[✔️] November 27, 2023- Global Warming News Digest | Hansen speaks, Hansen's paper, Solar panels protect water, Wildfires, 2014

Richard Pauli Richard at CredoandScreed.com
Mon Nov 27 07:21:56 EST 2023 

/*November *//*27, 2023*/

/[ Folksy talk and, illustrations from the Godfather of Climate Science 
- 43 min video ]/
*Dr. James E. Hansen in Conversation with Paul Beckwith*
Climate Emergency Forum
Nov 26, 2023
Dr. James Hansen, former Director of the NASA Goddard Institute for 
Space Studies, and Adjunct Professor at Columbia University’s Earth 
Institute, joins Paul Beckwith in a discussion about his recent work.

This video was recorded on November 13th, 2023, and published on 
November 26th, 2023.

“Global Warming in the Pipeline,” a groundbreaking paper challenging the 
conservative estimates of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 
(IPCC) and emphasizing the urgency of the climate crisis is the main 
focus of the conversation. The details of the paper are delved into 
focusing on the rapid and potentially exponential increase in ice melt 
rates and the associated risks of major climate disruptions.

The discussion then shifts to a recent letter published by Dr. Hansen, 
where he declares that global warming is accelerating and questions the 
viability of the goals set by the Paris Agreement. The conversation 
explores the role of aerosols, particularly the reduction of sulfur in 
shipping fuels, in contributing to the observed warming acceleration.

The Earth's energy imbalance, the potential role of missing Antarctic 
sea ice, and the anticipation of alarming events in the near future are 
brought up in addition to the critical need for informed decision-making 
to address the accelerating climate challenges.

James's upcoming work on sea level rise and his book, "Sophie's Planet," 
which aims to make climate science more accessible to a broader 
audience, are mentioned as the conversation closes.
/[ see links in YouTube ]/
Special Guest:
Dr. James E. Hansen - former Director of the NASA Goddard Institute for 
Space Studies, is an Adjunct Professor at Columbia University’s Earth 
Institute, where he directs the Program on Climate Science, Awareness 
and Solutions. Dr. Hansen is best known for his testimony on climate 
change to congressional committees in the 1980s that helped raise broad 
awareness of the global warming issue.

Program Host:
Paul Beckwith - Climate Systems Scientist. Professor at the University 
of Ottawa in the Paleoclimatology Laboratory as well as at Carleton 
University.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTWUJ8Lvl-U

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/[ Journal Article  ]/
*Global warming in the pipeline *
James E Hansen, Makiko Sato, Leon Simons, Larissa S Nazarenko, Isabelle 
Sangha, Pushker Kharecha, James C Zachos, Karina von Schuckmann, Norman 
G Loeb, Matthew B Osman ... Show more
Oxford Open Climate Change, Volume 3, Issue 1, 2023, kgad008,
https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfclm/kgad008
Published: 02 November 2023

    Abstract
    Improved knowledge of glacial-to-interglacial global temperature
    change yields Charney (fast-feedback) equilibrium climate
    sensitivity 1.2 ± 0.3°C (2σ) per W/m2, which is 4.8°C ± 1.2°C for
    doubled CO2. Consistent analysis of temperature over the full
    Cenozoic era—including ‘slow’ feedbacks by ice sheets and trace
    gases—supports this sensitivity and implies that CO2 was 300–350 ppm
    in the Pliocene and about 450 ppm at transition to a nearly ice-free
    planet, exposing unrealistic lethargy of ice sheet models.
    Equilibrium global warming for today’s GHG amount is 10°C, which is
    reduced to 8°C by today’s human-made aerosols. Equilibrium warming
    is not ‘committed’ warming; rapid phaseout of GHG emissions would
    prevent most equilibrium warming from occurring. However, decline of
    aerosol emissions since 2010 should increase the 1970–2010 global
    warming rate of 0.18°C per decade to a post-2010 rate of at least
    0.27°C per decade. Thus, under the present geopolitical approach to
    GHG emissions, global warming will exceed 1.5°C in the 2020s and 2°C
    before 2050. Impacts on people and nature will accelerate as global
    warming increases hydrologic (weather) extremes. The enormity of
    consequences demands a return to Holocene-level global temperature.
    Required actions include: (1) a global increasing price on GHG
    emissions accompanied by development of abundant, affordable,
    dispatchable clean energy, (2) East-West cooperation in a way that
    accommodates developing world needs, and (3) intervention with
    Earth’s radiation imbalance to phase down today’s massive human-made
    ‘geo-transformation’ of Earth’s climate. Current political crises
    present an opportunity for reset, especially if young people can
    grasp their situation.

https://academic.oup.com/oocc/article/3/1/kgad008/7335889?login=false



/[  notice positive change ]/
*YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Here Come The Solar Canals*
  NOV 25, 2023
KATYA SCHWENK
Good things are happening! Construction gets underway at one of the 
first solar canals in the United States, New York files an 
“unprecedented” lawsuit against PepsiCo for plastic pollution, Florida 
is blocked from enforcing its ban on drag, and Starbucks workers walk 
out on the company’s flagship sales day.

*First Solar Canal Breaks Ground*
In the sunny, drought-ridden Southwest, some policymakers have been 
advocating adoption of a new climate technology: covering canals with 
solar panels. Officials hope this will create renewable energy while 
also preserving water. Now, in Arizona, the first of these projects in 
the U.S. has broken ground, and others may soon follow.

The Gila River Indian Community, which is located just south of Phoenix, 
announced this month that it was launching the first phase of its 
planned solar-over-canal project, saying it was the first in the country 
to actually begin construction. To start, 1,000 feet of canal managed by 
the reservation will be covered with solar panels, a pilot project that 
tribal officials said will hopefully be expanded across the 
reservation’s 140-mile irrigation system, a critical resource in a 
region where water is increasingly scarce. The tribe is using federal 
funds for the first phase of the $6.7 million project, which is slated 
for completion in 2025, and will work with the U.S. Army Corps of 
Engineers to construct it.

For years, researchers have argued that solar canals, which have been 
used in India for a decade, could yield major benefits in the U.S. 
Covering canals reduces evaporation, saving water, and helps prevent 
growth of algae and other vegetation, which improves water quality. At 
the same time, the solar panels are cooled by the water beneath them, 
improving their efficiency. Yet it has been slow going to get these 
projects off the ground in the U.S., in part due to high capital costs.

Now, that seems to be changing. In addition to the Arizona project, a 
solar canal in California’s San Joaquin Valley is slated to begin 
construction this year, and the state is studying other potential sites 
for additional projects. Studies have found that covering California’s 
canal system with solar could save billions of gallons of water 
annually. As the Southwest’s water troubles worsen, such a solution is 
more needed than ever.
https://www.levernews.com/here-come-the-solar-canals/



/[ Too much to know about wildfires in Australia ]/
*World's Worst Fires And Volcanoes | Code Red Marathon | Earth Stories*
Earth Stories - Climate Disaster Documentaries
Nov 25, 2023  #fire #volcano #tsunami
In this marathon of Code Red, we focus on some of the worst disasters 
from heat and water. Under just the right conditions, a small spark can 
turn into a raging wildfire. As climate continues to change and 
temperatures keep rising, fires have become more unpredictable, just 
like volcanoes. Volcanoes can be seemingly slow or violently fast, 
hidden underwater, or out in the open on the edge of a city. They are 
extremely dangerous and can erupt at anytime without warning.  Lastly, 
when the boundaries between Earth’s tectonic plates suddenly rises or 
falls, it can cause an underwater earthquake, leading to a tsunami.  
These deadly monster waves can take out coastal populations and are 
completely unstoppable and catastrophic. Watch along to learn about some 
of history’s worst tsunamis, volcanoes, and fires.

Subscribe to Earth Stories to watch more documentaries: 
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Any queries, please contact us at: owned-enquiries at littledotstudios.com

    00:00:00- 00:50:19 Fires
    00:50:20- 01:40:18 Volcanoes
    01:40:19- 02:29:59 Tsunamis

#fire #volcano #tsunami
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1CWVGMxXL8



/[The news archive - President Obama  ]/
/*November 27, 2014*/
November 27, 2014:

The New York Times reports:

    "President Obama could leave office with the most aggressive,
    far-reaching environmental legacy of any occupant of the White
    House. Yet it is very possible that not a single major environmental
    law will have passed during his two terms in Washington.

    "Instead, Mr. Obama has turned to the vast reach of the Clean Air
    Act of 1970, which some legal experts call the most powerful
    environmental law in the world. Faced with a Congress that has shut
    down his attempts to push through an environmental agenda, Mr. Obama
    is using the authority of the act passed at the birth of the
    environmental movement to issue a series of landmark regulations on
    air pollution, from soot to smog, to mercury and planet-warming
    carbon dioxide."

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/27/us/without-passing-a-single-law-obama-crafts-bold-enviornmental-policy.html?hpw&rref=politics&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=well-region&region=bottom-well&WT.nav=bottom-well




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