[TheClimate.Vote] February 11, 2020 - Daily Global Warming News Digest

Tue Feb 11 08:28:01 EST 2020

/*February 11, 2020*/

[Sarcastic video taunt from Australia - 3 min]
*Honest Government Ad | After the fires*
Premiered 2-11-2020 5 hours ago
thejuicemedia
The Australien Government has made an ad about this summer's fires and 
it's surprisingly honest and informative
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BmbvTvFQ3g

[From Moscow Times]
*Climate change is moving Russia's taiga north, scientists warn*
By The Moscow Times
February 09, 2020
The Taiga forests of Siberia have expanded north toward the Arctic as a 
result of warming temperatures over the past four decades, a team of 
Russian and Finnish scientists has told TASS.

Climate change is heating Russia at a rate more than twice the global 
average, thawing what was once permanently frozen ground in the Arctic 
tundra, the Environment Ministry warned last year. This has set off 
massive releases of gases like methane and carbon dioxide -- previously 
stored in the permafrost -- into the atmosphere.

"We are currently observing sustained growth in temperatures in northern 
Eurasia and a corresponding latitudinal shift in biomes toward the North 
Pole by 100-150 kilometers over the past 40 years," Viktor Gennadinik, a 
Russian scientist participating in the study, was cited as saying by the 
state-run TASS news agency Friday.

"The taiga is moving into higher latitudes, into areas that were 
previously tundra," he added.

The joint project is being run by scientists from Tyumen State 
University, the University of Helsinki and the Finnish Meteorological 
Institute.

Another observation of the project said that the warming climate is also 
bringing dangerous new pests into the Arctic ecosystem.

Rashit Khantemirov, a biologist at the Urals branch of the Russian 
Academy of Sciences, told TASS that the current developments in the 
Arctic have not been seen for the past 7,000 years.
https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/ecology/2020/02/climate-change-moving-russias-taiga-north-scientists-warn
https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/ecology/2020/02/climate-change-moving-russias-taiga-north-scientists-warn
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[Feb 6th, 2020]
*Russia is hotter than ever*
Average temperatures in January were up to 12 degrees Celsius above 
normal in parts of the country.
https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/ecology/2020/02/russia-hotter-ever

[More news from Russia]
*Black day for coal company as it abandons grand Arctic dig*
Vostok Coal is giving up its great Arctic project. The buyer of the vast 
coal reserves of the Taymyr Peninsula might be state nuclear power 
company Rosatom.
https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/industry-and-energy/2020/02/black-day-coal-company-it-abandons-grand-arctic-dig

[two minute video ad for a deserving service]
*Managing Your Climate Anxiety*
Sep 24, 2019
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[anticipatory grief counts too]
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    differences. We'll do the same for you.
    --Tracking your mental health. Because this isn't a therapy group,
    we need to know you're taking care of yourself. Do you have a
    supportive partner or friend to check in with after the meetings? Do
    you have a therapist? Do you know how to find a therapist if you
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    --Vulnerability. The process works best if you show up and showing
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https://www.goodgriefnetwork.org/announcing-new-10-step-programs/
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[video on econ anxiety]
*What is eco-anxiety? feat. @The Psych Show*
Jan 29, 2019
zentouro
Climate change can be overwhelming - let's talk about what happens when 
it is all too much.
For the full conversation, become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/zentouro
Dr. Ali Mattu's The Psych Show: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClIZ...
Why I give Psychology away: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQkDM...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwJUm37_G_Y

[Digging back into the internet news archive]
*On this day in the history of global warming  - February 11, 2013 *

UPI reports on a Harvard University study that indicates "extreme 
weather and climate change present a potential threat to U.S. national 
security for which 'we are not prepared.'"

http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2013/02/11/Climate-change-risks-to-US-security-seen/UPI-54781360632325/#ixzz2m3sx4HrC

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