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<font size="+1"><i>July 4, 2018</i></font><br>
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CNN A sweltering Fourth of July forecast<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/03/us/fourth-of-july-weather-wxc/index.html">Here
is a region by region look at what can be expected for your Fourth
of July plans.</a><br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/03/us/fourth-of-july-weather-wxc/index.html">Check
your local forecast</a><br>
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[Common sense from WildfireToday]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://wildfiretoday.com/">Do not
use sky lanterns on July 4</a></b><br>
In the United States July 4 is a holiday commemorating the adoption
of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. For many people
it involves fireworks which can be beautiful when conducted by
professionals at an organized event, but can be dangerous in the
hands of those buying them at tents set up on the side if the road,
causing injuries and starting fires.<br>
An especially hazardous device that can be classified as fireworks
are sky lanterns. The Jefferson City, Missouri Times Tribune has an
editorial, warning about the dangers of fireworks. Below is an
excerpt:<br>
<b>…Sky lanterns are another concern. Like other fireworks, they're
illegal to release inside the city limits. However, that hasn't
stopped some people from using the
pretty-but-potentially-dangerous items.</b><br>
Once a sky lantern is lit, the hot air lifts it into the air.<br>
The flaming lantern can travel more than a mile from its starting
point.<br>
Wind can affect the sky lantern, blowing the sides, forcing the hot
air out and sending it back to the ground, while still burning. A
flaming lantern can drop onto a rooftop, field, trees or power lines
before the flame is fully extinguished. A destructive fire can
result when a flaming lantern reaches the ground during dry
conditions.<br>
Obviously, sky lanterns are potential fire hazards beyond other
fireworks.<br>
We urge you to avoid them, and to follow the fireworks laws in
general.<br>
Too often sky lanterns get caught on trees, roofs, cell phone
towers, or land on the ground when the flames are still active and
ignite damaging fires. They are banned in most U.S. states and many
countries.<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://wildfiretoday.com/">http://wildfiretoday.com/</a></font><br>
<br>
<br>
[Free lights in the night sky]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://e360.yale.edu/digest/climate-change-is-making-nighttime-clouds-more-visible">Climate
Change Is Making Nighttime Clouds More Visible</a></b><br>
Noctilucent clouds form only in the summertime and are only visible
at dawn and dusk.<br>
Those wispy, iridescent, high-altitude clouds sometimes seen at dawn
and dusk are becoming more visible due to climate change, according
to a new study published in the journal Geophysical Research
Letters. Rising methane emissions have increased the amount of water
vapor in the middle atmosphere, the study found, which then freezes
around specks of dust to form the clouds.<br>
Humans first observed night-shining, or noctilucent, clouds in 1885,
following the eruption of Indonesia's Krakatoa volcano, according to
the American Geophysical Union. The clouds became an increasingly
common sight during the 20th century, from being visible once every
several decades to being observed several times each summer by
people living in mid- to high-latitude regions. Scientists first
began debating in the 1990s whether climate change was responsible
for the increased visibility.<br>
"We speculate that the clouds have always been there, but the chance
to see one was very, very poor in historical times," said
Franz-Josef Lubken, a scientist at the Leibniz Institute of
Atmospheric Physics in Germany and lead author of the new study.<br>
In the new study, Lubken and his colleagues at the Leibniz Institute
used satellite observations and climate models to examine how
greenhouse gas emissions from the burning of fossil fuels affected
noctilucent cloud formation over the past 138 years, beginning with
the start of industrialization. They found that carbon dioxide has
actually had very little effect on the nighttime clouds. CO2 warms
Earth's surface and lower atmosphere, but actually slightly cools
the middle atmosphere, which causes the ice particles that form to
be smaller and harder to see.<br>
When methane reaches the middle atmosphere, however, it oxidizes,
creating water vapor. The study found methane emissions have
increased water vapor concentrations in the mesosphere - a section
of the middle atmosphere where these noctilucent clouds appear - by
an estimated 40 percent since the late 1800s, which has more than
doubled the amount of ice that forms in the mesosphere. The clouds,
the scientists write, are "a long-term indicator for climate
change."<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://e360.yale.edu/digest/climate-change-is-making-nighttime-clouds-more-visible">https://e360.yale.edu/digest/climate-change-is-making-nighttime-clouds-more-visible</a></font><br>
<br>
<br>
[4th of July eruption - hot rock melts ice]<br>
<b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sof_sJxD8yQ">Active
volcano discovered beneath Antarctic ice sheet</a></b><br>
Climate State<br>
Published on Jul 3, 2018<br>
<a
href="https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/volcano-antarctic-ice-melting-pine-island-glacier-sea-level-climate-change-global-warming-a8423131.html">'Wild
card' volcanic activity may add to climate change-induced sea
level rise </a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/volcano-antarctic-ice-melting-pine-island-glacier-sea-level-climate-change-global-warming-a8423131.html">https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/volcano-antarctic-ice-melting-pine-island-glacier-sea-level-climate-change-global-warming-a8423131.html</a><br>
<a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-04421-3">Evidence
of an active volcanic heat source beneath the Pine Island Glacier</a>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-04421-3">https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-04421-3</a><br>
<a
href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/12/scientists-discover-91-volcanos-antarctica">Scientists
discover 91 volcanoes below Antarctic ice sheet</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/12/scientists-discover-91-volcanos-antarctica">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/12/scientists-discover-91-volcanos-antarctica</a><br>
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUy8vtk6OgE">South Pole
Volcano Eruption - Mt. Erebus Blasting Massive Molten Lava</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUy8vtk6OgE">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUy8vtk6OgE</a><br>
<a href="https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/details.cgi?aid=366">Antarctica
Morph through Time: Antarctic Peninsula</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/details.cgi?aid=366">https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/details.cgi?aid=366</a><br>
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6qOT0Xirvg">Mount Erebus
Volcano - Ross Island, (excert from "Encounters at the End of the
World" )</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6qOT0Xirvg">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6qOT0Xirvg</a><br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sof_sJxD8yQ">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sof_sJxD8yQ</a></font><br>
<br>
<br>
[we are neither surprised, nor amused]<br>
<b><a
href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2018/07/02/the-mysterious-disappearance-of-the-phrase-climate-change-from-a-cdc-website/?utm_term=.9d9d4a66ccd1">The
mysterious disappearance of the phrase 'climate change' from a
CDC website</a></b><br>
Shortly after President Trump's election but before his formal
inauguration, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention agency
focused on conducting research to improve workers' health watered
down a website on climate change's contributions to occupational
hazards, a new report has revealed.<br>
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health's
"Occupational Safety and Health and Climate" page had its name
changed, so as to remove the phrase "climate change," sometime on or
after Nov. 14, 2016, according to a report by the Environmental Data
and Governance Initiative. The old name was "Climate Change and
Occupational Safety and Health." Multiple other removals of the
phrase "climate change" occurred at or around the same time.<br>
It's unclear why the changes were made. In a statement, the CDC
described the changes as "planned updates."<br>
- - - - -<br>
Meanwhile, sometime between Oct. 16 and Dec. 16, 2016, an extensive
sub-page detailing the impacts of climate change on workers was
edited to remove no less than 15 mentions of the phrase "climate
change," often substituting instead the word "climate" or other
formulations, such as "climate conditions" or "climate variations."<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2018/07/02/the-mysterious-disappearance-of-the-phrase-climate-change-from-a-cdc-website">https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2018/07/02/the-mysterious-disappearance-of-the-phrase-climate-change-from-a-cdc-website</a></font><br>
<br>
<br>
[if it is so anyway, why not think about it?]<br>
<b><a href="https://ensia.com/voices/systems-thinking/">OPINION: IF
WE WANT TO SOLVE COMPLEX SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS, WE
NEED TO THINK IN TERMS OF SYSTEMS</a></b><br>
Understanding how various parts of our world connect will help us
shape solutions that don't just create more challenges<br>
June 26, 2018 - Condensed with permission from "<a
href="https://medium.com/disruptive-design/problem-solving-desperately-needs-systems-thinking-607d34e4fc80">Problem
Solving Desperately Needs Systems Thinking,</a>" originally
published at Medium....<br>
The problem with this is that the world is not linear. While life
may be marked by a start and an end, it is most certainly not a
straight ordered line; it is a chaotic mess of experiences that make
and define our understanding of the world. In reality, everything is
interconnected. Problems are connected to many other elements within
dynamic systems. As a result, treating just one symptom can lead to
burden shifting and often unintended consequences...<br>
- - - - -<br>
From climate change to racism and homelessness to global politics,
taking a systems approach allows for a dynamic and intimate
understanding of the elements and agents at play within the problem
arena, enabling us to identify opportunities for intervention...<br>
- - - - -<br>
<b>Three Main Systems at Play</b><br>
The world is made up of endless large and small interconnected
systems, but there are three that are key to consider: social
systems, industrial systems and the ecosystem.<br>
<b>Social systems</b> are the intangible rules and structures,
created by humans, that keep society and all its norms and rituals
functioning.<br>
<b>Industrial systems</b> are all of the manufactured material
world, created to facilitate human needs and requiring natural
resources to be extracted and transformed into stuff.<br>
The <b>ecosystem</b> provides all the natural services (such as
clean air, food, fresh water, minerals and natural resources) needed
for the other two systems to exist.<br>
These three big systems keep society in order, the economy churning
along and the world functioning for us humans.<br>
Ultimately, approaching things from a systems perspective is about
tackling big, messy real-world problems rather than isolating cause
and effect down to a single point. In the latter case, "solutions"
are often just Band-Aids (that may cause unintended consequences) as
opposed to real and holistic systemic solutions. Looking for the
links and relationships within the bigger picture helps identify the
systemic causes and lends itself to innovative, more holistic ideas
and solutions.<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://ensia.com/voices/systems-thinking/">https://ensia.com/voices/systems-thinking/</a></font><br>
<br>
<br>
[Where is that tide schedule?]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jun/28/rising-elizabeth-rush-extract-towns-flooding?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other">Meet
America's new climate normal: towns that flood when it isn't
raining</a></b><br>
Climate change<br>
In this extract from Rising, Elizabeth Rush explains 'sunny day
flooding' - when a high tide can cause streets to fill with water<br>
Rising seas: 'Florida is about to be wiped off the map'<br>
Elizabeth Rush - Thu 28 Jun 2018 <br>
'I've been here 20 years. When I first moved we used to flood once a
year, maybe twice. Now it's constant.'<br>
- - - - <br>
Flooding from sea level rise threatens over 300,000 US coastal homes
- study<br>
It isn't raining when I arrive in Shorecrest, and there isn't a
storm offshore; the day is as clear and as blue as the filigree on a
porcelain plate. But the streets are still full of water. I watch as
a woman wades ankle deep across Tenth Avenue. She has gathered her
long russet-colored skirt in her right hand, and in her left she
holds a pair of Jesus sandals. When she reaches the bus stop, she
sits and puts her shoes on.<br>
"We get flooded with just about every high tide," the woman tells
me. "And if the moon is big it's worse."<br>
All along the east coast, from Portland, Maine, to Key West, "sunny
day flooding" is increasingly frequent. Many places in the Sunshine
State are so low lying that high tide - when coupled with something
as innocuous as a full moon - can cause the streets to brim with
water. Sometimes the tide simply rises above the seawalls and starts
to spill into the roadways; in other cases it enters the
neighborhood through the storm-water infrastructure below ground.
The very pipes designed to reduce flooding by ushering rain out
instead give salt water a chance to work its way in.<br>
In Shorecrest I spend a minute watching the bay burble up through
the street grate and on to Northeast Little River Drive before
whipping out my camera and snapping half a dozen photos. Just then a
man walks up behind me, peers down, and says: "I've seen fish come
swimming out."<br>
"No, you haven't!"<br>
"I have," he says, pushing his sunglasses up. "I've been here 20
years. When I first moved we used to flood once a year, maybe twice.
Now it's constant."<br>
- - - - -- <br>
His name is Robert Cisneros. He grew up in Cuba and moved to
Florida in 1962, dropping the final "o" in Roberto. He thought the
name change might help his fledgling boat repair company succeed.<br>
Robert points to his house and his yard, which are catty-corner from
the drain we stand by, and says: "I used to have a nice garden here,
and now you see how it is. The water comes in and sits. And
everything dies because of the salt. It's not rain that floods this
place. It's the ocean. I just bought some stones to put here to try
to keep the water out. But other than that, what can I do?"<br>
I ask if the city is helping the neighborhood come up with
short-term solutions. Robert gets upset. "I think they need to raise
the street. They need to install pumps. But those kinds of things
only happen on the beach. They're not giving any of us here any
relief."<br>
Like Miami Beach, Shorecrest was built atop a former wetland. On the
strip, where billions of dollars in real estate investment are at
risk, the government is using a mixture of property taxes and
municipal bonds to invest in formal sea level rise adaptation. But
in Shorecrest, Hialeah, and Sweetwater - low to middle-income
neighborhoods where the majority of residents are people of color -
residents are expected to remove their shoes and wade through the
water.<br>
Robert shakes his head in disbelief. "I wanted to leave this house
to my kids, but soon it's going to be worthless," he says. On his
stoop sit two pairs of rubber boots, ready for the flood that is
already here.<br>
- - - - - <br>
"What comes next?" I ask.<br>
<br>
"We have to start relocating the things we value," he says. "Like
the Smithsonian Institution, which is sited on top of an old marsh.
We have to make seed banks, a global archive for the future, and we
have to move our power plants, in order to maintain a functioning
society. We have to start lining the trash dumps that line our
shores, we have to start preparing for inundation. Remember, the
last time carbon dioxide levels were the same as they are today, the
ocean was one hundred feet higher."<br>
<br>
The last time carbon dioxide levels were this high was during the
Pliocene epoch, 2.6 to 5.3 million years ago, when megatoothed
sharks prowled the oceans. The last time carbon dioxide levels were
this high, the tectonic plates beneath India and Asia collided,
forming the Himalayas. The last time carbon dioxide levels were this
high, California's Sierra Nevada rose up and tilted its granite face
west. The Alps folded and thrust their splintered rock toward the
sky. The last time carbon dioxide levels were this high, armadillos
migrated north across a newly formed land bridge between today's
North and South America. Dogs headed in the opposite direction. But
no one can remember these things, because humans didn't exist.<br>
This is an extract from Rising: Dispatches From the New American
Shore (Milkweed Editions)<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jun/28/rising-elizabeth-rush-extract-towns-flooding?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jun/28/rising-elizabeth-rush-extract-towns-flooding?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other</a></font><br>
<br>
<br>
[philosopher on video about 4 minutes]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://youtu.be/GyMHCDqiKGw">Vandana
Shiva - Physicist and thinker</a></b><br>
Gulab Jamun<br>
Published on Feb 6, 2018<br>
Vandana Shiva - Physicist and thinker<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://youtu.be/GyMHCDqiKGw">https://youtu.be/GyMHCDqiKGw</a></font><br>
<br>
<br>
[time for some religion - from Katherine Hayhoe]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpjL_otLq6Y">The Bible
doesn't talk about climate change, right?</a></b><br>
Global Weirding with Katharine Hayhoe<br>
Published on Jan 4, 2017<br>
Global Weirding is produced by KTTZ Texas Tech Public Media and
distributed by PBS Digital Studios. New episodes every other
Wednesday at 10 am central. Brought to you in part by: Bob and Linda
Herscher, Freese and Nichols, Inc, and the Texas Tech Climate
Science Center.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://globalweirdingseries.com">http://globalweirdingseries.com</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.facebook.com/globalweirding">https://www.facebook.com/globalweirding</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://kttz.org">http://kttz.org</a><br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpjL_otLq6Y">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpjL_otLq6Y</a></font><br>
<br>
<br>
[Flagstaff drama production]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://azdailysun.com/entertainment/arts-and-theatre/two-degrees-links-climate-change-personal-loss/article_f1a47700-774b-5393-a5d8-a6c78fe043f9.html">'Two
Degrees' links climate change, personal loss</a></b><br>
GABRIEL GRANILLO Sun Staff Reporter<br>
A woman and a planet are in crisis in Tira Palmquist's "Two Degrees"
at the Doris Harper-White Community Playhouse, July 6-8...<br>
While global in its messages, "Two Degrees" is a deeply human story
about a woman dealing with the death of her partner, but the
messages are there for people who would like to listen. For Daggett,
the power in the play is in how those messages are portrayed without
seeming too preachy.<br>
"In my mind, good writing is able to get across a point without
beating the reader or the audience member over the head with it,"
said Daggett. "[Palmquist] does such a good job of telling a
compelling story, and she does a great job in addressing a really
critical current issue."<br>
"It actually could help change the world or at least change people
and get them motivated," added Brown. "It's opened my eyes to just
how close we really are to being over the edge and how we don't seem
to know that we can even do anything about it. Flagstaff is a great
location for this play because there are a lot of people who are
like-minded, who are into the environment and sensitive to changes
and would want to do something to help."<br>
For those who do wish to help, representatives from environmental
organizations such as Citizens Climate Lobby, the Flagstaff Climate
Action Council, the Northern Arizona Climate Change Alliance and NAU
Our Climate will address the audience after each performance and
discuss the ways in which they can help curb the effects of climate
change.<br>
If climate change was not already something on people's minds,
Daggett feels it should be after seeing the play, saying that its
effects are real and that there is something we can do about it.<br>
"I believe the science of climate change. I believe it's happening
now. I believe that it poses great threats to the planet," said
Daggett. "I love art, and I love theater for being able to grapple
with these issues that we as human beings need to be dealing with.
Theater gives us an opportunity to do it in such a thoughtful and
productive way."<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://azdailysun.com/entertainment/arts-and-theatre/two-degrees-links-climate-change-personal-loss/article_f1a47700-774b-5393-a5d8-a6c78fe043f9.html">https://azdailysun.com/entertainment/arts-and-theatre/two-degrees-links-climate-change-personal-loss/article_f1a47700-774b-5393-a5d8-a6c78fe043f9.html</a></font><br>
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<br>
<font size="+1"><b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://mediamatters.org/blog/2011/07/06/fox-celebrates-july-4-by-trying-to-debunk-globa/180569">This
Day in Climate History - July 4, 2011</a> - from D.R. Tucker</b></font><br>
July 4, 2011: The Fox News Channel celebrates its independence from
reality by bringing on infamous climate-change denier Joe Bastardi
to attack those concerned about carbon pollution.<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://mediamatters.org/blog/2011/07/06/fox-celebrates-july-4-by-trying-to-debunk-globa/180569">http://mediamatters.org/blog/2011/07/06/fox-celebrates-july-4-by-trying-to-debunk-globa/180569</a></font><br>
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