[TheClimate.Vote] February 22, 2019 - Daily Global Warming News Digest
Richard Pauli
richard at theclimate.vote
Fri Feb 22 10:47:23 EST 2019
/February 22, 2019/
[Amy Goodman interviews Wallace-Wells]
*The Uninhabitable Earth: Unflinching New Book Lays Out Dire
Consequences of Climate Chaos*
"It is worse, much worse, than you think." That's the opening line of a
damning new book by journalist David Wallace-Wells that offers an
unflinching look at the growing climate catastrophe. "The Uninhabitable
Earth: Life After Warming" sounds the alarm about the climate crisis and
the need for swift and radical action to save the planet from
unimaginable destruction. We speak to Wallace-Wells about the rapid
heating of the planet, which he says could reach more than 4 degrees
Celsius by 2100.
https://www.democracynow.org/2019/2/21/the_uninhabitable_earth_unflinching_new_book
LINKS
"The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming"
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/586541/the-uninhabitable-earth-by-david-wallace-wells/
David Wallace-Wells on Twitter https://twitter.com/dwallacewells
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[important words includes positive spin]
*David Wallace-Wells: 'Why climate change is gravely worse than feared' *
ITV News
Published on Feb 19, 2019
According to American author David Wallace-Wells, there is a jarring gap
between academic research and how climate change is represented in the
media.
His new book, worryingly titled, 'The Uninhabitable Earth' is a warning
that simply more can and must be done.
In a wide-ranging interview with ITV News Science Editor Tom Clarke,
Wallace-Wells describes how he became a "quasi-activist" during his
research; how an alarmist approach can be effective; the damning failure
of the Paris Agreement and how China could play a key role in reducing
global warming.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yK4pMWZZh2I
Check for Transcript
[See it on smartphone or desktop]
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[Beckwith video worth viewing]
*LECTURE: Abrupt Climate Change Disruption of Your Life*
Paul Beckwith
Published on Feb 21, 2019
People used to have to move to experience a new climate. Now, you just
have to wait a few years. The North American 100th meridian separating
the dry West from the wetter East shifted 140 miles east since 1980. US
Tornado Alley has moved 500 miles east in 30 years. Dorothy, it's no
longer in Kansas. Plant Hardiness Zones migrate Northward 13 miles per
decade. Canada's Permafrost line has moved 80 miles north in 50 years.
Wheat Belts are march poleward up to 160 miles per decade; southern
Australia's is pushing into the sea.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tblT1ZqDrPU
[Real Estate]
*After Florida, Arizona's Real Estate Market Will Be Hit Next By Global
Warming*
February 20th, 2019 by Michael Barnard
Florida has been the bellwether for real estate changes due to global
warming-induced sea level rise, but it's followed by multiple states on
the eastern seaboard of the USA. Studies have found that billions have
already been lost on coastal property values as buyers factor in the
cost of rising seas. Tens of billions more are at serious risk of
repeated flooding leading to complete loss of value in the coming decades.
But Arizona and southeastern US states are likely next to feel pain in
their real estate markets due to global warming. It won't be too much
water, but too little in great part.
Arizona has already been significantly impacted by global warming, with
an increase in average summer temperatures of 1.8 degrees since the
1970s. What's more relevant is the increase in danger days, when the
combination of heat and humidity makes it literally dangerous to be
outside of any period of time, and makes outdoor work non-viable.
Climate Central provides state-by-state breakdowns, comparisons and
visualizations to assist policy makers and others to see likely impacts.
Arizona is also hard hit, with Phoenix projected to see 146 danger days
by 2050, Tucson expected to see 135, and Yuma projected to have 159. As
a harbinger of these changes, Tucson now has 24 more days above 100°F on
average per year than in the 1970s, the second largest increase in the
nation.
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Here's the short list of things that won't be possible in the summer
during the daytime and possibly at night:
- most agricultural labor
- most yard work
- maintaining golf courses
- road work of any kind
That humidity has to come from somewhere, and that's the other edge of
the sword.
Higher temperatures evaporate more water off the landscape, dry out
soils and shrink the amount of runoff from rain and snow that makes its
way into streams and rivers.
"For the same amount of snow falling, we're getting less bang for the
buck," said Gregg Garfin, a University of Arizona climate scientist who
co-authored the chapter on the Southwest. "All of that, based on the
climate projections, really says that we're drying out, and that it
would take much more precipitation for us to counteract the effects of
that drying."
Arizona's fresh water supply is seriously threatened. Unlike Miami,
whose water supply is at risk for different reasons, Arizona can't spend
2.5 times the money per cubic yard of water and desalinate sea water.
There just isn't any viable source of water for Arizona to desalinate.
So when will this start impacting real estate value? After all, Arizona
is a pretty inhospitable place already which money, electricity and
fossil fuels make livable in the summer and pleasant in the winter.
Global warming is slow, but cascade effects can be fast. At present
course and speed, 2050 is looking like an ugly time for several parts of
the USA. The southwest interior and southern Florida are likely at the
top of the list of places which are going to be much harder to live in.
After all, no yards, no golf courses, rutted roads, very expensive water
and not being able to play outside at anything for most of the summer
doesn't sound like a lot of fun. So people will start staying away, or
leaving. Businesses will start failing, and the owners will pick up and
go to someplace more amenable.
What that means for real estate is that there will be potential for
value decline as early as 2030. There are various rules of thumb for
real estate investment, but unless you are explicitly flipping in a very
short period of time, in general real estate is a 10-year horizon
acquisition. It's very durable, not very liquid, and there are
significant costs associated with real estate transactions which need to
be balanced against gains.
This means that projected real estate value loss in 2040 impacts prices
in 2030. Arizona will merely be behind the curve compared to southern
Florida.
https://cleantechnica.com/2019/02/20/after-florida-arizonas-real-estate-market-will-be-hit-next-by-global-warming/
[coal is crumbling]
*Coal Company Responds to Investors, Vows to Cut Production to Battle
Climate Change*
One of the world's largest mining and natural resource companies
announced it will limit coal production to reduce carbon emissions in
response to investors who pushed the company to commit to a transition
to a low-carbon economy.
Glencore, a multinational mining company based in Switzerland, announced
its plans after discussions with institutional investors participating
in Climate Action 100+, a group with more than $32 trillion in assets
under management. Investors praised Glencore's commitment to the
low-carbon transition and hailed it as a first for the mining industry.
"We are encouraged to see that Glencore has taken the positive steps to
align its business strategy with the goals laid out by the Paris
Agreement to limit global temperature rise and to achieve net zero
emissions," said Mindy Lubber, vice chair of the global Climate Action
100+ steering committee and chief executive of Ceres, a nonprofit
dedicated to sustainable investing. "As the first mining company to make
such a commitment, we are hopeful that others in the sector and in other
high-emitting sectors across the economy will follow suit."...
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The company also announced that it will review its membership in trade
associations and lobbying groups to determine if there is any
misalignment with its support for the Paris Agreement. It promised to
make the results of the review public this year.
https://www.climateliabilitynews.org/2019/02/21/coal-mining-glencore-climate-change/
[The channel has 1.3 million subscribers]
*No To Be Dramatic, But You Are Really In Danger!*
SMART BANANA
Published on Jan 13, 2019
Subscribe! https://goo.gl/JTfP6L
The year 2018 turned out to be the hottest in the history of
meteorological observations within the last 150 years. Additionally,
some scientists believe that Europe and the USA will soon be covered
with eternal cold. We don't know how precise the predictions of
scientists are, but we know for sure that we, humans, haven't brought
much good to our planet so far.
Smart Banana has prepared the most dangerous facts from all corners of
the world that will tell you how many things have changed on our planet
lately.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QH_RTImjVQA
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[a different communication style]
*How Climate Change Can End Your Life on Earth*
SMART BANANA
Published on Feb 8, 2019
Be like SMART BANANA: https://goo.gl/JTfP6L
How Climate Change Can End the Life on Earth
Hey, everyone. It's me, Mr. Banana. And today I want to talk to you
about climate change. I know, I know that you are already tired of that.
At school you were told about how important it was (is and will be, to
be honest). Because of it, the danger from the process is not taken into
account but it should.
So, be serious and listen. I don't think that one day you want to go to
the best world because of catastrophic climate change. Be prepared.
Watch this video at least till 02:55, cause there's a little surprise
for you ;)
And also don't miss this video - No To Be Dramatic, But You Are Really
In Danger! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QH_RTImjVQA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFISM7FQ0Go
*This Day in Climate History - February 22, 2010 - from D.R. Tucker*
February 22, 2010:
The Economist calls out the Daily Mail for promoting the notion that
climate change "stopped" in 1995.
http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2010/02/climategate_distortions
http://youtu.be/cp-iB6jwjUc
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