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<font size="+1"><i>August 19, 2018</i></font><br>
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[Paul Beckwith video talk on the "Hothouse" paper]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsm6hB2tyz8">Earth Climate
System: Tipping Points to Hothouse?</a></b><br>
15 min video with transcript <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsm6hB2tyz8">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsm6hB2tyz8</a><br>
Paul Beckwith<br>
Published on Aug 15, 2018<br>
I follow up on my previous video and discuss climate system tipping
points that are examined in the recent European paper that is on
possible Earth Trajectories to a Hothouse. These tipping points, if
(or when) crossed, will certainly mean that the Paris agreement
threshold of 2 degrees Celsius will not likely be enough to
stabilize climate. We have to do so much more, starting off by
immediately declaring a global climate change emergency.<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsm6hB2tyz8">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsm6hB2tyz8</a></font><br>
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<br>
[Borders and Interests]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://qz.com/1353831/in-a-warming-world-the-fight-for-water-can-push-nations-apart-or-bring-them-together/">In
a warming world, the fight for water can push nations apart - or
bring them together</a></b><br>
By Zoe Schlanger, Naveena Sadasivam, Daniel Wolfe & David
Yanofsky August 16, 2018<br>
The Rio Grande Valley of Texas is one of the fastest-growing places
in the United States. Already hot and arid, and growing hotter, the
booming, heavily Latino region depends almost entirely on the
shriveling Rio Grande for water. Considered one of the most
endangered rivers in North America, the Rio Grande provides drinking
and irrigation water to 6 million people and 2 million acres of
farmland on both sides of the Texas-Mexico border. Droughts and heat
waves in the Valley are becoming more intense, exacerbating water
scarcity...<br>
- - - - -<br>
The three states very rarely all meet, making the 2013 "Red-Dead"
deal a diplomatic breakthrough. But, as of yet, no aspect of the
agreement has been carried out, stalled by geopolitical tensions.<br>
A defining characteristic of all three states is water scarcity. The
region had just gone through the worst drought in 900 years, ending
in 2012, and climate scientists believe the Middle East will become
40% drier by the end of the century. Israel, Jordan, and Palestine
are geographically and hydrologically bound together, but the
thwarted Red-Dead deal is a symptom of a broader illness: the three
almost never all meet to talk.<br>
That's why the men from Texas and Mexico were there: Call it family
therapy for water negotiators.<br>
Texas and Mexico made for good mentors, since they have had to
overcome geopolitical antagonism of their own to make sure the water
kept flowing in the homes, businesses, and farms of their people.<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://qz.com/1353831/in-a-warming-world-the-fight-for-water-can-push-nations-apart-or-bring-them-together/">https://qz.com/1353831/in-a-warming-world-the-fight-for-water-can-push-nations-apart-or-bring-them-together/</a></font><br>
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<br>
[Hansen paper]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2542435118303465">Cost
of Carbon Capture: Can Young People Bear the Burden?</a></b><br>
James Hansen, Pushker Kharecha<br>
In view of our longstanding knowledge of the threat posed by climate
change, we find it morally repugnant and reprehensible that we, the
older generations, have not developed, tested and costed the known
technological options for addressing climate change, so that today's
young people and future generations will have viable options for
addressing climate change.<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2542435118303465">https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2542435118303465</a></font><br>
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<br>
[science]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/08/180817150319.htm">Ants,
acorns and climate change</a></b><br>
Biologists study swift evolutionary changes in city vs. country ants
-- and what it might mean for other species as climate warms<br>
Date: August 17, 2018<br>
Source: Case Western Reserve University<br>
Summary: The relatively swift adaptability of tiny, acorn-dwelling
ants to warmer environments could help scientists predict how other
species might evolve in the crucible of global climate change,
according to biologists.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/08/180817150319.htm">https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/08/180817150319.htm</a><br>
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<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://weather.com/science/nature/news/2018-08-17-porpita-porpita-blue-buttons-destin-florida">Bizarre
'Blue Buttons' Wash up on Florida's Gulf Coast</a></b><br>
By Sean Breslin<br>
Though not a jellyfish, these <i>porpita porpita</i>, more commonly
known as blue buttons, were seen Thursday morning on several beaches
in the Destin area, according to the Northwest Florida Daily News.
They're actually distant relatives of the jellyfish, and while
they're not as ferocious, these blue buttons can still deliver a
skin-irritating sting, local marine expert Graham Northup told the
Northwest Florida Daily News.<br>
Along Florida's Gulf Coast this summer, there have been numerous
sightings. NOAA says they're only about one inch in diameter – about
the size of a quarter – which makes them more difficult to spot.<br>
"We haven't seen them in any mass numbers where it would be a
problem for the general public," Destin Fire Control District beach
safety chief Joe D'Agostino told the Northwest Florida Daily News.
"We haven't seen anything that would warrant us flying purple flags
(indicating the presence of marine pests)."<br>
The blue buttons were seen near Destin's The Back Porch restaurant
and at Henderson Beach State Park during the morning hours Thursday,
the Northwest Florida Daily News also said. In an abundance of
caution, beachgoers were told to avoid the blue buttons.<br>
When the winds shift, the blue buttons will be carried offshore
again, Santa Rosa Island Authority water safety supervisor Dave
Greenwood told the Pensacola News Journal during a similar event in
April.<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://weather.com/science/nature/news/2018-08-17-porpita-porpita-blue-buttons-destin-florida">https://weather.com/science/nature/news/2018-08-17-porpita-porpita-blue-buttons-destin-florida</a></font><br>
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<b><br>
</b>[sarcasm/satire from The Onion]<b><br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://politics.theonion.com/texas-governor-warns-it-could-be-decades-before-state-f-1819580310">
Texas Governor Warns It Could Be Decades Before State Fully
Ready To Talk About Climate Change</a></b><br>
9/14/17 2:10pm<br>
AUSTIN, TX-Predicting a long, hard road ahead before the discourse
was in anything approaching satisfactory condition, Texas governor
Greg Abbott warned Thursday that it could be decades before the
state was fully ready to talk about climate change. "After visiting
communities throughout the state, it's clear there are areas where a
serious dialogue on climate change will be next to impossible for at
least 20 or 30 years," said Abbott, adding that while some small
pockets had already made small progress in discussing the issue of
man-made global warming and its effects, there were sadly still
portions of Texas that, even by the most optimistic estimates, might
not be prepared for a generation. "Unfortunately, this will be a
massive undertaking that we Texans cannot bear alone. It will take
the help of the entire country if this state is ever going to have
those crucial climate change conversations, and even then, there
might be parts of Texas that will never be fully ready." Abbott went
on to say that, if nothing else, he was heartened by several
ordinary Texans who said they were determined to talk about climate
change even if it took the rest of their lives.<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://politics.theonion.com/texas-governor-warns-it-could-be-decades-before-state-f-1819580310">https://politics.theonion.com/texas-governor-warns-it-could-be-decades-before-state-f-1819580310</a></font><br>
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<br>
<font size="+1"><b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/19/science/methane-leaks-in-natural-gas-supply-chain-far-exceed-estimates-study-says.html?mwrsm=Email">This
Day in Climate History - August 19, 2015</a> - from D.R.
Tucker</b></font><br>
August 19, 2015:<br>
The New York Times reports:<br>
<blockquote>"A little-noted portion of the chain of pipelines and
equipment that brings natural gas from the field into power plants
and homes is responsible for a surprising amount of methane
emissions, according to a study on Tuesday.<br>
<br>
"Natural-gas gathering facilities, which collect from multiple
wells, lose about 100 billion cubic feet of natural gas a year,
about eight times as much as estimates used by the Environmental
Protection Agency, according to the study, which appeared in the
journal Environmental Science and Technology.<br>
<br>
"The newly discovered leaks, if counted in the E.P.A. inventory,
would increase its entire systemwide estimate by about 25 percent,
said the Environmental Defense Fund, which sponsored the research
as part of methane emissions studies it organized."<br>
</blockquote>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/19/science/methane-leaks-in-natural-gas-supply-chain-far-exceed-estimates-study-says.html?mwrsm=Email">http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/19/science/methane-leaks-in-natural-gas-supply-chain-far-exceed-estimates-study-says.html?mwrsm=Email</a>
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