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<font size="+1"><i>July 15, 2018</i></font><br>
<br>
[fire season begins]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/dousing-rainfall-to-remain-absent-from-california-into-late-july-as-wildfire-season-ramps-up/70005481">Dousing
rainfall to remain absent from California into late July as
wildfire season ramps up</a></b><br>
By Renee Duff, AccuWeather meteorologist<br>
July 14, 2018, 5:37:21 AM EDT<br>
As wildfires continue to char land in California, mainly dry, warm
weather will provide little to no relief for firefighting efforts
heading into the peak of fire season.<br>
According to the <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.nifc.gov/fireInfo/nfn.htm">National Interagency
Fire Center</a>, the number of wildfires and acres burned so far
this year has nearly kept the same pace as 2017, which was one of
the most destructive fire seasons on record.<br>
Nine active fires are burning across California as of Saturday
morning, July 14, according to Cal Fire...<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/dousing-rainfall-to-remain-absent-from-california-into-late-july-as-wildfire-season-ramps-up/70005481">https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/dousing-rainfall-to-remain-absent-from-california-into-late-july-as-wildfire-season-ramps-up/70005481</a></font><br>
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<br>
[Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://thebulletin.org/2018/07/approving-the-climate-security-agenda/">Approving
the climate security agenda</a></b><br>
By Thomas Gaulkin, July 14, 2018<br>
The UN Security Council <a
href="https://apnews.com/8056b03c4aaa4aaaa99787fcc9c5d3b6"
style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent;
color: rgb(167, 29, 31); text-decoration: none; font-size:
inherit; line-height: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">held a
meeting</a><span> </span>this week under the heading, "<a
href="http://webtv.un.org/watch/understanding-and-addressing-climate-related-security-risks-security-council-8307th-meeting/5808492150001/"
style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent;
color: rgb(167, 29, 31); text-decoration: none; font-size:
inherit; line-height: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">Understanding
and Addressing Climate‑related Security Risks.</a>" It was just
the third time the body has officially debated climate change as a
security concern, but with Trump making headlines overseas, few
noticed. (Climate change itself saw practically <a
href="https://www.mediamatters.org/blog/2018/07/12/Major-broadcast-TV-networks-mentioned-climate-change-just-once-during-two-weeks-of-heat-wa/220651"
style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent;
color: rgb(167, 29, 31); text-decoration: none; font-size:
inherit; line-height: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">no major
network coverage</a><span> </span>in the United States this month,
despite record-breaking heat waves across the country.)<br>
- - - -<br>
Since the issue first came on the council's agenda 11 years ago,
many other states have also begun to experience the direct and
indirect effects of climate change. The devastation in Syria, and
its impact on migration (and politics) across Europe and the globe,
were partly <a
href="https://thebulletin.org/2012/08/climate-change-and-the-syrian-uprising/"
style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent;
color: rgb(167, 29, 31); text-decoration: none; font-size:
inherit; line-height: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">precipitated
by drought</a>. The Arab Spring <a
href="https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/security/reports/2013/02/28/54579/the-arab-spring-and-climate-change/"
style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent;
color: rgb(167, 29, 31); text-decoration: none; font-size:
inherit; line-height: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">has been
linked</a><span> </span>to a 2010 drought that destroyed Russia's
wheat harvest and led to sky-rocketing food prices across North
Africa.<br>
The July 11 meeting may be a harbinger of more sustained interest in
treating climate as an international security concern. Baron Waqa,
the president of Nauru and chair of the Pacific Small Island
Developing States,<span> </span><a
href="http://nauru-news.com/statement-president-baron-waqa-un-security-council/"
style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent;
color: rgb(167, 29, 31); text-decoration: none; font-size:
inherit; line-height: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">called for</a><span> </span>a
new UN special representative on climate and security. Swedish
Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom, who presided over the debate,<span> </span><a
href="https://www.government.se/statements/2018/07/statement-by-minister-for-foreign-affairs-margot-wallstrom-at-the-unsc-debate-on-climate-related-security-risks/"
style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent;
color: rgb(167, 29, 31); text-decoration: none; font-size:
inherit; line-height: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">announced</a><span> </span>the
creation of a climate security "knowledge hub" in Stockholm, with a
focus on evidence-based analysis. "It is time for the Security
Council to catch up with the changing reality on the ground,"
Wallstrom said.<br>
<span style="color: rgb(31, 31, 31); font-size: 18px; font-style:
normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal;
font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left;
text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal;
word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style:
initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !
important; float: none;">"Very soon we will see more climate
refugees, and it will affect all of us," Wallstrom said. "So their
destiny is also our destiny."</span><br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://thebulletin.org/2018/07/approving-the-climate-security-agenda/">https://thebulletin.org/2018/07/approving-the-climate-security-agenda/</a></font><br>
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<br>
[Airlines in heat]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/06/flying-the-summer-months-is-a-headache-for-airlines-and-passengers.html">Airlines
prepare for flying in hotter temps as climate change brings more
extreme heat</a></b><br>
The busiest air travel days of the year are usually in the summer,
when extreme heat is becoming more frequent.<br>
Thunderstorms are less predictable than snow storms, presenting a
logistical challenge to airlines.<br>
American's regional jets can now fly at higher temperatures after a
120-degree day last year grounded some flights in Phoenix.<br>
The maximum temperature at which Bombardier CRJs can fly depends on
altitude, but from Phoenix, it's now around 123 degrees Fahrenheit,
up from about 118. Bombardier's competitor, Brazil's Embraer has
taken similar steps and its new E190 E2 regional jet, which started
service this April, can operate at higher temperatures than previous
models.<font size="-1"><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/06/flying-the-summer-months-is-a-headache-for-airlines-and-passengers.html">https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/06/flying-the-summer-months-is-a-headache-for-airlines-and-passengers.html</a></font><br>
<br>
<br>
[Keeping watch]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jul/13/heatwave-sees-record-high-temperatures-set-around-world-this-week">Heatwave
sees record high temperatures around world this week</a></b><br>
From Europe to Africa, extreme and widespread heat raises climate
concerns in hottest La Nina year to date on record<br>
Record high temperatures have been set across much of the world this
week as an unusually prolonged and broad heatwave intensifies
concerns about climate change.<br>
The past month has seen power shortages in California as record heat
forced a surge of demand for air conditioners. Algeria has
experienced the hottest temperature ever reliably registered in
Africa. Britain, meanwhile, has experienced its third longest
heatwave, melting the roof of a science building in Glasgow and
exposing ancient hill forts in Wales.<br>
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said the rising
temperatures were at odds with a global cyclical climate phenomena
known as La Nina, which is usually associated with cooling...<br>
"The first six months of the year have made it the hottest La Nina
year to date on record," said Clare Nullis of the WMO.<br>
Taiwan is the most recent place to report a new high with a
temperature of 40.3C in Tianxiang on Monday. This followed a flurry
of other anomalies.<br>
Last week, a weather station at Ouargla in Algeria's Sahara Desert,
reported a maximum temperature of 51.3C on 5 July, the highest
temperature reliably recorded in Africa.<br>
Even when the sun goes down, night is not providing the cooling
relief it once did in many parts of the world. At Quriyat, on the
coast of Oman, overnight temperatures remained above 42.6C, which is
believed to be the highest "low" temperature ever recorded in the
world. Downtown Los Angeles also saw a new monthly July minimum
overnight record of 26.1C on 7 July...<br>
Globally, the warmest year on record was in 2016, boosted by the
natural climate cycle El Niño. Last year, temperatures hit the
highest level without that amplifying phenomenon. This year, at the
other cooling end of the cycle, is continuing the overall upward
trend.<br>
Swathes of the northern hemisphere have seen unusually persistent
warmth due to strong, persistent high pressure systems that have
created a "heat dome" over much of Eurasia...<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jul/13/heatwave-sees-record-high-temperatures-set-around-world-this-week">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jul/13/heatwave-sees-record-high-temperatures-set-around-world-this-week</a></font><br>
<br>
<br>
[carefully]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/climate-weather/stories/how-handle-really-hot-weather">How
to handle really hot weather</a></b><br>
Extreme heat can be deadly, but you don't have to stay inside until
fall.<br>
Just because it's hot doesn't mean you have to stay inside, but you
should take precautions to stay safe when temperatures are high.
Know the symptoms of heat-related illness and take these steps:<br>
<blockquote>- <b>Hydrate</b>. Drink plenty of fluids, even if
you're not thirsty. Avoid drinks with caffeine, alcohol or lots of
sugar.<br>
- <b>Dress</b>. Wear loose-fitting, lightweight, light-colored
clothing. Consider wearing cotton, which absorbs extra moisture
and helps your body cool down.<br>
- <b>Rest</b>. Limit outdoor activity to morning and evening
hours when it's cooler. Rest often in shady areas. Don't overexert
yourself. Your body will tell you when it's time to take a break,
so listen.<br>
- <b>Slather</b>. Wear sunscreen, sunglasses and a loose-fitting
hat. Sunburn can impact your body's ability to cool off and can
contribute to dehydration.<br>
- <b>Eat light.</b> Eat small, light meals and eat more often.
Heavy meals add more heat as your body works harder to digest
them.<br>
- <b>Friendship.</b> Use the buddy system when working or
exercising in the heat. Don't leave pets outside or in cars. Check
on people you know who are sick or elderly; they are most likely
to have problems from the heat.<br>
- <b>Get wet.</b> If you know you're going to be outside for a
while, soak your shirt, hat or a towel in cold water and use it to
keep cool outside. This works whether you're gardening or hiking.
Just use the hose or a nearby creek to keep wet.<br>
</blockquote>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/climate-weather/stories/how-handle-really-hot-weather">https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/climate-weather/stories/how-handle-really-hot-weather</a></font><br>
<br>
<br>
[Night heat is the worst time]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://insideclimatenews.org/news/09072018/heat-waves-global-warming-overnight-high-temperatures-impact-health-wildlife-wildfires-agriculture">Summer
Nights Are Getting Hotter. Here's Why That's a Health and
Wildfire Risk.</a></b><br>
Higher nighttime temperatures as the climate changes can leave homes
and humans little chance to cool off. It's affecting agriculture and
wildfire activity, too.<br>
At breakfast time on Saturday in San Bernardino County, the
temperature was "ridiculously above 100 degrees," as the National
Weather Service put it. People fled blazes there, too.<br>
Not only is it unusually hot all over the world, to a remarkable
degree, the heat lingers overnight. With a changing climate,
overnight low temperatures are going up even faster than daytime
highs. The diurnal anomaly, as scientists call it, is posing big
risks to public health, safety, ecosystems and agriculture.<br>
Just last month, a city in Oman went well over 24 hours without the
temperature ever dropping below 108 degrees. That was the highest
daily minimum temperature ever recorded anywhere on the planet - a
new milestone of global warming...<br>
- - - -<br>
People often talk about record high temperatures for a given day of
the year as the most immediate evidence that climate change has
arrived. Heat waves, when records fall for several days in a row
across broad regions, are another. And in the past week or two,
that's been the focus of news reports. Temperature records were
broken across the United States and all over the world. Other
extreme events punctuated the narrative, such as the extreme
flooding in Japan, where the death toll surpassed 100.<br>
But it's also important to consider the problem of higher
temperatures during the coolest part of the day.<br>
It may help explain why as many as 70 people died in Quebec, Canada,
in early July as temperatures reached into the 80s and 90s. Although
it cooled somewhat at night, for most of the week in Montreal, the
overnight temperature still stayed above 70 degrees. Homes and
buildings without air conditioning didn't have much chance to cool
down, and neither did the people inside.<br>
Night Temps Are Rising Faster Than in the Day<br>
Scientists have been remarking on the nighttime anomalies for
several years.<br>
In 2015, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration noted
that, "As the world warms, nighttime temperatures are slightly
outpacing daytime temperatures in the rate of warming."<br>
The following year, 2016 ranked as the third warmest year ever in
the United States when looking at average temperatures. But when
looking at the nation's overnight minimums, 2016's were the warmest
ever.<br>
Cooler nighttime temperatures allow bodies to "reset" and recover
from scorching daytime highs as buildings and houses cool. But when
external temperatures stay above 80 degrees, internal body
temperatures don't have a chance to cool... <br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://insideclimatenews.org/news/09072018/heat-waves-global-warming-overnight-high-temperatures-impact-health-wildlife-wildfires-agriculture">https://insideclimatenews.org/news/09072018/heat-waves-global-warming-overnight-high-temperatures-impact-health-wildlife-wildfires-agriculture</a></font><br>
<br>
<br>
[Free wind in open lands ] <br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://climatecrocks.com/2018/07/13/how-wind-turbines-bolster-rural-america/">How
Wind Turbines Bolster Rural America</a></b><br>
by greenman3610<br>
I'm creating a series of short videos on renewable energy's inroads
in the American Heartland. These are based on my interview with
University of Michigan researcher Sara Mills - who has studied
impacts of wind energy in Michigan's rural counties and villages.
More below.<br>
Read more of this post at URL: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://wp.me/pOYWd-dUT">https://wp.me/pOYWd-dUT</a> <br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://climatecrocks.com/2018/07/13/how-wind-turbines-bolster-rural-america/">https://climatecrocks.com/2018/07/13/how-wind-turbines-bolster-rural-america/</a></font><br>
<br>
<br>
[Video interview]<br>
<b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BuvnI68Djw">How Climate
Change Will Impact California, Interview with Dr. Alan Barreca</a></b><br>
Published on Jul 7, 2018<br>
Dr. Barreca's research is featured in the recent podcast special
about climate adaptation for the state of California:
CalAdaptspodcast.org<br>
<b>Dr. Alan Barreca of the UCLA Institute of Environment and
Sustainability is interviewed by Jayde Lovell of ScIQ on TYT. </b><br>
Alan Barreca joined the Institute of the Environment &
Sustainability at UCLA as an Associate Professor in 2017. Before
that, he worked in the Economics Department at Tulane University in
New Orleans. Alan earned a PhD in Economics from UC Davis in 2008
and has published articles on a range of issues relating to human
health since then.<br>
video <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BuvnI68Djw">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BuvnI68Djw</a><br>
Alan mainly investigates the reasons why people living in certain
climates have more economic advantages and better health than
others. His ongoing research has helped identify ways we can
mitigate both the costs of climatological shocks today - and - the
future costs of climate change.<br>
Because his research has a broad public appeal, Alan's work has
received a good amount of media coverage, including CNN, Bloomberg,
Huffington Post, Mashable, The Independent, CityLab, Reuters, NY
Times, and Washington Post. His research on the fertility costs of
climate change was roasted by Stephen Colbert on The Late Show.<br>
Web: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://alanbarreca.com/">http://alanbarreca.com/</a><br>
Twitter: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://twitter.com/alanbarreca">https://twitter.com/alanbarreca</a><br>
MORE ABOUT THE CALIFORNIA ADAPTS PODCAST:<br>
The climate of California is changing and the state is adapting, but
are the actions meeting the needs? In this three part podcast
special, host Doug Parsons interviews a range of experts as they
tell about the state's five major elements of climate adaptation:
fire, drought, flood, temperature, sea level rise. The contents
address the question of whether the state is ready for the changes
everyone knows are coming.<br>
California Adapts is a 3 part podcast special from America Adapts,
the Climate Change Podcast.<br>
Check out the California Adapts podcast: CalAdaptspodcast.org <br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BuvnI68Djw">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BuvnI68Djw</a></font><br>
<br>
<br>
[old coal]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://insideclimatenews.org/news/09072018/coal-power-plant-pollution-summer-heat-wave-emergency-order-virginia-dominion-trump-perry">Zombie
Coal Plants Show Why Trump's Emergency Plan Is No Cure-All</a></b><br>
Two old Virginia power plants already operate under federal
emergency authority. They don't meet pollution standards, and one
failed and has been offline for weeks.<br>
Yorktown, where Lord Cornwallis accepted General Washington's
victory to end the American Revolution, would seem like an
appropriate spot for a surrender in the war on coal.<br>
Instead, two outdated coal-fired power plants there, the Yorktown 1
and 2 units operated by Dominion Energy, are limping along in the
Virginia heat.<br>
Inefficient, uncompetitive, and out of compliance with federal
pollution standards, and long slated for retirement, the Yorktown
boilers have been fired back up intermittently since last year under
an emergency license granted by the Department of Energy using a
rarely invoked authority of the Federal Power Act (FPA).<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://insideclimatenews.org/news/09072018/coal-power-plant-pollution-summer-heat-wave-emergency-order-virginia-dominion-trump-perry">https://insideclimatenews.org/news/09072018/coal-power-plant-pollution-summer-heat-wave-emergency-order-virginia-dominion-trump-perry</a></font><br>
<br>
<br>
[Academic lecture from SFU 2014]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlFOiDDcdZ4">A Long View
of Fire, Climate and People</a></b><br>
Simon Fraser University - February 13, 2014<br>
Presented by Cathy Whitlock, Montana State University<br>
Deep Time, Global Change and YOU lecture series<br>
In the last 20 years, we have had more fires than in recent history,
& burning is increasing at an alarming rate. <br>
These fires raise important questions: Are current levels of burning
unprecedented? What is the role of climate change in altering
natural fire systems? Do our forest ecosystems have the capacity to
survive increased fire activity? <br>
Our understanding of wildland fires benefits from deep-time
perspectives. Dr. Whitlock will describe how. <br>
Abstract: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="http://www.sfu.ca/cstudies/science">www.sfu.ca/cstudies/science</a><br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlFOiDDcdZ4">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlFOiDDcdZ4</a></font><br>
<br>
<br>
<font size="+1"><b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.nytimes.com/1991/07/17/obituaries/roger-revelle-82-early-theorist-in-global-warming-and-geology.html">This
Day in Climate History - July 15, 1991</a> - from D.R. Tucker</b></font><br>
July 15, 1991: Pioneering climate scientist Roger Revelle passes
away at 82.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.nytimes.com/1991/07/17/obituaries/roger-revelle-82-early-theorist-in-global-warming-and-geology.html">http://www.nytimes.com/1991/07/17/obituaries/roger-revelle-82-early-theorist-in-global-warming-and-geology.html</a><br>
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