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<font size="+2"><font face="Calibri"><i><b>June</b></i></font></font><font
size="+2" face="Calibri"><i><b> 2, 2023</b></i></font><font
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<font face="Calibri"><i>[ David Wallace-Wells Opinion in the
NYTimes ] </i><br>
</font> <font face="Calibri"><b>The Ocean Is Looking More Menacing</b><br>
June 1, 2023</font><br>
<font face="Calibri">David Wallace-Wells<br>
</font><font face="Calibri">There are a lot of unsettling signals
coming from the world’s oceans right now.<br>
<br>
Even for those of us who watch things like temperature anomalies
and extreme weather events as likely portents of the climate to
come, the off-the-charts rise of global sea surface temperature
this spring has been eye-popping. As is much of the language
recently used to describe it: “record breaking,” “huge,”
“alarming,” “unprecedented,” “uncharted,” “an extreme event at a
global scale.” Perhaps most simply: “trouble.”<br>
<br>
In mid-March, measures of global sea-surface temperature plotted
against recent years took a sharp turn away from the pack. By
April 1, it had hit a record high. Then, in line with historical
seasonal patterns, it began to slightly decline — only to reverse
course in the middle of the month, heating up to about three
quarters of a degree above the 1982-2011 mean. That represented
what Robert Rohde, the lead scientist of the Berkeley Earth
institute, identified as the largest global ocean temperature
anomaly on record.<br>
<br>
Three-quarters of a degree might not sound like much, and the size
of the anomaly has since shrunk, to a temperature level only about
one-quarter degree above the previous record. But scientists talk
about global temperature rise using very small numbers — sometimes
describing the difference between 1 degree Celsius of warming and
2 as an almost civilization-scale chasm — and often find
themselves gobsmacked when local surface temperature records are
broken by even one full degree. Because the oceans are so large,
it takes a lot more to heat them — which makes any extremes even
harder to produce, and therefore more startling.<br>
<br>
The recent temperature spikes are partly explained by the apparent
shift from a “La Niña” cycle in the Pacific, which suppresses
global temperatures, to an “El Niño” cycle, which elevates them.
But this April, huge areas of the world’s oceans were two degrees
above the 1971-2000 average. In places off the Pacific coast of
South America it was as much as five degrees higher. Sea-surface
temperatures off the Atlantic coast of North America were almost
14 degrees above the 1981-2011 average.<br>
<br>
What do you call the arrival of events that have been predicted
but, when predicted, were described as distressing or even
terrifying? The question now governs an awful lot of our
experience of the warming world, which confronts us routinely with
events we may have known to expect but for which nevertheless we
find ourselves often woefully underprepared — politically,
socially, emotionally, and with inadequate built and human
infrastructure.<br>
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<font face="Calibri">And then there are the genuine surprises, since
even in a world of loudly broadcast climate science, regular U.N.
warnings, and even naked alarmism, there are still, pretty
frequently, truly unexpected extremes. The 2021 heat wave in the
Pacific Northwest and Canada, for instance, was judged at the time
to be a once-in-a-millennium event, yet it was followed less than
two years later by a heat event in May that was nearly as extreme.
Another may be arriving this week to the east.<br>
<br>
But some news from ocean science may prove more surprising still —
perhaps genuinely paradigm-shifting. In a paper published in
March, researchers suggested that under a high-emissions scenario,
rapid melting of Antarctic ice could slow deepwater formation in
the Southern Ocean by more than 40 percent by 2050, disrupting the
“conveyor belt” that regulates and stabilizes not just the
temperature of the oceans but much of the world’s weather systems.
And after 2050? This key part of the circulation of the Southern
Ocean “looks headed towards collapse this century,” study
coordinator Matthew England told Yale Environment 360. “And once
collapsed, it would most likely stay collapsed until Antarctic
melting stopped. At current projections that could be centuries
away.”<br>
<br>
Then, last week, some of the same researchers confirmed that the
process was already unfolding — in fact, that the Southern Ocean
overturning circulation had already slowed by as much as 30
percent since the 1990s. “The model projections of rapid change in
the deep ocean circulation in response to melting of Antarctic ice
might, if anything, have been conservative,” said Steve Rintoul, a
co-author on the new paper and one of the researchers who’d
published the previous paper back in March. “Changes have already
happened in the ocean that were not projected to happen until a
few decades from now.”<br>
<br>
The oceans have lately produced a number of other curiosities to
chew over, as well: record low levels of Antarctic sea ice, with
the “mind boggling fast reduction” scientists have called
“gobsmacking” also potentially signaling a “regime shift” in the
oceans; some perplexing trends in the El Niño-La Niña cycle,
suggesting that warming may be making La Niñas more frequent and
thereby scrambling some expectations for future extreme weather;
and questions about the role large icebergs may be playing in the
warming patterns of the world’s water.<br>
</font><br>
<font face="Calibri">Some of this research (on the circulation
patterns of the Southern Ocean) is relatively novel. Some of it
(about El Niño patterns and icebergs) is considerably more
tentative or speculative. And the findings haven’t yet been
stitched into a comprehensive picture of the changing dynamics of
the world’s oceans, which means we don’t yet know exactly how
precisely to revise our understanding of the near future as a
result. But taken altogether, they do suggest that those ocean
dynamics are changing — possibly pretty quickly. Reflecting on the
anomalies and what’s to come, later this year, Jennifer Francis of
the Woodwell Climate Research Center recently advised, “Expect
chaos.”<br>
<br>
On some level, this shouldn’t surprise us. Just under 90 percent
of the additional heat caused by global warming goes into the
ocean, according to one recent tabulation, which also found that
the planet accumulated nearly as much additional heat in the past
15 years as it had over the previous 45. (Perhaps this should not
be too surprising, given that almost third of all emissions ever
produced from the burning of fossil fuels in the history of
humanity were expelled into the atmosphere in those 15 years.)<br>
<br>
It’s for this reason that the ocean is often described as a kind
of release valve for warming — or sometimes a temperature sink —
sparing our lands of some considerable additional heat. But what
this means for oceans is that they are dealing with about 15 times
as much impact and disruption from heat as those of us walking the
earth and breathing air. And that, probably, we should be spending
a lot more time looking there, in the world’s water, for the
clearest signs of planetary distress.<br>
<br>
“Although man’s record as a steward of the natural resources of
the earth has been a discouraging one, there has long been a
certain comfort in the belief that the sea, at least, was
inviolate, beyond man’s ability to change and to despoil,” Rachel
Carson wrote in a preface to “The Sea Around Us,” which won her a
National Book Award and spent 86 weeks on the New York Times
best-seller list, well before the publication of “Silent Spring.”
“This belief, unfortunately, has proved to be naïve.”<br>
</font><font face="Calibri"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/01/opinion/the-ocean-is-looking-more-menacing.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/01/opinion/the-ocean-is-looking-more-menacing.html</a><br>
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<font face="Calibri"><i>[ From Australia - verified ]</i><br>
</font><font face="Calibri"><b>Why are massive ocean currents
slowing down?</b><br>
Australian Academy of Science<br>
</font><br>
<font face="Calibri">Mar 29, 2023 #nature #oceans #climatechange<br>
A new study makes a dire prediction about the effects of Antarctic
meltwater on the deep ocean currents and the resulting impact on
marine ecosystems.<br>
<br>
Scientia Professor and Academy Fellow Professor Matthew England of
UNSW Sydney, and Dr Adele Morrison, DECRA Research Fellow at the
ANU, explain the results of their landmark paper, published today
in Nature: Is the Southern Ocean about to have its own 'Day After
Tomorrow' moment?<br>
<br>
Our video, fact-checked by our expert Fellows, explains how these
changes would profoundly alter the ocean's overturning of heat,
freshwater, oxygen, carbon and nutrients, with impacts felt
throughout the global ocean for centuries to come. <br>
#oceancurrentsexplained #deepoceancurrents #oceancurrents
#meltwater #waterdensity #oceanography #oceans #nature #science
#climate #climatechange<br>
</font><font face="Calibri"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KlpKq3YEdM">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KlpKq3YEdM</a></font>
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<i><font face="Calibri">[ OK fast talking weatherman ]</font></i><br>
<font face="Calibri"><b>This Hurricane Season Will Be Very
Different…</b></font><br>
<font face="Calibri">Ryan Hall, Y'all</font><br>
<font face="Calibri">May 30, 2023 #weatherchannel #ryanhall
#ryanhallyall</font><br>
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<font face="Calibri">In this video we are talking about how El Nino,
abnormally warm Atlantic SST’s, and an active African Monsoon will
impact our upcoming hurricane season. </font><br>
<font face="Calibri">#weatherchannel #ryanhall #ryanhallyall</font><br>
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<font face="Calibri">El Nino’s Impact On Hurricane Season: 0:00</font><br>
<font face="Calibri">Conflicting Signals For Hurricane Season: 1:36</font><br>
<font face="Calibri">Official Hurricane Season Forecast: 5:33</font><br>
<font face="Calibri">Prepare For The Worst: 6:50</font><br>
<font face="Calibri"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHAukgyPWBk">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHAukgyPWBk</a></font>
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<font face="Calibri"><i>[ Thinking twice before buying anything
online ]</i><br>
</font><font face="Calibri"><b>Corporate Amazon workers protest
company’s climate impact and return-to-office mandate in walkout</b></font><br>
<font face="Calibri">By ED KOMENDA</font><br>
<font face="Calibri">SEATTLE (AP) — Telling executives to “strive
harder,” hundreds of corporate Amazon workers protested what they
decried as the company’s lack of progress on climate goals and an
inequitable return-to-office mandate during a lunchtime
demonstration at its Seattle headquarters Wednesday.</font><br>
<br>
<font face="Calibri">The protest came a week after Amazon’s annual
shareholder meeting and a month after a policy took effect
returning workers to the office three days per week. Previously,
team leaders were allowed to determine how their charges worked.</font><br>
<br>
<font face="Calibri">The employees chanted their disappointment with
the pace of the company’s efforts to reduce its carbon footprint —
“Emissions climbing, time to act” — and urged Amazon to return
authority to team leaders when it comes to work location.</font><br>
<br>
<font face="Calibri">Wearing a black pirate hat and red coat, Church
Hindley, a quality assurance engineer, said working from home
allowed him to live a better, healthier life.</font><br>
<br>
<font face="Calibri">“I’m out here because I refuse to just sit idly
by while mandates are dictated from above down that don’t make
sense and hurt the planet, hurt families and individual lives,”
Hindley said. “And just to get us into a seat at the office for
their tax incentives.”</font><br>
<br>
<font face="Calibri">In a statement, Amazon said it supported
workers expressing opinions.</font><br>
<br>
<font face="Calibri">As of Wednesday morning, organizers estimated
more than 1,900 employees pledged to walk out around the world,
with about 900 in Seattle. Many participated remotely, but
hundreds gathered at the Amazon Spheres — a four-story structure
in downtown Seattle that from the outside looks like three
connected glass orbs.</font><br>
<font face="Calibri"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://apnews.com/article/amazon-seattle-walkout-ebfade076bd529e39b83e2c9edcea9ae">https://apnews.com/article/amazon-seattle-walkout-ebfade076bd529e39b83e2c9edcea9ae</a></font>
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<i>[ cement mixers need water too ]</i><br>
<b>Arizona Limits Construction Around Phoenix as Its Water Supply
Dwindles</b><br>
In what could be a glimpse of the future as climate change batters
the West, officials ruled there’s not enough groundwater for
projects already approved.<br>
By Christopher Flavelle and Jack Healy<br>
Christopher Flavelle reported from Washington and Jack Healy from
Phoenix.<br>
June 1, 2023<br>
Arizona has determined that there is not enough groundwater for all
of the housing construction that has already been approved in the
Phoenix area, and will stop developers from building some new
subdivisions, a sign of looming trouble in the West and other places
where overuse, drought and climate change are straining water
supplies.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/01/climate/arizona-phoenix-permits-housing-water.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/01/climate/arizona-phoenix-permits-housing-water.html</a><br>
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<i>[ Az Governor speaks YouTube video ]</i><br>
<b>Governor Katie Hobbs of Arizona Announces Groundwater
Restrictions - June 1, 2023</b><br>
greenmanbucket<br>
June 1, 2023<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sai7gr4E118">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sai7gr4E118</a><br>
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<font face="Calibri"><i>[ Nova Scotia is on fire ]</i></font><br>
<font face="Calibri"><b>Global National: June 1, 2023 | Nova
Scotians hope troops, rainfall help amid wildfire terror</b><br>
Global News<br>
</font><font face="Calibri">June 1, 2023 #GlobalNews
#GlobalNational #WildfiresinCanada<br>
Military crews from across the nation, as well as firefighters
from the U.S. and even Costa Rica are being dispatched to Nova
Scotia to help combat the province's ferocious wildfires. Mike
Armstrong reports on the gruelling conditions, what's been aiding
firefighters, and where new evacuations are being ordered.<br>
<br>
Meanwhile, meteorologist Anthony Farnell explains when the rain
will dampen some of the flames.</font><br>
<font face="Calibri">Canadian military to help fight Nova Scotia
wildfires amid ‘unprecedented’ season<br>
By Saba Aziz Global News<br>
Posted June 1, 2023 9:28 am<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://globalnews.ca/news/9738228/canadian-military-nova-scotia-wildfires/">https://globalnews.ca/news/9738228/canadian-military-nova-scotia-wildfires/</a><br>
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<font size="+2"><i><b>June 2, 2007</b></i></font> <br>
June 2, 2007: In the Democratic response to President George W.
Bush's weekly radio address, Rep. Edward Markey (D-MA) criticizes
Bush's reckless approach to climate change.<br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.c-span.org/video/?198459-1/DemocraticRadioAddress228">http://www.c-span.org/video/?198459-1/DemocraticRadioAddress228</a><br>
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