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<font size="+1"><i>October 17, 2018</i></font><br>
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[because who would pay for all day, everyday?]<b><a
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Why isn't the media covering climate change all day, every day?</a></b><br>
By Katrina vanden Heuvel<br>
Columnist - October 16 at 8:29 AM<br>
At a time when the president shouting "fake news" is old news and
daily scandals are the new normal, it is both difficult and
important for the media to strike a balance between the serious and
the sensational. I understand how tough that tension is. Every day
at the Nation, we try to cover what is important, but that's not
always easy -- especially when much of the media privileges stories
with the biggest shock factor.<br>
<br>
Over one seven-day period this summer, when children were being
separated from their families at the border, MSNBC, CNN and Fox News
dedicated only 1 hour and 8 minutes to the crisis -- combined.
During that same span, the three networks spent 34 hours and 28
minutes covering Omarosa Manigault Newman and her tell-all book<br>
The same thing is happening right now. Last week, the U.N.
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change published a watershed
report on climate change, warning that a bigger crisis could come
sooner than we thought.<br>
<br>
Last week, The Post and the New York Times ran front-page articles
with the news as well as analyses and reactions about the report
over the days that followed. But if you flipped on your television,
you likely didn't hear much, if anything, about it. You might have
heard about President Trump's latest rally or Kanye West's visit to
the White House, but this earth-shattering story was buried. As
Politico's Dan Diamond tweeted Sunday, "The landmark report has
essentially disappeared from the news."...<br>
- - - - <br>
In a recent column for The Post, Margaret Sullivan said the media
must cover climate change as if it's "the only story that matters."
The Pentagon has stated that climate change is a threat to national
security. The World Bank has warned about the devastating impact of
rising temperatures on economies. Bill McKibben, co-founder of
350.org, has said that "climate change is actually the biggest thing
that's going on every single day."<br>
<br>
So why isn't the media covering this story all day, every day? There
are several reasons, including the collapse of local daily
newspapers and excessive conglomeratization. But the biggest reason
right now is distraction. As Sullivan put it, "There is just so much
happening at every moment, so many trees to distract from the
burning forest behind them."...<br>
- - - - -<br>
In corporate media, ratings are prized above all else. So, the
president gets his reality show because scandal plays better -- and
pays better -- than substance. Then-CBS chief executive Les Moonves
admitted as much in 2016 when he said that Trump's political ascent
was "damn good for CBS" and bragged that "the money's rolling in."<br>
- - - - -<br>
The media has a responsibility to inform, and it has the power to
decide what is and is not in the national conversation. Climate
change demands to be a constant and significant part of that
conversation, and the media has a vital role in making that happen.
Anything less would be media malpractice.<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/why-isnt-the-media-covering-climate-change-all-day-every-day/2018/10/16/91fef576-d09d-11e8-8c22-fa2ef74bd6d6_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.ed7f40e8b909">https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/why-isnt-the-media-covering-climate-change-all-day-every-day/2018/10/16/91fef576-d09d-11e8-8c22-fa2ef74bd6d6_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.ed7f40e8b909</a></font><br>
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<br>
[40 seconds of audio]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w56RxaX9THY">This is what
an Antarctic Ice Shelf sounds like</a></b><br>
American Geophysical Union (AGU)<br>
Published on Oct 16, 2018<br>
Winds blowing across snow dunes on Antarctica's Ross Ice Shelf cause
the massive ice slab's surface to vibrate, producing a near-constant
drumroll of seismic "tones" scientists could potentially use to
monitor changes in the ice shelf from afar, according to new
research. <br>
The ice shelf's "song" is too low in frequency to be heard by human
ears, but it has been made audible here by geophysicist and
mathematician Julien Chaput, who sped up a 2015 recording of the ice
shelf's vibrations about 1,200 times. <br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w56RxaX9THY">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w56RxaX9THY</a><br>
- - - -<br>
</font>Read more about the Ross Ice Shelf's song<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://news.agu.org/press-release/antarctic-ice-shelf-sings-as-winds-whip-across-its-surface/">ANTARCTIC
ICE SHELF 'SINGS' AS WINDS WHIP ACROSS ITS SURFACE</a></b><br>
16 October 2018<br>
They also noticed the pitch of this seismic hum changed when weather
conditions altered the snow layer's surface. They found the ice
vibrated at different frequencies when strong storms rearranged the
snow dunes or when the air temperatures at the surface went up or
down, which changed how fast seismic waves traveled through the
snow.<br>
<br>
"It's kind of like you're blowing a flute, constantly, on the ice
shelf," said Julien Chaput, a geophysicist and mathematician at
Colorado State University in Fort Collins and lead author of the new
study published today in Geophysical Research Letters, a journal of
the American Geophysical Union.<br>
<br>
Just like musicians can change the pitch of a note on a flute by
altering which holes air flows through or how fast it flows, weather
conditions on the ice shelf can change the frequency of its
vibration by altering its dune-like topography, according to Chaput.<br>
"Either you change the velocity of the snow by heating or cooling
it, or you change where you blow on the flute, by adding or
destroying dunes," he said. "And that's essentially the two forcing
effects we can observe."<br>
<br>
The hum is too low in frequency to be audible to human ears, but the
new findings suggest scientists could use seismic stations to
continuously monitor the conditions on ice shelves in near
real-time. Studying the vibrations of an ice shelf's insulating snow
jacket could give scientists a sense of how it is responding to
changing climate conditions, according to Douglas MacAyeal, a
glaciologist at the University of Chicago who was not connected to
the new study but wrote a commentary about the findings also
published today in Geophysical Research Letters.<br>
<br>
Changes to the ice shelf's seismic hum could indicate whether melt
ponds or cracks in the ice are forming that might indicate whether
the ice shelf is susceptible to breaking up.<br>
<br>
"The response of the ice shelf tells us that we can track extremely
sensitive details about it," Chaput said. "Basically, what we have
on our hands is a tool to monitor the environment, really. And its
impact on the ice shelf."<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://news.agu.org/press-release/antarctic-ice-shelf-sings-as-winds-whip-across-its-surface/">https://news.agu.org/press-release/antarctic-ice-shelf-sings-as-winds-whip-across-its-surface/</a><br>
- - - -<br>
[</font>a new research paper about it]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2018GL079665">Near‐Surface
Environmentally Forced Changes in the Ross Ice Shelf Observed
With Ambient Seismic Noise</a></b><br>
Plain Language Summary<br>
<blockquote>Ice shelves are the floating buttresses of large
glaciers that extend over the oceans and play a key role in
restraining inland glaciers as they flow to the sea. Deploying
sensitive seismographs across Earth's largest ice shelf (the Ross
Ice Shelf) for 2 years, we discovered that the shelf nearly
continuously sings at frequencies of five or more cycles per
second, excited by local and regional winds blowing across its
snow dune‐like topography. We find that the frequencies and other
features of this singing change, both as storms alter the snow
dunes and during a (January 2016) warming event that resulted in
melting in the ice shelf's near surface. These observations
demonstrate that seismological monitoring can be used to
continually monitor the near‐surface conditions of an ice shelf
and other icy bodies to depths of several meters.<br>
</blockquote>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2018GL079665">https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2018GL079665</a></font><br>
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<br>
[vote to price carbon - then do everything more]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.scientistsfor1631.com/">We support I-1631</a></b><br>
Open Letter Supporting Initiative 1631 by Leading Climate Experts<br>
As science, health and policy experts, we are deeply concerned about
the impacts of a changing climate. <br>
<br>
Global temperatures are higher than ever in human history, the
consequences of which we already see in increased flooding, more
frequent heat waves, and melting glaciers. If we continue emitting
heat-trapping pollution, our climate will soon be far outside the
range of human experience. Today's actions can protect our children
for generations to come. <br>
<br>
Limiting global temperature rise and its associated impacts on
society and the environment will require international efforts to
reduce emissions. United States leadership is indispensable, and
we've seen successful state efforts inspire national action.<br>
I-1631 - which puts a price on carbon, reduces pollution, and
invests in clean energy solutions - puts Washington state at the
head of these efforts...<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.scientistsfor1631.com/">https://www.scientistsfor1631.com/</a><br>
<br>
<br>
[doomer indulgence - video]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://climatestate.com/2018/10/16/they-ignore-the-end-of-the-world-warnings/">They
Ignore the End of the World Warnings</a></b><br>
Secular Talk / The Kyle Kulinski Show: Trump Admin ADMITS Global
Temp Will Rise Up To 7 Degrees By 2100<span> </span><a
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keNkThWIyfw" style="padding:
0px; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(255, 9, 6);
outline: 0px;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keNkThWIyfw</a><span> </span>and<span> </span><a
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZKe6Kv28lc" style="padding:
0px; margin: 0px; text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(255, 9,
6);">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZKe6Kv28lc</a><br>
CNN Trump on climate change: 'Man-made or not, I mean, there's
something there'<span> </span><a
href="https://edition.cnn.com/2018/10/15/politics/trump-climate-change/index.html"
style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; text-decoration: underline;
color: rgb(255, 9, 6);">https://edition.cnn.com/2018/10/15/politics/trump-climate-change/index.html</a><br>
Trailer 2012<span> </span><a
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFXGrTng0gQ" style="padding:
0px; margin: 0px; text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(255, 9,
6);">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFXGrTng0gQ</a><br>
Donald Trump on climate change policy (2015)<span> </span><a
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGEzFbRl-g8" style="padding:
0px; margin: 0px; text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(255, 9,
6);">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGEzFbRl-g8</a><br>
Sound Effects Epic Stock Media<span> </span><a
href="http://epicstockmedia.com/" style="padding: 0px; margin:
0px; text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(255, 9, 6);">http://epicstockmedia.com</a><br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://climatestate.com/2018/10/16/they-ignore-the-end-of-the-world-warnings/">http://climatestate.com/2018/10/16/they-ignore-the-end-of-the-world-warnings/</a></font><br>
<br>
<br>
[classic from 2016]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/oct/16/climate-change-triggers-earthquakes-tsunamis-volcanoes">How
climate change triggers earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanoes</a></b><br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/oct/16/climate-change-triggers-earthquakes-tsunamis-volcanoes">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/oct/16/climate-change-triggers-earthquakes-tsunamis-volcanoes</a></font><br>
<br>
<br>
[One-man rant newscast - fairly balances FOX - ]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2DqCxzszK4">Why
Republicans and Corporations and the Media Are Failing Us On
Climate Change - SOME MORE NEWS</a></b><br>
Some More News<br>
Published on Oct 15, 2018<br>
News-wise, here is some about climate change, and the people who
sure could do something about it. Hopefully, the Republicans,
corporations, and media get off their ass and do something about <br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2DqCxzszK4">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2DqCxzszK4</a></font><br>
<br>
<br>
[serious engineering ]<br>
UPCOMING REPORT RELEASE<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://nas-sites.org/dels/studies/cdr/">Negative Emissions
Technologies and Reliable Sequestration: A Research Agenda</a></b><br>
October 24, 2018, 11:00am EST<br>
Negative emissions technologies (NETs) that aim to remove and
sequester excess carbon from the atmosphere have been identified as
an important part of the portfolio of responses to climate change.
These approaches have been garnering new attention as the
international community has identified lower thresholds for global
temperature increases, which can only be accomplished with net
negative carbon emissions to the atmosphere. This new report aims to
develop a detailed research and development agenda needed to assess
the benefits, risks, and sustainable scale potential for carbon
dioxide removal and sequestration approaches; and increase their
commercial viability.<br>
<b>A public briefing of the report will be held on Wednesday,
October 24, 2018 at 11 am EST.<br>
</b>Please register to attend in person at the National Academy of
Sciences Building in Washington, DC, or to join the webcast.<br>
Please visit the study website - <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://nas-sites.org/dels/studies/cdr/">http://nas-sites.org/dels/studies/cdr/</a>
- for more information on this report. <br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://nas-sites.org/dels/studies/cdr/">http://nas-sites.org/dels/studies/cdr/</a></font><br>
<br>
<br>
[my pithy rant for the day]<br>
<blockquote><i>A carbon tax is like nicotine gum for lung cancer. </i><br>
<i>It's a good step, should have been started decades ago, <br>
but it's mostly symbolic and nowhere near powerful enough for
treating a late-stage condition like we have today. <br>
- Richard Pauli</i><br>
</blockquote>
<br>
<font size="+1"><b>This Day in Climate History - October 17, 2000 -
from D.R. Tucker</b></font><br>
October 17, 2000: In the third presidential debate, Vice President
Al Gore declares:<br>
<blockquote>"I spend a good deal of time talking to young people,
and in my standard speech out there on the stump, I usually end my
speech by saying, 'I want to ask you for something, and I want to
direct it especially to the young people in the audience,' and I
want to tell you what I tell them. Sometimes people who are very
idealistic and have great dreams, as young people do, are apt to
stay at arm's length from the political process, because they
think their good hearts might be brittle, and if they invest their
hopes and allow themselves to believe, then they're going to be
let down and disappointed. But thank goodness, we've always had
enough people who have been willing in every generation to push
past the fear of a broken heart and become deeply involved in
forming a more perfect union. We're America, and -- and we believe
in our future, and we know we have the ability to shape our
future.<br>
<br>
<br>
"Now, we've got to address one of the biggest threats to our
democracy, and that is the current campaign financing system. And
I know they say it doesn't rank anywhere on the polls. I don't
believe -- I don't believe that's a fair measure. I'm telling you,
I will make it -- I will make the McCain-Feingold Campaign Finance
Reform bill the very first measure that I send to the Congress as
president. Governor Bush opposes it. I wish that he would consider
changing his mind on that, because I think that the special
interests have too much power and we need to give our democracy
back to the American people.<br>
<br>
<br>
"Let me tell you why. Those issues you mentioned, Social Security,
prescription drugs--the big drug companies are against the
prescription drug proposal that I've made. The HMOs are against
the patients' rights bill, the Dingell-Norwood bill, that I
support and that Governor Bush does not support. The big oil
companies are against the measures to get more energy independence
and renewable fuels. They ought to have their voices heard, but
they shouldn't have a big megaphone that drowns out the American
people. We need campaign finance reform, and we need to shoot
straight with young and old alike and tell them what the real
choices are. And we can renew and rekindle the American spirit and
make our future what our founders dreamed it could be. We can."<br>
</blockquote>
(64:40--67:22) <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/PresidentialCandidatesDebate">http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/PresidentialCandidatesDebate</a><br>
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