it>*
Lomborg's Copenhagen Consensus Centre says investment in keeping
temperature rises below 2C would return less than $1 for every $1 spent
Experts have challenged a claim by Bjørn Lomborg's Copenhagen
Consensus Centre that holding global temperature rises to 2C is a
poor investment.
In 2015 the education department abandoned plans for Lomborg to set
up an Australian Consensus Centre, but gave the Copenhagen centre
$640,000 to support its Smarter UN Post-2015 Development Goals project.
The project assessed dozens of development goals and found
investment in keeping global temperature rises below 2C would return
less than $1 for every $1 spent, which it rated "poor" compared with
other possible investments.
The claim was based on a 2014 assessment paper by Isabel Galiana.
The finding on the 2C limit was one of the project's most
controversial, and has been cited in the political debate about
whether such targets are worthwhile, as concerns are raised that
president Donald Trump will lead the United States out of the Paris
agreement.
The report said the 2C target was "relatively ineffective or there
is large uncertainty in the benefit-cost ratio" because it was
"extremely costly due to a lack of low-carbon energy sources".
But academics have now said Galiana's assessment underestimated the
harm caused if atmospheric carbon dioxide exceeded 450 parts per
million, and has been superseded by advances in renewable energy
technology and the Paris climate agreement.
And Galiana herself has conceded "the paper does not explicitly
undertake a benefit/cost analysis of keeping climate change to two
degrees" and that a 2C target might be justified if "tipping points"
of accelerated environmental damage were considered.
https://futurism.com/no-legitimate-arguments-against-human-caused-climate-change/
*There Are No Legitimate Arguments Against Human-Caused Climate Change
<https://futurism.com/no-legitimate-arguments-against-human-caused-climate-change/>*
David Rose, Bret Stephens, and Donald Trump's climate change denial
heat up a debate that is constantly raging. Despite their comments,
it is more important than ever to fight climate change.
David Rose's claim in The Daily Mail that "we now know that [there
is a climate change hiatus] for a fact" is based on "the bravery of
a whistleblower" who purportedly revealed that the data from a 2015
NOAA Study is flawed due to it being adjusted upwards.
This claim is debunked in two ways. Firstly, this manipulation is
reasonable due to the history of the methods used to measure sea
temperatures. Up until fairly recently, ships have been used to
measure water temperatures, but their results are skewed by the
engine room warming the water. The reason for the adjustment was so
that the new and superior data taken from buoys and floats could be
compared to the figures gathered from these ships.
Secondly, John Abraham pointed out in The Guardian that Rose's
whistleblower never worked on data, and highlighted that Rose did
not mention that the study had been independently verified.
https://youtu.be/hnyX32nkYBs
/*(video) Recent Ocean Warming has been Underestimated
<https://youtu.be/hnyX32nkYBs>*/
/In a paper published in Science Advances, we used data from buoys,
satellites, and Argo floats to construct separate instrumentally
homogenous sea surface temperature records of the past two decades.
We compared them to the old NOAA ERSSTv3b record, the new ERSSTv4
record, the Hadley Centre's HadSST3 record, and the Japanese
COBE-SST record. We found a strong and significant cool bias in the
old NOAA record, and a more modest (but still significant) cool bias
in the Hadley and Japanese records compared to buoy, satellite, and
Argo float data. The new NOAA record agrees quite well with these
instrumentally homogenous records. This suggests that the new NOAA
record is likely the most accurate sea surface temperature record in
recent years, and should help resolve some of the criticism that
accompanied the original NOAA study./
Donald Trump has insisted throughout his campaign that climate
change is not caused by humans, and more specifically that CO2 does
not cause global warming, a claim which has been bolstered by Scott
Pruitt, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, since
he arrived in the White House.
This has also been disproved by numerous studies and a deluge of
research, as is shown by the composite of figures on
skepticalscience.com (a website that is highly worth looking through
on other climate change related topics):
The response to Bret Stephens's article was vitriolic but it was
logical, justified, and supported by facts. While we must fight in
the same arena, it is crucial that we use weapons other than
undermining truth, manipulating the public through disinformation,
and cherry-picking facts. A group of climate scientists responded
perfectly by penning an open letter
<https://www.climatefactsfirst.org/> in response, which culminated
with the line "it must be made clear that there are facts that are
not subject to opinion." These facts must be made known.
*This Day in Climate History May 22, 2016
<https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/may/20/oil-company-records-exxon-co2-emission-reduction-patents>
- from D.R. Tucker*
MSNBC's Joy Reid and The Guardian's Suzanne Goldenberg cover the
controversy over ExxonMobil's decades-long refusal to acknowledge the
existence of human-caused climate change.
http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc-news/watch/when-did-the-oil-industry-know-about-climate-change-690590275515
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/may/20/oil-company-records-exxon-co2-emission-reduction-patents
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