[TheClimate.Vote] March 17, 2019 - Daily Global Warming News Digest.

Sun Mar 17 09:07:38 EDT 2019

/March 17, 2019/

[podcast 'Slate Money' interview & with ironic cars ads from sponsors]
*The Uninhabitable Earth Edition*
Slate Money on the scary future of global warming.
By EMILY PECK, FELIX SALMON, and ANNA SZYMANSKI
On this week's episode of Slate Money, David Wallace-Wells joins Emily, 
Felix, and Anna to discuss his new book, *The Uninhabitable Earth: Life 
After Warming*, and frankly, freak everyone out about global warming.
https://slate.com/business/2019/03/slate-money-david-wallace-wells-author-the-uninhabitable-earth-life-after-warming.html

[BEST message on the biggest issue]
*Should We Have Kids?*
sexplanations
Published on Mar 13, 2019
Here is a link to calculate your personal cost of raising a child: 
https://www.cnpp.usda.gov/tools/CRC_Calculator/default.aspx

When I think about whether or not to have kids the two biggest arguments 
that come to mind are "no, don't add 59 more tons of CO2 to the planet 
each year" and "yes, we need more kids in the next generation to care 
for older generations as they age." It's confusing. And it's not simple. 
In addition to these reasons there are hundreds more -- emotional, 
cultural, economic and so on. Research shows that the more educated a 
person is the less likely they are to have children and this is often 
brought up to encourage people who intellectually prevent pregnancy to 
have children for the sake of society. There's social pressure, 
tradition, wanting independence, and adventure.

What I hope to do in this episode is to share some of the most common 
arguments for and against having kids while offering a third option to 
the debate -- fostering and adoption. I don't know what is right for any 
one person (though I do judge) and there's a lot of factors to consider 
(some I don't know of or understand).

As I share in this video, I have parented 12 kids as a foster and or 
adoptive parent. I started when I was 27 and it's now been a 10 year 
experience. Recently someone asked me to talk about this in a video so 
this is an effort to do that. It's certainly not everything I have to 
say on the topic including everything I've learned about sexuality from 
parenting. I chose not to go into a lot of detail because I"m still 
trying to sort out how to describe my experiences while preserving the 
anonymity and or confidentiality of my kids. What I can tell you is that 
I'm thinking a lot about how and if there's still interest, I will do my 
best to share more in the future.
Stay curious.
Dr. Doe's contact info:
TWITTER : https://twitter.com/elleteedee
TUMBLR : http://tumblingdoe.tumblr.com
FACEBOOK : https://www.facebook.com/sexplanations
INSTAGRAM : http://instagram.com/sexplanations
DFTBA : https://store.dftba.com/collections/sexplanations
WEBSITE : http://sexplanations.com
Support Sexplanations - https://www.patreon.com/sexplanations
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31WGuVyD7wI

[Arctic info]
*The urgency of Arctic change*
Abstract
This article provides a synthesis of the latest observational trends and 
projections for the future of the Arctic. First, the Arctic is already 
changing rapidly as a result of climate change. Contemporary warm Arctic 
temperatures and large sea ice deficits (75% volume loss) demonstrate 
climate states outside of previous experience. Modeled changes of the 
Arctic cryosphere demonstrate that even limiting global temperature 
increases to near 2 C will leave the Arctic a much different environment 
by mid-century with less snow and sea ice, melted permafrost, altered 
ecosystems, and a projected annual mean Arctic temperature increase of 
+4 C. Second, even under ambitious emission reduction scenarios, 
high-latitude land ice melt, including Greenland, are foreseen to 
continue due to internal lags, leading to accelerating global sea level 
rise throughout the century. Third, future Arctic changes may in turn 
impact lower latitudes through tundra greenhouse gas release and shifts 
in ocean and atmospheric circulation. Arctic-specific radiative and heat 
storage feedbacks may become an obstacle to achieving a stabilized 
global climate. In light of these trends, the precautionary principle 
calls for early adaptation and mitigation actions.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1873965218301543?via%3Dihub

[David Wallace-Wells speaks for 7 minutes]
*Earth at 2 degrees hotter will be horrific. Now here's what 4 degrees 
will look like. - David Wallace-Wells*
Big Think
Published on Mar 14, 2019
This is what the world will be like if we do not act on climate change.
- The best-case scenario of climate change is that world gets just 2C 
hotter, which scientists call the "threshold of catastrophe".
- Why is that the good news? Because if humans don't change course now, 
the planet is on a trajectory to reach 4C at the end of this century, 
which would bring $600 trillion in global climate damages, double the 
warfare, and a refugee crisis 100x worse than the Syrian exodus.
- David Wallace-Wells explains what would happen at an 8C and even 13C 
increase. These predictions are horrifying, but should not scare us into 
complacency. "It should make us focus on them more intently," he says.
David Wallace-Wells is a national fellow at the New America foundation 
and a columnist and deputy editor at New York magazine. He was 
previously the deputy editor of The Paris Review. He lives in New York 
City. His latest book is The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming 
(https://goo.gl/ih35YX)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17aE91SBMoY

[Classic document from 1988]
1988 Shell Confidential Report "The Greenhouse Effect"*
*
**The confidential report, "The Greenhouse Effect," was authored by 
members of Shell's Greenhouse Effect Working Group and based on a 1986 
study, though the document reveals Shell was commissioning "greenhouse 
effect" reports as early as 1981. Report highlights include:

    A thorough review of climate science literature, including
    acknowledgement of fossil fuels' dominant role in driving greenhouse
    gas emissions. More importantly, Shell quantifies its own products'
    contribution to global CO2 emissions.
    A detailed analysis of potential climate impacts, including rising
    sea levels, ocean acidification, and human migration.
    A discussion of the potential impacts to the fossil fuel sector
    itself, including legislation, changing public sentiment, and
    infrastructure vulnerabilities. Shell concludes that active
    engagement from the energy sector is desirable.
    A cautious response to uncertainty in scientific models, pressing
    for sincere consideration of solutions even in the face of existing
    debates.
    A warning to take policy action early, even before major changes are
    observed to the climate.

In short, by 1988 Shell was not only aware of the potential threats 
posed by climate change, it was open about its own role in creating the 
conditions for a warming world. Similar documents by ExxonMobil, oil 
trade associations, and utility companies have emerged in recent years, 
though this Shell document is a rare, early, and concrete accounting of 
climate responsibility by an oil major.
However, by the time the global warming becomes detectable it could be 
too late to take effective countermeasures to reduce the effects or even 
to stabilize the situation. (p. 4)
http://www.climatefiles.com/shell/1988-shell-report-greenhouse/

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[turn up the music or put on the headphones]

Here is one great song by Katie Goodman https://youtu.be/Sdn3O6aaMNc

*Collected Music for Global Warming Anthropocene and changing climate - 
playlist*
Search for an Anthem for Global Warming - offering this collection of 
musical anthems and political and cultural song about our changing 
future.  This is the Anthropocene - the era where humans have left their 
mark on the world.   We have a huge mess now, and worse problems for our 
future.   We have dire science, and now we are on a path of tremendous 
self-discovery, why are we so willing to tolerate such self harm?   We 
now bring relentless attention to adapting to our mess and figuring out 
how to mitigate harm.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU5dY2n3AbGHCgJ9OiDxG5hjY9QYAkQ55
- and another similar list- 
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL77C46FF49252AEFD

*This Day in Climate History - March 17, 2013 - from D.R. Tucker*
March 17, 2013: New York Times columnist Tom Friedman muses on the 
economic benefits of a federal carbon tax.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/17/opinion/sunday/friedman-its-lose-lose-vs-win-win-win-win-win.html?_r=0
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