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<font size="+1"><i>August 25, 2017</i></font><br>
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<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QhigGukHek">(video) Bill
Nye: "Everything All At Once" | Talks at Google</a></b><br>
Aug 21, 2017 <b>"It's not rocket surgery"</b><br>
Author/Scientist/TV Presenter Bill Nye discusses his new book,
Everything All At Once. In an interview with Googler Malik Ducard,
Bill discusses his career, the correct way to tie a bow tie, and how
we can best approach the scientific and political challenges facing
the world today.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QhigGukHek">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QhigGukHek</a><br>
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<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2017/aug/24/new-study-finds-that-climate-change-costs-will-hit-trump-country-hardest">New
study finds that climate change costs will hit Trump country
hardest</a></b><br>
In the USA, the southeastern states are most vulnerable to the
costly impacts from human-caused climate change<br>
Humans are causing Earth's climate to change. We know that. We've
known it for decades. Okay so what? The follow-up questions should
be directed to what the effects of warming will be. What will the
costs be to society, to the natural biosystem, and to human lives?
Let's be honest, if the consequences of warming are not large, then
who cares? But, if the consequences are severe, then we should take
action now to reduce the warming. This really comes down to costs
and benefits. Are the benefits of reducing emissions greater or less
than the costs? <br>
But there is a nuance to the answer. The costs are not uniformly
distributed. Some regions will suffer more and other regions will
suffer less. In fact, some regions will actually benefit in a
warming climate. We understand that the world is interconnected and
costs will inevitably be shared to some extent. But it is clear we
won't all suffer the same. <br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2017/aug/24/new-study-finds-that-climate-change-costs-will-hit-trump-country-hardest">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2017/aug/24/new-study-finds-that-climate-change-costs-will-hit-trump-country-hardest</a><br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://science.sciencemag.org/content/356/6345/1362">Estimating
Economic Damage from Climate Change in the United States</a></b><br>
Costing out the effects of climate change<br>
Episodes of severe weather in the United States, such as the present
abundance of rainfall in California, are brandished as tangible
evidence of the future costs of current climate trends. Hsiang et
al. collected national data documenting the responses in six
economic sectors to short-term weather fluctuations. These data were
integrated with probabilistic distributions from a set of global
climate models and used to estimate future costs during the
remainder of this century across a range of scenarios (see the
Perspective by Pizer). In terms of overall effects on gross domestic
product, the authors predict negative impacts in the southern United
States and positive impacts in some parts of the Pacific Northwest
and New England.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://science.sciencemag.org/content/356/6345/1362">http://science.sciencemag.org/content/356/6345/1362</a><br>
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<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/scientific-study-concludes-exxon-mobil-misled-climate-change/">(video
7:06) PBS Newshour Academic study concludes Exxon Mobil misled
on climate change</a></b><br>
...this was an attempt to call a bluff, I think. ExxonMobil authored
a blog two years ago, daring its critics to analyze its publicly
available documents on climate science. They said, read all of these
documents. Make up your own mind<br>
The challenge came in the wake of some great investigative reporting
by "Inside Climate News," and it found ExxonMobil years ago
acknowledged climate change privately, it is caused by humans and is
a serious problem, but it did not acknowledge it publicly...<br>
...we're talking about systematic, scientific content analysis. A
hundred eighty-seven internal and external corporate documents
produced by ExxonMobil, 1977 to 2014. Now, during that time, the oil
giant was funding a lot of rigorous studies on climate change. They
were published in scientific journals, not easily accessible or
digestible to the public.<br>
Eighty-three percent of these peer-reviewed studies matched the
scientific consensus that climate change is real, caused by humans,
largely, and is an existential concern. But the study concludes
ExxonMobil offered the general public something else, a
diametrically opposed stance on climate science.<br>
Now, to assess ExxonMobil's public statements, the researchers went
through the so-called "advertorials" that the <b>company purchased
on the op-ed page of the "New York Times" every Thursday for 30
years.</b><br>
And it was almost the same proportion, 81 percent of those
statements, but on the other side of the coin, a completely
divergent view. They cast doubt on whether climate change was real.
It discounted human impacts. And they suggested there was nothing
practical to do about it anyway.<br>
...there's one that really stands out. In 1985, an Exxon scientist
coauthored a study that was really prescient. He predicted that
global climate at the surface would increase by two degrees above
preindustrial levels, and this was way before the United Nations
scientists came to that conclusion. And yet, 15 years after that
study was released in "The New York Times," Exxon released an
advertorial saying unsettled science was the rule of the day, and it
quoted data from other studies which seemed to suggest it was
natural fluctuations. The authors of that study said it was
extremely misleading.<br>
Well, we called ExxonMobil. We asked them to respond on camera to
the Harvard study. They declined, but they did offer us a written
statement. In part it reads: "The study was paid for, written and
published by activists leading a five-year campaign against the
company. It is inaccurate and preposterous..."<br>
Naomi Oreskes says she is not ashamed to be called an activist,
because she considers herself to be both an activist and a scholar,
and she doesn't see those two things as contradictory...<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/scientific-study-concludes-exxon-mobil-misled-climate-change/">http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/scientific-study-concludes-exxon-mobil-misled-climate-change/</a><br>
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<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.climateliabilitynews.org/2017/08/23/exxon-climate-science-naomi-oreskes/">Exxon
Changed Its Tune on Climate Science, Depending on Audience,
Study Shows</a></b><br>
"This analysis, while not surprising, highlights a deeply troubling
disregard for the public good," Fugere said. "We have seen this
story play out before-from asbestos, to lead, to cigarettes, naming
just a few-plausible deniability in the face of clear science has
been used time and again by companies and industries to delay
protective action. What is constantly surprising is that government
leaders and agencies fall for it every time."<br>
<font size="-1" color="#666666"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.climateliabilitynews.org/2017/08/23/exxon-climate-science-naomi-oreskes/">https://www.climateliabilitynews.org/2017/08/23/exxon-climate-science-naomi-oreskes/</a><br>
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<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://thinkprogress.org/trump-thinks-clean-coal-is-when-workers-mine-coal-and-then-actually-clean-it-b56a2d4317bc/">Trump
thinks clean coal is when workers mine coal and then actually
'clean it'</a></b><br>
Back in the real world, clean coal remains a fantasy.<br>
How off the rails was President Donald Trump's rally speech in
Phoenix Tuesday night? He spouted utter nonsense on clean coal, and
it didn't even make CNN's story, "Donald Trump's 57 most outrageous
quotes from his Arizona speech."<br>
Trump appears to believe that clean coal - which, it must always be
pointed out, doesn't actually exist - is when workers mine coal and
then physically "clean it." That does not happen, but facts have
never stopped Trump.<br>
Trump explains clean coal: They're going to take out clean coal,
meaning they're taking out coal. they're gonna clean it.
#PhoenixRally pic.twitter.com/vciGHOM44I<br>
- Richard W. (@IceManNYR) August 23, 2017<br>
"We've ended the war on beautiful, clean coal, and it's just been
announced that a second, brand-new coal mine," said Trump, "<b>where
they're going to take out clean coal - meaning, they're taking out
coal. They're going to clean it</b> - is opening in the state of
Pennsylvania, the second one."<br>
There are many misstatements or outright lies in those brief lines.
First and foremost, "clean coal" is a fantasy. You can't "clean it."
In terms of carbon pollution, coal is the dirtiest of fossil fuels,
so you couldn't clean coal unless you could remove or capture all
the carbon and bury it.<br>
<font size="-1" color="#666666"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://thinkprogress.org/trump-thinks-clean-coal-is-when-workers-mine-coal-and-then-actually-clean-it-b56a2d4317bc/">https://thinkprogress.org/trump-thinks-clean-coal-is-when-workers-mine-coal-and-then-actually-clean-it-b56a2d4317bc/</a><br>
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<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.facebook.com/climatecentral/posts/10159136537125024">(data
display) This 360degree image shows how much hotter the world has
gotten since 1880</a><br>
The world is getting closer to the 2degreeC threshold. A new
360degree image we made shows just how close. We combined monthly
global temperature analyses from NOAA and NASA and compared that
average against the early industrial baseline of 1881-1910.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.facebook.com/climatecentral/posts/10159136537125024">https://www.facebook.com/climatecentral/posts/10159136537125024</a><br>
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<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.climate-diplomacy.org/events/2017-world-water-weekhttps://www.climate-diplomacy.org/events/2017-world-water-week">Climate
change and environmental degradation are altering the regional
and seasonal availability and quality of water</a></b><br>
The resulting competition over water use may lead to conflict and
sometimes violence. On the occasion of the <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.climate-diplomacy.org/events/2017-world-water-week">World
Water Week </a>that starts on 26 August in Stockholm, we compiled
10 case studies from the interactive <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://factbook.ecc-platform.org/">ECC Factbook </a>that
analyse the linkages between climate change, water and conflict.
They look at various pathways through which environmental factors
and security are connected and outline different attempts to find
peaceful solutions.<br>
<b>1. Dispute over water in the Nile Basin</b><br>
The Nile basin features significant conflict over access to and
rights over the Nile water resources among its eleven riparian
countries. Since 2007, diverging interests between upstream and
downstream countries have brought negotiations to a standstill,
pitting Egypt (and, to a lesser extent, Sudan) against upstream
riparians, especially Ethiopia... Read more: <a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://bit.ly/NileWaterDisp">http://bit.ly/NileWaterDisp</a><br>
<b>2. Water shortages and public discontent in Yemen</b><br>
As a consequence of severe mismanagement, Yemen's water availability
is declining dramatically. The impacts on the people are unequally
distributed, and corruption and nepotism are at the core of this
imbalance. This has increasingly frustrated the disadvantaged, with
water scarcity playing a role in fuelling the political and security
crisis in Yemen. Read more: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://bit.ly/YemenWater">http://bit.ly/YemenWater</a><br>
<b>3. Turkey, Syria and Iraq: conflict over the Euphrates-Tigris</b><br>
The Euphrates-Tigris Basin is shared between Turkey, Syria and Iraq,
with Iran comprising parts of the Tigris basin. Since the 1960s,
unilateral irrigation plans altering the flows of the rivers,
coupled with political tensions between the countries, have strained
relations in the basin. Disputes have prevented the three
governments from effectively co-managing the basin's rivers. Read
more: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://bit.ly/EuphTigrWater">http://bit.ly/EuphTigrWater</a><br>
<b>4. Transboundary water disputes between Afghanistan and Iran</b><br>
Afghanistan's efforts to harness the waters of the Helmand River and
the Harirud to support post-conflict reconstruction and development
have alarmed Iran. The Iranian government perceives Afghanistan's
agricultural expansion and dam construction activities as threats to
water security in its eastern and northeastern provinces. Read more:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://bit.ly/conflictAI">http://bit.ly/conflictAI</a><br>
<b>5. Dam projects and disputes in the Mekong River Basin</b><br>
The Mekong basin is witnessing an enormous expansion of dam-building
for hydropower generation. This has led to diplomatic tensions as
countries downstream of the dams fear the negative impacts they may
bring about, from greater flooding to seasonal lack of water. The
Mekong River Commission's (MRC) effectiveness in resolving these
tensions has so far been limited due to its lack of enforcement
powers and China's reluctance to join as a full member. Read more: <a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://bit.ly/ECCMekong">http://bit.ly/ECCMekong</a><br>
<b>6. Dispute over water in the Cauvery Basin in India</b><br>
The long-standing conflict over water from the Cauvery River between
the Indian states Karnataka and Tamil Nadu has recently resurfaced
in the context of drier climate conditions. The implications are not
only legal battles, but also violent protests following decisions to
alter water distribution between the two states. Read more: <a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://bit.ly/CauveryWater">http://bit.ly/CauveryWater</a><br>
<b>7. Droughts, livestock prices and armed conflict in Somalia</b><br>
Frequent droughts in Somalia put significant pressures on pastoral
livelihoods. Droughts cause herders to sell more of their livestock
than they would under normal conditions, resulting in plummeting
livestock prices and deteriorating rural incomes. Widespread poverty
and lack of economic alternatives, in turn, provide incentives for
illicit activities and for joining armed groups such as Al Shabaab.
Read more: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://bit.ly/ECCSomalia">http://bit.ly/ECCSomalia</a><br>
<b>8. Turkey-Armenia: Water cooperation despite tensions</b><br>
The Turkish-Armenian case is a prominent example of how two
co-riparians can put their tensions aside, work together in their
mutual interest, and share transboundary waters equitably. Read
more: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://bit.ly/TurkArmCoop">http://bit.ly/TurkArmCoop</a><br>
<b> 9. Security implications of growing water scarcity in Egypt</b><br>
Egypt is currently using more water than its internal renewable
resources supply. Water stress in Egypt is expected to further
increase in the future as a result of rapid population growth,
rising temperatures and increasing water consumption. If not
properly dealt with, growing freshwater scarcity will put severe
strains on Egypt's economy and make the country more vulnerable to
renewed internal strife. Read more: <a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://bit.ly/EgyptWater">http://bit.ly/EgyptWater</a><br>
<b> 10. Water privatisation in Cochabamba, Bolivia</b><br>
In 2000, privatisation of the drinking water in Cochabamba incurred
violent protests and escalated into the so-called 'Water War of
Cochabamba'. Eventually, the city's water was renationalised,
however, dwindling water supplies induced by global climate change,
over-consumption and technological deficiencies continue to heavily
strain the city of Cochabamba. Read more: <a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://bit.ly/BoliviaWater">http://bit.ly/BoliviaWater</a><br>
<font size="-1" color="#666666"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.climate-diplomacy.org/publications">https://www.climate-diplomacy.org/publications</a></font><br>
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<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://phys.org/news/2017-08-methane-tundra-ocean-floor-didnt.html">Methane
from tundra, ocean floor didn't spike during previous natural
warming period</a></b><br>
Phys.Org<br>
Scientists concerned that global warming may release huge stores of
methane from reservoirs beneath Arctic tundra and deposits of marine
hydrates - a theory known as the "clathrate gun" hypothesis - have
turned to geologic history to search for evidence of significant
methane release during past warming events.<br>
A new study published this week in the journal Nature suggests,
however, that the last ice age transition to a warmer climate some
11,500 years ago did not include massive methane flux from marine
sediments or the tundra. Instead, the likely source of rising levels
of atmospheric methane was from tropical wetlands, authors of the
new study say.<br>
While this certainly is good news, the study also points at a larger
role of humans in the recent methane rise, noted Edward Brook, an
Oregon State University paleoclimatologist and co-author on the
study<br>
hey found that amount of methane from ancient "14C-free sources" was
very low - less than 10 percent of the total methane - during the
entire range of sampling, from 11,800 to 11,300 years ago.<br>
<font size="-1" color="#666666"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://phys.org/news/2017-08-methane-tundra-ocean-floor-didnt.html#jCp">https://phys.org/news/2017-08-methane-tundra-ocean-floor-didnt.html#jCp</a></font><br>
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<b><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/">National
Hurricane Center:</a></b> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.hurricanes.gov">http://www.hurricanes.gov</a><br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutnhcgraphics.shtml#GTWO"><b>Graphical
Tropical Weather Outlook:</b> </a><a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutnhcgraphics.shtml#GTWO">http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutnhcgraphics.shtml#GTWO</a><br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutsshws.php">Saffir Simpson
Hurricane Wind Scale:</a></b> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutsshws.php">http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutsshws.php</a><br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutcone.shtml">Definition of NHC
Track Forecast Cone:</a></b> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutcone.shtml">http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutcone.shtml</a><br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/hurricane/index.shtml">Hurricane
Safety Tips and Resources: </a></b> <a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/hurricane/index.shtml">http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/hurricane/index.shtml</a><br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.weather.gov/wrn/hurricane-preparedness">National
Hurricane Preparedness Week</a></b>: <a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.weather.gov/wrn/hurricane-preparedness">http://www.weather.gov/wrn/hurricane-preparedness</a><br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://www.facebook.com/NWSNHC/">National
Hurricane Center Facebook page</a></b>: <a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.facebook.com/NWSNHC/">https://www.facebook.com/NWSNHC/</a><br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/twitter.php">National Hurricane
Center Twitter page:</a></b> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/twitter.php">http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/twitter.php</a><br>
<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/gtwo.php?basin=atlc&fdays=2">Atlantic
2-Day Graphical Tropical Weather Outlook</a></b><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/gtwo.php?basin=atlc&fdays=2">http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/gtwo.php?basin=atlc&fdays=2</a><br>
<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/gtwo.php">Atlantic
5-Day Graphical Tropical Weather Outlook</a></b><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/gtwo.php">http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/gtwo.php</a><br>
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<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.noaa.gov/media-release/above-normal-atlantic-hurricane-season-is-most-likely-year">Above-normal
Atlantic hurricane season is most likely this year</a></b><br>
'Weak or non-existent' El Nino is a factor<br>
UPDATED: May 25, 2017. Audio from today's media call is posted to
the "Resources" section below.<br>
May 25, 2017 Forecasters at NOAA's Climate Prediction Center say the
Atlantic could see another above-normal hurricane season this year.<br>
For the upcoming Atlantic hurricane season, which runs from June 1
through November 30, forecasters predict a 45 percent chance of an
above-normal season, a 35 percent chance of a near-normal season,
and only a 20 percent chance of a below-normal season.<br>
<font size="-1" color="#666666"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.noaa.gov/media-release/above-normal-atlantic-hurricane-season-is-most-likely-year">http://www.noaa.gov/media-release/above-normal-atlantic-hurricane-season-is-most-likely-year</a></font><br>
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<font size="+1"><b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/26/science/26climate.html">This
Day in Climate History August 25, 2004</a> - from D.R. Tucker</b></font><br>
August 25, 2004: The U.S. Climate Change Science Program releases
the report "Our Changing Planet: The U.S. Climate Change Science
Program for Fiscal Years 2004 and 2005." <br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://web.archive.org/web/20041015135521/http://www.usgcrp.gov/usgcrp/Library/ocp2004-5/ocp2004-5.pdf">http://web.archive.org/web/20041015135521/http://www.usgcrp.gov/usgcrp/Library/ocp2004-5/ocp2004-5.pdf</a>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/26/science/26climate.html">http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/26/science/26climate.html</a>
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