[TheClimate.Vote] July 27, 2018 - Daily Global Warming News Digest
Richard Pauli
richard at theclimate.vote
Fri Jul 27 09:48:59 EDT 2018
/July 27, 2018/
[Fires now]
*National Guard Called as Deadly Wildfire Roars Into Redding
<https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2018/07/26/wildfire-redding-injures-firefighters-burns-buildings/>*
"It's just chaotic. It's wild," he said. "There's a lot of fire, a lot
of structures burning."
He said many people in Redding didn't seem prepared for the blaze to
reach their city.
"When it hit, people were really scrambling," he said. "There was not
much of a warning."
video https://cbsloc.al/2mOdKQo
The Carr Fire is "taking down everything in its path," he said. "It's
just a wall of flames. It's nonstop."
110 degrees in Redding
https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2018/07/26/wildfire-redding-injures-firefighters-burns-buildings/
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*Devastating fire explodes into Redding; numerous homes lost...
<http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-carr-fire-20180726-story.html>*
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-carr-fire-20180726-story.html
- -- - -
http://wildfiretoday.com/
video
https://www.sacbee.com/news/state/california/fires/article215572400.html
https://www.nifc.gov/index.html
https://www.wfas.net/
[unnatural disaster]
*The world is hot, on fire, and flooding. Climate change is here.
<https://grist.org/article/the-world-is-hot-on-fire-and-flooding-climate-change-is-here/>*
By Eric Holthaus - on Jul 24, 2018
The worst ravages of climate change are on display around the world.
Wildfires have ripped through towns in Greece, floods have submerged
parts of Laos, and heat waves have overwhelmed Japan. These are striking
examples of climate change playing out in its deadliest forms, and
they're making the term "natural disaster" an outdated concept.
People in Greece were jumping into the Aegean to escape advancing
wildfires, according to a report in the New York Times. More than 70 are
confirmed dead so far, and some scenes are horrific.
- - - -
Even in normally temperate places the air has been sweltering:
Temperatures approaching 100 degrees Fahrenheit hit parts of Canada,
overwhelming hospitals in Montreal - where another heat wave is imminent
this week.
According to calculations from climate scientist Gavin Schmidt, this
year will likely be the world's fourth warmest year on record globally,
behind 2015, 2016, and 2017. With another El Nino on the way, next year
could be even hotter.
All over the world, heatwaves are getting longer and more intense, the
most well-documented and deadliest consequence of our failure to cut
greenhouse gas emissions.
https://grist.org/article/the-world-is-hot-on-fire-and-flooding-climate-change-is-here/
[Woeful surprise!]
*UK 'woefully unprepared' for deadly heatwaves, warn MPs
<https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/jul/26/uk-woefully-unprepared-for-deadly-heatwaves-warn-mps>*
There is little government action to ensure homes, hospitals, schools
and transport can deal with extreme heat, say MPs, with heat deaths set
to triple as climate change bites further
- - - -
One in five homes dangerously overheats during heatwaves today, the MPs
found, while on the hottest day of 2016 alone there were almost 400
heat-related deaths. But climate change has doubled the risk of
heatwaves and events even worse than the heat currently baking the
nation could occur every other year by the 2040s, the MPs report said,
with a tripling of heat deaths to 7,000 a year as a result.
Buildings, particularly hospitals and care homes, must be prepared for
heatwaves, the MPs said, with sick and elderly people especially
vulnerable to heart and breathing problems. But currently the NHS is
only required to prepare plans for severe cold weather and there are no
building regulations to prevent overheating with ventilation and shading.
The MPs also called for other measures, including formal guidance from
Public Health England to relax office dress codes and allow home working
during heatwaves, and to head teachers about relaxing school uniform policy.
The MPs said a public information campaign on the serious dangers of
heatwaves was needed and health minister Steve Brine, giving evidence to
the MPs in June, acknowledged this: "Heat alerts tend to be seen as
barbecue alerts, as opposed to there being a risk."...
- - - -
Excess deaths in nursing homes increased more than 40% in some parts of
the UK during the 2003 heatwave, the MPs reported, but the homes are
still not required to report their readiness to cope under NHS emergency
preparedness rules.
Heatwaves are also economically costly, the EAC reported, particularly
due to lost working days as a result of transport problems. "Only 50% of
the UK's motorways and major roads are surfaced with material that is
the most resilient to the kind of summer temperatures the UK is
beginning to experience regularly," the MPs said, while in June, railway
tracks buckled in the heat and caused significant delays.
Research cited in the report found that in 2010, 5m staff days were lost
due to overheating above 26C, resulting in an economic loss of about £770m.
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs did not respond
to a request for comment.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/jul/26/uk-woefully-unprepared-for-deadly-heatwaves-warn-mps
*British farmers fear fire as heatwave creates 'tinderbox'
<https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jul/25/british-farmers-fear-fire-as-heatwave-creates-tinderbox>*
Wildfire is now an over-riding concern for many farmers, who are taking
extra precautions to stop fires spreading as the hot spell continues
"It's like a tinderbox out here," says Lesley Chandler, looking down at
parched fields where bleached-out grass struggles through baked,
stone-hard earth. "Just a spark could set it all alight."
Chandler farms 200 acres of arable land in Oxfordshire, where there has
been virtually no rain for weeks. Pastures that would normally boast
grass nearly a foot tall have instead a thin cover of dried-out vegetation.
The picture is the same across much of Britain, as the long, hot spell
of the last two months has made the first half of this summer, from the
beginning of June to mid-July, the driest in the UK since records began.
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Visitors to the countryside are also being asked to report to the police
or fire authorities any activities they see, such as lighting fires or
careless barbecues, that could be a hazard.
The Ramblers, the walking charity, has also urged its members to help.
Tompion Platt, director of advocacy and engagement, said: "It's more
important than ever to be extra vigilant for fire risks. Walkers can
help by keeping an eye out for things like broken glass that can start
fires, and reporting any fires that appear to be unattended as quickly
as possible."
The NFU and local authorities have also placed water bowsers in some
areas across the country where there are particular attractions for
visitors. But farming leaders said more was needed, including more fire
wardens to monitor the conditions, and a review of the "fire severity
index", which allows areas of the countryside to be closed off to
visitors if the risk reaches high levels.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jul/25/british-farmers-fear-fire-as-heatwave-creates-tinderbox
[Tamino]
*A Human-Caused Signal is Now Evident
<https://tamino.wordpress.com/2018/07/26/a-human-caused-signal-is-now-evident/>*
Posted on July 26, 2018
<https://tamino.wordpress.com/2018/07/26/a-human-caused-signal-is-now-evident/>
Space.com has an interesting article
<https://www.space.com/41262-humans-affect-earth-seasons-climate.html>
about recent research by Santer et al. (2018, Science 361, 245)
<http://science.sciencemag.org/content/361/6399/eaas8806> into how the
seasonal cycle of temperature has changed. It's a topic we've looked at
recently
<https://tamino.wordpress.com/2018/07/22/climate-change-usa-seasons/>
for surface temperature in the USA. Santer et al. study it in the
troposphere (both TLT, the lower troposphere temperature, and TMT,
mid-troposphere temperature), and look for patterns over the whole globe.
Result: a human-caused signal is now evident.
https://tamino.wordpress.com/2018/07/26/a-human-caused-signal-is-now-evident/
[failure or deliberate misdirection]
*The Media's Failure to Connect the Dots on Climate Change
<https://newrepublic.com/article/150124/medias-failure-connect-dots-climate-change>*
Why are some major news outlets still covering extreme weather like it's
an act of God?
By EMILY ATKIN - July 25, 2018
Major broadcast TV networks are the most glaring offenders. Media
Matters reviewed 127 segments on the global heat wave that aired on ABC,
CBS, and NBC this summer, and found that only one, on CBS This Morning,
mentioned the connection between climate change and extreme heat. This
fits a long-running pattern. As Media Matters noted, its latest annual
study of broadcast coverage found that "during the height of hurricane
season in 2017, neither ABC nor NBC aired a single segment on their
morning, evening, or Sunday news shows that mentioned the link between
climate change and hurricanes."
Legacy print and radio news outlets are generally much better at
connecting these dots. In the last five years, the Times, NPR, and The
Washington Post have built large teams of reporters dedicated to
explaining climate science, dissecting climate policy, and showing how
global warming affects communities. But when covering extreme weather
across the globe, the outlets don't often include references to climate
change.
An NPR story on Tuesday, for instance, noted that wildfires are "not
unusual during Greece's hot, dry summers," but added that the blazes
"spread so quickly that they seemed to catch everyone off guard." The
story did not mention climate change's role in droughts and wildfires,
or that Greece is currently experiencing its hottest year on record.
There were similar exclusions in other extreme-weather coverage on NPR
this month: A July 10 story on Santa Barbara wildfires said
fast-spreading blazes were "part of a 'new normal.'" A July 8 story on
Oregon's drought quoted a rancher saying, "This is not normal for what
we normally have here." A July 7 story on wildfires noted the role of
"Record-breaking heat." None mentioned climate change, though-an
omission that drew some criticism on Twitter...
- - - - -
Geoff Brumfiel, NPR's science editor, vigorously defended the public
radio network's climate coverage. "We're actively working on a story,
trying to see what scientists think all of these events," he told me on
Tuesday. "You don't just want to be throwing around, 'This is due to
climate change, that is due to climate change.'" I suggested that
journalists don't need to determine whether an event was caused by
climate change to make a climate connection-*a journalist could merely
say climate change makes extreme events such as these more likely. "It's
an interesting question if there should be boilerplate language [in
extreme weather stories]*," Brumfiel replied.
https://newrepublic.com/article/150124/medias-failure-connect-dots-climate-change
[video top 5 pop-panic-pandering ]
*The 5 Big Climate Unknowns <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIrnJwMPzY4>*
Climate State
Published on Jul 26, 2018
Climate unknowns include the rate of sea level rise, ozone loss, how the
Gulf Stream will react and what it possibly means, the Earth's response,
and the potential for extra methane release from methane clathrates,
stored at continental margins. There are many more climate unknowns, for
example elaborated in this article https://thinkprogress.org/what-are-th...
0:04 #1 Ozone Loss
4:00 #2 Rate of Sea Level Rise
7:32 #3 Gulf Stream Slowdown
11:18 #4 Earth's Response
17:40 #5 Methane Hydrates
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIrnJwMPzY4
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[classic from 2011]
*What Are the "Unknown Unknowns" of Global Warming
<https://thinkprogress.org/what-are-the-unknown-unknowns-of-global-warming-1438d934bdee/>*
JOE ROMM - OCT 1, 2011, 2:05 PM
Accelerated release of the methane hydrates
Rapid collapse of the West Antarctic ice sheet
Dramatic shift in ocean circulation patterns
Runaway greenhouse effect
The drying of the Northern peatlands (bogs, moors, and mires).
The Amazon becoming a carbon source - see Science: Second '100-year'
Amazon drought in 5 years caused huge CO2 emissions. If this pattern
continues, the forest would become a warming source.
I'm talking about stuff that is not really explored in the scientific
literature [2011].
https://thinkprogress.org/what-are-the-unknown-unknowns-of-global-warming-1438d934bdee/
*This Day in Climate History - July 27, 2006
<http://www.c-span.org/video/?193612-1/Methodo> - from D.R. Tucker*
July 27, 2006: Climate scientist Michael Mann testifies before the House
Committee on Energy and Commerce regarding his scientific research--and
the transparently partisan efforts by climate-change deniers to
undermine it.
http://youtu.be/8e2GlooAPkM
http://www.c-span.org/video/?193612-1/Methodo
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