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<p><i><font size="+1"><b>April 8, 2021</b></font></i></p>
[above 421 by some measurements]<br>
<b>Carbon dioxide in atmosphere has spiked to record-setting new
level</b><br>
Observatory data confirms a returned trend of increasing atmospheric
carbon dioxide levels.<br>
By Alexandra Kelley | April 6, 2021<br>
Story at a glance<br>
<blockquote>-- As travel returns worldwide, carbon dioxide levels
are increasing.<br>
-- Carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases are key contributors
to climate change.<br>
-- One of the U.S.’s premier observatories for measuring carbon
dioxide emissions released into the atmosphere reported a
record-breaking figure on April 3, noting a total of 421.21
particulate matter (ppm) of carbon dioxide in the Earth’s
atmosphere — the highest daily average ever recorded.<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://thehill.com/changing-america/sustainability/climate-change/546653-carbon-dioxide-in-atmosphere-has-spiked-to">https://thehill.com/changing-america/sustainability/climate-change/546653-carbon-dioxide-in-atmosphere-has-spiked-to</a>
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[hot job openings abound]<br>
<b>BLM recruitment video says you will “have the time of your life”</b><br>
Bill Gabbert - April 7, 2021<br>
Advertises jobs as “firefighter”, which is not accurate<br>
The Bureau of Land Management released yesterday a two-minute video
that supposedly answers questions, including, “Should I apply to be
a wildland firefighter with the BLM?” This is at best, misleading,
since most if not all of their employees that do fight fire work
under job titles of “Forestry Technician” or “Range Technician”.<br>
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Besides the “Should I apply” question, the video addresses others,
such as:<br>
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“I don’t know, it seems kind of boring. And not fun at all.<br>
“What if I get dirty?<br>
“What would I do in my free time?”<br>
<b>Our take</b><br>
The federal land management agencies that hire employees with a
primary function of fighting fire put most of them in positions with
job titles of Forestry Technician or Range Technician. It is
deceptive advertising to publish documents or videos stating that
you can be a “firefighter” with their agency.<br>
<br>
The Federal Trade Commission Act prohibits advertising that is
likely to mislead consumers and affect consumers’ behavior or
decisions about the product or service.<br>
<br>
If an advertiser under the Federal Trade Commission’s jurisdiction
is advertising a product that does not comply with the law,
violators could face enforcement actions or civil lawsuits with
fines up to $43,792 per violation, or civil penalties up to $40,654
per violation.<br>
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In the case of the BLM encouraging the public to apply for
firefighting jobs, the solution is to do the morally and ethically
right thing — accurately describe the positions these employees
would be working under. In the longer term, change their job
descriptions from Range or Forestry Technicians, to Firefighter.<br>
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And, let them earn a living wage that is commensurate with the work
they do, and is competitive in the firefighting community.<br>
<br>
We have reached out to the BLM about this issue. If we hear back, we
will update this article.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://wildfiretoday.com/2021/04/07/blm-recruitment-video-says-you-will-have-the-time-of-your-life/">https://wildfiretoday.com/2021/04/07/blm-recruitment-video-says-you-will-have-the-time-of-your-life/</a><br>
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[Recruitment video - ~3mins]<br>
<b>Bureau of Land Management </b><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://twitter.com/i/status/1379566031304204289">https://twitter.com/i/status/1379566031304204289</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.nifc.gov/careers">https://www.nifc.gov/careers</a><br>
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[BLM] <br>
<b>Lessons learned on Colorado’s Cameron Peak Fire where 76 people
tested positive for COVID-19</b><br>
Two fire personnel were hospitalized and 273 had to be quarantined
while the fire was being suppressed<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://wildfiretoday.com/2021/04/07/lessons-learned-on-colorados-cameron-peak-fire-where-76-people-tested-positive-for-covid-19/">https://wildfiretoday.com/2021/04/07/lessons-learned-on-colorados-cameron-peak-fire-where-76-people-tested-positive-for-covid-19/</a>
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[report of contact tracing analysis]<br>
<b>Cameron Peak Facilitated Learning Analysis</b><br>
Apr 1, 2021<br>
Draw Science<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://youtu.be/_EzX9jT7nJI">https://youtu.be/_EzX9jT7nJI</a><br>
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<p>[Extinction Rebellion assembles an important video discussion]<br>
<b>Ask a Scientist LIVE | Ep. 7 - Beyond optimism or doomism</b><br>
4-7-21<br>
Extinction Rebellion<br>
Beyond optimism or doom: How can we communicate the need for
urgent climate action?<br>
<br>
Do you have a burning desire to talk about the Climate &
Ecological Emergencies and engage with your peers to push for
#climateaction, but you’re worried about eye-rolling and putting
people off?<br>
<br>
How do we communicate the grim facts of environmental destruction
in a way that motivates people to act, rather than sink into
despair? Can we still be optimistic when we look at the future,
even as we face the risk of collapse? <br>
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Our amazing panel of experts<br>
* Dr Margaret Klein Salamon @ClimatePsych<br>
* Prof. Michael Mann @MichaelEMann<br>
* Rosemary Randall;<br>
* Dr Stuart Capstick @StuartBCapstick<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSYnrfOqG9g">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSYnrfOqG9g</a></p>
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[Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences]<br>
<b>Deaths from fossil fuel emissions higher than previously thought</b><br>
Fossil fuel air pollution responsible for more than 8 million people
worldwide in 2018<br>
By Leah Burrows | Press contact<br>
February 9, 2021<br>
More than 8 million people died in 2018 from fossil fuel pollution,
significantly higher than previous research suggested, according to
new research from Harvard University, in collaboration with the
University of Birmingham, the University of Leicester and University
College London. Researchers estimated that exposure to particulate
matter from fossil fuel emissions accounted for 18 percent of total
global deaths in 2018 — a little less than 1 out of 5.<br>
<br>
Regions with the highest concentrations of fossil fuel-related air
pollution — including Eastern North America, Europe, and South-East
Asia — have the highest rates of mortality, according to the study
published in the journal Environmental Research.<br>
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The study greatly increases estimates of the numbers killed by air
pollution. The most recent Global Burden of Disease Study, the
largest and most comprehensive study on the causes of global
mortality, put the total number of global deaths from all outdoor
airborne particulate matter — including dust and smoke from
wildfires and agricultural burns — at 4.2 million. <br>
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The findings underscore the detrimental impact of fossil fuels on
global health.<br>
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How did the researchers arrive at such a high number of
fossil-fuel-caused deaths?<br>
Previous research relied on satellite and surface observations to
estimate the average global annual concentrations of airborne
particulate matter, known as PM2.5. The problem is, satellite and
surface observations can’t tell the difference between particles
from fossil fuel emissions and those from dust, wildfire smoke or
other sources. <br>
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“With satellite data, you’re seeing only pieces of the puzzle,” said
Loretta J. Mickley, Senior Research Fellow in Chemistry-Climate
Interactions at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering
and Applied Sciences (SEAS) and co-author of the study. “It is
challenging for satellites to distinguish between types of
particles, and there can be gaps in the data.” <br>
<br>
To overcome this challenge, the Harvard researchers turned to
GEOS-Chem, a global 3-D model of atmospheric chemistry led at SEAS
by Daniel Jacob, the Vasco McCoy Family Professor of Atmospheric
Chemistry and Environmental Engineering. Previous studies have used
GEOS-Chem to model the health impacts of particulate matter, and its
results have been validated against surface, aircraft, and
space-based observations around the world.<br>
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For a global model, GEOS-Chem has high spatial resolution, meaning
the researchers could divide the globe into a grid with boxes as
small as 50 km x 60 km and look at pollution levels in each box
individually. <br>
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“Rather than rely on averages spread across large regions, we wanted
to map where the pollution is and where people live, so we could
know more exactly what people are breathing,” said Karn Vohra, a
graduate student at University of Birmingham and first author of the
study. Vohra is advised by coauthor Eloise Marais, a former
postdoctoral fellow at Harvard, now Associate Professor in the
Department of Geography at UCL.<br>
<br>
To model PM2.5 generated by fossil fuel combustion, the researchers
plugged into GEOS-Chem estimates of emissions from multiple sectors,
including power, industry, ships, aircraft and ground transportation
and simulated detailed oxidant-aerosol chemistry driven by
meteorology from the NASA Global Modeling and Assimilation Office.
The researchers used emission and meteorology data primarily from
2012 because it was a year not influenced by El Niño, which can
worsen or ameliorate air pollution, depending on the region. The
researchers updated the data to reflect the significant change in
fossil fuel emissions from China, which fell by about half between
2012 and 2018.<br>
<br>
“While emission rates are dynamic, increasing with industrial
development or decreasing with successful air quality policies,
China’s air quality changes from 2012 to 2018 are the most dramatic
because population and air pollution there are both large,” said
Marais. “Similar cuts in other countries during that time period
would not have had as large an impact on the global mortality
number.” <br>
<br>
The combination of 2012 and 2018 data from China gave the
researchers a clearer picture of global fossil fuel emission rates
in 2018. <br>
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Once they had the concentration of outdoor fossil-fuel PM2.5, the
researchers needed to figure out how those levels impacted human
health. While it's been known for decades that airborne particles
are a danger to public health, there have been few epidemiological
studies to quantify the health impacts at very high levels of
exposure such as those found in China or India. Previous research
converted health risks of indoor second-hand smoke exposures to
estimate the risks of outdoor PM2.5 at these high levels. However,
recent studies from Asia found that this approach substantially
underestimates the risk at high concentrations of outdoor air
pollution.<br>
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Coauthors Alina Vodonos and Joel Schwartz, Professor of
Environmental Epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public
Health (HSPH), developed a new risk assessment model that linked the
concentration levels of particulates from fossil fuel emissions to
health outcomes. <br>
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This new model found a higher mortality rate for long-term exposure
to fossil fuel emissions, including at lower concentrations. <br>
Often, when we discuss the dangers of fossil fuel combustion, it’s
in the context of CO2 and climate change and overlook the potential
health impact of the pollutants co-emitted with greenhouse gases,”
said Schwartz. “We hope that by quantifying the health consequences
of fossil fuel combustion, we can send a clear message to
policymakers and stakeholders of the benefits of a transition to
alternative energy sources.”<br>
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The research underscores the importance of policy decisions, said
Vohra. <br>
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The researchers estimated that China’s decision to cut its fossil
fuels emissions nearly in half saved 2.4 million lives worldwide,
including 1.5 million lives in China, in 2018. <br>
<br>
“Our study adds to the mounting evidence that air pollution from
ongoing dependence on fossil fuels is detrimental to global health,”
said Marais. “We can’t in good conscience continue to rely on fossil
fuels, when we know that there are such severe effects on health and
viable, cleaner alternatives.” <br>
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This research was supported by the Wallace Global Fund, the
Environment and Health Fund (EHF) Israel, The Environmental
Protection Agency, and University of Birmingham Global Challenges
PhD studentship.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.seas.harvard.edu/news/2021/02/deaths-fossil-fuel-emissions-higher-previously-thought">https://www.seas.harvard.edu/news/2021/02/deaths-fossil-fuel-emissions-higher-previously-thought</a><br>
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[Robotic drilling is driving this change]<br>
Kate Aronoff/April 5, 2021<br>
<b>Fossil Fuel Companies Are Job Killers</b><br>
New analysis shows the number of workers required per project will
soon fall by 20 to 30 percent, even without a transition to
renewables.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://newrepublic.com/article/161937/fossil-fuel-companies-job-killers">https://newrepublic.com/article/161937/fossil-fuel-companies-job-killers</a><br>
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[follow the common sense money]<br>
<b>How Debt and Climate Change Pose ‘Systemic Risk’ to World
Economy</b><br>
With dozens of countries struggling to manage both staggering debt
and mounting climate disasters, some financial leaders are calling
for green debt relief.<br>
By Somini Sengupta - April 7, 2021<br>
<br>
How does a country deal with climate disasters when it’s drowning in
debt? Not very well, it turns out. Especially not when a global
pandemic clobbers its economy.<br>
<br>
Take Belize, Fiji and Mozambique. Vastly different countries, they
are among dozens of nations at the crossroads of two mounting global
crises that are drawing the attention of international financial
institutions: climate change and debt.<br>
<br>
They owe staggering amounts of money to various foreign lenders.
They face staggering climate risks, too. And now, with the
coronavirus pandemic pummeling their economies, there is a growing
recognition that their debt obligations stand in the way of meeting
the immediate needs of their people — not to mention the investments
required to protect them from climate disasters.<br>
<br>
The combination of debt, climate change and environmental
degradation “represents a systemic risk to the global economy that
may trigger a cycle that depresses revenues, increases spending and
exacerbates climate and nature vulnerabilities,” according to a new
assessment by the World Bank, International Monetary Fund and
others, which was seen by The Times. It comes after months of
pressure from academics and advocates for lenders to address this
problem...<br>
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At the time, half of all countries that the World Bank classified as
low-income were either in what it called “debt distress or at a high
risk of it.” Many of those are also acutely vulnerable to climate
change, including more frequent droughts, stronger hurricanes and
rising sea levels that wash away coastlines.<br>
<br>
(The fund said on Monday that it would not require 28 of the world’s
poorest countries to make debt payments through October, so their
governments can use the money on emergency pandemic-related relief.)<br>
<br>
Lately, there’s been a flurry of proposals from economists,
advocates and others to address the problem. The details vary. But
they all call, in one way or another, for rich countries and private
creditors to offer debt relief, so countries can use those funds to
transition away from fossil fuels, adapt to the effects of climate
change, or obtain financial reward for the natural assets they
already protect, like forests and wetlands. One widely circulated
proposal calls on the Group of 20 (the world’s 20 biggest economies)
to require lenders to offer relief “in exchange for a commitment to
use some of the newfound fiscal space for a green and inclusive
recovery.”...<br>
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Six countries on the continent are in debt distress, and many more
have seen their credit ratings downgraded by private ratings
agencies. In March, finance ministers from across Africa said that
many of their countries had spent a sizable chunk of their budgets
already to deal with extreme weather events like droughts and
floods, and some countries were spending a tenth of their budgets on
climate adaptation efforts. “Our fiscal buffers are now truly
depleted,” they wrote.<br>
<br>
In developing countries, the share of government revenues that go
into paying foreign debts nearly tripled to 17.4 percent between
2011 and 2020, an analysis by Eurodad, a debt relief advocacy group
found.<br>
<br>
Research suggests that climate risks have already made it more
expensive for developing countries to borrow money. The problem is
projected to get worse. A recent paper found climate change will
raise the cost of borrowing for many more countries as early as 2030
unless efforts are made to sharply reduce greenhouse gas emissions.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/07/climate/debt-climate-change.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/07/climate/debt-climate-change.html</a><br>
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[AP California]<br>
<b>Study: Climate change has made rainstorms more erratic, droughts
much longer in U.S. West</b><br>
Rainstorms grew more erratic and droughts much longer across most of
the U.S. West over the past half-century as climate change warmed
the planet, according to a sweeping government study released
Tuesday that concludes the situation is worsening.<br>
<br>
The most dramatic changes were recorded in the desert Southwest,
where the average dry period between rainstorms grew from about 30
days in the 1970s to 45 days between storms now, said Joel
Biederman, a research hydrologist with the U.S. Department of
Agriculture Southwest Watershed Research Center in Tucson, Arizona.<br>
<br>
The consequences of the intense dry periods that pummeled areas of
the West in recent years were severe — more intense and dangerous
wildfires, parched croplands and not enough vegetation to support
livestock and wildlife. And the problem appears to be accelerating,
with rainstorms becoming increasingly unpredictable, and more areas
showing longer intervals between storms since the turn of the
century compared to prior decades, the study concludes.<br>
<br>
The study comes with almost two-thirds of the contiguous U.S. beset
by abnormally dry conditions. Warm temperatures forecast for the
next several months could make it the worst spring drought in almost
a decade, affecting roughly 74 million people across the U.S., the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said...<br>
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“Climate models project that the American Southwest is very likely
to experience more frequent and more severe droughts,” said William
Anderegg, a University of Utah biologist and climate scientist.
“This study and other recent work demonstrates that this dry down
has already begun.”...<br>
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Northwestern states were largely spared from the accelerating cycles
of drought. The researchers observed higher annual rainfall totals
and shorter drought intervals in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and
portions of Montana, Wyoming and the Dakotas.<br>
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That’s consistent with predicted alterations in weather patterns
driven by climate change in which the jet stream that brings
moisture from the Pacific Ocean shifts northward, they said.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://ktla.com/news/california/study-climate-change-has-made-rainstorms-more-erratic-droughts-much-longer-in-u-s-west/">https://ktla.com/news/california/study-climate-change-has-made-rainstorms-more-erratic-droughts-much-longer-in-u-s-west/</a><br>
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[Sea level rise in North Carolina and from Maine to Florida]<br>
<b>Sea level rise is killing trees along the Atlantic coast,
creating ‘ghost forests’ that are visible from space</b><br>
Emily Ury, Ph.D. Candidate, Duke University - April 6, 2021<br>
Trekking out to my research sites near North Carolina’s Alligator
River National Wildlife Refuge, I slog through knee-deep water on a
section of trail that is completely submerged. Permanent flooding
has become commonplace on this low-lying peninsula, nestled behind
North Carolina’s Outer Banks. The trees growing in the water are
small and stunted. Many are dead.<br>
<br>
Throughout coastal North Carolina, evidence of forest die-off is
everywhere. Nearly every roadside ditch I pass while driving around
the region is lined with dead or dying trees.<br>
<br>
As an ecologist studying wetland response to sea level rise, I know
this flooding is evidence that climate change is altering landscapes
along the Atlantic coast. It’s emblematic of environmental changes
that also threaten wildlife, ecosystems, and local farms and
forestry businesses.<br>
<br>
Like all living organisms, trees die. But what is happening here is
not normal. Large patches of trees are dying simultaneously, and
saplings aren’t growing to take their place. And it’s not just a
local issue: Seawater is raising salt levels in coastal woodlands
along the entire Atlantic Coastal Plain, from Maine to Florida. Huge
swaths of contiguous forest are dying. They’re now known in the
scientific community as “ghost forests.”...<br>
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Rising seas are inundating North Carolina’s coast, and saltwater is
seeping into wetland soils. Salts move through groundwater during
phases when freshwater is depleted, such as during droughts.
Saltwater also moves through canals and ditches, penetrating inland
with help from wind and high tides. Dead trees with pale trunks,
devoid of leaves and limbs, are a telltale sign of high salt levels
in the soil. A 2019 report called them “wooden tombstones.”...<br>
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Should scientists fight the transition or assist it?<br>
As global sea levels continue to rise, coastal woodlands from the
Gulf of Mexico to the Chesapeake Bay and elsewhere around the world
could also suffer major losses from saltwater intrusion. Many people
in the conservation community are rethinking land management
approaches and exploring more adaptive strategies, such as
facilitating forests’ inevitable transition into salt marshes or
other coastal landscapes.<br>
<br>
For example, in North Carolina the Nature Conservancy is carrying
out some adaptive management approaches, such as creating “living
shorelines” made from plants, sand and rock to provide natural
buffering from storm surges.<br>
<br>
[Deep knowledge, daily. Sign up for The Conversation’s newsletter.]<br>
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A more radical approach would be to introduce marsh plants that are
salt-tolerant in threatened zones. This strategy is controversial
because it goes against the desire to try to preserve ecosystems
exactly as they are.<br>
<br>
But if forests are dying anyway, having a salt marsh is a far better
outcome than allowing a wetland to be reduced to open water. While
open water isn’t inherently bad, it does not provide the many
ecological benefits that a salt marsh affords. Proactive management
may prolong the lifespan of coastal wetlands, enabling them to
continue storing carbon, providing habitat, enhancing water quality
and protecting productive farm and forest land in coastal regions.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://theconversation.com/sea-level-rise-is-killing-trees-along-the-atlantic-coast-creating-ghost-forests-that-are-visible-from-space-147971">https://theconversation.com/sea-level-rise-is-killing-trees-along-the-atlantic-coast-creating-ghost-forests-that-are-visible-from-space-147971</a><br>
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[Australia speaks]<br>
<b>Australian scientists sound alarm over Paris climate goals</b><br>
Andrew Freedman - April 6, 2021<br>
The Australian Academy of Science quietly released a report on March
31 that underlines the stakes of President Biden’s April 22 climate
summit and the next U.N. climate confab in Glasgow.<br>
<br>
The big picture: The report, produced by Australia’s equivalent to
the Royal Society of London, heaps doubt upon the feasibility of the
Paris Agreement's target of limiting global warming to “well below”
1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 Fahrenheit) compared to preindustrial
levels by 2100.<br>
<br>
It calls the goal “virtually impossible” based on how significantly
temperatures have already shifted, and the lack of emissions
reduction commitments that would meet the challenge.<br>
<br>
The details: Consistent with other recent studies, the report warns
the world is on course for at least about 3 degrees Celsius (5.4
Fahrenheit) of warming if current emissions reduction pledges are
not dramatically altered.<br>
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Australia — the world’s driest inhabited continent — has much to
lose from climate change, as demonstrated by the recent flooding,
wildfires and bleaching of vast stretches of the Great Barrier Reef.<br>
As warming worsens, the country’s energy infrastructure will be
increasingly stressed by heatwaves and storms. The report recommends
“diversifying energy sources” and making systems more resilient.<br>
It notes that to reach net-zero emissions by 2050, the country would
need to “shift energy export industries to zero emissions as a
matter of urgency.” That's no small feat, considering that Australia
is one of the world’s largest coal exporters, much of it flowing to
China.<br>
The bottom line: Unless far more ambitious near-term emissions
targets are established, which is the main goal of both the White
House and UN climate meetings, the report finds that even the less
stringent Paris 2-degree target won’t be achievable. This is because
emissions trajectories would begin arcing downward too late to get
there.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.axios.com/climate-change-action-australian-report-d6066be2-f1cf-4017-a884-8995928dfe45.html">https://www.axios.com/climate-change-action-australian-report-d6066be2-f1cf-4017-a884-8995928dfe45.html</a><br>
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[classic talk on some maths in climate science]<br>
<b>The Math of Climate Change</b><br>
Nov 22, 2018<br>
Gresham College<br>
Climate change is controversial and the subject of huge debate.
Complex climate models based on math helps us understand. How do
these models work?<br>
<br>
A lecture by Chris Budd OBE, Gresham Professor of Geometry 13
November 2018<br>
Climate change is important, controversial, and the subject of huge
debate. Much of our understanding of the future climate comes from
the use of complex climate models based on mathematical and physical
ideas.<br>
<br>
In this talk, Professor Budd will describe how these models work and
the assumptions that go into them. He will discuss how reliable our
predictions of climate change are, and show how mathematicians can
give us insights into both past and future.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://youtu.be/w4O4jK-lZrI">https://youtu.be/w4O4jK-lZrI</a><br>
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[Digging back into the internet news archive]<br>
<font size="+1"><b>On this day in the history of global warming -
April 8, 2003 </b></font><br>
<p>In the New York Times, climate scientist Michael Oppenheimer
declares: "The threat of global warming, first raised in 1896, has
outlived many foreign policy crises. Our failure to deal with it
is starting to bear a bitter harvest not only in rising seas and
intensified rainstorms, but also in disruption of long-standing
alliances, and interference with other foreign policy objectives.
It is well past time for U.S. leaders to put the climate problem
at the center of America's domestic and international agendas."<br>
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