[TheClimate.Vote] July 3, 2019 - Daily Global Warming News Digest
Richard Pauli
richard at theclimate.vote
Wed Jul 3 08:44:01 EDT 2019
/July 3, 2019/
[fast growing fire July 2]
*Wildfire activity increases in Manitoba and Ontario*
The Red 023 Fire near Sandy Lake in Ontario made a 20 kilometer run
Monday afternoon and night.
Wildfire activity in Canada has spread from British Columbia and
Alberta, east to the provinces of Manitoba and Ontario. In the last
several days about a dozen fires have grown much larger in Eastern
Manitoba and Northwestern Ontario. Winds out of the west Monday
afternoon and night forced some of blazes to grow substantially to the
east and northeast.
The largest in the area is in Northwestern Ontario, the Red 023 Fire
that started June 15. As illustrated in the map below, between 2:42 p.m.
June 1 and 4:33 a.m. CDT June 2 the fire ran east for about 20
kilometers (13 miles). Early Tuesday morning it was 4 miles south of
Sandy Lake and six miles southwest of the community of Keewaywin.
The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry's latest estimate
of the size of the Red 023 Fire was 37,390 Ha (92,392 acres). After the
major run, our very, very unofficial estimate using satellite data
estimates that it has grown to at least 54,000 Ha (130,000 acres)...
https://wildfiretoday.com/2019/07/02/wildfire-activity-increases-in-manitoba-and-ontario/
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[Smoke Map]
Forecast for the distribution of wildfire smoke at 7 p.m. CDT July 3,
2019, produced July 2 by the Canadian government. The forecast only
includes the area within the black border.
https://i2.wp.com/wildfiretoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Map_3_Smoke_7pmCDT_7-3-2019.jpg?ssl=1
[Significant - An after-the-meeting briefing]
*Pope Francis and Big Oil come together on carbon price*
Amy Harder, Eric J. Lyman, journalist in Rome
Top energy and investment executives attending a conference last weekend
hosted by Pope Francis at the Vatican agreed a price on carbon emissions
was essential in transitioning to cleaner sources of energy, according
to multiple officials at the meeting.
*Why it matters:* This takeaway underscores how this particular policy
is cementing itself as the preferred path among global oil companies in
addressing climate change -- even while it remains far out of reach in
Washington, D.C.
*Between the lines: *Some big producers, particularly ExxonMobil Corp.,
have been increasingly vocal about their support for a carbon tax, but
so far their rhetoric hasn't been backed up by active lobbying on the
issue in Congress, whose GOP leaders generally oppose any such policy.
On the other side of the Atlantic, Europe already has a carbon-pricing
system.
*Meeting details:*
Ernest Moniz, energy secretary under President Obama, attended the
meeting and said that "one of the areas of focus was carbon pricing to
create market incentives for the transition to a low-carbon system,"
according to an interview with MIT.
Specific details about carbon pricing, such as oil companies' support
for it in Congress, were not discussed, according to multiple meeting
attendees.
"It needs to not disadvantage the already disadvantaged, that view come
out quite strongly from the Vatican side. It needs to be progressive,"
said one official who attended the conference.
Three industry officials in the meeting said that -- despite some
narratives emerging indicating the pope lectured companies on climate
change -- it was a genuine two-way dialogue with church officials
moderating the discussion more than anything. "Everybody recognized that
you need to find a meaningful way to put a charge on carbon," said one
meeting attendee.
A press release issued afterwards by one arm of the Vatican said
technologies including carbon capture and low-cost renewables were among
the discussion points.
President Trump wasn't mentioned, according to two officials. "I would
say it was a very apolitical conversation," said one attendee.
*What's next:* Notre Dame University, which helped organize this
meeting, has indicated it will discuss with participants, which includes
CEOs of big oil producers, renewable energy companies and investors,
about another meeting, said one participant, though no specific details
have emerged on that yet.
https://www.axios.com/pope-francis-big-oil-executives-vatican-meeting-carbon-tax-2b12db60-f89b-4e02-bb8d-4cb24ed4a879.html
[distilled words - Beckwith's case for Abrupt Changes]
*Paul Beckwith climate change interview--There Is No New Normal--Radio
Ecoshock *
Stop Fossil Fuels
Published on Jul 2, 2019
When crazy weather goes on and on, we worry "Is this the way it's going
to be now?" Canadian climate scientist Paul Beckwith says there is no
new normal. We should expect extremes, swings, and surprises as the
world warms.
Paul set out to educate the world via YouTube. As recent extreme weather
reveals the nasty side of climate change, it's time to get Paul's
assessment.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0TNUNu1P-w
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See also https://www.ecoshock.org/2019/06/there-is-no-new-normal.html
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[Ocean heat uptake is 20% higher than thought]
https://twitter.com/CarbonBrief/status/1144251266773716992
[he calls out the 'Soft Denialism' of the Green New Deal]
*Dahr Jamail: abrupt climate change & The End of Ice--Derrick Jensen
Resistance Radio--June 30, 2019*
Deep Green Resistance
Published on Jun 28, 2019
Dahr Jamai is an award winning journalist and author who is a full-time
staff reporter for Truthout.org. His most recent book is about abrupt
climate change, called The End of Ice.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PxEi3Nh38Y
[is it the barrage? or is it the content? or the receiver? or the parent?]
*The Barrage of Bad News About Climate Change Is Triggering
'Eco-Anxiety,' Psychologists Say*
By Iso
When news about the environment becomes grim, you might be overcome by
an urge to hide or collapse.
On last week's episode of HBO drama "Big Little Lies," 9-year-old
Amabella did both. The character's metallic boots were found sticking
out of a classroom closet following a lesson on climate change, and the
internet collectively nodded in recognition.bel Whitcomb, Live Science
Contributor | July 2, 2019
*When news about the environment becomes grim, you might be overcome by
an urge to hide or collapse.*
On last week's episode of HBO drama "Big Little Lies," 9-year-old
Amabella did both. The character's metallic boots were found sticking
out of a classroom closet following a lesson on climate change, and the
internet collectively nodded in recognition.
*The Barrage of Bad News About Climate Change Is Triggering
'Eco-Anxiety,' Psychologists Say*
On the HBO series "Big Little Lies," Amabella Klein had a panic attack
while learning about climate change. She has good company; psychologists
say this type of "eco-anxiety" is surprisingly common.
When news about the environment becomes grim, you might be overcome by
an urge to hide or collapse.
On last week's episode of HBO drama "Big Little Lies," 9-year-old
Amabella did both. The character's metallic boots were found sticking
out of a classroom closet following a lesson on climate change, and the
internet collectively nodded in recognition.
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It turns out that anxiety, grief and despair about the state of the
environment is nothing new. It even has a name: eco-anxiety. And
according to psychologists, it's incredibly common.
According to a Yale survey conducted in December 2018, 70% of Americans
are "worried" about climate change, 29% are "very worried" and 51% feel
"helpless." Despite these striking statistics, most people don't realize
how widespread eco-anxiety is, one psychologist told Live Science.
"[Ecoanxiety] is often hidden somewhat under the surface," Thomas
Doherty, a clinical psychologist based in Portland, Oregon, told Live
Science, "people aren't taught how to talk about it."
Still, over the past decade, eco-anxiety has gained increasing
recognition from scientists and non-scientists alike. It's not listed in
the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, psychology's list of official
diagnoses. That's partially because its symptoms are poorly defined,
said David Austern, a clinical psychologist at NYU Langone Health. The
American Psychological Association defines it as "a chronic fear of
environmental doom." Eco-anxiety can range from day-to-day worry about
the fate of the world, to Amabella's outright panic attack. Depending on
whom you ask, it can even include the fear and panic attacks some
natural disaster victims experience after the fact, Austern said. Its
symptoms are largely the same as any other kind of anxiety; its only
distinguishing factor is its cause, Austern said.
But that doesn't mean that psychologists aren't taking eco-anxiety
seriously. In 2008, the American Psychological Association established a
climate change task force. And in 2017, they published a 70-page report
on the mental-health effects of climate change. This year, at their
annual conference in Chicago, there will be four climate change related
sessions.
A term like eco-anxiety, though nebulous, is important to create
recognition for a very real phenomenon, Austern said. It helps people
express what they're experiencing.
Psychologists agree it's important to open up a dialogue about the
mental health effects of climate change. But they also agree that in
most cases, eco-anxiety isn't a bad thing.
"It's a rational reply to a really serious problem," Maria Ojala, a
psychologist at Orebro University in Sweden, told Live Science. That,
she says, is why it could be dangerous to make it a clinical diagnosis.
"We have to ask, Is it more pathological for someone to be so worried
about climate change or is it actually more pathological that people are
not more worried about it?" Austern said. Anxiety is precisely the
emotion that'll propel us to do something, he added. Conveniently,
taking action Is also one of the most effective coping mechanisms for
eco-anxiety, Ojala said.
But anxiety is only good for sparking action up to a certain point,
Doherty said. A tenet of psychology, the Yerkes-Dodson law, holds that
up to a certain point, arousal -- how alert or worried you feel -- leads
people take action and perform better. But overly high levels of anxiety
can become paralyzing. For example, one study described cases in which
fear of extreme weather approached the level of phobia. Depending on how
anxious you are, that's either incredibly convenient, or presents a
catch-22 situation.
In these cases, anxiety becomes counterproductive to climate action,
Doherty said, And it's important to seek help. Luckily, if you're too
anxious to take action, fostering a sense of connection with one's
environment and community can also help with symptoms. A recent study
found that 2 hours per week in nature is enough to reap mental health
benefits.
Despite its prevalence, eco-anxiety still goes under-recognized. It
shouldn't be, Doherty said. "This 'Big Little Lies' episode clearly
struck a chord with people," Doherty said. And that's a sign, he added,
of how important a conversation this is to have.
https://www.livescience.com/65843-climate-change-anxiety-is-real.html
[For youth]
*Lessons Learned?: Helping Students and School Personnel Recover from
Disaster*
Source: University of Colorado at Boulder, Natural Hazards Center
Date Published: 6/27/2019
Format: Text
Annotation: This report, part of the Children and Disasters Special
Collection, details the results of a survey of school and district
personnel from 10 eastern North Carolina school districts that were
severely affected by Hurricane Matthew in 2016. It discusses responses
to three of the survey questions that shed some light on what type of
support was available after Hurricane Matthew, what educators found
helpful, and what was missing during the recovery process. [less]
URL:
https://hazards.colorado.edu/news/research-counts/special-collection/lessons-learned-helping-students-and-school-personnel-recover-from-disaster
Authors: Davis, Cassandra; Fuller, Sarah; Cannon, Sarah; Long, Rex
Type: Report
ID: 19553. From: Disaster Lit - a database of the U.S. National Library
of Medicine.
https://disasterinfo.nlm.nih.gov/search/id:19553
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*Children and Disasters Special Collection*
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Hurricane Matthew came ashore on October 8, 2016 and generated massive
flooding across a large area of eastern North Carolina. Data from the
North Carolina Department of Public Instruction indicated that at least
600,000 students were impacted by the storm--that's 600,000 students at
risk of experiencing the psychological issues and reduced academic
achievement that research has shown can stem from children's exposure to
hurricanes. We know that support from schools can lessen these issues,
however, minimal research is available to guide educators on the types
of support that work best.
In Spring 2018, we surveyed school and district personnel from 10
eastern North Carolina school districts that were severely affected by
Hurricane Matthew. A total of 1,722 personnel representing 178 schools
completed the survey. The fall after we conducted the survey, Hurricane
Florence made landfall, impacting many of these same districts. These
repeated disasters underscore the importance of understanding what
support students and educators need during recovery...
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Among the types of support available, participants identified emergency
and temporary housing as the most beneficial support for students.
Adjusting the school calendar and providing free meals also ranked high
as beneficial for students.
Participants also indicated that modifying the academic calendar was the
most beneficial way to support school and district personnel, followed
closely by school relocation and the launching of emergency response
plans...
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*Conclusion*
It is imperative for educators, policy makers, and interested
stakeholders to assist schools recovering from reoccurring hurricanes.
Although students receive a wide range of support after a disaster,
educators facing the same impacts are often left to address their
personal and professional needs alone. Further support from mental
healthcare professionals could assist both students and educators to
recover faster and return to school. Moreover, taking a systems approach
to trauma-informed schools can help students, staff, administrators,
and families recover more effectively from disasters.
Teachers spend so much time teaching lessons to others, it is important
that we learn lessons from them after disasters.
https://hazards.colorado.edu/news/research-counts/special-collection/lessons-learned-helping-students-and-school-personnel-recover-from-disaster
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[Bookmark this page]
*The National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) was created to
raise the standard of care and increase access to services for children
and families who experience or witness traumatic events. *
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OUR MISSION is to raise the standard of care and improve access to
services for traumatized children, their families and communities
throughout the United States
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NCTSN.org is a resource for the public, professionals, and others who
care about children and are concerned about child traumatic stress.
It is the web site of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network
(NCTSN), which is funded by the Center for Mental Health Services,
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services.
The NCTSN site is maintained by the National Center for Child Traumatic
Stress (NCCTS) in consultation with the NCTSN Steering Committee as well
as advisors from among NCTSN member centers and the public. NCTSN itself
receives advice and guidance from its National Advisory Board.
Many of the materials on NCTSN.org have been created by collaborative
groups of NCTSN members. These materials contain author credits. In most
cases, uncredited materials have been developed by NCCTS professional
staff with guidance from the NCCTS Executive Committee and various NCTSN
members.
https://www.nctsn.org/
[specific science]
*Damage to the ozone layer and climate change forming feedback loop*
New report finds that impacts of ozone-driven climate change span the
ecosystem
Date: June 24, 2019
Source: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Summary: Increased solar radiation penetrating through the damaged
ozone layer is interacting with the changing climate, and the
consequences are rippling through the Earth's natural systems,
effecting everything from weather to the health and abundance of sea
mammals like seals and penguins. These findings were detailed in a
review article published today in Nature Sustainability by members
of the United Nations Environment Programme's Environmental Effects
Assessment Panel, which informs parties to the Montreal Protocol.
"What we're seeing is that ozone changes have shifted temperature and
precipitation patterns in the southern hemisphere, and that's altering
where the algae in the ocean are, which is altering where the fish are,
and where the walruses and seals are, so we're seeing many changes in
the food web," said Kevin Rose, a researcher at Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute who serves on the panel and is a co-author of the review article.
The 1987 Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer --
the first multilateral environmental agreement to be ratified by all
member nations of the United Nations -- was designed to protect Earth's
main filter for solar ultraviolet radiation by phasing out production of
harmful humanmade substances, such as the chlorofluorocarbons class of
refrigerants. The treaty has largely been considered a success, with
global mean total ozone projected to recover to pre-1980 levels by the
middle of the 21st century. Earlier this year, however, researchers
reported detecting new emissions of ozone depleting substances emanating
from East Asia, which could threaten ozone recovery.
While ozone depletion has long been known to increase harmful UV
radiation at the Earth's surface, its effect on climate has only
recently become evident. The report points to the Southern Hemisphere,
where a hole in the ozone layer above Antarctica has pushed the
Antarctic Oscillation -- the north-south movement of a wind belt that
circles the Southern Hemisphere -- further south than it has been in
roughly a thousand years. The movement of the Antarctic Oscillation is
in turn directly contributing to climate change in the Southern Hemisphere.
As climate zones have shifted southward, rainfall patterns, sea-surface
temperatures, and ocean currents across large areas of the southern
hemisphere have also shifted, impacting terrestrial and aquatic
ecosystems. The effects can be seen in Australia, New Zealand,
Antarctica, South America, Africa, and the Southern Ocean.
In the oceans, for example, some areas have become cooler and more
productive, where other areas have become warmer and less productive.
Warmer oceans are linked to declines in Tasmanian kelp beds and
Brazilian coral reefs, and the ecosystems that rely on them. Cooler
waters have benefitted some populations of penguins, seabirds, and
seals, who profit from greater populations of krill and fish. One study
reported that female albatrosses may have become a kilogram heavier in
certain areas because of the more productive cooler waters linked to
ozone depletion.
Rose also pointed to subtler feedback loops between climate and UV
radiation described in the report. For example, higher concentrations of
carbon dioxide have led to more acidic oceans, which reduces the
thickness of calcified shells, rendering shellfish more vulnerable to UV
radiation. Even humans, he said, are likely to wear lighter clothes in a
warmer atmosphere, making themselves more susceptible to damaging UV rays.
The report found that climate change may also be affecting the ozone
layer and how quickly the ozone layer is recovering.
"Greenhouse gas emissions trap more heat in the lower atmosphere which
leads to a cooling of the upper atmosphere. Those colder temperatures in
the upper atmosphere are slowing the recovery of the ozone layer," Rose
said.
As one of three scientific panels to support the Montreal Protocol, the
Environmental Effects Assessment Panel focused in particular on the
effects of UV radiation, climate change, and ozone depletion.
Thirty-nine researchers contributed to the article, which is titled
"Ozone depletion, ultraviolet radiation, climate change and prospects
for a sustainable future." Rose, an aquatic ecologist, serves on the
aquatic ecosystems working group, which is one of seven working groups
that are part of the panel.
"This international collaboration focusing on a pressing problem of
global significance exemplifies the research vision of The New
Polytechnic at Rensselaer," said Curt Breneman, dean of the Rensselaer
School of Science."
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/06/190624111536.htm
[A tool for the Anthropocene]
*The ColdTrailer*
The ColdTrailer is a conduction-based heat sensing probe that allows
firefighters to cold trail while remaining upright. Unlike infrared
devices that sense the surface temperature of the ash, the ColdTrailer
reaches deep into the ash and finds the heat where it is. The
ColdTrailer is the only alternative to conventional bare-handed cold
trailing.
Cold trailing is making sure a fire is dead out by carefully feeling
its perimeter with the hand to detect any remaining burning
material. The objective of this task is to locate and eliminate hot
spots that could potentially rekindle an otherwise contained fire.
https://www.coldtrailingsolutions.com/
*This Day in Climate History - July 3, 2009 - from D.R. Tucker*
July 3, 2009: Alaska Governor Sarah Palin announces her resignation
from office; shortly thereafter, she sets herself up as a right-wing
crusader against federal climate legislation.
http://youtu.be/kM0ZbNA8_ro
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2009/jul/20/sarah-palin/palin-flips-her-support-cap-and-trade/
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