[✔️] January 30, 2022 - Daily Global Warming News Digest
👀 Richard Pauli
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/*January 30, 2022*/
/[ did anyone doubt it? ]/
*Climate change can be linked to this nor’easter (the bombogenesis, if
you prefer)*
Jan. 29, 2022
By Rachel Koning Beals
A warmer Earth will increase weather extremes, even if overall snowfall
declines, scientists say...
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Although climate change is expected to lower the amount of overall snow
the U.S. receives on an annual basis, it’s going to increase the number
of nor’easters we see annually, according to a recent report from the
federally funded National Center for Atmospheric Research’s nonprofit
arm, the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, or UCAR...
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On average, winters are getting warmer and shorter, with fewer places
experiencing extremely cold temperatures. Yet, because of all the added
moisture, blizzards are more likely to occur and be more severe in
places where temperatures are still cold enough for snow.
Essentially, the NCAR UCAR study reiterates other research suggesting
that extreme weather patterns have been, and will continue to become,
more common...
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/thats-right-climate-change-can-be-linked-to-this-noreaster-the-bombogenesis-if-you-prefer-11643397858
/[ Time to revive an old idea, tell our politicians//of the CCC //]/
*America’s young people face a grim future. A Civilian Climate Corps can
help.*
Martha Ross -- Jan 27, 2022
Senior Fellow - Brookings Metro
The pathway from adolescence to adulthood and a good job in the United
States should not be an obstacle course. But it is—and it will remain
that way unless we create more and better options to prepare young
people for employment and life.
At the same time, America’s youth also face a future of costly, deadly
disasters due to climate change. The economic and climate challenges
young adults face may not seem related, but one program could address
both: the Civilian Climate Corps, which would put young people to work
addressing a range of environmental problems while also offering
structure and a paycheck.
Unfortunately, the Build Back Better legislation that would support the
Corps is stalled in the U.S. Senate, despite more evidence every day
that we must reverse the trends damaging young people’s chance at a
better future. As President Joe Biden and his congressional allies
consider their options, it is imperative that the Civilian Climate Corps
be included in any future legislative agenda.
MILLIONS OF YOUNG PEOPLE DON’T GET A SHOT AT ECONOMIC SUCCESS
In a forthcoming analysis on the employment trajectories of young
adults, Child Trends and Brookings Metro will show just how difficult it
is to move up the economic ladder. We identified adults who had
experienced at least one type of disadvantage in their teens (such as
growing up in a low-income family) and followed them through their
twenties and into their early thirties.
Based on their employment histories, we segmented these adults into four
distinct groups. One group, accounting for 10% of the adults we
followed, were clear economic winners, with average annual earnings of
about $68,000 at age 25 and nearly $100,000 at age 30. The second group,
comprising one-third of the adults we followed, landed on fairly secure
economic ground, with average earnings of $35,000 at age 25 and $42,000
at age 30.
However, the rest of those we followed—more than half—did not fare so
well. More than one-third of the adults in our analysis fell into the
ranks of the working poor, with average annual earnings of about $18,000
at age 25 and $19,000 at age 30. They predominantly work in low-wage
occupations such as retail clerks, nurse aides, home care workers,
janitors, and cooks. Another 20% work only sporadically and have higher
poverty rates at age 30 (54%) than age 18 (50%). The lower-earning
groups are disproportionately female, Black, and Latino or Hispanic,
while the highest earning group is disproportionately white and male.
Consider what it is like to live on $19,000 per year. That translates
into about $1,600 per month before taxes. That is not much to live on,
much less invest in the future, save for a rainy day, or pay for
unexpected expenses such as car repairs or medical bills.
This is what happens when educational systems, labor market
institutions, and social policy fail to provide the necessary conditions
for all young people to thrive as they move into adulthood: millions are
consigned to the economic and social margins.
And these findings reflect pre-COVID-19 data. Today, things are even
more confusing and chaotic for young people. At the end of 2021, the
unemployment rate among 20- to 24-year-olds was double that of 25- to
54-year-olds (7.1% and 3.5%, respectively). Remote learning has led to
serious learning loss among K-12 students, and college enrollment is
down sharply, especially at community colleges. Teachers note they have
not been able to provide the same level of college and career readiness
counseling as before the pandemic, and many recent high school graduates
report overwhelming levels of uncertainty, anxiety, and confusion about
their future.
To upend these patterns of who has a shot at success and who doesn’t, we
need to develop a broader set of choices for adolescents and young
adults. These choices need to: 1) prepare young people for good jobs
through education, training, and paid work experience; 2) help young
people develop supportive relationships with adults; and 3) provide
supports to help young people stay on track. Moreover, these
opportunities need to be intentionally targeted to young people who are
most likely to fall through the cracks.
This is entirely possible. The Build Back Better bill passed by the U.S.
House of Representatives last fall earmarked billions of dollars for
federal agencies to work together to mitigate the impacts of climate
change via the Civilian Climate Corps (CCC). As part of the CCC, young
people would work on a range of projects, earn a decent wage, and get
valuable opportunities to build their skills and networks. Corps members
could work in urban, rural, and suburban settings on projects such as
trail maintenance, forest management, home weatherizing, electronic
waste recycling, green infrastructure to reduce stormwater runoff and
flooding, and more.
The CCC does not need to start from scratch. There is a robust network
of state and local conservation corps as well as aligned programs such
as AmeriCorps and YouthBuild that combine paid, community-oriented work
with mentoring, skills training, and scholarships. Federal, state, and
local governments already have experience supporting and partnering with
these organizations.
Moreover, the newly passed Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
authorizes billions of dollars for projects to transportation, water,
energy, and environmental resilience and rehabilitation. In turn, this
will create demand for workers in an array of occupations in
engineering, maintenance, construction, and more. The CCC would be a
natural pipeline to these positions.
Unfortunately, the CCC’s prospects are uncertain, as the Build Back
Better legislation is stalled in the U.S. Senate and unlikely to move
forward in its current form. Congress may move ahead with specific
provisions in separate legislation, but that remains to be seen.
https://www.brookings.edu/blog/the-avenue/2022/01/27/americas-young-people-face-a-grim-future-a-civilian-climate-corps-can-help/
/[ *Planet:Critical channel* -- Journalist interviews academics. After
a few, this seems a very interesting channel --- with ~ 500 subscribers,
this is essentially undiscovered./
/https://www.youtube.com/c/PlanetCritical/featured ]/
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/[ author interview audio ]
/*Life After Fossil Fuels | Alice Friedemann*
Jan 13, 2022
Planet: Critical
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccXbBA9b4fA
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/[ Protect economy or protect environment? Audio discussion ] /
*Common Sense vs Economics | Joshua Farley*
Dec 19, 2021
Planet: Critical
Joshua Farley is a Professor of Ecological Economics at the University
of Vermont. His research focuses on designing an economy capable of
balancing what is biophysically possible with what is socially,
psychologically and ethically desirable.
Economic theory affects the very fabric of human society, and the
dominant neoliberal model is at the root of many of the crises we face.
Assuming human nature is fundamentally selfish has created a terrible
feedback loop of individualism, precarity and abuse. Ecological
economists are fighting back with new models, models they believe are
more in line with humankind’s long history of collaboration.
This episode is a big picture conversation about the roots of the
climate and social crises. We discuss human values—and common sense—and
how to reimagine an economics which will allow the best of human nature
to triumph.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2Q4b0NWV8E
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/[ yes, it is mindboggling . audio ]/
*The Thermodynamics of Collapse | Tim Garrett*
Jan 6, 2022
Planet: Critical
What can snowflakes teach us about the economy, civilisation and crisis?
Professor Tim Garrett, atmosphere scientist at the University of Utah,
has modelled how the behaviour of snowflakes and clouds can be used to
predict energy consumption and GDP, bridging the gap between economic
theory and the natural world. He says we can learn where we are
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tN0fal80K1I
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/[Some deep thinking about classic economics - huge ramifications ]/
*Jevon's Paradox: Why increasing energy efficiency will accelerate
global climate change. *Tim Garrett
Feb 9, 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences Manchester
The Centre for Crisis Studies and Mitigation at the University of
Manchester proudly presents Prof. Tim Garrett from the University of
Utah Department of Atmospheric Science to present his talk "Jevon's
Paradox: Why increasing energy efficiency will accelerate global climate
change".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SM8pQmA7wos
/[ A moose, wounded by heat ] /
*Parasites that thrive in a warming planet are killing Minnesota’s moose*
Brainworms and ticks are decimating an animal sacred to the region’s
original inhabitants.
By Liz Scheltens elizabeth.scheltens at vox.com Jan 28, 2022
A single moose can yield upward of 700 pounds of meat, more than enough
to sustain a family through a long winter. But subsistence hunting of
moose has become increasingly rare as the species faces numerous
threats, like disease, that come with climate change. Moose are
disappearing from northeast Minnesota, where it’s estimated they once
numbered over 10,000. Since 2006, the population in the state has fallen
by 64 percent...
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Dwindling populations of species like the moose demonstrate how second-
and third-order effects of climate change can upend ecosystems that have
sustained human life, ancestral knowledge, and culture for generations.
In southeast Alaska, for example, Indigenous peoples have documented a
reduced harvest of Pacific salmon due to warmer waters. In the northern
Great Lakes region, wild rice that Anishinaabe communities like
McCormick’s have long depended on can’t properly take root during
warming winters. (The Anishinaabe are a culturally related group of
tribes that includes the Ojibwe.)
Minnesota’s moose are the same species found in, say, Maine or eastern
Canada. (North America’s moose comprise four subspecies; notably, moose
in Maine are facing many of the same threats.) But if moose in
Minnesota’s boreal forests were to blink out, not only would the
downstream ripples be felt across the web of life, the region’s original
human inhabitants and environmental stewards would lose an important
piece of their identity, too.
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Warmer winters are also driving the second-biggest moose killer that
Moore and his team discovered: ticks.
Climate change has caused a tick explosion by melting away what has
typically kept their numbers in check. Northern Minnesota’s ticks
survive the cold winter by attaching themselves to the warm, thick coats
of moose. In the spring, the ticks fall to the ground to lay eggs. Ice
and snow used to kill a sizable portion of them before they could do so.
But that crusty layer is melting earlier than ever, so now more ticks
survive, resulting in skyrocketing populations. It’s enough for fatal
tick infestations.
Moore and his colleagues have found moose covered in thousands of ticks.
To relieve some of the pain and itching, moose will rub against trees,
often wearing off patches of fur. Moose infested with ticks are
typically missing 60 to 70 percent of their coat, according to Moore.
Without their fur to protect them from the harsh winters, they often die
from hypothermia or blood loss.
“It’s horrifying looking,” he said. “They’re called ‘ghost moose’
because their skin is much lighter than their hair.”
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“It’s a never-ending battle”
Jeff Tibbetts still goes out moose hunting most seasons, but unlike in
previous years, he often comes home empty-handed. There just aren’t as
many moose out there, he says. He’s clear-eyed about what this could
mean for his tribe — “if the numbers get too low,” he said, “we’ll stop
hunting them.” But he does see evidence from Moore’s team, showing that
the population has begun to stabilize in the last two years, as a reason
for hope. (Moore said this could be due to recent severe winters, which
dropped the number of brainworm-carrying deer in the region and also
brought deeper snow, meaning more ticks are dying before they have a
chance to attach to moose.)
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“The resiliency of native people can’t be questioned,” Tibbetts said.
“It’s a never-ending battle.”
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The Ojibwe people of Minnesota have hunted moose for as long as they can
remember. It's a staple food as well as a source of independence and
spiritual meaning for their community. But in the last 15 years, the
state's moose population has declined by more than half. Today, the
Ojibwe are racing against time to figure out what's killing the moose
before it's too late.
https://www.vox.com/down-to-earth/2022/1/28/22872494/climate-change-moose-minnesota-brainworm-ticks-deer
/[The news archive - looking back]/
*On this day in the history of global warming January 30, 1076*
January 30, 1976: The US Supreme Court issues the Buckley v. Valeo
ruling, one of several controversial rulings that effectively allow
polluters to interfere with the US political process.
http://www.fec.gov/law/litigation/Buckley.pdf
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