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<p><i><font size="+1"><b>August 2, 2021</b></font></i></p>
[Tik Tkc Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists]<br>
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[landslide in India]<br>
<b>A road in Himachal Pradesh, India, was swept away by a landslide
on July 30.</b> <br>
There are no reports of injuries or deaths. Local reports say
excessive rainfall is causing flash floods and landslides.<br>
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href="https://twitter.com/nowthisnews/status/1421365763152117763">https://twitter.com/nowthisnews/status/1421365763152117763</a><br>
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[DW news - video]<br>
<b>Wildfires rage across Europe fed by wind and soaring temperatures
| DW News</b><br>
Aug 1, 2021<br>
DW News<br>
Wildfires are destroying huge swathes of territory around Europe.
Finland has been battling its biggest forest fire in half a century.
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Heatwaves are also causing havoc further south. The worst blazes are
raging in southern Turkey, where six people have been killed. Greece
has also been hard-hit.<br>
The smoke in Greece is becoming a hazard. So much so that hospitals
are now admitting patients with breathing difficulties. <br>
Greek authorities had warned that wildfires could erupt in
temperatures reaching 45 degrees. In Greece and elsewhere,
scientists are linking the heatwave and the wildfires to climate
change.<br>
In Italy, firefighters have been working day and night to douse the
flames. On the island of Sicily, the fires in the mountains are
also threatening seaside resorts - 150 tourists were moved out.<br>
In Turkey, hundreds more holidaymakers were ferried to safety after
the forest fires got too close to their hotels. Coastguards asked
boat owners to help with the rescue operation . <br>
Inland, farmers are helpless as their animals perish. Dozens of
villages have been evacuated. President Erdogan has been quick to
point the finger at his political opponents.<br>
Turkish authorities say they have brought most of the fires under
control - but the hot weather is expected to continue for the next
few days.<br>
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[No living as usual]<br>
<b>Utilities are struggling to keep the lights on as fires, drought
plague California</b><br>
AUG 1 2021<br>
KEY POINTS<br>
<blockquote>-- Grid operators in the Western U.S. are struggling to
keep operations running smoothly as wildfires and drought fueled
by climate change threaten infrastructure.<br>
-- Companies are taking a number of steps to update
infrastructure, including sensor arrays and coated wires.<br>
-- The bipartisan infrastructure deal includes $73 billion in
funding for power infrastructure.<br>
</blockquote>
The rolling blackouts instituted in California in 2020 were the
first in nearly two decades, demonstrating the struggles the grid
faces as weather patterns change and extreme climate events become
more regular. The grid wasn’t built with climate change in mind and
— as companies in the West have seen more and more in recent summers
— companies need to factor in the impacts to ensure long-term
viability.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/01/utilities-are-struggling-to-keep-the-lights-on-as-fires-drought-plague-california.html">https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/01/utilities-are-struggling-to-keep-the-lights-on-as-fires-drought-plague-california.html</a><br>
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[positive innovation - sooner deployment means less consequences]<br>
<b>New Iron-Air Battery outperforms best Lithium Ion tech. Cheap.
Abundant. Non-toxic & Carbon Free.</b><br>
Aug 1, 2021<br>
Just Have a Think<br>
Iron Air batteries use cheap, non toxic, abundant materials and
potentially have a far higher energy density than Lithium Ion
batteries. The technology was first developed by NASA in the
seventies, but no major commercial application has ever come to
fruition. Now though, a US company, backed by some pretty big
investors, has developed a grid scale iron air battery that could be
a real industry disruptor.<br>
Video Transcripts available at our website - - <a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.justhaveathink.com">http://www.justhaveathink.com</a><br>
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[Classic video book summary]<br>
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<b>Unstoppable Collapse: How to Avoid the Worst (Dowd 1-8-21)</b><br>
Jan 8, 2021<br>
thegreatstory<br>
The first draft of this video -- "Irreversible Collapse: Accepting
Reality, Avoiding Evil": <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://youtu.be/iQeK04WOGaA">https://youtu.be/iQeK04WOGaA</a>
-- garnered 8,000 views and 200 comments in one week, including
suggestions for improvement. So I revised it based on collective
intelligence. SUMMARY: The stability of the biosphere has been in
decline for centuries and in unstoppable, out of control mode for
decades. This “Great Acceleration” of biospheric collapse is an
easily verifiable fact. The scientific evidence is overwhelming.<br>
Evidence is also compelling that the vast majority of people will
deny this, especially those still benefitting from the existing
order and those who fear that “accepting reality” means “giving up.”<br>
The history of scores of previous boom and bust (progress / regress)
societies clearly reveals how and why industrial civilization is
dying. Accepting that Homo colossus’ condition is incurable and
terminal may be key to not making a bad situation catastrophically
worse.<br>
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APPLICATION — TO AVOID BECOMING EVIL on a geological timescale, we
must…<br>
1. Minimize deadliest toxicity (nuclear, methane, chemicals).<br>
2. Assist plants (especially trees) in migrating poleward.<br>
3. Invest time, energy, and resources in all things regenerative,
including thriving with LESS (less energy, stuff, stimulation),
learning from and supporting indigenous wisdom and experience, and
nurturing community eco-literacy and resilience.<br>
<br>
CORE MESSAGE: Without an understanding of ecology, energy, and
history, good people with the best of intentions will unknowingly
propose and support policies likely to make a bad situation
catastrophically worse. Or as an ecologist friend of mine likes to
say, “If you don’t 'get' overshoot, you’ll misinterpret or
misdiagnose virtually everything important.”<br>
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PERSONAL NOTE: I consider this video to be the single most important
thing I've created. Thanks to all who helped me improve it!<br>
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(4-MIN) 2014 HBO "THE NEWSROOM" CLIP: <a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://youtu.be/6CXRaTnKDXA">https://youtu.be/6CXRaTnKDXA</a><br>
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LONGER (8-MIN) VERSION: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/a45cdd0robp">https://www.dropbox.com/s/a45cdd0robp</a>...<br>
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0:00:00 Introduction and Thesis<br>
0:07:06 Sane vs. Insane "Progress"<br>
0:14:32 What is "Collapse"? The Great Acceleration of Gaian Collapse<br>
0:20:30 ABRUPT Climate Disruptions and Nuclear Imperative<br>
0:23:47 Progress, Overshoot, Collapse: The Lifecycle of
Civilizations<br>
0:36:34 3 Fundamental Points / 10 Certainties / Pro-future vs.
Anti-future Hopes<br>
00:52:30 It's Not Too Late - Taking Responsibility for Our Le<br>
01:00:14 Resources and Contact Information<br>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>BOOKS:<br>
Overshoot, by William R. Catton, Jr<br>
The Dream of the Earth, by Thomas Berry<br>
The Great Work, by Thomas Berry<br>
Forest Journey: The Story of Wood and Civilization, by John
Perlin<br>
GeoDestinies, by Walter Youngquist<br>
A New Green History of the World, by Clive Ponting<br>
The End of Ice, by Dahr Jamail<br>
A Farewell to Ice, by Peter Wadhams<br>
The Stable Society, by Edward Goldsmith<br>
The Way: An Ecological Worldview, by Edward Goldsmith<br>
What Is Sustainable, by Richard Adrian Reese<br>
Wild, Free, and Happy, by Richard Adrian Reese<br>
Red Alert, by Daniel Wildcat<br>
Tending the Wild, by M. Kat Anderson<br>
Columbus and Other Cannibals, by Jack Forbes<br>
Native Science, by Gregory Cajete<br>
Original Instructions, edited by Melissa Nelson<br>
The Myth of Progress, by Tom Wessels<br>
Our Ecological Footprint, by William E. Rees and Mathis
Wackernagel<br>
Bright Green Lies, by Derrick Jensen, Lierre Keith, and Max
Wilbert<br>
Immoderate Greatness, by William Ophuls<br>
Apologies to the Grandchildren, by William Ophuls<br>
We're Doomed. Now What? by Roy Scranton<br>
Learning to Die in the Anthropocene, by Roy Scranton<br>
The Journeys of Trees, by Zach St. George<br>
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[an interview]<br>
<b>Ana Raquel Nunes: ‘Extreme weather reveals the fragility of
people and places’</b><br>
Katherine Latham<br>
Ana Raquel Nunes: ‘Hospitals and healthcare facilities that are not
prepared to deal with extreme temperatures find it very hard to
treat heat-related illnesses.’ Photograph: Fabio De Paola/The
Observer<br>
The environmental social scientist and expert on the impact of
heatwaves on why we must prepare for dangerous heat<br>
<p>Sun 1 Aug 2021 <br>
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Ana Raquel Nunes is a senior research fellow at Warwick medical
school who studies the links between global heating and human
health. She has leant her expertise to the World Health
Organization, the intergovernmental panel on climate change, the
International Science Council and more. Her interest in extreme
weather was prompted by a family holiday in the Algarve during the
European heatwave of 2003, in which tens of thousands of people
died. This year has seen record temperatures, forest fires, melting
glaciers and crumbling infrastructure.<br>
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<b>We know that heatwaves are becoming more frequent, more intense
and more prolonged both in terms of temperature and humidity. What
can we expect?</b><br>
The heatwave of 2003 was really, really bad. I was young and
struggled to cope with the heat. I felt very hot, thirsty and tired.
My mother and grandma struggled even more. People were getting ill,
being hospitalised. The vulnerable were dying.<br>
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Nowadays, places that used to experience infrequent heatwaves, or no
heatwaves at all, are, due to climate change, seeing extreme
temperatures more and more – and that could increase rapidly.<br>
<br>
Humidity makes hot weather feel even hotter. Global occurrences of
high wet-bulb temperatures, the measure of heat and humidity
combined, are on the rise. What happens to our bodies when it’s
humid as well as hot?<br>
As temperatures rise, heat moves towards our skin and we sweat. It
is through sweat that we thermoregulate, or control our body
temperature. Too much heat is dangerous but when you combine heat
with humidity, cooling down is even more difficult as the sweat
can’t evaporate – so the effect is much worse.<br>
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When the body reaches 40C internally, heatstroke occurs, the
blood-brain barrier begins to break down and cells start dying. What
happens if we can’t find a way to cool down?<br>
As temperatures rise, heat moves towards our skin and we sweat. It
is through sweat that we thermoregulate, or control our body
temperature. When you combine heat with humidity, cooling down is
even more difficult as the sweat can’t evaporate – so the effect is
much worse.<br>
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After a very hot day, temperatures in the countryside will drop at
night. Urban heat islands, however, remain hot<br>
Hot weather makes the body work harder to remain at its normal
temperature of around 37C, putting extra strain on the heart, lungs
and kidneys. When you reach 38C, you’ll start feeling lethargic. If
the body reaches 40C, there is a risk of heat exhaustion. You’ll
start feeling confused and may lose consciousness.<br>
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At extreme temperatures, the quantity of blood being circulated
increases dramatically. The heart becomes exhausted and then blood
flow plummets. The main causes of death during a heatwave are
respiratory and cardiovascular.<br>
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<b>Can we adapt?</b><br>
Human adaptation to a changing climate has taken place over the ages
– by wearing clothes, using fire, inventing air conditioning and
sunscreen… and climate change is accelerating the need for
adaptation.<br>
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Siestas are an example of an adaptation strategy. They allow
individuals and businesses to pause during the hottest part of the
day, and extend activities to cooler hours. In countries that are
used to heat, people open windows early in the morning and late in
the evening for the house to cool down and they close windows and
shutters during the day. It’s about culture, about knowing what to
do.<br>
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But not everyone can afford air conditioning, not everyone has
someone to turn to when they need help…<br>
Yes, and there are physiological characteristics that people can’t
change, like age or chronic illness. You might know what to do to
stay safe but be unable to do it. Heatwaves are not felt equally.
Not because the human body cannot withstand the heat, but because
some individuals are less able to respond to it.<br>
In my research, I looked at the most vulnerable groups in society.
During a heatwave, some of these people became ill, some went to
hospital, some died. Yet some were not affected at all. I realised
it isn’t only the physiological characteristics of people that were
determining the effects. There was something else beyond individual
vulnerability.<br>
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<b>Which is?</b><br>
Instead of asking what individuals can do, we need to look at the
wider determinants of health. Things like education, housing
quality, income, working conditions, if someone works outdoors or
indoors, their neighbourhood and social networks. It’s what we call
the social model of health – it encompasses the social, economic and
environmental factors.<br>
<br>
The problems we are facing now and will see more of in the future –
climate change, health, hunger, poverty, inequality – are all
linked. We need to look at them not as separate goals but at the
connections between them. Achieving one goal may help or hinder the
attainment of another. We need a holistic approach. We must ensure
the measures we put in place are not in conflict.<br>
<b><br>
</b><b>We’ve heard of roads cracking and cables melting. What
happens when critical services such as energy, transport and
healthcare are not designed for heat?</b><br>
Hospitals and healthcare facilities that are not prepared to deal
with extreme temperatures find it very hard to treat heat-related
illnesses. How can you cool someone down if the environment is too
hot?<br>
<br>
Roads have been known to buckle when the materials they are made
from are not suited to hot temperatures. Here in the UK, roads are
made from materials designed to cope with cold, so when we see very
high temperatures they can’t cope and they break. It’s a similar
problem with transport, water, electricity… If the materials are not
suited to hot temperatures they will fail.<br>
<br>
<b>Is it more of a problem if you live in a city?</b><br>
Heatwaves can cause poor air quality. The air becomes stagnant and
traps pollutants, especially in what we call “urban heat islands”,
big towns and cities. After a very hot day, temperatures in the
countryside will drop at night so people and houses cool. Urban heat
islands, on the other hand, remain hot. When houses and individuals
are not able to cool down, the health impact is exacerbated.<br>
<br>
<b>Can anything be done to bring down the temperature of an urban
heat island?</b><br>
We need trees, green spaces, green roofs. In the UK, Trees for
Cities works with communities to plant trees in cities where they
are most needed.<br>
<br>
We can also increase the albedo effect, the proportion of light
reflected from surfaces. If you paint pavements, walls and roofs
white, the reflectivity of solar radiation is increased so they
don’t hold the heat. Urban albedo enhancement has been shown to
reduce air temperatures, improve air quality, and reduce illnesses
and deaths due to extreme heat. In Athens, for example, asphalt and
concrete pavements were made more reflective and researchers found
that surface temperatures were reduced by up to 11.5C. Now, a new
ultra-white paint has been developed in California that reflects 98%
of sunlight, making it the coolest paint yet.<br>
<br>
<b>The Met Office has just announced its first amber extreme heat
warning signalling unusually high temperatures – but we’re not
really at risk here in the UK, are we?</b><br>
Populations living in regions not previously affected by extreme
heat don’t see heatwaves as a risk, so they don’t feel they need to
take precautions. The danger is when someone doesn’t realise the
threat.<br>
<br>
Heatwaves are rare in Canada. People are not acclimatised to hot
temperatures. Their houses and infrastructure are not designed for
heat. Yet recently they have seen record temperatures.<br>
<br>
Extreme weather events reveal the fragility and vulnerability of
people and places. We need to prepare for the future – our energy
and transport networks, our institutions, the places we live and
work.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/aug/01/ana-raquel-nunes-extreme-weather-reveals-the-fragility-of-people-and-places">https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/aug/01/ana-raquel-nunes-extreme-weather-reveals-the-fragility-of-people-and-places</a><br>
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[Israel]<br>
<b>'Israel Isn't Prepared to Tackle Climate Change, There's No
Question About It,' Top Official Admits</b><br>
The Environmental Protection Ministry director-general says that 'to
avoid the hell expected for us,' Israel has to work on reducing
greenhouse gases<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-top-official-israel-isn-t-prepared-to-tackle-climate-change-no-question-about-it-1.10064147">https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-top-official-israel-isn-t-prepared-to-tackle-climate-change-no-question-about-it-1.10064147</a><br>
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[How Germany recovers from violent floodings]<br>
<b>Europe after the rain | DW Documentary</b><br>
Jul 30, 2021<br>
DW Documentary<br>
TV crews were quick to visit the areas in western Europe devastated
by flooding in July. As they talked to victims and helpers, the
shocking scale of the tragedy became clear to viewers. At least 170
people lost their lives.<br>
<br>
The deluge swept away entire communities in Germany. Now, residents
are gradually returning to their homes - or what is left of them.
After parts of Rhineland-Palatinate and North Rhine-Westphalia were
inundated, subsequent rainfall also left a trail of destruction in
Bavaria. Locals have been joined in the clear-up effort by experts
and personnel from the police, fire brigade and other emergency
services and even the German army - again called in to help out as
it has been with the coronavirus pandemic. Meanwhile, the
Nürburgring motor-racing circuit has been turned into a makeshift
aid center. The floods were the worst in living memory. Picturesque
villages have been reduced to mud and rubble. Many residents have
lost not just their homes and possessions but also friends and
family. The cleanup operation has only just begun and is likely to
take years to complete. This disaster of record proportions is one
that requires state intervention - and the nation as a whole to also
reflect on what mistakes have been made, and what preparations can
be taken to deal with future catastrophes of this nature.<br>
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[radical lectures ]<br>
<b>CO2Budget Day 1 - Kevin Anderson Keynote</b><br>
Jun 2, 2021<br>
Klimatriksdagen<br>
Kevin Anderson, professor in Climate and Energy transisitions at the
University of Manchester gives his keynote on CO2budgets and how the
language of net-zero goals downplays the scale of mitigation
efforts. <br>
Followed up by a Q&A at the end, moderated by Isabel Baudish,
Coordinator at Climate Change Leadership, Uppsala University.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzDWVjstN7s">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzDWVjstN7s</a><br>
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[The news archive - looking back]<br>
<font size="+1"><b>On this day in the history of global warming
August 2, 2006</b></font><br>
Republican televangelist Pat Robertson calls for action on
human-caused climate change, a position he would abandon several
years later.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2006/08/03/6719/robertson-global-warming/">http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2006/08/03/6719/robertson-global-warming/</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://youtu.be/zxT0Nug1XqY">http://youtu.be/zxT0Nug1XqY</a><br>
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