[✔️] December 17, 2022 - Global Warming News Digest

Sat Dec 17 07:22:43 EST 2022

/*December 17, 2022*/

/[ We'll see how that flies ]/
*California cuts payments to homeowners for solar panels feeding energy 
back to the grid*
DEC 15 2022
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/15/california-lowers-solar-energy-incentives-for-homeowners.html

/[ some revelatory clips from USA Today - on the enormity of our 
predicament.]/
*What are the effects of climate change? How they disrupt our daily 
life, fuel disasters.*
Dinah Voyles Pulver
USA TODAY

    - - Climate change is real and its effects are spawning a climate
    crisis.
    - - Weather, wildlife, food supplies and other aspects of daily life
    are all impacted by the effects of climate change.
    - - While global average temperatures continue rising around the
    world, the U.S. has experienced more warming than many other countries.

Climate change makes splashy headlines when protesters hurl soup at 
priceless paintings or devastating floods wash through communities, but 
the impacts of warmer temperatures are also increasingly disrupting 
daily life.

*Climate change is real*
No matter what your relatives or friends say or post on social media, 
experts say the mountain of scientific evidence continues to build...
- -
“It is virtually certain that human activities have increased 
atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases,” a 
national panel of experts concluded in a draft of the 5th National 
Climate Assessment released in November. They see high confidence in 
forecasts for longer droughts, higher temperatures and increased flooding...
- -
*Why is climate change important? *
“Every part of the U.S. is feeling the effects of climate change in some 
way,” said Allison Crimmins, director of that 5th National Climate 
Assessment. Representing the latest in climate research by a broad array 
of scientists, the final version of the assessment is expected in late 2023.

The U.S. East Coast is feeling the combined impacts of more intense 
storms and rising sea levels. Sunny day flooding is reaching record levels.

Sea levels are forecast to rise as much as 10-12 inches by 2050. Federal 
agencies say it's a "clear and present risk."

Homes at the beach face an increased threat of erosion and a rising 
number of homes are giving way to the sea, but it's not just a coastal 
problem.

Disaster costs are rising, and scientists warn the window to further 
curtail fossil fuel emissions and put a lid on rising temperatures is 
closing rapidly.

Warmer waters: Rising seas could swamp $34B in US real estate in just 30 
years, analysis finds

*Is there a climate crisis? *
Many scientists and officials worldwide agree: Yes. By the end of this 
century, projections show global average surface temperatures compared 
to pre-industrial times could increase by as much as 5.4 degrees...
- -
Earth sets new emissions record: Dire global warming milestone could 
come within a decade, report says...
- -
Climate extremes show: Global warming has 'no sign of slowing'

Is climate change getting better?
Experts say the warming climate will have increasingly severe impacts on 
daily life, making it moredifficult to access water and food, puttinga 
strain on physical and mental health and challenging transportation and 
infrastructure...
- -
Heat kills more humans each year than floods or hurricanes...

Studies warn the growth in wildfires in the West could mean an increase 
in dangerous air quality levels.

Warmer climates put animals on the move and increases the risk they’ll 
spread pathogens to other animals and to humans. A group of University 
of Hawaii researchers looked at how 376 human diseases and allergens 
such as malaria and asthma are affected by climate-related weather 
hazards and found nearly 60% have been aggravated by hazards, such as 
heat and floods...
- -
*How does climate change affect us?*
Agriculture, sports events and community festivals are feeling the heat.

Farmers are seeing more weather extremes and wilder swings between 
extreme drought and flooding.

Maple syrup producer Adam Parke has seen a 10-day shift forward in the 
maple sugar season on his Vermont farm over three decades.

Beef, citrus and cotton:Agriculture sees effects of 'weirding weather' 
from climate change

NASA reported in 2021 that decreases in global food supplies related to 
climate change could be apparent by 2030.

But agriculture also may be part of the solution to countering the 
increases in carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases.

Billions set aside by the Inflation Reduction Act is earmarked to help 
support agriculture and reduce its emissions.

Changing climate: Uncertain future for Northeast maple trees, syrup season
- -
Olympians worry as winter disappears.
- -
Even fly fisherman see changes all around them. “Everyone knows if this 
keeps up, the places we can fish for trout are going to be limited,” 
said Tom Rosenbauer of Vermont, whose job title at sporting goods 
retailer Orvis is chief enthusiast.

How does climate change affect animals?
Warmer temperatures are forcing some animal species to move beyond their 
typical home ranges, increasing the risk that infectious viruses they 
carry could be transmitted to other species they haven’t encountered 
before. That poses a threat to human and animal health around the world.

Heat's impact:Climate change could cause mass extinction of marine life 
in Earth's oceans, study says...
- -
“Climate change and pandemics are not separate things,” epidemiologist 
Colin Carlson, told USA TODAY. “We have to take that seriously as a 
real-time threat.”

Invasive species are expanding their ranges and even native animals are 
changing their habits. In South America and Africa, some primate species 
are leaving the treetops more often...
- -
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/12/15/climate-change-effects-disasters/10810653002/

/[ She is 94 years old - with fresh new wisdom about rage and gratitude   ]/
*Joanna Macy | What Could Possibly Go Right?*
Post Carbon Institute
Oct 24, 2022
Episode #89: Interview with Joanna Macy
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Joanna Macy, Ph.D, author & teacher, is a scholar of Buddhism, systems 
thinking and deep ecology. A respected voice in movements for peace, 
justice, and ecology, she interweaves her scholarship with learnings 
from six decades of activism.

Her wide-ranging work addresses psychological and spiritual issues of 
the nuclear age, the cultivation of ecological awareness, and the 
fruitful resonance between Buddhist thought and postmodern science. The 
many dimensions of this work are explored in her thirteen books, which 
include three volumes of poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke with translation 
and commentary.

As the root teacher of The Work That Reconnects, Joanna has created a 
ground-breaking framework for personal and social change, as well as a 
powerful workshop methodology for its application.

She addresses the question of “What Could Possibly Go Right?” with 
thoughts including:

    *- Choosing “to be starkly present in this moment and now” is a
    radical act**
    **
    **- “Don't be afraid of your sorrow or grief or rage. Treasure them.
    They come from your caring.”**
    **
    **- These emotions “will nurture in you a fierce clarity for what
    can be done”**
    **
    **- “There's so much joy and courage… in finding a purpose”*

Complete show notes and transcript here: 
https://www.resilience.org/what-could-possibly-go-right-podcast-vicki-robin/
play https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6u8HdzabB4I
*Play audio and read transcript 
https://www.resilience.org/stories/2022-10-25/what-could-possibly-go-right-episode-89-joanna-macy/*

/[ Keep a lookout ]/
*Coextinctions dominate future vertebrate losses from climate and land 
use change*
GIOVANNI STRONA HTTPS://ORCID.ORG/0000-0003-2294-4013 AND COREY J. A. 
BRADSHAW HTTPS://ORCID.ORG/0000-0002-5328-7741
SCIENCE ADVANCES
16 Dec 2022
Vol 8, Issue 50
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abn4345

    Abstract
    Although theory identifies coextinctions as a main driver of
    biodiversity loss, their role at the planetary scale has yet to be
    estimated. We subjected a global model of interconnected terrestrial
    vertebrate food webs to future (2020–2100) climate and land-use
    changes. We predict a 17.6% (± 0.16% SE) average reduction of local
    vertebrate diversity globally by 2100, with coextinctions increasing
    the effect of primary extinctions by 184.2% (± 10.9% SE) on average
    under an intermediate emissions scenario. Communities will lose up
    to a half of ecological interactions, thus reducing trophic
    complexity, network connectance, and community resilience. The model
    reveals that the extreme toll of global change for vertebrate
    diversity might be of secondary importance compared to the damages
    to ecological network structure.

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abn4345

/[ The news archive - looking back at early attempts at adaptation ]/
/*December 17, */
December 17, 2014:  The New York Times reports:

"The Cuomo administration announced Wednesday that it would ban 
hydraulic fracturing in New York State, ending years of uncertainty by 
concluding that the controversial method of extracting gas from deep 
underground could contaminate the state’s air and water and pose 
inestimable public-health risks."

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/18/nyregion/cuomo-to-ban-fracking-in-new-york-state-citing-health-risks.html?mwrsm=Email 

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/12/17/3604762/breaking-new-york-will-pursue-fracking-ban/ 

http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/andrew-cuomo--im-not-a-scientist-374321731971 

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