[✔️] August 7, 2023- Global Warming News Digest | CBS Heatwave, Satellite view of methane, Ocean heating, China floods, We're screwed, Pumped storage, Climate migration, 2003 Gore

Mon Aug 7 10:45:19 EDT 2023

/*August  7*//*, 2023*/

/[  A decent report on heatwaves  -- CBS /SUNDAY MORNING  YouTube/video  ] /
*Extreme heat, the most lethal climate disaster*
BY DAVID POGUE
AUGUST 6, 2023
The last eight years have been the hottest years ever measured on the 
planet, according to the World Meteorological Organization; July was the 
hottest month ever recorded; July 6 was the hottest day. All over the 
planet, the heat broke temperature records, including in Siberia, where 
the thermometer hit 103 degrees!

More than half the U.S. population was subject to heat warnings in July. 
In Phoenix, Arizona, the heat has broken all kinds of records, including 
the longest streak of consecutive days (31, from June 30 to July 30) 
where the temperature hit 110 degrees or hotter.

The hottest July: Inside Phoenix's brutal 31 days of 110-degree heat
And it's not just the hot air that's dangerous; it's the surfaces. Using 
a non-contact infrared thermometer, Pogue measured the temperature of 
the steering wheel of a car: 162.5° Fahrenheit. A sidewalk was 144°F – 
hot enough to burn your dog's paws in 60 seconds. And a playground slide 
for children was 182.8°F.

"I actually have mittens in my car so that when the steering wheel gets 
really hot, I put my mittens on, and that's how I drive," said Melissa 
Guardaro, an extreme-heat researcher at Arizona State University.

Pogue said, "You know you're living in a hot place when you have to keep 
oven mitts in your glove compartment!"

Even for people who have conditioning, not everyone can afford to use 
it; the average monthly bill for A/C in Phoenix is more than $450 a 
month. Guardaro said, "We have a group of people who have to make very 
difficult choices. Do I pay for air conditioning, or do I pay for my 
rent? This kind of heat wave is bringing up all the chinks in the 
infrastructure."

Last month, President Biden announced some small steps toward adapting 
to dangerous heat, like expanding access to drinking water, improving 
weather forecasts, and setting up a heat alert system. But Guardaro 
maintains that there's much more to be done. City planners should 
develop heat infrastructure (like cooling centers and strategic 
greenery), and the federal government should start taking heat as 
seriously as it treats other climate disasters. For example, FEMA has 
never declared extreme heat as a disaster.

Pogue asked, "So, flooding and hurricanes, all those things would be 
designated federal disaster areas, but not heat?"

"Not heat," Guardaro replied. "Standing up more cooling centers, 
providing greater services for people – that is not reimbursed by the 
government, because there has never been a FEMA extreme-heat-declared 
disaster.

"Extreme heat is the climate disaster that kills the most people," she 
said. "In fact, it kills more people than all of the other disasters 
combined. And we kind of have a joke here that we show a picture of 
before a heat wave, and then we show a picture after a heat wave, and 
it's the same picture. And that's part of the problem, because people 
see tornadoes and houses are upended and hurricanes and trees and 
utility poles. [Heat] is this invisible killer."

Of course, heatwaves aren't the only result of the warming planet. Heat 
also dries out vegetation, and we get fires. Heat evaporates the land, 
so we get droughts. Heat evaporates the oceans, so we get hurricanes.

The Nature Conservancy's Becca Benner cautions us not to think of this 
summer's heat as something freakish and rare; it's the new normal. "It 
is no longer a future threat; we are living this now," she said. "So, 
whether your basement just flooded, whether you just had to evacuate for 
a fire, whether it's too hot for you to go outside and enjoy yourself, 
that means we are now experiencing some of the impacts of climate 
change. We have to reduce emissions. And we have to do it immediately, 
and faster."...

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/extreme-heat-the-most-lethal-climate-disaster/

/[ techno innovation helps somewhat ]/
*Satellite supergroup spots methane super-emitters with “staggering” 
accuracy*
SUSTAINABILITY - The combination of satellites allows the identification 
of major sources of greenhouse gas and is a crucial development for 
climate change mitigation efforts.
NEWS
5 AUGUST 2023
Thanks to a new combination of connected satellites, the world’s methane 
super-emitters can be spotted with “staggering” accuracy and almost 
real-time. This is a crucial new step in the global fight against 
climate change. Methane is responsible for a quarter of human-induced 
global warming and provides a short-term lever on climate change because 
it remains in the atmosphere for a much shorter time than CO2.

Using a combination of satellites, researchers can now detect methane 
super-emitters globally with great accuracy and almost in real time.
This allows the identification of major sources of this potent 
greenhouse gas and is a crucial development for climate change 
mitigation efforts.
The tiered approach moves from low-resolution global scans by 
Sentinel-5P to pinpointed spotting of emitters by Sentinel-3 and 
Sentinel-2 with increasing spatial resolution...

https://innovationorigins.com/en/satellite-supergroup-spots-methane-super-emitters-with-staggering-accuracy/

/
//[  German news -- predicament explained in a video 10 min  ]/
*Ocean warming: The dramatic impact on the environment | DW News*
DW News
Aug 4, 2023  #ocean #climatechange #globalwarming
The world's oceans are warmer than ever. The past month's been the 
hottest on record with the average temperature reaching 21 degrees Celsius.

Data from research institutes in the United States and Europe show 
record temperatures of 38 degrees off the coast of Florida. Waters in 
the North Atlantic near the North Pole are also much warmer than normal 
at this time of year. Scientists are unsure about the causes - but warn 
the effects will be felt across the world.

Martin Visbeck is an oceanographer at the GEOMAR Ocean Research Center 
in the German city of Kiel. We asked him to explain what is happening 
there and why we’re getting these record temperatures now?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12hp4qIuGlQ

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/[  Oceans heating --  new changes explained ]/
*Oceans have been absorbing the world's extra heat | WION Pulse*
WION
Aug 4, 2023  #globalwarming #ocean #WION
Day after day, country after country, the world is experiencing 
record-breaking rainfall while temperatures are rising. Extreme weather 
has now become the new normal. To know more watch this interview with 
the Senior Strategist for the Center for Climate & Security Sherri Goodman.
#globalwarming #ocean #WION
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kc9vq3vQReo

/[ News, China has problems with flood control - ]/
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**Bridge destroyed, China are under water! River overflow causes damage 
in Beijing*
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAy31V6P0zQ
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*The World is in shock!! Beijing is flooded! Record rainfall in 140 years!*
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6IqPXmumXc
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*Flood Destroys City after City in China! People fleeing floods on 
rooftops in Hebei province*
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=na0L0N4kEl0

/[ this classic video was recommended by some old folks -- 1:43 video 
discussion needs updating   ]/
*Topic: CLIMATE CHANGE:
*

    *We’re screwed, *
    *It’s our fault, *
    *It’s going to get worse, *
    *There’s nothing we can do about it!*

Jun 30, 2021
Guest speaker:  Dr. Adam Fenech

Dr. Fenech has worked extensively in the area of climate change since 
the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change First Assessment Report in 
1988.

He has edited 8 books on climate change, most recently on Global Climate 
Change, Biodiversity and Sustainability in the Middle East.

Dr. Fenech has worked for Harvard University researching the history of 
the science/policy interfaces of climate change. He has represented 
Canada at international climate negotiating sessions; written climate 
policy speeches for Canadian Environment Ministers; and authored 
Canadian reports on climate change to the United Nations.

Dr. Fenech has taught at the University of Toronto as well as the 
Smithsonian Institution for over 20 years, and lectures regularly at 
universities across Canada and around the world.

Dr. Fenech shared in the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for his work with the 
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

He is presently the Director of the University of Prince Edward Island’s 
Climate Research Lab that conducts research on the vulnerability, 
impacts and adaptation to climate change, where his virtual reality 
depiction of sea level rise has won international awards including one 
from MIT for communicating coastal science.

He maintains the largest fleet of drones at a Canadian university 
including the largest drone in the country with a four metre wingspan.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKDjjX4v6Ds

/[ clean energy from gravity ]/
*The insane potential of Pumped Storage Hydropower.*
Just Have a Think
Jul 30, 2023
Pumped Storage Hydro had, until recently, been all but written off as a 
fully exploited dead-end for energy storage expansion. According to new 
research though, it turns nothing could be further from the truth! It 
could literally be the lynch pin to get us to 100% renewable global 
electricity grids without having to pillage the earth (and deep seabed) 
of critical minerals.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-cOgrBIAuc

/[ Understanding Climate Migration YouTube 1:18 video  ]/
*Climate Migration and the Nomad Century with Gaia Vince, journalist and 
author of Nomad Century*
World Michigan
Mar 20, 2023
We welcome Gaia Vince, U.K. journalist (BBC and The Economist) and 
author of Nomad Century
https://wanderinggaia.com/about-me/

As climate change accelerates, people in affected regions must uproot 
themselves and seek safety elsewhere. Vast numbers of people may be 
driven from their homes in the coming decades—the coming climate 
migration will require global cooperation. Yet, migration offers 
opportunities for the people migrating and the host countries that 
receive them.

This presentation is part of the Great Decisions Global Discussions 
series. Great Decisions is America's largest discussion program on world 
affairs. The program provides background information and policy options 
for the eight most critical issues facing America each year and serves 
as the starting place for dialogue and discussion within the community. 
These topics are selected by the Foreign Policy Association (FPA) each 
year and the World Affairs Council of Western Michigan develops a 
discussion series that complements the FPA.

It is our longest-running and largest community program on global 
issues. For more information about the World Affairs Council of Western 
Michigan visit: https://www.worldmichigan.org/about

For more information on the Foreign Policy Association visit: 
https://www.fpa.org/about/

Special thanks to Series sponsor, Wolverine Worldwide 
https://www.wolverineworldwide.com/ab...

Special thanks to Media sponsors, WGVU and Grand Rapids Community Media 
Center https://www.wgvu.org/ https://grcmc.org/about
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBdcwvvSt0k&

/[The news archive - looking back]/
/*August 7, 2003*/
August 7, 2003: In a speech at New York University, Al Gore condemns the 
Bush administration's dishonesty on climate policy and foreign policy.

http://www.c-span.org/video/?177732-1/former-vice-president-speech

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