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    <font size="+1"><i>Stay well-informed about global warming -  Please
        forward this email.  February 15, 2017</i></font><br>
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        href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ox5hbkg34Ow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ox5hbkg34Ow</a></font><br>
    <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ox5hbkg34Ow">(video) <b>Climate:
        What did We Know and When Did We Know it?</b></a><br>
    <blockquote><a
        href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtZdUYUZr493AUh_EInBYxQ">YaleClimateConnections</a> 
      video Published on Feb 14, 2017<br>
      Climate models have a strong record in helping scientists foresee
      a warmer world ... and its impacts.<br>
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      <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/14/opinion/what-californias-dam-crisis-says-about-the-changing-climate.html?_r=0">https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/14/opinion/what-californias-dam-crisis-says-about-the-changing-climate.html?_r=0</a></font><br>
    <b><a
href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/14/opinion/what-californias-dam-crisis-says-about-the-changing-climate.html?_r=0">What
        California's Dam Crisis Says About the Changing Climate</a></b><br>
    <blockquote>Our water system was designed and built in an old
      climate, one in which extremely warm years were less common and
      snowpack was more reliable. Here in the West, we use the same dams
      and reservoirs for both water storage and flood control, so during
      the wet season, reservoir managers continuously balance the dual
      pressures of storing as much water as possible for the dry summer
      and releasing sufficient water to create room for the next
      storm...<br>
      This system relies on the natural reservoir of mountain snowpack,
      which melts gradually over the spring and summer. While it is well
      known that much of the West relies on snowpack for water storage,
      the vital role of snowpack in flood control is considerably less
      appreciated. When precipitation falls as snow, it stays in the
      mountains rather than flowing into reservoirs. This leaves more
      room in reservoirs to prevent flooding downstream during heavy
      rainfall.<br>
      <i>Noah S. Diffenbaugh is a senior fellow and professor of earth
        system science at Stanford.</i><br>
    </blockquote>
    <br>
    <font color="#666666" size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://the-macroscope.org/im-a-scientist-this-is-what-i-ll-fight-for-554ccb15e99b#.qdczy1hco">https://the-macroscope.org/im-a-scientist-this-is-what-i-ll-fight-for-554ccb15e99b#.qdczy1hco</a></font><br>
    <b><a
href="https://the-macroscope.org/im-a-scientist-this-is-what-i-ll-fight-for-554ccb15e99b#.qdczy1hco">I'm
        a Scientist. This is What I'll Fight For.</a></b><br>
    <blockquote>The War on Science is more than a skirmish over funding,
      censorship, and "alternative facts". It's a battle for the future,
      basic decency, and the people we love...<br>
      Make no mistake: There is a War on Science in America.<br>
      The White House not only denies obvious, empirical facts on a
      regular basis, but they have invented the Orwellian concept of
      "alternative facts". In the past, we simply called them "lies",
      but now they are used in the world's most powerful office. And
      that should scare all of us...<br>
      What's worse is that the White House and many members of Congress
      aren't just anti-fact, they are against the pursuit of facts, and
      have tried to place draconian restrictions on what federal
      scientists can research, publish, and even discuss. And god knows
      what will happen to our nation's long-standing investments in
      research and science education.<br>
      This attack on science, and on knowledge itself, goes beyond
      anything we have seen in America before. And it is not only
      dangerous to science, it is dangerous to our nation and the
      world....<br>
      "The greatness of America is strengthened by science—it helps us
      lift people up, improve the human condition, and build a better
      world."<br>
      "Let's be clear: those who conduct a War on Science are also
      declaring war on the people we love. If they get their way, people
      will die. And I'm going to fight to make sure that doesn't happen.
      You should too."<br>
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    <br>
    <font color="#666666" size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.vox.com/the-big-idea/2017/2/14/14601932/exxon-first-amendment-free-speech-citizens-global-warming">http://www.vox.com/the-big-idea/2017/2/14/14601932/exxon-first-amendment-free-speech-citizens-global-warming</a>    
    </font><br>
    <b><a
href="http://www.vox.com/the-big-idea/2017/2/14/14601932/exxon-first-amendment-free-speech-citizens-global-warming">Corporations
        like Exxon are using spurious free speech claims to fend off
        regulation</a></b><br>
    <blockquote>(Vox)  In the latest instance of the corporate takeover
      of the First Amendment — and other constitutional rights — Exxon
      Mobil, the world's largest oil and gas corporation, has invented a
      constitutional right to obstruct state investigations into
      allegations of fraud...<br>
      Investigations by the Massachusetts and New York attorneys general
      began late last year after the Los Angeles Times reported that
      Exxon scientists and executives have known for decades about the
      connection between fossil fuel consumption and the likelihood of
      catastrophic changes in the Earth's atmosphere and climate...<br>
      The report alleged that as early as the 1980s, Exxon scientists
      were warning the company in internal communications that global
      climate change could "indeed be catastrophic (at least for a
      substantial fraction of the earth's population)." According to the
      journalists' report, Exxon's internal teams used that information
      for purposes of assessing the potential for profitable investment
      in new oil exploration and production. Yet these were the same
      climate models that Exxon "dismissed as unreliable and based on
      uncertain science" in statements to investors, consumers, and the
      general public.     <br>
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    <font color="#666666" size="-1"> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://news.mongabay.com/2017/02/counterintuitive-global-hydropower-boom-will-add-to-climate-change/">https://news.mongabay.com/2017/02/counterintuitive-global-hydropower-boom-will-add-to-climate-change/</a>
       </font>  <br>
    <font size="+1"><b><a
href="https://news.mongabay.com/2017/02/counterintuitive-global-hydropower-boom-will-add-to-climate-change/">Counterintuitive:
          Global hydropower boom will add to climate change</a></b></font><br>
    <blockquote>Mongabay.com  -  And it isn't good news. ... Over a
      100-year timeframe, methane's effect on global warming is more
      than 30 times, and nitrous oxide's effect is almost ...<br>
       --  For many years new hydropower dams were assumed to be zero
      greenhouse gas emitters. Now with 847 large (more than 100 MW) and
      2,853 smaller (more than 1 MW) hydropower projects currently
      planned or under construction around the world, a new global study
      has shown that dam reservoirs are major greenhouse gas emitters.<br>
       --  The study looked at the carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4),
      and nitrous oxide (N2O) emitted from 267 reservoirs across six
      continents. Globally, the researchers estimate that reservoirs
      contribute 1.3 percent of human-made greenhouse gas emissions,
      comparable to those from rice paddy cultivation or biomass
      burning.<br>
      --  Reservoir emissions are not currently counted within the UN
      Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (UN IPCC) emissions
      assessments, but they should be, argue the researchers. In fact,
      countries are currently eligible under the UN's Clean Development
      Mechanism (CDM) to receive carbon credits for newly built dams.<br>
       --  The study raises the question as to whether hydropower should
      continue to be counted as green power or be eligible for UN CDM
      carbon credits...<br>
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    <font color="#666666"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/marine-ecosystems-are-preparing-for-climate-change/">https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/marine-ecosystems-are-preparing-for-climate-change/</a></font><br>
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        255);">While countless scientific reports have documented the
        ravages of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b
          style="font-weight: normal;">climate change</b><span
          class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>on oceanic life, a
        survey of the researchers who wrote them provides a silver
        lining: An overwhelming majority noticed examples of sea life
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        -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
        255);">As we've sweltered through this terrible summer - and
        lately, as bushfires have raged - what a comfort it's been to
        know that<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b
          style="font-weight: normal;">climate change</b><span
          class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>doesn't exist and isn't
        happening. Or, if it does exist, it's not caused by anything
        humans have done, so there<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b
          style="font-weight: normal;">...</b></div>
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            style="font-weight: bold;">Preparing New Zealand for<span
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              style="font-weight: bold;">climate change</b></span></a></h2>
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        -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
        255);">The funding, for five studies, is part of the Deep South
        National Science Challenge, which aims to help Kiwis adapt to
        the effects that<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b
          style="font-weight: normal;">climate change</b><span
          class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>will bring, among them
        extreme weather events, drought, changes in typical weather
        patterns and sea<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b
          style="font-weight: normal;">...</b></div>
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    <font color="#666666" size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://phys.org/news/2017-02-norwegian-ice-cap-exceptionally-sensitive.html">https://phys.org/news/2017-02-norwegian-ice-cap-exceptionally-sensitive.html</a></font><br>
    <b><a
href="https://phys.org/news/2017-02-norwegian-ice-cap-exceptionally-sensitive.html">Norwegian
        ice cap 'exceptionally sensitive' to climate change</a></b><br>
    <blockquote>(Phys.Org) With global warming continuing, the glacier
      will most likely …more ... But the implication of our study is
      that if climate warming continues, this ice cap ...<br>
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    <br>
    <font color="#666666" size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.inverse.com/article/24714-10-most-popular-climate-change-conspiracy-theories">https://www.inverse.com/article/24714-10-most-popular-climate-change-conspiracy-theories</a></font><br>
    <b><a
href="https://www.inverse.com/article/24714-10-most-popular-climate-change-conspiracy-theories">(misinformation) 
        The 10 Most Popular Climate Change Conspiracy Theories</a></b><br>
    <blockquote> There's such a fine line between paranoid and stupid.<br>
      10. Tesla Cars Pollute More Than Gas-Consuming Cars...<br>
      9.  Ocean acidification isn't real...<br>
      8.  Climate Change is Natural...<br>
      7.  Deniers Are Going to be Put in Jail...<br>
      6.  It's a Chinese Hoax...<br>
      5.  Population Will Be Forced Into Cities...<br>
      4.  It's a Grab for Taxpayer Dollars...<br>
      3.  It's Anti-Russia Propaganda...<br>
      2.  It's All a United Nations Power Play...<br>
      1.   97 Percent of Scientists Are Lying...<br>
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href="http://www.climatecentral.org/news/congress-protects-coasts-from-climate-change-21162"
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            class="titletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Congress
            Protects Coasts From<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b
              style="font-weight: bold;">Climate Change</b><span
              class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>With Mud</span></a></h2>
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        -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
        255);">As California reels from record-breaking erosion
        following punishing waves last winter, the federal government is
        turning to mud and sand from dredging projects to slow land
        losses and ease flooding nationwide as seas rise and storms
        intensify.<br>
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    <font color="#666666" size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=123671588&sc=emaf">http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=123671588&sc=emaf</a>
    </font><br>
    <font size="+1"><b><a
href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=123671588&sc=emaf">This
          Day in Climate History  February 15, 2010 </a> -  from D.R.
        Tucker</b></font><br>
    <blockquote>  NPR's Christopher Joyce reports:  (Audio 4:00 )<br>
      "Most [climate scientists] don't see a contradiction between a
      warming world and lots of snow. That includes Kevin Trenberth, a
      prominent climate scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric
      Research in Colorado.<br>
      "'The fact that the oceans are warmer now than they were, say, 30
      years ago means there's about on average 4 percent more water
      vapor lurking around over the oceans than there was, say, in the
      1970s,' he says.<br>
      "Warmer water means more water vapor rises up into the air, and
      what goes up must come down.<br>
      "'So one of the consequences of a warming ocean near a coastline
      like the East Coast and Washington, D.C., for instance, is that
      you can get dumped on with more snow partly as a consequence of
      global warming,' he says.<br>
      "And Trenberth notes that you don't need very cold temperatures to
      get big snow. In fact, when the mercury drops too low, it may be
      too cold to snow."<br>
      <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=123671588&sc=emaf">http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=123671588&sc=emaf</a>
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