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<p><font size="+2"><i><b>November 27, 2021</b></i></font><i><br>
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<i>[ very recent science from top cryptologist Jason Box - 5 min
video ]</i><b>record high ice discharge returns to Greenland’s
largest glacier</b><br>
Oct 17, 2021<br>
Jason Box<br>
while more detail to the recent acceleration of this glacier is
forthcoming, we do see a pattern of glacier acceleration as the
climate warms. The glacier front retreat is probably more influenced
by what’s happening in the fjord waters, i.e., a warm incusion of
water can be the culprit. Nevertheless, surface melting leads to 3x
higher changes in all-Greenland mass balance than the changes we see
from tidewater glaciers.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tQSqbENMK8&t=5s">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tQSqbENMK8&t=5s</a><br>
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<i>[ already popular battery storage - 12 min video ]</i><br>
<b>This Is Not a Crane, It's an Insane New Gravity Battery</b><br>
Nov 26, 2021<br>
Anton Petrov<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCawtiU4o1o">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCawtiU4o1o</a><br>
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<i>[ Disinformation warning--- my favorite vlogger -- video 10 min ]</i><br>
<b>Study: How Conservative Think Tanks are Destroying the Planet</b><br>
Nov 26, 2021<br>
Rebecca Watson<br>
Links + transcript available at <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/">https://www.patreon.com/posts/</a><br>
ABOUT: Rebecca Watson is the founder of the Skepchick Network, a
collection of sites focused on science and critical thinking. She
has written for outlets such as Slate, Popular Science, and the
Committee for Skeptical Inquiry. She's also the host of Quiz-o-tron,
a rowdy, live quiz show that pits scientists against comedians.
Asteroid 153289 Rebeccawatson is named after her (her real name
being 153289).<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cy2tOJQf25g">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cy2tOJQf25g</a><br>
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<i>[ language battleground report - acknowledging without
respecting ] </i><br>
<b>Don’t call it climate change. Red states prepare for ‘extreme
weather’</b><br>
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis wants half a billion dollars to protect
his state from the ravages of “extreme weather events.” Texas Gov.
Greg Abbott devoted $1.6 billion toward preparing communities for
increasingly devastating hurricanes.<br>
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But they still won’t say if they believe in climate change.<br>
Even if conservative politicians can’t stomach the words, they're
spending money to combat the fallout hammering their states and
cities. Bracing for global warming is the rare climate issue that
appeals to both Republicans and Democrats, and 34 states have done
some sort of climate-adaptation planning, according to Georgetown
University's state policy tracker.<br>
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DeSantis, a Republican aligned with former President Donald Trump,
this week proposed a $500 million infusion of state funding to help
local governments plan for sea-level rise and increased flood risk.<br>
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His "Resilient Florida" program has proven popular with local
politicians of all stripes. Palm Beach County is using the money for
a climate vulnerability assessment. Jacksonville, where the city
council is more than two-thirds Republican, is seeking support for
four projects, including $25 million for a new stormwater pumping
station "to counter the effect of flooding and sea level rise."...<br>
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Democrats in deep-blue states often make explicit the connection to
climate change. Gov. Gavin Newsom chose Sequoia National Park, where
wildfires still raged, as the backdrop to sign a budget bill
dedicating $3.7 billion to climate resiliency. "We're burning up as
a state. ... We're the tip of the spear in terms of the consequences
of our neglect to decarbonize," he said last week...<br>
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But conservative Republicans still refuse to explicitly connect
global warming with what’s happening at home. Abbott consulted with
a climate change-denying meteorologist ahead of the February
snowstorms that forced rolling blackouts for some 5 million
residents.<br>
<br>
DeSantis dodged questions about humanity's contribution to climate
change in 2019 while unveiling an executive order that established a
resiliency office to address climate impacts. "To me, I'm not as
concerned about what is the sole cause," he said. "If you have water
in the streets, you have to find a way to combat that."<br>
<br>
DeSantis did not mention global warming this week when he said his
proposed funding would "make us more able to handle some extreme
weather events."<br>
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Yet one of his appointees — Shawn Hamilton, secretary of the state
Department of Environmental Protection — couldn’t help but note the
money would help communities deal with the "impacts of climate
change."<br>
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The political conversation in some Florida circles has evolved “to a
point where we talk about sea level rise and then even climate
change,” said Jim Murley, chief resilience officer for Miami-Dade
County. “There was a period where they did not, but they have sort
of grown out of that."...<br>
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But it's hard to measure whether dollars spent to fortify
communities against the effects of global warming are well spent, as
success is often defined by avoided losses and damages. A
FEMA-funded study estimates adaptation measures generally save
between $4 and $11 per dollar spent, with the best bang for the buck
going to upgraded building codes and the lowest going to shoring up
existing buildings and infrastructure. But assessing the
effectiveness of specific projects is trickier.<br>
<br>
"It is difficult to measure something that isn’t there," said
Kathryn Conlon, co-director of the Climate Adaptation Research
Center at the University of California, Davis...<br>
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The growing costs of natural disasters, however, are unmistakable.
Extreme weather events over the past 5 years have cost the U.S. at
least $690 billion, according to the National Oceanic Atmospheric
Administration, more than double the previous 5 years. That's due
partly to population growth in vulnerable areas and more assets
being put at risk, and partly to the increased frequency of extreme
weather...<br>
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"It might mean that somebody is not going to be able to live where
they currently live," said Mathew Sanders, manager of the Pew
Charitable Trust's program for flood-prepared communities.<br>
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In California, "having an extreme drought and extreme wildfires and
breaking heat records all at the same time is really forcing the
issue," said Rachel Ehlers, a fiscal and policy analyst with
California's Legislative Analyst's Office, who noted at least 10
bills in this year's legislative session dealing with sea-level
rise.<br>
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But the state’s latest draft adaptation strategy needs clearer
goals, she said. "Until then, it's just random acts of restoration,
really, and we don't have a sense of where we want to go and how
successful we'll be in getting there."<br>
<br>
Carlucci, the Jacksonville Republican, says he also wants the city
to reduce its carbon footprint — and that he tries to convert
climate-change skeptics by referring them to the "parts of the Bible
that talk about what happens in the last days."<br>
<br>
"If you don't think it's manmade, then go to the book of Revelation
and take a read. It'll tell you about climate change in the last
days," he said he tells them. "That pretty much closes the
discussion, so we can move on and talk about what really matters.
And that's making Jacksonville a more resilient city."<br>
<br>
This story was reported and written by POLITICO reporters Debra
Kahn, Bruce Ritchie and Ry Rivard and E&E News reporter Mike
Lee.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.politico.com/states/california/story/2021/11/23/adapting-to-climate-is-a-winning-issue-for-politicians-even-in-red-states-1394620">https://www.politico.com/states/california/story/2021/11/23/adapting-to-climate-is-a-winning-issue-for-politicians-even-in-red-states-1394620</a><br>
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<i>[ Book discussion, pre-COP scientific pontifications.-- </i><i>Australian
</i><i>Steve E. Koonin, -- theoretical physicist and policymaker on
the future of energy and the politics of climate change. John
Anderson interviewer ] </i><br>
<b>The Politics of Climate Change | Steve E. Koonin</b><br>
Oct 21, 2021<br>
John Anderson<br>
As world leaders, including PM Scott Morrison, prepare to attend the
2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, there is
mounting pressure for governments to apply a net zero energy policy
by 2050.<br>
<br>
In this interview, John talks with Steve E. Koonin, a theoretical
physicist and policymaker, about the future of energy and the
politics of climate change. Steve reflects on how the politicisation
of climate science has led to a lack of transparency regarding
climate statistics.<br>
<br>
From 2009 to 2011, Steve served as the Under Secretary for Science,
Department of Energy in the Obama Administration. Steve now works as
director of the Center for Urban Science and Progress at New York
University and as a professor in the Department of Civil and Urban
Engineering at New York University’s Tandon School of Engineering.<br>
<br>
Steve is also the author of two books. His recently published book,
Unsettled: What Climate Science Tells Us, What It Doesn’t, and Why
It Matters, was a Wall Street Journal Bestseller.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_g3DuNnDT8">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_g3DuNnDT8</a>
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<i>[ distribute the blame, ]</i><br>
<i> </i><b>Who Has The Most Historical Responsibility for Climate
Change?</b><br>
By Nadja Popovich and Brad PlumerNov. 12, 2021<br>
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One of the biggest fights at the United Nations climate summit in
Glasgow is whether — and how — the world’s wealthiest nations, which
are disproportionately responsible for global warming to date,
should compensate poorer nations for the damages caused by rising
temperatures...<br>
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Wealthy countries have historically resisted calls for a specific
funding mechanism for loss and damage, fearing that it could open
the door to a flood of liability claims. Only the government of
Scotland has been willing to offer specific dollar amounts, pledging
$2.7 million this week for victims of climate disasters.<br>
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At the same time, some of the world’s biggest developing economies
are beginning to catch up on emissions. China, home to 18 percent of
the world’s population, is responsible for nearly 14 percent of all
the planet-warming greenhouse gases released from fossil fuels and
industry since 1850. But today it is the world’s largest emitter by
far, accounting for roughly 31 percent of humanity’s carbon dioxide
from energy and industry this year...<br>
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China has endorsed vulnerable nations’ call for loss and damage
financing at the climate summit in Glasgow, but so far China has not
been pressured to contribute to such a fund. (So far, finance
discussions at global climate talks have focused on the
responsibility of developed countries, which the U.N. calls “Annex
II” nations.)<br>
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Historical responsibility isn’t the only way to look at issues of
justice and fairness. Another key metric is emissions per person.
So, for instance, India as a whole produced about 7 percent of the
world’s carbon dioxide emissions this year, roughly the same as the
European Union and about half of the United States. But India has
far more people than both regions combined, and is much poorer, with
hundreds of millions of people lacking reliable access to
electricity. As a result, its emissions per person are far lower
today...<br>
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At the climate summit, the United States and the European Union have
argued that the world will never be able to minimize the damage from
global warming unless swiftly industrializing nations like India do
more to slash their emissions. But India, which recently announced a
pledge to reach “net zero” emissions by 2070, says it needs much
more financial help to shift from coal to cleaner energy, citing
both its lower per capita emissions and smaller share of historical
emissions.<br>
<br>
How these disputes over money get resolved is a major step in
determining whether negotiators from nearly 200 countries can strike
a new global deal in Glasgow to limit the risks of future global
warming.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/11/12/climate/cop26-emissions-compensation.html">https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/11/12/climate/cop26-emissions-compensation.html</a><br>
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<i>[ advanced climate modeling 53 min video ]</i><br>
<b>Climate change 4 - impact projection</b><br>
Nov 9, 2020<br>
HortiBonn<br>
This video was produced for the module ‘<b>Tree phenology analysis
with R’, which is offered to MSc students in agricultural programs
at the University of Bonn in Germany. </b>The materials are also
accessible to anyone not taking this class. The module revolves
around functions of the ‘chillR’ package for R, with the ambition
that students of this course will be able to conduct analyses of
climate change impacts on deciduous trees during their dormancy
season.<br>
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This specific video is one of four contributions on climate change.
This is video 4, which presents modeling approaches we can use to
derive the responses of agricultural (and other) systems to
projected future climates.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Q8HF4E7rkM">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Q8HF4E7rkM</a><br>
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<i>[ Super engineered, innovative pipeline built under the North Sea
- demonstrates extreme carbon fuel investment ]</i><br>
<b>How They Built [2008] The World's Longest Underwater Pipeline |
Megastructures | Spark</b><br>
Jun 12, 2021<br>
Spark<br>
By two thousand and eight, Norway will be connected to the United
Kingdom via a 1200 km super pipeline—the longest subsea pipeline in
the world. But this connection is only a part of an enormous plan
to tap into Norway’s second largest gas deposit, capable of
providing 20% of the UK’s gas needs for decades to come. Located 3
km below the ocean’s surface, and 120 km offshore, the deposit is
beyond the reach of humans and all of the construction has to be
completed by robots working against strong underwater currents,
sub-zero temperatures and extreme wind and wave conditions. When
tapped, the gas will be transported to one of the largest automated
gas processing plants to prepare it for shipment to the U.K. Each
phase will put ingenuity and engineering to the ultimate test.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-LbbNP58nk">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-LbbNP58nk</a><br>
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<i>[The news archive - looking back at Obama]</i><br>
<font size="+1"><b>On this day in the history of global warming
November 27, 2014</b></font><br>
November 27, 2014:<br>
The New York Times reports:<br>
<blockquote>"President Obama could leave office with the most
aggressive, far-reaching environmental legacy of any occupant of
the White House. Yet it is very possible that not a single major
environmental law will have passed during his two terms in
Washington.<br>
<br>
"Instead, Mr. Obama has turned to the vast reach of the Clean Air
Act of 1970, which some legal experts call the most powerful
environmental law in the world. Faced with a Congress that has
shut down his attempts to push through an environmental agenda,
Mr. Obama is using the authority of the act passed at the birth of
the environmental movement to issue a series of landmark
regulations on air pollution, from soot to smog, to mercury and
planet-warming carbon dioxide."<br>
</blockquote>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/27/us/without-passing-a-single-law-obama-crafts-bold-enviornmental-policy.html?hpw&rref=politics&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=well-region®ion=bottom-well&WT.nav=bottom-well">http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/27/us/without-passing-a-single-law-obama-crafts-bold-enviornmental-policy.html?hpw&rref=politics&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=well-region®ion=bottom-well&WT.nav=bottom-well</a><br>
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