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<font size="+1"><i>November 2, 2018</i></font><br>
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[ratchet up]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.newscientist.com/article/2184211-frustrated-climate-activists-resort-to-civil-disobedience-in-london/">Frustrated
climate activists resort to civil disobedience in London</a></b><br>
By Michael Le Page - October 31, 2018<br>
Is this the start of a massive campaign of civil disobedience around
the world? The hundreds of protestors of all ages who illegally
blocked the busy road outside the UK's parliament this morning think
so.<br>
The idea behind the Extinction Rebellion movement is that
governments around the world are failing to do enough to prevent
extreme climate change and the ongoing mass extinction. The only
choice left, they say, is to rebel.<br>
"The situation is dire, and there are very few governments that are
prepared to act," one of the protestors, Annie Randall, told New
Scientist. "We are really fed up."<br>
At least nine people were arrested during today's protests,
according to those at the scene. More were forcibly removed from the
road by police without being arrested. The Extinction Rebellion says
it has hundreds of supporters willing to risk arrest...<br>
There is no doubt at all that the basic premise of the Extinction
Rebellion - that governments are not doing enough to limit climate
change - is correct. Greenhouse gas emissions need to fall extremely
fast if we are to have any chance of limiting warming to 1.5C, a UN
climate report warned earlier this month. Instead, they are still
rising and look set to keep rising...<br>
<font size="-1">more at - <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.newscientist.com/article/2184211-frustrated-climate-activists-resort-to-civil-disobedience-in-london/">https://www.newscientist.com/article/2184211-frustrated-climate-activists-resort-to-civil-disobedience-in-london/</a></font><br>
- - -<br>
[Rise up]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://risingup.org.uk/XR/">Extinction
Rebellion</a></b><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://risingup.org.uk/XR/">https://risingup.org.uk/XR/</a><br>
- - -<br>
[re-evaluating activism - video]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MixCTe334io">Extinction
Rebellion occupy Greenpeace HQ</a></b><br>
Real Media<br>
Published on Oct 18, 2018<br>
On 17th Oct a group of around 25 activists surprised Greenpeace
staff at their London HQ by staging a peaceful occupation in the
main lobby of the offices. They handed staff letters, along with
flowers and caking explained their action. The letter, from
'Extinction Rebellion' and 'Rising Up UK', spoke of the climate and
extinction crisis that the planet faces, and asked for Greenpeace to
take part in plans for massive civil disobedience to change public
and media perception and force big changes in government policy.<br>
Protesters used a megaphone to deliver a prepared hour-long message
citing the recent IPCC report that calls for huge changes within a
12 year time frame, along with many scientific papers that are even
more alarming and less conservative. They also spoke of past civil
disobedience campaigns that have succeeded in effecting lasting
dramatic changes in government policy...<br>
More information can be found at <a
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.rebellion.earth">www.rebellion.earth</a>
and social media. Greenpeace were contacted for a statement but had
not got back to us by the time of publication.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MixCTe334io">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MixCTe334io</a><br>
<br>
<br>
[Slower and stronger]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2018/10/31/study-freak-summer-weather-wild-jet-stream-patterns-are-rise-due-global-warming/?utm_term=.683a45a78c16">Study:
Freak summer weather and wild jet-stream patterns are on the
rise because of global warming</a></b><br>
By Jason Samenow October 31<br>
In many ways, the summer of 2018 marked a turning point, when the
effects of climate change — perhaps previously on the periphery of
public consciousness — suddenly took center stage. Record high
temperatures spread all over the Northern Hemisphere. Wildfires
raged out of control. And devastating floods were frequent.<br>
<br>
Michael Mann, climate scientist at Pennsylvania State University,
along with colleagues, has published a new study that connects these
disruptive weather extremes with a fundamental change in how the jet
stream is behaving during the summer. Linked to the warming climate,
the study suggests this change in the atmosphere's steering current
is making these extremes occur more frequently, with greater
intensity, and for longer periods of time.<br>
<br>
The study projects this erratic jet-stream behavior will increase in
the future, leading to more severe heat waves, droughts, fires and
floods.<br>
<br>
The jet stream is changing not only because the planet is warming up
but also because the Arctic is warming faster than the
mid-latitudes, the study says. The jet stream is driven by
temperature contrasts, and these contrasts are shrinking. The result
is a slower jet stream with more wavy peaks and troughs that Mann
and his study co-authors ascribe to a process known as
"quasi-resonant amplification."<br>
<br>
The altered jet-stream behavior is important because when it takes
deep excursions to the south in the summer, it sets up a collision
between cool air from the north and the summer's torrid heat, often
spurring excessive rain. But when the jet stream retreats to the
north, bulging heat domes form underneath it, leading to record heat
and dry spells...<br>
- - -<br>
Although model projections suggest these extreme jet-stream patterns
will increase as the climate warms, the study concluded that their
increase can be slowed if greenhouse gas emissions are reduced along
with particulate pollution in developing countries. "[T]he future is
still very much in our hands when it comes to dangerous and damaging
summer weather extremes," Mann said. "It's simply a matter of our
willpower to transition quickly from fossil fuels to renewable
energy."<br>
<br>
Jennifer Francis, a climate researcher at Rutgers University who has
published work exhibiting changing jet-stream behavior because of
climate change, found the results of this new study compelling.
"This work takes a big step toward understanding the spate of deadly
extreme weather events during recent summers — heat waves, floods
and droughts," she said in an email.<br>
<font size="-1">more at - <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2018/10/31/study-freak-summer-weather-wild-jet-stream-patterns-are-rise-due-global-warming/?utm_term=.683a45a78c16">https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2018/10/31/study-freak-summer-weather-wild-jet-stream-patterns-are-rise-due-global-warming/?utm_term=.683a45a78c16</a></font><br>
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<br>
[Audio and text]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2018/10/31/18040132/future-perfect-podcast-geoengineering-climate-change-solar">How
to cool the planet with a fake volcano</a></b><br>
If the world doesn't get its act together on climate change, this
could be our last resort.<br>
By Dylan Matthews and Byrd Pinkerton Oct 31, 2018<br>
Nature has a method of cooling the planet very rapidly: volcanos.<br>
- - - <br>
Volcanic eruptions have, historically, caused sudden (but temporary)
changes to global climate. The sulfur particles they shoot into the
atmosphere reflect sunlight back at the sun, reducing temperatures
back on the ground. The 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo in the
Philippines caused a reduction in Northern Hemisphere temperatures
of about 0.6 degrees Celsius; for comparison, man-made global
warming has heated the planet by about 1 degree Celsius so far, and
a United Nations report this fall urged policymakers to limit total
warming to 1.5 degrees.<br>
<br>
The scale of volcanic cooling has given some climate scientists an
idea: Could we forestall the worst consequences of global warming by
spraying sulfur particles into the atmosphere — basically, by using
technology to emulate a massive volcano?...<br>
- - -<br>
"I don't know whether that'll happen in five or 10 or 50 years,"
Gernot Wagner, a Harvard economist and expert on geoengineering,
told us, "but somebody somewhere will attempt to pull the trigger on
this. And even if you think it's nuts that anyone would consider
this to be part of a semi-rational climate policy portfolio …
wouldn't it be good to know more about this technology, about the
impact, about the efficacy, about the risks, if and when somebody is
compelled to pull the trigger?"<br>
<font size="-1">more at - <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2018/10/31/18040132/future-perfect-podcast-geoengineering-climate-change-solar">https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2018/10/31/18040132/future-perfect-podcast-geoengineering-climate-change-solar</a></font><br>
<br>
<br>
[From a decade ago: 5 climate lessons reviewed ]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://tamino.wordpress.com/2018/11/01/the-5-most-important-data-sets-of-climate-science/">The
5 Most Important Data Sets of Climate Science</a></b><br>
November 1, 2018 <br>
Back in July of 2008 Stefan Rahmstorf gave a presentation to the
Arctic Expedition for Climate Action about "The 5 Most Important
Data Sets of Climate Science." You might disagree with his choice of
"5 most important," I might disagree myself, but they're all
certainly quite important. Of course, that was ten years ago; one
might wonder, how have those data sets changed in the decade since?<br>
<blockquote>- One of them hasn't changed at all, because his first
choice was data from the Vostok ice core in Antarctica.<br>
It reveals the up-and-down fluctuations of glacial cycles, and it
also reveals the extreme correlation between temperature and
atmospheric CO2...<br>
- We'll start with his second choice, modern measurements of CO2
in the air (sometimes called the "Keeling curve")...<br>
- The next choice was global average temperature... It has kept on
rising. We're now about 1.1C above the value in 1900...<br>
- Then comes sea level rise...Not only has it kept rising, it's
been rising faster than before...<br>
- Rahmstorf's final choice is Arctic sea ice extent during the
month of September... there's no doubt whatsoever that recent
values have been worse than what would have been predicted by
extending the existing trend.<br>
</blockquote>
What have we seen in the decade since Rahmstorf's presentation? CO2
kept rising. Temperatures kept rising. Sea level kept going up.
Arctic sea ice has dipped far below the existing trend.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://tamino.wordpress.com/2018/11/01/the-5-most-important-data-sets-of-climate-science/">https://tamino.wordpress.com/2018/11/01/the-5-most-important-data-sets-of-climate-science/</a><br>
- - - <br>
[The original 2008 document]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.pik-potsdam.de/%7Estefan/5datasets_rahmstorf.pdf">The
5 Most Important Data Sets of Climate Science </a></b><br>
This presentation was prepared on the occasion of the Arctic
Expedition<br>
for Climate Action, July 2008.<br>
Author: Stefan Rahmstorf, Professor of Physics of the Oceans,
Potsdam.<br>
The selection of the 5 "most important" data sets is of course
subjective.<br>
The 5 core data sets are supplemented by related information and
animations.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.pik-potsdam.de/%7Estefan/5datasets_rahmstorf.pdf">http://www.pik-potsdam.de/~stefan/5datasets_rahmstorf.pdf</a><br>
<br>
<br>
[video Sci-fi/cli-fi]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://youtu.be/-AkraoSqzeE">Climate
Denial Crock of the Week - Hollywood Does Climate Change</a></b><br>
greenman3610 - Nov 10, 2010<br>
Support Climate Denial Crock of the Week - Go to:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.climatecrocks.com">http://www.climatecrocks.com</a><br>
The stories that we tell ourselves about the world shape our
perception of reality.<br>
And the way we tell our stories in the modern world, is through
movies.<br>
<b>My most recent video about climate science in 1956 made the point
that the science has been clear for a long time.</b><br>
It's an interesting,and sometimes infuriating, exercise to see how
the climate change paradigm has evolved in the collective
consciousness. if you can think of films, tv shows or other media
that have referenced climate change, send links here. We'll review
and revisit again in a future video.<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://youtu.be/-AkraoSqzeE">https://youtu.be/-AkraoSqzeE</a></font><br>
<br>
<br>
[big book blurb]<br>
'Cli-fi' writers imagine unchecked climate change<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2018/10/amazon-originals-warmer-series-cli-fi-climate-fiction/">A
new fiction series from top authors challenges readers to
confront big questions in surprising ways.</a></b><br>
BY BRIAN, CLARK HOWARD - OCTOBER 30, 2018<br>
What will the future world look like in the face of climate change?
Will our cities be washed away overnight by great floods or trapped
under colossal glaciers like The Day After Tomorrow?<br>
No, climate scientists say it won't go in the way of Hollywood
blockbusters. Still, envisioning the real face of climate change,
and how it may impact individuals or their families, remains
difficult for many people. It's just too abstract to be tangible. To
overcome this, some are turning to one of humankind's oldest, most
powerful tools: a good story.<br>
<br>
The literary genre known as climate fiction, or cli-fi, has been
maturing over the past few years, with titles that seek to shine a
light on emerging science and help readers understand a rapidly
changing world.<br>
<br>
On Tuesday, Amazon Original Stories will launch a new series of
cli-fi short stories by A-list writers, what they call "a collection
of seven possible tomorrows." Called Warmer, the collection includes
works by Jane Smiley (of A Thousand Acres fame), Lauren Groff (Fates
and Furies), Jesse Kellerman (The Genius), and Jess Walter
(Beautiful Ruins).<br>
<br>
The goal, according to Amazon, is stories that "offer up a collision
of fear, hope, and imagination."<br>
<br>
National Geographic spoke with award-winning author Jess Walter
about his contribution to the new series, called "The Way the World
Ends." Set during a freak storm at Mississippi State University in
the near future, the story explores the intersection of climate
science and activism in a fight for survival.<br>
<br>
A newspaper-journalist-turned-novelist, Walter is a New York Times
bestselling author and winner of the Pushcart Prize as well as an
Edgar Award. He is based in Spokane, Washington.<br>
<br>
<b>Why were you attracted to this project?</b><br>
I love when fiction tries to tackle big topics. And climate change
is such a fascinating challenge.<br>
<br>
<b>How did you approach writing a fiction story about climate
change?</b><br>
If you think about the stakes in most short stories, especially in
the Western and American tradition, they are based on an
individual's triumph against society. But climate change is the
thing that could destroy us all. So the stakes in this type of
fiction would be people deciding to do what's best for everybody.<br>
<br>
At the same time, we're all kind of the villain here. That's what
makes climate change so hard for people to see through, because our
lives are constructed in a way that is causing catastrophic
problems. Every time you start your car or eat something, you are
contributing. If you go to a wedding or have a baby, think about all
the carbon behind these normally happy events.<br>
<br>
To imagine a story that could capture that is tricky. How do you
dramatize that? Who do we root for?<br>
<br>
<b>Where did you get the idea for this specific story?</b><br>
I had just gone to Mississippi State University as a visiting
writer. I was there when Mississippi had one of those unseasonable
storms. Everywhere I went, people were saying it was the coldest
winter ever. That made me think of starting in a place where they
just had an unseasonable weather event.<br>
<br>
I had also done a lot of work around climate science and had become
fascinated to meet climate scientists who are suffering from
depression because they are warning of these really drastic
problems, yet people aren't taking them seriously enough. Some
people call it pre-traumatic stress disorder. I wanted to explore
that with characters.<br>
<br>
I was also moved and inspired by young activists involved in the
debate over gun laws, from the Parkland shooting and others. They
are often told that the political world can do nothing about that
issue. But if you look at it from a distance, that's insane. That's
so cynical and demoralizing. Of course we can fix things. That's
like shrugging your shoulders and saying we'll never be able to wean
ourselves off coal.<br>
<b><br>
</b><b> Climate fiction, or cli-fi, is often known for being
dystopian. How did you come to write something different?</b><br>
Whatever the conventions of a genre are, you have to try to subvert
them in a satisfying way. Writing a climate change novel that wasn't
a dystopia was a challenge. With my dark chapter titles I was trying
to disrupt what you would expect, while still ending the story on a
hopeful note.<br>
<br>
It's interesting how quickly we skip ahead in the fictional world to
a few sturdy survivors battling against the collapse of
civilization. You see that in many books, movies, and TV shows. I
wanted to write something before that point.<br>
<br>
<b>As a writer, you are particularly known for dark humor. Why do
you find that an effective form of storytelling?</b><br>
There is something so overwhelming about the state we are in. Look
at what might happen with each degree of warming. By pulling out of
the Paris agreement and having a federal government that seems
intent on fracking and coal mining in national forests, rolling back
restrictions on exhaust, and so on, it feels like we are almost
hastening the end.<br>
<br>
On the personal level, we can feel the emptiness of sitting there
sorting our recycling while we're all hurtling toward disaster. It
can feel like arranging the deck chairs on the Titanic. As in Dr.
Strangelove, we are hurtling toward the end of the world, but not
with nuclear weapons, with something that is more elemental to how
we live.<br>
<br>
As writers we have to talk about all of that without lecturing or
being didactic, because fiction dies in the face of a lecture. The
absurdity of it, the gallows humor, that's where my mind goes.<br>
<br>
<b>What do you want readers to take away from your story?</b><br>
Hope. By the end of the writing process I was so inspired by this
young character challenging this climate scientist. When I was
finished, it gave me a renewed sense of activism. I wanted to go
register voters or something.<br>
<br>
If things are hopeless, it means we have done everything we possibly
can, but [when it comes to climate change] we know we haven't.
Hopefully that hope can be a rallying cry.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2018/10/amazon-originals-warmer-series-cli-fi-climate-fiction/">https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2018/10/amazon-originals-warmer-series-cli-fi-climate-fiction/</a><br>
<br>
<br>
<font size="+1"><b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/california-politics/2010/11/voters-reject-prop-23-keeping-californias-global-warming-law-intact.html">This
Day in Climate History - November 2, 2010</a> - from D.R.
Tucker</b></font><br>
November 2, 2010: Republicans win control of the US House of
Representatives in the midterm elections, putting some of the
nation's most vehement climate-change deniers in control of that
body. Also, California voters reject a ballot initiative intended to
kill landmark climate-change legislation in that state.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2010/11/03/128002/gop-frosh-class/">http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2010/11/03/128002/gop-frosh-class/</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2010/11/19/174837/climate-zombie-caucus/">http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2010/11/19/174837/climate-zombie-caucus/</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/california-politics/2010/11/voters-reject-prop-23-keeping-californias-global-warming-law-intact.html">http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/california-politics/2010/11/voters-reject-prop-23-keeping-californias-global-warming-law-intact.html</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://blogsofbainbridge.typepad.com/greenfront/2010/11/becky-bond-of-credo-action-group-how-prop-23-was-defeated.html">http://blogsofbainbridge.typepad.com/greenfront/2010/11/becky-bond-of-credo-action-group-how-prop-23-was-defeated.html</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://blogsofbainbridge.typepad.com/greenfront/2010/11/adi-nochur-1sky-about-the-elections.html">http://blogsofbainbridge.typepad.com/greenfront/2010/11/adi-nochur-1sky-about-the-elections.html</a><br>
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