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<font size="+1"><i>April 15, 2017 </i></font><br>
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<font color="#666666" size="-2"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/04/14/scientists-just-found-a-strange-and-worrying-crack-in-one-of-greenlands-biggest-glaciers/">https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/04/14/scientists-just-found-a-strange-and-worrying-crack-in-one-of-greenlands-biggest-glaciers/</a></font><br>
<b><a
href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/04/14/scientists-just-found-a-strange-and-worrying-crack-in-one-of-greenlands-biggest-glaciers/?utm_term=.0595bb784ba6">(video+)
Scientists just found a strange and worrying crack in one of
Greenland's biggest glaciers</a></b><br>
<blockquote> (WashingtonPost) Scientists examining satellite images
of one of Greenland's largest glaciers believe they have found an
unexpected new crack in its floating ice shelf that could
contribute to a dramatic break in coming years...<br>
The Petermann Glacier, located in the high Arctic at 80 degrees
North latitude, is one of the most important outlets by which the
Greenland ice sheet extends and flows into the sea. In 2010 and
2012, it lost extremely large pieces, each several times the size
of Manhattan, from its ice shelf, which floats on top of the
waters of a fjord whose depth exceeds that of the Grand Canyon...<br>
These changes captured the world's attention - and greatly shrank
this floating shelf that stabilizes the glacier by attaching to
the walls of the fjord in which it lies. That's a big deal because
Petermann Glacier holds back about a foot of potential sea level
rise from the Greenland ice sheet....<br>
This crack, oddly, appeared to have formed in the middle of the
ice shelf, rather than on its side where cracks usually begin. But
given its location, it could potentially connect with the
preexisting crack if it continues to grow, extending it across
much of the shelf...<br>
So in summary - the summer of 2017 could potentially hold some
drama at Petermann glacier. No doubt many eyes from the sky will
be trained on it very closely.<br>
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current condition of the ice west of Greenland can be seen
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<font color="#666666" size="-2"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://robertscribbler.com/2017/04/14/under-the-arctic-dome-brutish-high-pressure-system-is-wrecking-the-already-thinned-sea-ice/">https://robertscribbler.com/2017/04/14/under-the-arctic-dome-brutish-high-pressure-system-is-wrecking-the-already-thinned-sea-ice/</a></font><br
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<!--EndFragment--><b><a
href="https://robertscribbler.com/2017/04/14/under-the-arctic-dome-brutish-high-pressure-system-is-wrecking-the-already-thinned-sea-ice/">Under
the Arctic Dome - Brutish High Pressure System is Wrecking the
Already Thinned Sea Ice</a></b><br>
<blockquote>There's a real atmospheric brute towering over the
Arctic's Beaufort Sea at this time. A high pressure system that
would put shame to most other anti-cyclonic phenomena that bear
the name. It is sending out a broad, clockwise pattern of winds.
It is pulling up warm air from the Pacific to invade the Bering,
Chukchi, East Siberian and Laptev Seas. And its torquing motion is
shattering the already considerably thinned ice beneath it.<br>
A powerful high pressure system over the Beaufort Sea is predicted
to further strengthen by late April 15. <a
href="https://earth.nullschool.net/about.html">Image source</a>:<a
href="https://earth.nullschool.net/about.html"> Earth Nullschool</a>.
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href="https://earth.nullschool.net/about.html">https://earth.nullschool.net/about.html</a><br>
Clocking in at 1046 mb of pressure, it makes typically strong 1030
mb high pressure systems seem weak by comparison. Over the next
day it is expected to strengthen still - hitting 1048 mb by late
April 15th (coming very close to an extraordinary 1050 mb
system)...<br>
This powerful and strengthening system has already been in place
for about two weeks - slowly gaining momentum as its circulation
has moved in mirror to the waters of the Beaufort Gyre that swirl
beneath it. Masked only by a veil of sea ice considerably thinned
by human-forced climate change, the waters of the Beaufort are now
breaking through. Streaks of dark blue on white in an early
break-up enabled both by a terrible Arctic warming and by this
powerful spring weather system.<br>
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<font color="#666666" size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://psmag.com/a-trip-to-the-zoo-can-get-people-talking-about-climate-change-d2c21cf4c597">https://psmag.com/a-trip-to-the-zoo-can-get-people-talking-about-climate-change-d2c21cf4c597</a></font><br>
<b><a
href="https://psmag.com/a-trip-to-the-zoo-can-get-people-talking-about-climate-change-d2c21cf4c597">A
Trip to the Zoo Can Get People Talking About Climate Change</a></b><br>
<blockquote>New research finds an informal education program gives
people the tools to discuss the problem intelligently.<br>
By Tom Jacobs<br>
Climate change is a subject most of us don't really want to think
about, let alone discuss over dinner. While our fears of a
decimated environment are clearly reflected in apocalyptic
fiction, frank talk about our warming world is relatively rare.<br>
If this reflects deep-seated denial, we're all in trouble. But
what if the issue is simpler? What if we avoid the subject because
we don't really understand it - and don't want to sound like an
idiot?<br>
New research suggests that may be true for a lot of Americans. It
also offers evidence that, when members of the public are given
the vocabulary they need to grasp the gravity of the situation,
they are more likely to engage in conversation about what needs to
be done.<br>
<font color="#666666" size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0272494417300440">http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0272494417300440</a></font><br>
<b><a
href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0272494417300440">Creating
a climate for change: Interventions, efficacy and public
discussion about climate change</a></b><br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://inews.co.uk/essentials/news/global-warming-explain-woolly-mammoth-ivory-trade-booming/">https://inews.co.uk/essentials/news/global-warming-explain-woolly-mammoth-ivory-trade-booming/</a></font><br>
<b><a
href="https://inews.co.uk/essentials/news/global-warming-explain-woolly-mammoth-ivory-trade-booming/">Global
warming could explain why the woolly mammoth ivory trade is
booming</a></b><br>
<blockquote>Woolly mammoths may have been extinct for thousands of
years, but their tusks have recently become part of a booming
ivory trade between Russia and China – and it could be down to
global warming. According to experts, the effects of global
warming in the Arctic have made it possible to unearth tusks
which, until now, have been preserved in the icy Siberian tundra.
Tusks seized On Wednesday, it was reported that Chinese customs
officers had seized more than a tonne of tusks from woolly
mammoths in north-east China back in February. State media claimed
the haul – which was discovered at the port of Luobei in
Heilongjiang province – came from Russia. As well as more than 100
woolly mammoth tusks, the hefty discovery also contained 37 woolly
rhino horn parts and more than a tonne of jade –<br>
The melting of the permafrost due to global warming is one of the
main reasons why so many woolly mammoth skeletons have been
uncovered recently.<br>
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<font color="#666666" size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.pri.org/stories/2017-04-12/risk-countries-worry-what-america-first-means-climate-change">https://www.pri.org/stories/2017-04-12/risk-countries-worry-what-america-first-means-climate-change</a></font><br>
<b><a
href="https://www.pri.org/stories/2017-04-12/risk-countries-worry-what-america-first-means-climate-change">(audio+)
At-risk countries worry what 'America first' means for climate
change</a></b><br>
<blockquote>"The truth is that [the] United States has been a big
stumbling block in terms of the fight against global warming,"
says Nigerian activist Nnimmo Bassey, former head of Friends of
the Earth International. <br>
American leaders finally got on board in the lead-up to the 2015
Paris talks, and together with China led the way to a climate
change agreement decades in the making. But just about everyone
agreed the deal they struck was a weak one.<br>
"It didn't really add up to preventing catastrophic temperature
increases," says Bassey. "But having the United States on board
gave a kind of assurance that things could step forward in the
future."<br>
Now, those assurances have disappeared.<br>
The activists and experts I spoke with aren't, by any means, a
representative sample of people in developing countries. But they
all did share similar worries about the US scrapping goals to cut
carbon pollution. <br>
Lydia Powell, an energy analyst with the Observer Research
Foundation in India, offered a different perspective. She says
operators of Indian coal mines and power plants were happy about
Trump's new energy policies.... <br>
Still, India continues to boost renewable energy, as promised in
Paris. And its appetite for new coal-fired power plants seems to
be waning. The latest Indian energy outlook predicts the country
may not need to start building any new coal-fired power plants for
at least a decade.<br>
And so far, no other countries have followed the US in indicating
a retreat from the Paris agreement. <br>
Back on a beach in Kiribati, as President Tong watches high tide
lap at the seawall protecting his home, he says he's still holding
out hope for his low-lying nation. <br>
"I've given up giving up," says Tong. "There is always an answer
to every challenge, to every problem. There is always an answer.
We just have to find it."<br>
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<font color="#666666" size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://nonprofitquarterly.org/2017/04/14/climate-change-will-change-work-nonprofits/">https://nonprofitquarterly.org/2017/04/14/climate-change-will-change-work-nonprofits/</a></font><br>
<b><a
href="https://nonprofitquarterly.org/2017/04/14/climate-change-will-change-work-nonprofits/">Climate
Change Will Change the Work of Nonprofits</a></b><br>
<blockquote>It's no secret that industrialization has created a
number of public health concerns, such as air and water pollution,
and chemical contamination of food and soil. But have we
considered that global warming may have equally catastrophic
effects?...<br>
A report from the Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health
mapped how climate change threatens the health of people across
the United States and how those threats vary by region.<br>
"nonprofits may see a change "<br>
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<font color="#666666" size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.peri.umass.edu/noam-chomsky-mullins">https://www.peri.umass.edu/noam-chomsky-mullins</a></font><br>
<b><font color="#000099" size="+1"><a
href="https://www.peri.umass.edu/noam-chomsky-mullins">Professor
Noam Chomsky Lecture - Video</a></font></b><br>
On Demand: "Prospects for Survival" UMass lecture on April 13, 2017<br>
"Is it better to be smart than stupid?" Sponsored by the Political
Economy Research Institute<br>
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<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://insideclimatenews.org/news/20130415/insideclimate-news-team-wins-pulitzer-prize-national-reporting">https://insideclimatenews.org/news/20130415/insideclimate-news-team-wins-pulitzer-prize-national-reporting</a></font><br>
<font size="+1"><b><a
href="https://insideclimatenews.org/news/20130415/insideclimate-news-team-wins-pulitzer-prize-national-reporting">This
Day in Climate History April 15, 2013</a> - from D.R. Tucker<br>
</b></font>
<blockquote><font size="+1"><b> </b></font><a
href="https://insideclimatenews.org/"><font color="#000066">InsideClimate
News</font> </a>Team Wins Pulitzer Prize for National
Reporting<br>
ICN is the third web-based news organization to win national
reporting honors, and the smallest among a trio that includes
ProPublica and Huffington Post.<br>
InsideClimate News reporters Elizabeth McGowan, Lisa Song and
David Hasemyer are the winners of this year's Pulitzer Prize for
national reporting....<br>
The trio took top honors in the category for their work on "The
Dilbit Disaster: Inside the Biggest Oil Spill You've Never Heard
Of," a project that began with a seven-month investigation into
the million-gallon spill of Canadian tar sands oil into the
Kalamazoo River in 2010. It broadened into an examination of
national pipeline safety issues, and how unprepared the nation is
for the impending flood of imports of a more corrosive and more
dangerous form of oil...<br>
The Pulitzer committee commended the reporters for their "rigorous
reports on flawed regulation of the nation's oil pipelines,
focusing on potential ecological dangers posed by diluted bitumen
(or "dilbit"), a controversial form of oil."<font size="+1"><b>...</b></font><br>
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