[✔️] Dec 17, 2023- Global Warming News Digest, Tipping points, Sabine change, Survivability, Potholer54 disinfo, Coal, Swearing, Predicament, Pakisttan, Capitalism, 2014 NY fracking

Sun Dec 17 08:11:37 EST 2023

/*December 17*//*, 2023*/

/[ 5 major tipping points from a TV weathercaster ]/
*Climate Tipping Points threaten 'irreversible changes' | Jeff's Climate 
Classroom*
WFLA News Channel 8
Dec 14, 2023
WFLA's Chief Meteorologist Jeff Berardelli is joined by Dr. Steve Smith 
to discuss how the climate tipping points can pose threats of 
irreversible changes.

Jeff's Climate Report: https://bit.ly/3THNOGT

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8UpSU8BQyQ

/[ Sabine is starting to pay attention ]/
*Climate change to force people indoors earlier than expected*
Sabine Hossenfelder
Dec 15, 2023  #shortly #sciencenews #science
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A new study says that climate change will make big parts of the world 
uninhabitable much faster than expected. And I think they’re making a 
very good point.

The paper is here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-43121-5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eErk9PapoQ

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/[published in Nature Communications   29 November 2023  ]/
*A physiological approach for assessing human survivability and 
liveability to heat in a changing climate*
Jennifer Vanos, Gisel Guzman-Echavarria, Jane W. Baldwin, Coen Bongers, 
Kristie L. Ebi & Ollie Jay
Nature Communications volume 14, Article number: 7653 (2023) Cite this 
article
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    Abstract
    Most studies projecting human survivability limits to extreme heat
    with climate change use a 35 °C wet-bulb temperature (Tw) threshold
    without integrating variations in human physiology. This study
    applies physiological and biophysical principles for young and older
    adults, in sun or shade, to improve current estimates of
    survivability and introduce liveability (maximum safe, sustained
    activity) under current and future climates. Our physiology-based
    survival limits show a vast underestimation of risks by the 35 °C Tw
    model in hot-dry conditions. Updated survivability limits correspond
    to Tw~25.8–34.1 °C (young) and ~21.9–33.7 °C (old)—0.9–13.1 °C lower
    than Tw = 35 °C. For older female adults, estimates are ~7.2–13.1 °C
    lower than 35 °C in dry conditions. Liveability declines with sun
    exposure and humidity, yet most dramatically with age (2.5–3.0 METs
    lower for older adults). Reductions in safe activity for younger and
    older adults between the present and future indicate a stronger
    impact from aging than warming.

Introduction
Adverse health impacts of extreme heat exposure are expected to rise 
globally due to a warming climate, urban-induced warming, and a growing 
and aging population... The concerns for human health, productivity, and 
well-being are greater in humid climates and for vulnerable 
populations..., such as older adults, unhoused, and/or those with 
chronic diseases. Therefore, robust models to assess current heat-health 
impacts and project future risks must incorporate specific 
vulnerabilities and diverse environmental contexts....
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-43121-5

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/[ Potholer54 is the great debunker of disinformation and idiocy ]/
*Was the climate 'better' during the age of the dinosaurs? (More climate 
“facts” bite the dust.)*
Dec 16, 2023
PLEASE NOTE: 1) Every time I show a photo of a cement plant belching out 
carbon dioxide, people write comments saying that the photo is ‘wrong’ 
because that thick white smoke is not CO2. Thanks, it's not, but the CO2 
is still there. It's just that you can’t see it. Cement plants are among 
the biggest CO2 emitters on the planet.
    I’m sure this won’t be read by at least one person who'll post a 
message saying the photo is somehow an ‘error.’ If you’ve read this far 
before posting, at least it won’t be you.

2) “Taking the mickey” is a British-Irish expression meaning to make fun 
of someone or (in this context) to treat someone as an idiot and try to 
fool him with an absurd claim. Similar to ‘take the piss,’ ‘extract the 
Michael’ or ‘pull my leg.’
    It probably comes from ‘Mickey Bliss,’ cockney rhyming slang for 
‘piss.’ Cockney rhyming slang is… well, that will take way too long to 
explain!

SOURCES...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqA4bDVmBB8

/[ Long and interesting video about coal - 34 minutes ]/
*ApoCOALypse Now!*
Ordinary Things
Oct 21, 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLThCHzetTU

/[ Tactical Voting - sarcasm with much swearing - it may interfere or 
may re-enforce political speech ]/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sRoYvFTE3c

[ NASA makes remarkable, fundamental videos summarizing our predicament 
[contains advertisements] ]
*How are Earth's global temperatures measured? And why is it getting 
warmer?*
Learn how NASA and other organizations compile the average global 
temperature every year. Credit: NASA Goddard Spaceflight Center
https://cdn.jwplayer.com/previews/MmO8PUYC

/[ Cough, cough, ...sniffle ]/
*Pakistan uses artificial rain to combat smog*
Artificial rain was used for the first time in Pakistan on Saturday in a 
bid to combat hazardous levels of smog in the megacity of Lahore, the 
provincial government said.
Issued on: 16/12/2023
By: NEWS WIRES
In the first experiment of its kind in the South Asian country, planes 
equipped with cloud seeding equipment flew over 10 areas of the city, 
often ranked one of the worst places globally for air pollution.

The "gift" was provided by the United Arab Emirates, said caretaker 
chief minister of Punjab, Mohsin Naqvi.

"Teams from the UAE, along with two planes, arrived here about 10 to 12 
days ago. They used 48 flares to create the rain," he told media.

He said the team would know by Saturday night what effect the 
"artificial rain" had.

The UAE has increasingly using cloud seeding, sometimes referred to as 
artificial rain or blueskying, to create rain in the arid expanse of the 
country.

The weather modification involves releasing common salt -- or a mixture 
of different salts -- into clouds.

The crystals encourage condensation to form as rain.

It has been deployed in dozens of countries, including the United 
States, China and India.

Even very modest rain is effective in bringing down pollution, experts say.

Air pollution has worsened in Pakistan in recent years, as a mixture of 
low-grade diesel fumes, smoke from seasonal crop burn off and colder 
winter temperatures coalesce into stagnant clouds of smog.

Lahore suffers the most from the toxic smog, choking the lungs of more 
than 11 million residents in Lahore during the winter season.

Levels of PM2.5 pollutants -- cancer-causing microparticles that enter 
the bloodstream through the lungs -- were measured as hazardous in 
Lahore on Saturday at more than66 times the World Health Organization's 
danger limits.
Breathing the poisonous air has catastrophic health consequences.

Prolonged exposure can trigger strokes, heart disease, lung cancer and 
respiratory diseases, according to the WHO.

Successive governments have used various methods to reduce air pollution 
in Lahore, including spraying water on the roads, and weekend shutdowns 
of schools, factories and markets, with little or no success.

When asked about a long-term strategy to combat smog, the chief minister 
said the government needs studies to formulate a plan.

https://s.france24.com/media/display/1479444c-9c2d-11ee-bd62-005056bf30b7/w:980/p:16x9/hhh-8.webp

https://www.france24.com/en/environment/20231216-pakistan-uses-artificial-rain-to-combat-smog

/[ Capitalism and Carbon fuel - video lecture ]/
Why Capitalism is Killing Us
Our Changing Climate
ews  Nov 17, 2023  #socialism #climatechange #fossilfuels
Right now, the first 500 people to use my link will get a one month free 
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Support OCC via Patreon:   / ourchangingclimate
Watch next month's video right now on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/occ/latest

This video leaned very heavily on Andreas Malm's book Fossil Capital. 
Check it out here: https://www.versobooks.com/products/1...

In this Our Changing Climate climate change video essay, I look at how 
fossil fuel extraction and capital accumulation intertwine into fossil 
capital. Specifically, I look at the accumulation of capital throughout 
the industrial world has always been underpinned by fossil fuel 
emissions. Today, in the age of imperialism, fossil fuels and carbon 
emissions have facilitated the hyper-exploitation of workers globally, 
all in the name of profits and capital accumulation. The end result of 
this relationship is climate change and massive emissions output.
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Reddit: www.reddit.com/r/OurChangingClimate/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2YEeeu-LKo

/[The news archive - NY stopped fracking  ]/
/*December 17, 2014 */

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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