[TheClimate.Vote] October 15, 2017 - Daily Global Warming News

[Richard Pauli]

/October 15, 2017/

*Calif. Blazes Rage On With Dry, Gusty Winds Fueling More Potential 
Devastation 
<https://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/10/14/calif-blazes-rage-dry-gusty-winds-fueling-more-potential-devastation>*
Common Dreams
"This weekend's pattern appears nearly as dangerous as the one that 
pushed gale-force winds and parched air into California's wine country 
late Sunday night"
"The emergency is not over..." Seventeen 17 fires are still underway, 
and hundreds of people are still missing....
"It's the sixth day of these fires. We are still at it, full tilt."
...the conditions that fostered the flames began in December 2016. "The 
state's second-wettest winter on record was followed by its hottest 
summer. Baked to tinder in the extreme heat, the abundant vegetation of 
spring became the kindling for these autumn fires.
"Thanks to the interplay between human-caused global warming, the legacy 
of historic fire suppression policies, and natural variability in 
drought cycles, California and the rest of the U.S. Southwest are likely 
to face this kind of devastating fire season even more often in the 
second half of this century."
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/10/14/calif-blazes-rage-dry-gusty-winds-fueling-more-potential-devastation
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*In California, Fires So Fast Hesitation Proved Lethal 
<https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/13/us/california-wildfires-victims.html>*
Sergeant Crum said he and his fellow officers drove up narrow driveways, 
blaring horns and sirens. He remembers repeatedly screaming, "Get out of 
here now!"
Some residents resisted. Some were in wheelchairs; he lifted them into 
his patrol car. "I said, 'You are going to die if you stay here,'" 
Sergeant Crum recounted. "We did the best we could with the time we had."
The sheer speed at which the fire spread and jumped that first night 
also made it impossible to keep track of what was burning...
...Carmen and Armando Berriz, Southern California residents, had rented 
a house just outside Santa Rosa for a wine country getaway with their 
daughter, son-in-law and granddaughter. Awakened by noise, the group ran 
out in their nightclothes and piled into three cars to flee through 
blinding smoke....
...The Berrizes, in the third car, never made it, their escape 
apparently blocked by a fallen tree, a family member said. They returned 
to the house and took refuge in the swimming pool, the flames raging 
around them for hours. Ms. Berriz, 75, died; Mr. Berriz, 76, suffered 
burns and smoke inhalation...
...On Friday more than 9,000 firefighters, using more than 1,000 fire 
trucks, more than 100 bulldozers and more than 100 aircraft - many of 
them supplied by other states and the federal government - were battling 
the fires, Chief Pimlott said...
...Though crews made some progress containing the blazes on Thursday and 
Friday, they continued to spread, with new neighborhoods added each day 
to the list of evacuation orders. Officials warned that dry, windy 
conditions expected over the next few days meant the flames could blow 
out of control again.
"Everyone needs to be thinking right now," Chief Pimlott said, "'What is 
my evacuation plan? What am I going to take with me? How am I going to 
get out?' And be prepared to do that literally on a moment's notice. Not 
a half-hour, not an hour - you need to be thinking about that in minutes."
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/13/us/california-wildfires-victims.html


*WARMING SEAS COULD LEAD TO 70 PERCENT INCREASE IN HURRICANE-RELATED 
FINANCIAL LOSS... 
<http://www.joboneforhumanity.org/warming_seas_could_lead_to_70_percent_increase_in_hurricane_related_financial_loss?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email>*
If oceans warm at a rate predicted by the Intergovernmental Panel on 
Climate Change, the United Nation-sponsored group that assesses climate 
change research and issues periodic reports, expected financial losses 
caused by hurricanes could increase more than 70 percent by 2100, 
according to a study just published in the journal Sustainable and 
Resilient Infrastructure...
The finding is based on the panel's most severe potential climate change 
-- and resulting increased sea surface temperature -- scenario and is 
predicted at an 80 percent confidence level.
The results of the study, which focused on 13 coastal counties in South 
Carolina located within 50 miles of the coastline, including the most 
populous county, Charleston, are drawn from a model simulating hurricane 
size, intensity, track and landfall locations under two scenarios: if 
ocean temperatures remain unchanged from 2005 to 2100 and if they warm 
at a rate predicted by the IPCC's worst-case scenario...The researchers 
did not find that warming oceans will lead to more frequent hurricanes, 
only that warmer seas will lead to higher wind speeds and storms that 
are greater in size and therefore cover a larger area.
The losses are calculated based only on wind and wind-driven rain and do 
not include the large financial impacts of storm surge or flooding.
http://www.joboneforhumanity.org/warming_seas_could_lead_to_70_percent_increase_in_hurricane_related_financial_loss
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*TOTAL COSTS ESTIMATES FOR THE GLOBAL WARMING-INTENSIFIED HURRICANES OF 
HARVEY, IRMA, AND MARIE RANGE FROM ONE 1/3 TO 1/2 TRILLION DOLLARS... 
<http://www.joboneforhumanity.org/total_costs_estimates_for_the_global_warming_intensified_hurricanes_of_harvey_irma_and_marie_range_from_one_1_3_to_1_2_trillion_dollars>*
That's a lot of money coming out of American taxpayers to cover the 
costs of global warming-intensified storms that many of its politicians 
still refuse to acknowledge even exists. These 1/3 to 1/2 trillion 
dollar estimates also do not include the total costs of this year's US 
western firestorms or any of the other global warming-intensified 
catastrophes of rain bombs, flooding, crop failures and droughts 
plaguing the U.S.
Worse yet, the predictions for how high the total annual global 
warming-related costs to nations around the world will become ranges 
from 5% of total gross domestic product 
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gross_domestic_product> (in the Stern 
report) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stern_Review> to 10% of the total 
GDP (from the book Climate Shock 
<https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_c_1_13?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=climate+shock&sprefix=Climate+shock%2Caps%2C288&crid=3XY23JZAMASW>) 
to up to 30% of the total GDP in the final near-extinction phases of the 
Climageddon Scenario 
<http://www.joboneforhumanity.org/climageddon_scenario> as described in 
the new book Climageddon, The Global Warming Emergency and How to 
Survive It <http://www.joboneforhumanity.org/climageddon>.
As global warming continues to escalate, the nations of the world will 
soon be forced to begin cutting the costs of welfare and social 
services, education, healthcare, and finally the cost of their 
militaries and governments. They will be forced to make deep cuts in 
those areas to prevent the rising costs of global warming catastrophes 
from driving them into bankruptcy or collapsing their economies...
As global warming continues to escalate, the nations of the world will 
soon be forced to begin cutting the costs of welfare and social 
services, education, healthcare, and finally the cost of their 
militaries and governments. They will be forced to make deep cuts in 
those areas to prevent the rising costs of global warming catastrophes 
from driving them into bankruptcy or collapsing their economies.
This article provided by the research and editorial team at 
JobOneforHumanity.org <http://www.joboneforhumanity.org/>
http://www.joboneforhumanity.org/total_costs_estimates_for_the_global_warming_intensified_hurricanes_of_harvey_irma_and_marie_range_from_one_1_3_to_1_2_trillion_dollars 
<http://www.joboneforhumanity.org/total_costs_estimates_for_the_global_warming_intensified_hurricanes_of_harvey_irma_and_marie_range_from_one_1_3_to_1_2_trillion_dollars?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+joboneforhumanity%2FrLsZ+%28Global+Warming+Blog+-+Job+One+for+Humanity%29>


***How climate change is affecting travel - and what you can do about it 
<https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/travel/how-climate-change-is-affecting-travel--and-what-you-can-do-about-it/2017/10/11/c96209b4-a528-11e7-8cfe-d5b912fabc99_story.html>*
"Venice is another example of an endangered destination. With global 
warming, the seas are rising. Venice already floods multiple times a 
year, so it's only a matter of time before this wonderful destination 
sees drastic changes."
It helps to understand your rights when an extreme weather event delays 
your trip. Many travel companies have "Act of God" clauses that let them 
off the hook for weather-related delays or cancellations. That fine 
print is in the airline's contract of carriage or in your cruise line's 
ticket contract, and it essentially means the company can cancel a trip 
without having to cover any of your expenses or even get you to your 
destination. A good travel insurance policy can make your trip go a 
little smoother - whatever the weather.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/travel/how-climate-change-is-affecting-travel--and-what-you-can-do-about-it/2017/10/11/c96209b4-a528-11e7-8cfe-d5b912fabc99_story.html


*To Great Applause, Paris Announces Combustion Engine Ban by 2030 
<https://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/10/12/great-applause-paris-announces-combustion-engine-ban-2030>*
Julia Conley, staff writer
Receiving great applause from climate advocates, Paris officials 
announced a new goal on Thursday to ban gas-powered cars from its 
streets by 2030. A BIG step! - Paris is planning to ban all but electric 
cars by 2030. https://t.co/eMAd771gfo
Under the rule, only electric cars would be allowed in the city. Paris 
is already home to an electric car-sharing service, Autolib, which has 
become wildly popular since its launch in 2011 with the goal of reducing 
carbon emissions by 20 percent over a decade.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/10/12/great-applause-paris-announces-combustion-engine-ban-2030


Democracy Now  (video, audio, text)
*Robert Jay Lifton on the Apocalyptic Twins of Nuclear and Climate 
Threats & Reflections on Survival 
<https://www.democracynow.org/2017/10/13/robert_jay_lifton_on_the_apocalyptic>*
We spend the bulk of the hour with Dr. Robert Jay Lifton, a leading 
American psychiatrist and author of more than 20 books about the effects 
of nuclear war, terrorism and genocide. As NBC News reports President 
Trump has called for a nearly tenfold increase in the United States' 
nuclear weapons arsenal, and as he threatens to attack North Korea and 
decertify the landmark 2015 Iran nuclear deal, Lifton examines what he 
calls the "apocalyptic twins: nuclear and climate threats." His new book 
is titled "The Climate Swerve: Reflections on Mind, Hope, and Survival."
https://www.democracynow.org/2017/10/13/robert_jay_lifton_on_the_apocalyptic


*End comes to 100 years of Norwegian coal mining at Svalbard 
<https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/arctic/2017/10/end-comes-100-years-norwegian-coal-mining-svalbard>*
Amid a boost in the geopolitical and strategic importance of the Arctic 
archipelago, the Norwegian government makes clear that the once so 
powerful industry must end.
he closure of the Svalbard mining industry comes as no surprise. A 
government white paper on the archipelago from 2016 announced a mining 
moratorium on extraction from the Svea and Lunchefjell mines and 
underlined that "there is significant uncertainty connected with a 
restart of the mining".
Other industries were highlighted and presented as replacement, first of 
all tourism, research and higher education.
Furthermore, Totland argues, it might be more expensive for Norway to 
close the mines than to keep them open. The closure and cleanup of the 
mines is estimated to cost up to 1 billion kroner, while it can not be 
excluded that the Svea and Lunckefjell mines would actually have been 
able to make money.
"And the re-opening of mining would have given 200 new jobs over the 
next 12 years, which is significant for the small economy of Svalbard," 
the analyst says to the Barents Observer.
"«And it would have given us time to restructure the society", he adds.
https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/arctic/2017/10/end-comes-100-years-norwegian-coal-mining-svalbard

*
****Penguin disaster as only two chicks survive from colony of 40000 
<https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/oct/12/penguin-catastrophe-leads-to-demands-for-protection-in-east-antarctica>*
'Catastrophic breeding event' leads to demands for a marine protected 
area to be set up in East Antarctica
A colony of about 40,000 Adelie penguins in Antarctica has suffered a 
"catastrophic breeding event" – all but two chicks have died of 
starvation this year. It is the second time in just four years that such 
devastation – not previously seen in more than 50 years of observation – 
has been wrought on the population.
The finding has prompted urgent calls for the establishment of a marine 
protected area in East Antarctica, at next week's meeting of 24 nations 
and the European Union at the Commission for the Conservation of 
Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) in Hobart.
The link between climate change and the sea-ice extent around Antarctica 
is not very clear. Sea ice has been increasing in recent years, which 
could be attributed to a rise in the amount of freshwater in the ocean 
around the continent caused by climate change. However, over the long 
term, climate change is expected to cause the sea ice to shrink 
dramatically.
"For the moment, sea ice is increasing and this is a problem for this 
species as it pushes the feeding place – the sea ice edge – farther away 
from their nesting place," Ropert-Coudert said. "If it shrinks it would 
help but if it shrinks too much then the food chain they rely on may be 
impacted. Basically, as a creature of the sea ice they need an optimum 
sea-ice cover to thrive."
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/oct/12/penguin-catastrophe-leads-to-demands-for-protection-in-east-antarctica


*This Day in Climate History October 15, 2007 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/15/opinion/15krugman.html?_r=0> -  from 
D.R. Tucker*
October 15, 2007: New York Times columnist Paul Krugman ridicules
right-wing outrage over Al Gore's Nobel Prize win...
What is it about Mr. Gore that drives right-wingers insane?
The worst thing about Mr. Gore, from the conservative point of view, is 
that he keeps being right. In 1992, George H. W. Bush mocked him as the 
"ozone man," but three years later the scientists who discovered the 
threat to the ozone layer won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. In 2002 he 
warned that if we invaded Iraq, "the resulting chaos could easily pose a 
far greater danger to the United States than we presently face from 
Saddam." And so it has proved...
But Gore hatred is more than personal. When National Review decided to 
name its anti-environmental blog Planet Gore, it was trying to discredit 
the message as well as the messenger. For the truth Mr. Gore has been 
telling about how human activities are changing the climate isn't just 
inconvenient. For conservatives, it's deeply threatening...
Consider the policy implications of taking climate change seriously...
"We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals," said 
F.D.R. "We know now that it is bad economics."
Everything I've just said should be uncontroversial - but imagine the 
reception a Republican candidate for president would receive if he 
acknowledged these truths at the next debate. Today, being a good 
Republican means believing that taxes should always be cut, never 
raised. It also means believing that we should bomb and bully 
foreigners, not negotiate with them.
So if science says that we have a big problem that can't be solved with 
tax cuts or bombs - well, the science must be rejected, and the 
scientists must be slimed. ...
Which brings us to the biggest reason the right hates Mr. Gore: in his 
case the smear campaign has failed. He's taken everything they could 
throw at him, and emerged more respected, and more credible, than ever. 
And it drives them crazy.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/15/opinion/15krugman.html?_r=0

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