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text-decoration: none;"><span class="titletext"
style="font-weight: bold;">Extreme Heat Waves Will <b
style="font-weight: bold;">Change</b><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>How We Live. We're
Not Ready</span></a></h2>
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Extreme heat struck across the Southwest U.S. this week, sending
temperatures in Phoenix soaring to near 120°F and grounding
airplanes that were unable to operate in such warm weather.<br>
Heat waves are nothing new, but they have increased in frequency and
severity in recent decades as a result of climate change. <br>
"We've built entire infrastructures with particular temperatures in
mind,...When temperatures get really high, we don't have the
material capacity to deal with that."<br>
<b>Transportation</b> Humans have constructed essentially every
element of the modern transportation sector to operate under certain
temperature conditions. <br>
<b>Electricity supply</b> Energy providers try not to produce
significantly more electricity than needed to power the electric
grid at typical peak demand. .. as heat waves increase in severity,
humans will rely more on energy-gobbling air conditioners that only
come on when temperatures are high. <br>
<b>Food supply</b> Human society relies on agriculture that has
become increasingly vulnerable to extreme heat, which can wreck a
season's crop and kill off livestock. Global warming reduced crop
yields by as much 20% between 1964 and 2007, according to a study in
the journal Nature.<br>
<b>Human health</b> It's no secret that humans cannot withstand
extreme temperature conditions. Heat stroke can occur when extreme
heat drives body temperatures to exceed 104°F (40°C), which can lead
to a number of ailments or even death.<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://time.com/4830147/extreme-heat-climate-change/">http://time.com/4830147/extreme-heat-climate-change/</a></font><br>
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<br>
<font color="#000099"><b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://insideclimatenews.org/news/23062017/deadly-heat-wave-southwest-climate-change?utm_source=Inside+Climate+News&utm_campaign=031c148434-InsideClimate_News12_10_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_29c928ffb5-031c148434-327787525">Southwest<font
color="#000099">'</font>s Deadly Heat Wave Previews Life in
a Warming World</a></b></font><br>
Phoenix and Las Vegas are experiencing the kinds of risks scientists
have been warning about as greenhouse gas emissions fuel climate
change.<br>
By Phil McKenna<br>
The extreme heat baking the Southwestern U.S. isn't finished yet.
The National Weather Service issued an excessive heat warning today
for parts of Southern California and Arizona, including Phoenix,
through Monday, saying temperatures are forecast to reach 108-118
degrees each day.<br>
In its alert, the weather service warned of "a major increase in the
potential for heat-related illness and even death."<br>
<font size="-1" color="#666666"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://insideclimatenews.org/news/23062017/deadly-heat-wave-southwest-climate-change">https://insideclimatenews.org/news/23062017/deadly-heat-wave-southwest-climate-change</a></font><br>
<font size="-1">- more:</font><br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.impactlab.org/map/"><b>CLIMATE
IMPACT MAP</b><br>
Explore the ways in which climate change will impact where you
live, work and do business.</a><br>
Starting with changes in temperature, this map will expand to
include projected social and economic impacts in the weeks and
months ahead.<br>
A new <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.impactlab.org/map/">mapping analysis from Climate
Impact Lab </a>zooms in for a closer look at how average summer
temperatures are expected to rise this century as greenhouse gas
concentrations in the atmosphere continue to increase...<br>
With moderate greenhouse gas emissions, along the lines of the Paris
climate agreement, the average summer high temperature for the U.S.
is expected to rise from a historical average of 74 degrees in the
1986-2005 to an average of 81 by 2100. With high emissions, the lab
says we would see an average of 91 degrees in the U.S. Similar
scenarios play out across the globe...<br>
The impacts are most damaging in impoverished communities that can't
afford air conditioning and have less reliable power. A heat wave
that swept across Asia, the Middle East and parts of Europe in late
May and early June this year left parts of Pakistan sweltering in
128 degree temperatures, among the highest recorded temperatures
worldwide for May.<br>
<font size="-1" color="#666666"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.impactlab.org/map/">http://www.impactlab.org/map/</a></font><br>
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<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.wunderground.com/cat6/historic-heat-wave-sweeps-asia-middle-east-and-europe">Historic
Heat Wave Sweeps Asia, the Middle East and Europe</a></b><br>
Dr. Jeff Masters · June 6, 2017, <br>
The last week of May 2017 and first week of June brought one the
most extraordinary heatwaves in world history to Asia, the Middle
East and Europe. The mercury shot up to an astonishing 53.5°C (<b>128.3°F</b>)
at Turbat, Pakistan on May 28, making it Earth's hottest temperature
ever recorded in the month of May-and one of Earth's top-five
hottest reliably-measured temperatures on record, for any month.
Both Pakistan and Oman tied their all-time national heat records for
any month during the heat wave, and all-time national heat records
for the month of May were set in Iran, Norway and Austria.
International weather records expert Maximiliano Herrera details the
great heat wave in this guest post...<br>
In the United Arab Emirates, the difference of temperature between
the atmosphere and the sea, together with the intense sea breeze,
caused impressive differences in weather. Coastal areas were
affected by thick fog, and even mist, but temperatures were very
high on the mountain peaks. <b>At one point, the temperature of the
weather station on the Burj Al Khalifa Building in Dubai (625
meters above sea level) was 15°C (27°F) higher than that of
coastal Dubai.</b><br>
<font size="-1" color="#666666"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.wunderground.com/cat6/historic-heat-wave-sweeps-asia-middle-east-and-europe">https://www.wunderground.com/cat6/historic-heat-wave-sweeps-asia-middle-east-and-europe</a></font><br>
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<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lxoM3dOdwI"> <b>(Video)
Protecting people from sand and dust storms</b></a><br>
<i>World Meteorological Organization - WMO</i><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lxoM3dOdwI">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lxoM3dOdwI</a><br>
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<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYKmmg92k-Q">Monthly
Global-mean temperatures by GCOS</a></b><br>
<i>World Meteorological Organization - WMO<br>
Published on Jun 23, 2017<br>
Temperatures calendar 1979 - 2016. GCOS Media<br>
Play to the end then carefully freeze frame at the last second:</i><br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYKmmg92k-Q">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYKmmg92k-Q</a></font><br>
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<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/miami-beach/article158073459.html">Bill
Clinton takes a jab at partisan politics in Miami Beach speech</a></b><br>
In a roughly hourlong speech given to dozens of mayors gathered in
Miami Beach, former President Bill Clinton lauded the city leaders'
commitment to the Paris climate accord in the face of federal
dismissal, while also calling for an end to "tribal" politics.<br>
Clinton, addressing a crowd inside the Fontainebleau on Saturday
afternoon, didn't mention President Donald Trump by name. But he
criticized Trump's decision to pull out of the climate-change deal,
in which nearly 200 other countries agreed to reduce their emissions
and prod other countries to do the same.<br>
<b>"You can get out of it or in it, but the water's gonna keep
rising," Clinton said at the U.S. Conference of Mayors, a four-day
gathering. "Politics has almost no influence on science, in case
you haven't noticed."...</b><br>
For the skeptical, he said he'd love to "invite every body to come
on down during one of our King tides - I'll bring you to a road that
hasn't been lifted yet - and when you see that water come around
your ankles, you'll be like 'I am converted. I believe that we do
have a problem.' "<br>
Garcetti, a Democrat, said the number of mayors who have vowed to
comply with the Paris deal's stipulations rose to 331 on Saturday,
up from 323 on Thursday. The mayors hail from 44 states and Puerto
Rico.<br>
"This is the power of cities exercising their power collectively and
thinking big," he said.<br>
Regalado, a Republican in a nonpartisan position, railed against the
politicizing of climate change.<br>
"It's disturbing that we keep hearing and reading that climate
change and civil rights is a partisan issue, that Democrats think
one way and Republicans think another way," he said. "We're looking
to Washington, but we're not hopeful."<br>
Clinton said the mayors would need to follow through on their
commitment, which could prove a challenge with budgetary
constraints.<br>
"If you sign, you've got to seal and deliver," he said.<br>
<font size="-1" color="#666666"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/miami-beach/article158073459.html">http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/miami-beach/article158073459.html</a></font><br>
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bold;"><a target="_blank" class="article
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sig2-lz8wfkVEzOnty4zy0r03Mw did-8639478553664181850"
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style="font-weight: bold;">Americans Doubt '<b
style="font-weight: bold;">Global Warming</b>' But Accept
'Climate Change,' Study Says</span></a></h2>
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According to research conducted by Cornell University and published
May 14 in Climatic Change, the American public continues to have
doubts about "global warming" but appears to be unified in believing
in "climate change."<br>
The contrast was most divided among individuals who identified
themselves as Republicans. <br>
In fact, the study found that 74.4 percent of respondents who
identified as Republicans said they believed that climate change is
really happening. In contrast, only 65.5 percent said they believed
in global warming. Democrats, on the other hand, feel very
differently, with 94 percent replying "yes" to both questions.<br>
<font size="-1" color="#666666"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://weather.com/science/environment/news/climate-change-global-warming-labels-study">https://weather.com/science/environment/news/climate-change-global-warming-labels-study</a></font><br>
-more:<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10584-017-1993-1">Does
the label really matter? Evidence that the US public continues to
doubt "global warming" more than "climate change"</a><br>
Abstract<br>
Does the public doubt the existence of "global warming" more than
"climate change"? While previously published research suggests that
it does, others have argued that this effect either never existed or
has disappeared amid broader shifts in public opinion. We draw on
survey response theory to help reconcile this debate. We then
analyze data from an October 2016 probability-based survey
experiment (n = 1461 US adults) to test the prediction that the US
public (and particularly, Republicans) continue to respond
differently when asked whether global warming vs. climate change
exists. Indeed, respondents who were asked about climate change
responded "Yes" (definitely or somewhat) more often (85.8%) than
respondents who were asked about global warming (80.9%), an effect
observed for Republicans (74.4 vs. 65.5%) but not Democrats (94% in
both conditions). We discuss broader implications for US public
opinion and discourse in an era of significant proposed government
rollbacks of climate and environmental policy.<br>
<font size="-1" color="#666666"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10584-017-1993-1">https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10584-017-1993-1</a></font><br>
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<b><br>
</b><b> </b><b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://youtu.be/TFy44bV06fI">A 3D Look at the 2015 El
Niño</a></b><br>
NASA Goddard Published on May 26, 2017<br>
El Niño is a recurring climate pattern characterized by warmer than
usual ocean temperatures in the equatorial Pacific. Two back-to-back
3-D visualizations track the changes in ocean temperatures and
currents, respectively, throughout the life cycle of the 2015-2016
El Niño event, chronicling its inception in early 2015 to its
dissipation by April 2016. Blue regions represent colder and red
regions warmer temperatures when compared with normal conditions...<br>
Under normal conditions, equatorial trade winds in the Pacific Ocean
blow from east to west, causing warm water to pile up in the Western
Pacific, while also causing an upwelling-the rise of deep, cool
water to the surface-in the Eastern Pacific. During an El Niño,
trade winds weaken or, as with this latest event, sometimes reverse
course and blow from west to east. As a result, the warm surface
water sloshes east along the equator from the Western Pacific and
temporarily predominates in the Central and Eastern Pacific Ocean.
At that same time, cooler water slowly migrates westward just off
the equator in the Western Pacific...<br>
The first visualization shows the 2015-2016 El Niño through changes
in sea surface temperature as warmer water moves east across the
Pacific Ocean. The Eastern Pacific Ocean undergoes the most warming
from July 2015 to January 2016. In the west, just to the north of
the equator, cooler waters hit the western boundary and reflect
along the equator and then head east starting in February 2016. Just
as the warming waves traveled east earlier in the video, these cool
waters make their way to the central Pacific, terminating the
warming event there...<br>
Hand-in-hand with an El Niño's changing sea surface temperatures are
the wind-driven ocean currents that move the waters along the
equator across the Pacific Ocean. The second visualization depicts
these currents, which here comprise the ocean's surface to a depth
of 225 meters: Yellow arrows illustrate eastward currents and white
arrows are westward currents. The El Niño-inducing westerlies-winds
coming from the west that blow east-cause the eastward currents to
occur in pulses. A good example of one of these pulses can be seen
hitting the South American coast on May 15, 2015. By the end of
February 2016 trade winds return, as evidenced by the return of
westward currents and cool water along the equator, signaling the
dissipation of the El Niño...<br>
These visualizations are derived from NASA Goddard's Global Modeling
and Assimilation Office, using Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis for
Research and Applications (MERRA) dataset, which comprises an
optimal combination of observations and ocean and atmospheric
models. For more information, see <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://gmao.gsfc.nasa.gov/reanalysis">https://gmao.gsfc.nasa.gov/reanalysis</a>...<br>
This video is public domain and along with other supporting
visualizations can be downloaded from the Scientific Visualization
Studio at: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12601">http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12601</a><br>
<font size="-2" color="#666666"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://youtu.be/TFy44bV06fI">https://youtu.be/TFy44bV06fI</a></font><br>
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<font size="+1"><b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.boxofficeguru.com/062804.htm">This Day in
Climate History June 25, 2004 </a>- from D.R. Tucker</b></font><br>
<blockquote> June 25, 2004 - The Michael Moore film "Fahrenheit
9/11," which addresses the connection between petrostate
geopolitics and terrorism (specifically the connection between the
Bush family and the Saudi royal family), is released in the United
States. BoxOfficeguru.com's Gitesh Pandya notes:<br>
<br>
"No recount was needed as President George W. Bush won the votes
of moviegoers across North America and was elected
commander-in-chief of the box office in the scathing Michael Moore
documentary Fahrenheit 9/11 which shattered all industry
expectations on its way to the number one spot. Never before has a
doc hit the top position and in just its first weekend of release,
the award-winning feature has already become the top-grossing
documentary of all time...<br>
<br>
"Michael Moore's supporters and detractors showed bi-partisan
cooperation and showed up en masse at theaters giving Fahrenheit
9/11 a final opening weekend gross of $23.9M - two million higher
than originally estimated. Playing in only 868 theaters (the most
ever for a doc, but still just a quarter of what top summer
blockbusters play in), the top ten's only R-rated entry averaged a
scorching $27,558 per location. To put that into perspective,
other movies with similar debut weekend averages this season
include Shrek 2 ($25,952), Harry Potter and the Prisoner of
Azkaban ($24,303), and The Day After Tomorrow ($20,071). With
$24.1M to date since its Manhattan debut on Wednesday, Fahrenheit
has already surpassed the $21.6M that the former top-grossing doc,
Moore's Oscar-winning Bowling For Columbine, grossed during its
eleven-month theatrical run.<br>
<br>
"Fahrenheit, which examines various aspects of the Bush
presidency, rode into theaters on a tidal wave of media attention
which has been building steadily over the past two months. From
winning the Palme D'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, to leaving the
distribution hands of Disney and Miramax, to the unsuccessful
appeal of the MPAA's R rating, controversy has kept 9/11 in the
public's eye and translated into robust ticket sales with sold out
shows from sea to shining sea. Lions Gate and IFC Films, the
distributors in North America, capitalized on the controversy
making the Moore vehicle the can't-miss hit of the summer. And
while sales from underage teens buying tickets for other movies
and sneaking into Fahrenheit can't accurately be measured, it is
notable that all other titles in the top ten witnessed declines
that were smaller than normal.<br>
<br>
"All aspects of the distribution and publicity were executed
brilliantly. The director, who has now officially gone mainstream,
popped up on all the right talk shows to promote his moneymaking
venture. The distributors also picked out a key weekend to launch.
With Spider-Man 2 swinging into theaters on Wednesday, studios
refrained from opening any really big titles on the June 25 frame.
That left the field wide open for a $20M+ gross to capture first
place. Now, with red-hot averages, and a new round of publicity
touting its historic top spot debut, Fahrenheit 9/11 will be able
to add even more locations hoping to tap into the country's
patriotic mood over the upcoming Independence Day holiday frame.
This Wednesday, the distributors plan to widen to over 1,000
sites.<br>
<br>
"Reviews were understandably mixed but in general, critics gave
positive remarks. The opinions of the public will count more
towards longevity at the box office, though. On Yahoo Movies, with
over 20,000 users voting, Fahrenheit has scored a B grade which is
decent, but not exactly promising. National debate over the
content of the documentary could keep cash registers ringing for
the inexpensive $6M film and just like Easter weekend resurrected
interest in The Passion of the Christ, media coverage of the
Republican and Democratic political conventions later this summer
will ensure that Fahrenheit 9/11 stays in the headlines. The era
of $100M-grossing documentaries may have just begun."<br>
<font color="#666666"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.boxofficeguru.com/062804.htm">http://www.boxofficeguru.com/062804.htm</a> </font><br>
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