[✔️] September 28, 2022 - Global Warming News Digest

Richard Pauli Richard at CredoandScreed.com
Wed Sep 28 08:41:26 EDT 2022 

/*September 28, 2022*/

/[  Time to make recipes to eat locusts? or  feed them to our chickens? 
I prefer eggs ] /
*Climate change could mean more intense locust outbreaks and threaten 
food security*
by Arizona State University
A new study by a research team from Arizona State University has found 
that climate change will dramatically increase the intensity of locust 
swarms, resulting in even more crops lost to insect pests and 
threatening food security.

The study, recently published in Ecological Monographs, outlines the 
results of considerable data gathered on the physiology of South 
American locusts, and demonstrates that species distribution models that 
consider physiology in addition to temperature may reshape what we can 
expect to see as climate change continues.

"One unique aspect of our study is that we combined many different 
research approaches, including field observations, laboratory 
experiments and computational modeling," said Jacob Youngblood, ...
---
While locusts can and will eat in a wide range of temperatures, the 
optimal temperature for digestion is much more specific.

Youngblood and his associates homed in on this element as a decisive 
criterion for a thriving locust population likely to result in outbreak 
scenarios.

The team measured how thermal conditions affected the rates of eating 
and digesting for field-captured locusts, and used this data to model 
energy gain in both current and future climate scenarios. Next, they 
established this new data as a predictive variable for a new species 
distribution model that predicted the spread of locust outbreaks across 
multiple scenarios.

Their predictions show that locusts will be able to assimilate far more 
energy in future climates than current climates, between 8-17% more 
energy per wet season than currently, proportional to how much warmer it is.

Typically, the South American locusts only complete two generations per 
growing season. This increased energy per wet season would cause a 
shortening of generation times and fuel population growth, leading to 
more swarms. Future, warmer climates allow populations to grow and 
develop faster, supporting more years with three generations per season, 
and outbreaks more likely.

Migratory populations of South American locusts are also expected to 
expand their range away from the equator due to climate change. Models 
that consider locust physiology actually predict a smaller range of 
expansion than typical correlative models, but the physiology-based 
models also predict an increase in population growth rate, resulting in 
even greater crop damage....
https://phys.org/news/2022-09-climate-intense-locust-outbreaks-threaten.html 


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/[ You can view it, just a brief shot of swarming one plant - 35 seconds ]/
*Climate change could mean more intense locust outbreaks and threaten 
food security*
Sep 27, 2022...
In this video: When in their gregarious phase, these South American 
locusts can form swarms of millions, capable of migrating 90 miles in a 
day and consuming as much food as 35,000 people.
Video Credit: Jacob Youngblood
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDrMkuIsaCw



/[ the Guardian has consistently delivered climate news ] /
*Carbon bombs and Gulf Stream collapse: the most urgent climate stories 
of our time*
The last 12 months have produced alarming incidents of extreme weather 
across the globe, leading to serious ripple effects, from energy 
shortages to severe food insecurity. Guardian journalists are 
prioritising this foremost crisis of our times
Guardian staff
Tue 27 Sep 2022 03.00 EDT
This year will be remembered as a watershed year for the escalating 
climate crisis. Dozens of countries have been hit by extreme weather so 
far in 2022. Millions have been driven from their homes by flood, fire 
or drought, while food and energy shortages are becoming acute in many 
regions.

Increasingly, extreme weather events are being caused by climate 
breakdown. The Guardian’s global team of environment reporters have 
covered the events – and their impact – around the world, around the 
clock. In the past year, we published almost 4,000 articles on the 
climate crisis, read by more than 65 million people, not to mention 
podcasts, live events and masterclasses.

This is all part of our ongoing pledge to prioritise the climate 
emergency, and give it the sustained attention and prominence it needs. 
This journalism changes minds and policies and keeps the foremost crisis 
of our times in the public eye.

* * *
-- -  Here are some of the highlights...
*The ‘carbon bombs’ set to trigger catastrophic climate breakdown*
A Guardian investigation discovered that there are scores of vast oil 
and gas projects planned which, if fully developed, would each unleash 
more than a billion tonnes of CO2 emissions. As a result, the phrase 
“carbon bomb” has now passed into common parlance, and a coalition of 
environmental lawyers, investigative journalists and campaigners has now 
launched to challenge the carbon bomb projects.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2022/may/11/fossil-fuel-carbon-bombs-climate-breakdown-oil-gas
“It ranks as one of the landmark climate investigations in years,” said 
Mark Hertsgaard, executive director of Covering Climate Now, a network 
of more than 500 news outlets...
- -
*The climate disaster is here – this is what the future looks like.*
“The story was raised repeatedly by delegates at Cop26 as a full, clear 
illustration of what was at stake as the world continues to heat up,” 
said Oliver Milman, one of the journalists behind the work...
*https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2021/oct/14/climate-change-happening-now-stats-graphs-maps-cop26*

* * *
*Phoenix is becoming unbearable in the summer. What can be done?*
Reporter Nina Lakhani spent five weeks in America’s hottest city, 
Phoenix, investigating just how unliveable it’s becoming and what might 
be done to mitigate scorching temperatures...
*https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jan/27/phoenix-arizona-hottest-city-cooling-technologies*
Nina said: “The massive interest in this story led to me spending 
several weeks in Phoenix over the summer to report on the impact of the 
city’s deadly extreme heat on residents, workers and services – bringing 
the Guardian’s resources and outsider’s perspective to an unfolding 
climate disaster disproportionately impacting the city’s most vulnerable 
people, as well as the efforts to tackle it.”

* * *
*Is this our last chance to act on the climate crisis?*
An epic from environment correspondent Fiona Harvey, who is something of 
an expert on last chances. Pieces like this concentrate the minds of 
negotiators at vital global summits. Fiona won the outstanding beat 
reporting award for coverage of Cop26 at the International Society of 
Environmental Journalists annual awards. “The Guardian’s Fiona Harvey 
managed to cover Cop26 like no one else in the media,” the judges said, 
adding that her work “is testament to the importance of having dedicated 
reporters covering the environmental beat”.
*https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/oct/30/is-this-our-last-chance-to-act-on-the-climate-crisis*

* * *
*Capitalism is killing the planet*
Instead of fiddling with the small stuff like ditching our plastic 
coffee cups, we must challenge the pursuit of wealth and level down, not 
up, George Monbiot argued in an explosive comment piece. Monbiot has 
been writing passionately about neglected environmental issues for 
almost 40 years. In July, he was awarded the Orwell Prize for Journalism 
2022.
*https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/oct/30/capitalism-is-killing-the-planet-its-time-to-stop-buying-into-our-own-destruction*

* * *
*Scientists spot warning signs of Gulf Stream collapse*
A startling piece foregrounding new research, which warned that the 
Atlantic ocean system, so vital for weather patterns in Europe, the 
Americas, West Africa and even India, was becoming unstable, with 
currents weakening. A total shutdown would be devastating.

This was one of our most-read environment pieces ever, demonstrating 
reader interest in the risks of tipping points and their importance.
*https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/aug/05/climate-crisis-scientists-spot-warning-signs-of-gulf-stream-collapse*

* * *
*Revealed: how climate breakdown is supercharging toll of extreme weather*
A comprehensive analysis by environment editor Damian Carrington showed 
that human-caused global heating is driving more frequent and deadly 
disasters across the planet. By combining scientific attribution studies 
with the voices of people on the frontline, he made relatable how fast 
the world’s climate is already changing and the devastating impact it is 
having on lives and livelihoods.

Scientists praised the exercise as a clear and comprehensive assessment 
of the damage the climate crisis is already causing.
*https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/aug/04/climate-breakdown-supercharging-extreme-weather*

* * *
*Pakistan: ground zero of the climate crisis*
Pakistan’s floods were so devastating that some have taken to calling 
the country the ground zero of the climate emergency. Shah Meer Baloch 
and Matthew Taylor combined reportage, analysis, the stories of those 
affected and the science behind it all to produce one of the definitive 
pieces of the past 12 months.
*https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/17/drought-floods-pakistan-devastation-climate-crisis*

* * *
*Exposing attacks on the net zero agenda*
Our environment reporters Helena Horton and Matthew Taylor used their 
extensive contacts and rigorous reporting to get to the bottom of how 
the climate-sceptic Net Zero Scrutiny Group of Conservative politicians 
was set up in the UK, and who was behind it.

Similarly, in Australia, an exclusive from Graham Readfearn revealed the 
Morrison government was attempting to block a UN recommendation that 
countries should try to keep global heating to 1.5C
*https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/feb/08/its-all-a-bit-cynical-the-politicians-behind-the-tory-attack-on-net-zero-agenda*

* * *
*Australia faces up to its role in the climate disaster*
A six-part podcast series scrutinised Australia’s role in the climate 
crisis over more than two decades. Featuring exclusive interviews with 
former prime ministers, high-ranking politicians and climate experts, 
the series attracted more than 240,000 downloads. Guardian Australia 
also won best podcast series at the Covering Climate Now Journalism 
Awards for its podcast series An Impossible Choice.
*https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/11/australia-lobbied-unesco-to-remove-reference-to-15c-global-warming-limit-to-protect-heritage-sites*
* * *
*https://amp.theguardian.com/environment/2022/sep/27/guardian-climate-journalism-impact-carbon-bombs-gulf-stream 
*



/[ This is a very difficult view, useful, inevitable -- 60 min video ]/
*Main Drivers of Collapse, Ecocide, and Likely NTHE - Dowd*
3,882 views  Sep 19, 2022  This 56-minute video by Michael Dowd 
elaborates on what a large body of historical and ecological evidence 
suggests are the four main drivers (and causes) of collapse, ecocide, 
and likely Near-Term Human Extinction: (1) Civilization itself, (2) 
Science and Technology, (3) Progress and Development, and (4) Growth 
Economics. Dowd also shows how anthropocentrism (human-centeredness) is 
the worldview context out of which these self-destructive and ecocidal 
drivers emerge. This understanding is vital because most proposed 
"solutions" or "fixes" to abrupt climate mayhem (global weirding) just 
exacerbate ecological overshoot, which is our real, intractable 
predicament. They also nearly all rely on the very things driving 
collapse and ecocide in the first place.
About Michael Dowd: https://postdoom.com/about/
Post-doom, no gloom resources: https://postdoom.com/resources/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uU0DC6qcp18&t=1804s


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/[ Poetry of Predicament  - video interview 1 hour ]/
*A fresh vision of Mental Health Support for Climate and Justice 
Activists. Gina Bates.*
Sep 27, 2022  The odds of making a living wage offering mental health 
and resilience resources to the global Activist Community - are very 
slim indeed.

The marketplace, and the global public at-large are at least apathetic, 
if not downright aggressive toward climate and justice activists.

How does an enthusiastic young person enter this aggressive space and 
find a remotely sustaining career track? How does this person keep their 
heart open and their stamina up - while facing the waves of apathy and 
aggression?

Let's do a deep-dive into each of these topics with our guest today, 
Gina Bates.

We cover a lot of familiar territory in this conversation.  These are 
the topics at the center of the body of work here in Living Resilience.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8L9sun2rkM



/[ The news archive - looking back]/
/*September 28, 2007*/
September 28, 2007: President George W. Bush speaks at a "conference" on 
climate change in Washington. The speech and the "conference" are widely 
viewed as political efforts to obscure the Bush administration's overall 
lack of interest in taking serious steps to reduce carbon pollution.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/28/world/americas/28iht-28climatesub.7674315.html

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2007/09/28/201917/bush-climate-speech-follows-luntz-playbook-technology-technology-technology-blah-blah-blah/


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