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<font size="+2"><i><b>September 28, 2022</b></i></font><br>
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<i>[ Time to make recipes to eat locusts? or feed them to our
chickens? I prefer eggs ] </i><br>
<b>Climate change could mean more intense locust outbreaks and
threaten food security</b><br>
by Arizona State University<br>
A new study by a research team from Arizona State University has
found that climate change will dramatically increase the intensity
of locust swarms, resulting in even more crops lost to insect pests
and threatening food security.<br>
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The study, recently published in Ecological Monographs, outlines the
results of considerable data gathered on the physiology of South
American locusts, and demonstrates that species distribution models
that consider physiology in addition to temperature may reshape what
we can expect to see as climate change continues.<br>
<br>
"One unique aspect of our study is that we combined many different
research approaches, including field observations, laboratory
experiments and computational modeling," said Jacob Youngblood, ...<br>
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While locusts can and will eat in a wide range of temperatures, the
optimal temperature for digestion is much more specific.<br>
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Youngblood and his associates homed in on this element as a decisive
criterion for a thriving locust population likely to result in
outbreak scenarios.<br>
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The team measured how thermal conditions affected the rates of
eating and digesting for field-captured locusts, and used this data
to model energy gain in both current and future climate scenarios.
Next, they established this new data as a predictive variable for a
new species distribution model that predicted the spread of locust
outbreaks across multiple scenarios.<br>
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Their predictions show that locusts will be able to assimilate far
more energy in future climates than current climates, between 8-17%
more energy per wet season than currently, proportional to how much
warmer it is.<br>
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Typically, the South American locusts only complete two generations
per growing season. This increased energy per wet season would cause
a shortening of generation times and fuel population growth, leading
to more swarms. Future, warmer climates allow populations to grow
and develop faster, supporting more years with three generations per
season, and outbreaks more likely.<br>
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Migratory populations of South American locusts are also expected to
expand their range away from the equator due to climate change.
Models that consider locust physiology actually predict a smaller
range of expansion than typical correlative models, but the
physiology-based models also predict an increase in population
growth rate, resulting in even greater crop damage....<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://phys.org/news/2022-09-climate-intense-locust-outbreaks-threaten.html">https://phys.org/news/2022-09-climate-intense-locust-outbreaks-threaten.html</a>
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<i>[ You can view it, just a brief shot of swarming one plant - 35
seconds ]</i><br>
<b>Climate change could mean more intense locust outbreaks and
threaten food security</b><br>
Sep 27, 2022... <br>
In this video: When in their gregarious phase, these South American
locusts can form swarms of millions, capable of migrating 90 miles
in a day and consuming as much food as 35,000 people. <br>
Video Credit: Jacob Youngblood<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDrMkuIsaCw">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDrMkuIsaCw</a><br>
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<i>[ the Guardian has consistently delivered climate news ] </i><br>
<b>Carbon bombs and Gulf Stream collapse: the most urgent climate
stories of our time</b><br>
The last 12 months have produced alarming incidents of extreme
weather across the globe, leading to serious ripple effects, from
energy shortages to severe food insecurity. Guardian journalists are
prioritising this foremost crisis of our times<br>
Guardian staff<br>
Tue 27 Sep 2022 03.00 EDT<br>
This year will be remembered as a watershed year for the escalating
climate crisis. Dozens of countries have been hit by extreme weather
so far in 2022. Millions have been driven from their homes by flood,
fire or drought, while food and energy shortages are becoming acute
in many regions.<br>
<br>
Increasingly, extreme weather events are being caused by climate
breakdown. The Guardian’s global team of environment reporters have
covered the events – and their impact – around the world, around the
clock. In the past year, we published almost 4,000 articles on the
climate crisis, read by more than 65 million people, not to mention
podcasts, live events and masterclasses.<br>
<br>
This is all part of our ongoing pledge to prioritise the climate
emergency, and give it the sustained attention and prominence it
needs. This journalism changes minds and policies and keeps the
foremost crisis of our times in the public eye.<br>
<br>
* * *<br>
-- - Here are some of the highlights...<br>
<b>The ‘carbon bombs’ set to trigger catastrophic climate breakdown</b><br>
A Guardian investigation discovered that there are scores of vast
oil and gas projects planned which, if fully developed, would each
unleash more than a billion tonnes of CO2 emissions. As a result,
the phrase “carbon bomb” has now passed into common parlance, and a
coalition of environmental lawyers, investigative journalists and
campaigners has now launched to challenge the carbon bomb projects.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2022/may/11/fossil-fuel-carbon-bombs-climate-breakdown-oil-gas">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2022/may/11/fossil-fuel-carbon-bombs-climate-breakdown-oil-gas</a><br>
“It ranks as one of the landmark climate investigations in years,”
said Mark Hertsgaard, executive director of Covering Climate Now, a
network of more than 500 news outlets...<br>
- - <br>
<b>The climate disaster is here – this is what the future looks
like.</b><br>
“The story was raised repeatedly by delegates at Cop26 as a full,
clear illustration of what was at stake as the world continues to
heat up,” said Oliver Milman, one of the journalists behind the
work...<br>
<b><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2021/oct/14/climate-change-happening-now-stats-graphs-maps-cop26">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2021/oct/14/climate-change-happening-now-stats-graphs-maps-cop26</a></b><br>
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* * *<br>
<b>Phoenix is becoming unbearable in the summer. What can be done?</b><br>
Reporter Nina Lakhani spent five weeks in America’s hottest city,
Phoenix, investigating just how unliveable it’s becoming and what
might be done to mitigate scorching temperatures...<br>
<b><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jan/27/phoenix-arizona-hottest-city-cooling-technologies">https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jan/27/phoenix-arizona-hottest-city-cooling-technologies</a></b><br>
Nina said: “The massive interest in this story led to me spending
several weeks in Phoenix over the summer to report on the impact of
the city’s deadly extreme heat on residents, workers and services –
bringing the Guardian’s resources and outsider’s perspective to an
unfolding climate disaster disproportionately impacting the city’s
most vulnerable people, as well as the efforts to tackle it.”<br>
<br>
* * *<br>
<b>Is this our last chance to act on the climate crisis?</b><br>
An epic from environment correspondent Fiona Harvey, who is
something of an expert on last chances. Pieces like this concentrate
the minds of negotiators at vital global summits. Fiona won the
outstanding beat reporting award for coverage of Cop26 at the
International Society of Environmental Journalists annual awards.
“The Guardian’s Fiona Harvey managed to cover Cop26 like no one else
in the media,” the judges said, adding that her work “is testament
to the importance of having dedicated reporters covering the
environmental beat”.<br>
<b><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/oct/30/is-this-our-last-chance-to-act-on-the-climate-crisis">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/oct/30/is-this-our-last-chance-to-act-on-the-climate-crisis</a></b><br>
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* * *<br>
<b>Capitalism is killing the planet</b><br>
Instead of fiddling with the small stuff like ditching our plastic
coffee cups, we must challenge the pursuit of wealth and level down,
not up, George Monbiot argued in an explosive comment piece. Monbiot
has been writing passionately about neglected environmental issues
for almost 40 years. In July, he was awarded the Orwell Prize for
Journalism 2022.<br>
<b><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/oct/30/capitalism-is-killing-the-planet-its-time-to-stop-buying-into-our-own-destruction">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/oct/30/capitalism-is-killing-the-planet-its-time-to-stop-buying-into-our-own-destruction</a></b><br>
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* * *<br>
<b>Scientists spot warning signs of Gulf Stream collapse</b><br>
A startling piece foregrounding new research, which warned that the
Atlantic ocean system, so vital for weather patterns in Europe, the
Americas, West Africa and even India, was becoming unstable, with
currents weakening. A total shutdown would be devastating.<br>
<br>
This was one of our most-read environment pieces ever, demonstrating
reader interest in the risks of tipping points and their importance.<br>
<b><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/aug/05/climate-crisis-scientists-spot-warning-signs-of-gulf-stream-collapse">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/aug/05/climate-crisis-scientists-spot-warning-signs-of-gulf-stream-collapse</a></b><br>
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* * *<br>
<b>Revealed: how climate breakdown is supercharging toll of extreme
weather</b><br>
A comprehensive analysis by environment editor Damian Carrington
showed that human-caused global heating is driving more frequent and
deadly disasters across the planet. By combining scientific
attribution studies with the voices of people on the frontline, he
made relatable how fast the world’s climate is already changing and
the devastating impact it is having on lives and livelihoods.<br>
<br>
Scientists praised the exercise as a clear and comprehensive
assessment of the damage the climate crisis is already causing.<br>
<b><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/aug/04/climate-breakdown-supercharging-extreme-weather">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/aug/04/climate-breakdown-supercharging-extreme-weather</a></b><br>
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* * *<br>
<b>Pakistan: ground zero of the climate crisis</b><br>
Pakistan’s floods were so devastating that some have taken to
calling the country the ground zero of the climate emergency. Shah
Meer Baloch and Matthew Taylor combined reportage, analysis, the
stories of those affected and the science behind it all to produce
one of the definitive pieces of the past 12 months.<br>
<b><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/17/drought-floods-pakistan-devastation-climate-crisis">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/17/drought-floods-pakistan-devastation-climate-crisis</a></b><br>
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* * *<br>
<b>Exposing attacks on the net zero agenda</b><br>
Our environment reporters Helena Horton and Matthew Taylor used
their extensive contacts and rigorous reporting to get to the bottom
of how the climate-sceptic Net Zero Scrutiny Group of Conservative
politicians was set up in the UK, and who was behind it.<br>
<br>
Similarly, in Australia, an exclusive from Graham Readfearn revealed
the Morrison government was attempting to block a UN recommendation
that countries should try to keep global heating to 1.5C<br>
<b><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/feb/08/its-all-a-bit-cynical-the-politicians-behind-the-tory-attack-on-net-zero-agenda">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/feb/08/its-all-a-bit-cynical-the-politicians-behind-the-tory-attack-on-net-zero-agenda</a></b><br>
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* * *<br>
<b>Australia faces up to its role in the climate disaster</b><br>
A six-part podcast series scrutinised Australia’s role in the
climate crisis over more than two decades. Featuring exclusive
interviews with former prime ministers, high-ranking politicians and
climate experts, the series attracted more than 240,000 downloads.
Guardian Australia also won best podcast series at the Covering
Climate Now Journalism Awards for its podcast series An Impossible
Choice.<br>
<b><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/11/australia-lobbied-unesco-to-remove-reference-to-15c-global-warming-limit-to-protect-heritage-sites">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/11/australia-lobbied-unesco-to-remove-reference-to-15c-global-warming-limit-to-protect-heritage-sites</a></b><br>
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<b><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://amp.theguardian.com/environment/2022/sep/27/guardian-climate-journalism-impact-carbon-bombs-gulf-stream">https://amp.theguardian.com/environment/2022/sep/27/guardian-climate-journalism-impact-carbon-bombs-gulf-stream</a>
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<i>[ This is a very difficult view, useful, inevitable -- 60 min
video ]</i><br>
<b>Main Drivers of Collapse, Ecocide, and Likely NTHE - Dowd</b><br>
3,882 views Sep 19, 2022 This 56-minute video by Michael Dowd
elaborates on what a large body of historical and ecological
evidence suggests are the four main drivers (and causes) of
collapse, ecocide, and likely Near-Term Human Extinction: (1)
Civilization itself, (2) Science and Technology, (3) Progress and
Development, and (4) Growth Economics. Dowd also shows how
anthropocentrism (human-centeredness) is the worldview context out
of which these self-destructive and ecocidal drivers emerge. This
understanding is vital because most proposed "solutions" or "fixes"
to abrupt climate mayhem (global weirding) just exacerbate
ecological overshoot, which is our real, intractable predicament.
They also nearly all rely on the very things driving collapse and
ecocide in the first place.<br>
About Michael Dowd: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://postdoom.com/about/">https://postdoom.com/about/</a><br>
Post-doom, no gloom resources: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://postdoom.com/resources/">https://postdoom.com/resources/</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uU0DC6qcp18&t=1804s">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uU0DC6qcp18&t=1804s</a><br>
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<i>[ Poetry of Predicament - video interview 1 hour ]</i><br>
<b>A fresh vision of Mental Health Support for Climate and Justice
Activists. Gina Bates.</b><br>
Sep 27, 2022 The odds of making a living wage offering mental
health and resilience resources to the global Activist Community -
are very slim indeed.<br>
<br>
The marketplace, and the global public at-large are at least
apathetic, if not downright aggressive toward climate and justice
activists.<br>
<br>
How does an enthusiastic young person enter this aggressive space
and find a remotely sustaining career track? How does this person
keep their heart open and their stamina up - while facing the waves
of apathy and aggression?<br>
<br>
Let's do a deep-dive into each of these topics with our guest today,
Gina Bates.<br>
<br>
We cover a lot of familiar territory in this conversation. These
are the topics at the center of the body of work here in Living
Resilience.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8L9sun2rkM">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8L9sun2rkM</a><br>
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<i>[ The news archive - looking back]</i><br>
<font size="+2"><i><b>September 28, 2007</b></i></font> <br>
September 28, 2007: President George W. Bush speaks at a
"conference" on climate change in Washington. The speech and the
"conference" are widely viewed as political efforts to obscure the
Bush administration's overall lack of interest in taking serious
steps to reduce carbon pollution. <br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/28/world/americas/28iht-28climatesub.7674315.html">http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/28/world/americas/28iht-28climatesub.7674315.html</a><br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2007/09/28/201917/bush-climate-speech-follows-luntz-playbook-technology-technology-technology-blah-blah-blah/">http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2007/09/28/201917/bush-climate-speech-follows-luntz-playbook-technology-technology-technology-blah-blah-blah/</a><br>
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