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<p><font size="+2"><font face="Calibri"><i><b>July</b></i></font></font><font
size="+2" face="Calibri"><i><b> 18, 2023</b></i></font><i><font
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<i><font face="Calibri">[ video 20 min interview with the author
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<font face="Calibri"><b>“The Heat Will Kill You First”: Rolling
Stone’s Jeff Goodell on Life and Death on a Scorched Planet</b></font><br>
<font face="Calibri">Jul 17, 2023 </font><br>
<font face="Calibri">The world is in the grips of a dangerous heat
wave that has sent temperatures skyrocketing to deadly levels
throughout Asia, Europe and the Americas. Unless urgent action is
taken to reduce carbon emissions, the United Nations says, Earth
could pass a temperature threshold in the next decade when climate
disasters are too extreme to adapt to. We speak with longtime
climate journalist Jeff Goodell, author of the new book, _The Heat
Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet_, about
how the climate crisis is raising temperatures, the toll such heat
can have on the human body, and how "heat is the primary driver
for this climate transformation we are undergoing right now,"
fueling natural disasters such as floods, wildfires and more. ..</font><br>
<font face="Calibri"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7ZVqXuBXHk">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7ZVqXuBXHk</a></font><br>
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<i><font face="Calibri">[ from the blurb on Amazon -- the author
notes that so many deaths are overlooked ]</font></i><br>
<font face="Calibri"><b>The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death
on a Scorched Planet Kindle Edition</b><br>
by Jeff Goodell <br>
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<font face="Calibri"><i> “When heat comes, it’s invisible. It
doesn’t bend tree branches or blow hair across your face to let
you know it’s arrived…. The sun feels like the barrel of a gun
pointed at you.” </i><br>
<br>
The world is waking up to a new reality: wildfires are now
seasonal in California, the Northeast is getting less and less
snow each winter, and the ice sheets in the Arctic and Antarctica
are melting fast. Heat is the first order threat that drives all
other impacts of the climate crisis. And as the temperature
rises, it is revealing fault lines in our governments, our
politics, our economy, and our values. The basic science is not
complicated: Stop burning fossil fuels tomorrow, and the global
temperature will stop rising tomorrow. Stop burning fossil fuels
in 50 years, and the temperature will keep rising for 50 years,
making parts of our planet virtually uninhabitable. It’s up to
us. The hotter it gets, the deeper and wider our fault lines will
open. <br>
<br>
The Heat Will Kill You First is about the extreme ways in which
our planet is already changing. It is about why spring is coming a
few weeks earlier and fall is coming a few weeks later and the
impact that will have on everything from our food supply to
disease outbreaks. It is about what will happen to our lives and
our communities when typical summer days in Chicago or Boston go
from 90° F to 110°F. A heatwave, Goodell explains, is a predatory
event— one that culls out the most vulnerable people. But that is
changing. As heatwaves become more intense and more common, they
will become more democratic. <br>
<br>
As an award-winning journalist who has been at the forefront of
environmental journalism for decades, Goodell’s new book may be
his most provocative yet, explaining how extreme heat will
dramatically change the world as we know it. Masterfully
reported, mixing the latest scientific insight with on-the-ground
storytelling, Jeff Goodell tackles the big questions and uncovers
how extreme heat is a force beyond anything we have reckoned with
before.<br>
</font><font face="Calibri"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.amazon.com/Heat-Will-Kill-You-First-ebook/dp/B0BLNFBH1K">https://www.amazon.com/Heat-Will-Kill-You-First-ebook/dp/B0BLNFBH1K</a><br>
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<font face="Calibri"> </font> <font face="Calibri"><i>[ On display
in Google
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.google.com/webhp?ddllb=1&doodle=258248236&hl=en">https://www.google.com/webhp?ddllb=1&doodle=258248236&hl=en</a>
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<font face="Calibri"><b>A scientist proved climate change 170 years
ago. Google is honoring her.</b><br>
A $5-million grant continues legacy of "grandmother of climate
science" Eunice Foote.<br>
By Chase DiBenedetto on July 17, 2023</font><br>
<font face="Calibri">The fight against climate change is much older
than you might think, with the seed of modern climate science
snaking its way through the annals of academic history to a name
you might not have even heard of: Eunice Newton Foote.<br>
<br>
Foote was a women's rights activist. She was the first woman to be
published in a physics journal. She hypothesized what would later
be the general public's leading touchstone for measuring climate
change. She was also born — perhaps shockingly — in 1819.<br>
<br>
Most importantly, Foote's work is strong proof that we've long
known the Earth's climate is sensitive to human actions. Foote's
1856 paper "Circumstances Affecting the Heat of Sun’s Rays" laid
the foundation(opens in a new tab) for much of our modern concept
of atmospheric warming, as she theorized that changes in carbon
dioxide could affect the Earth's temperature. Three years later,
scientist John Tyndall would be credited for laying the groundwork
of climate science. Foote's research was largely ignored during
the more than 100 years following her death, until the scientific
community began recognizing her early contributions in the 2010s.<br>
</font><br>
<font face="Calibri">All that to say, it might be in the best
interest of those viewing the Google homepage on July 17 to click
on the brightly-colored illustration. On what would have been her
204th birthday, the 19th-century scientist is being recognized for
her role in defining climate science as we know it(opens in a new
tab), highlighting the prescient work and those who continue her
legacy today.<br>
<br>
Google's homepage Doodle, which depicts Foote at work with the two
glass cylinders she used to experiment heating carbon dioxide,
takes users to a short video on her achievements and a Google blog
written by Kate Brandt, Google's chief sustainability officer. In
addition to Foote, current actors are also getting the spotlight
today, as the company announced dedicated funding and support to
six women leaders in the field of climate science and
preservation.<br>
<br>
"These innovators are working to educate the public, building
solutions to mitigate the effects of climate change, and
advocating for policies that will help protect our planet," Brandt
wrote. <br>
<br>
Those honored include: Dr. Anna Liljedahl(opens in a new tab), an
associate scientist at Woodwell Climate Research Center(opens in a
new tab) studying the effects of climate change on the Arctic
ecosystem; Clara Rowe, CEO of restoration and conservation data
network Restor(opens in a new tab); Dr. Alysia Garmulewicz and Liz
Corbin, co-founders of open-source regenerative materials
organization Materiom(opens in a new tab); Heidi Binko, founder of
the Just Transition Fund(opens in a new tab); and Angie Fyfe,
executive director of ICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability
USA(opens in a new tab). <br>
<br>
"The restoration of nature has incredible potential for climate,
biodiversity and people," wrote Rowe. "In order to unlock that
potential, you really need to bring together everyone involved in
that work, ensure that more people can get involved and that we
have a transparent view of what's happening where."</font><br>
<font face="Calibri">The company's philanthropic arm,
Google.org(opens in a new tab), is already behind many of these
projects, including the open-source networks of Restor and
Materiom, as well as the ICLEI USA Action Fund(opens in a new
tab). <br>
<br>
It's also committing another $5 million to Liljedahl and the
Woodwell Research Center specifically, to support the
organization's three-year deployment of an AI technology to track
arctic permafrost thaw in near-real-time for the first time. <br>
<br>
The melting of global permafrost presents a lot of uncertainty in
climate research, with thawing ice releasing microbes, gases, and
more(opens in a new tab) into our atmosphere. Knowledge of this
melt is especially relevant as extreme weather and climate-related
disasters escalate. Through its Permafrost Discovery Gateway
(PDG), Woodwell has already made steps in visualizing thaw trends.
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<font face="Calibri">"As the Arctic warms at nearly four times the
global rate, permafrost — or ground that has remained below zero
degrees Celsius for at least two consecutive years — that
underlies much of the region is thawing rapidly, causing
widespread ground collapse and infrastructure damage, threatening
Arctic communities, and releasing carbon into the atmosphere,"
Woodwell explained in a statement. <br>
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<font face="Calibri">"This funding from Google.org will help us
unlock completely new technological capabilities in how we do
science and, ultimately, what science itself can do," said
Liljedahl. <br>
<br>
The grant is part of the Google.org fellowship and its Impact
Challenge on Climate Innovation(opens in a new tab), a $30-million
commitment to fund large-scale projects that accelerate
technological advances in climate information and action. <br>
<br>
"I'm not sure that Eunice Newton Foote could have imagined what
technology would look like today," said Liljedahl, "but I do think
she would have been proud to see how many women are now leading
the way in protecting our planet through climate science and
exploration."<br>
</font><font face="Calibri"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://mashable.com/article/google-climate-change-grant-eunice-newton-foote">https://mashable.com/article/google-climate-change-grant-eunice-newton-foote</a><br>
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<i> </i><i><font face="Calibri">[ From a renowned climate
journalist ]</font></i><br>
<font face="Calibri"><b>What this summer's weather reveals about
climate change</b><br>
Andrew Freedman, author of Axios Generate<br>
<br>
Monitoring the planet's climate this summer can give one the
impression that the climate system — which includes the oceans,
atmosphere, ice sheets and more — has gone off the rails.<br>
<br>
Why it matters: The blitz of extreme weather events is posing
dangers to life and infrastructure, and exposing our
vulnerabilities even at today's relatively modest level of
warming, about 1.2°C (2.16°F) above preindustrial levels.<br>
<br>
Even a quick scan at the front pages of newspapers worldwide can
impart a sense of deep unease.<br>
The big picture: This past weekend alone featured dangerous heat
in the Southwest and West; Miami's first "Excessive Heat Warning;"
explosive, dark and angry clouds erupting from massive wildfires
in British Columbia; and more.<br>
<br>
On Sunday, China set a provisional all-time national heat record,
with a high of 52.2°C (126°F) in Sanbao. Separately, European
nations are poised to tie or break their all-time record high
temperature this week amid a fierce heat wave building along the
Mediterranean coast.<br>
In Vermont, residents are only beginning to clean up from one of
the state's most damaging flash floods on record.<br>
Meanwhile, climate scientists are raising alarms about global
trends. The planet is coming off the warmest June on record, with
temperatures likely to climb even higher in July. The oceans,
especially the North Atlantic, are off-the-charts warm.<br>
<br>
Far to the south, Antarctic sea ice cover has precipitously
dropped in a development that has scientists searching for
answers.<br>
The intrigue: Climate studies have warned about an uptick in
simultaneous heat waves occurring in the Northern Hemisphere.
That's partly due to the contortions of the jet stream, which
helps to steer and power storm systems.<br>
<br>
One such study published last year found concurrent heatwaves are
becoming more intense and affecting larger areas, with a nearly
sixfold increase in their frequency in the most recent decade
compared to the 1980s.<br>
Initial signs point to a particularly slow-moving or even stuck
jet stream pattern known to favor heat waves as potentially
related to the extreme heat in the U.S., Europe and China,
University of Pennsylvania climate scientist Michael Mann told
Axios via email.<br>
Research that Mann and his colleagues have published shows that
climate change may be increasing the chances that such weather
patterns will develop.<br>
Between the lines: Andrew Dessler, a climate scientist at Texas
A&M University, says what is happening now demonstrates that
the climate is a non-linear system.<br>
<br>
"In a linear system, changes occur in a straight line. If climate
impacts were linear, each 0.1°C increase in temperature would
produce the same increment of damage," he tells Axios in an email.<br>
He notes, however, that the built and natural worlds each have
thresholds, beyond which severe impacts can occur.<br>
This might be the clearance of a bridge above a suddenly raging
river during a flash flood, or a temperature threshold above which
bark beetles can survive once-frigid Western winters.<br>
"Each 0.1°C of additional warming will surpass an increasing
number of thresholds in the climate system. We will see more and
more "sudden" climate impacts that have never happened before," he
adds.<br>
What they're saying: Friederike Otto, a climate scientist at
Imperial College London, cautioned against thinking that we've
reached a "new normal," since that implies a semblance of
stability.<br>
<br>
"We’re nowhere near a normal, we’re in a phase of accelerated
warming, because we are still increasing greenhouse gas emissions.
The result is the weather we see," she told Axios via email.<br>
"Whenever we stop burning fossil fuels we can begin to figure out
what 'normal' means again."<br>
The bottom line: As scientists investigate whether human-caused
climate change has caused additional thresholds to be crossed this
summer, it's time to prepare for more surprises.<br>
</font><font face="Calibri"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.axios.com/2023/07/17/heat-waves-extreme-weather-globe-climate">https://www.axios.com/2023/07/17/heat-waves-extreme-weather-globe-climate</a></font><br>
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<font face="Calibri"> <i>[ From Mother Jones ]</i></font><br>
<font face="Calibri"> </font> <font face="Calibri"><b>Bleak
Records Keep Coming: Heat Waves Are Smothering the Planet</b><br>
From Northern Africa to Southern Europe to the Western United
States, humans are facing extreme upon extreme.<br>
Julia Lurie<br>
Senior Reporter<br>
</font><font face="Calibri">JULY 15, 2023</font><br>
<font face="Calibri">The grim records keep tumbling: This June was
the warmest month on record. This weekend, Death Valley,
California, could tie or set the record for the hottest
temperature reliably recorded on Earth. In Canada, record-breaking
fires continue to burn.<br>
<br>
“The extreme weather—an increasingly frequent occurrence in our
warming climate—is having a major impact on human health,
ecosystems, economies, agriculture, energy and water supplies,”
warned World Meteorological Organization Secretary-General Petteri
Taalas on Thursday...</font><br>
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<font face="Calibri"><b>“Nobody is used to this.”</b><br>
“Africa is seen as a sunny and hot continent,” said Amadou Thierno
Gaye, a climate scientist at Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar,
Senegal told Bloomberg. “People think we are used to heat, but we
are having high temperatures for a longer duration. Nobody is used
to this.”</font><br>
<font face="Calibri">- -</font><br>
<font face="Calibri">Meanwhile, in the United States, at least 93
million people live in areas under heat warnings and heat
advisories as of Friday. The U.S. National Weather Service warned
yesterday, “a searing heat wave is set to engulf much of the West
Coast, the Great Basin, and the Southwest.”<br>
</font><font face="Calibri"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2023/07/record-heat-waves-july-canada-california-climate/">https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2023/07/record-heat-waves-july-canada-california-climate/</a></font>
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<i>[ </i><i>Tweet</i><i>ed Conversation</i><i> ]</i><br>
Branko Marcetic<br>
@BMarchetich<br>
<b>File under "would cause a meltdown if Trump said it." John Kerry
flatly told Congress the US won't actually honour the COP27
agreement to compensate Global South for its climate pollution.
Remember, this is the US party that "believes" in climate change.</b><br>
commondreams.org<br>
John Kerry Says 'Under No Circumstances' Will US Pay Poor Nations
for Climate Damages<br>
"This is unfair and goes against what was agreed upon at COP27 in
Egypt. Climate activists especially from the Global South must <br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://twitter.com/BMarchetich/status/1680984690386141185">https://twitter.com/BMarchetich/status/1680984690386141185</a><br>
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<i>[ "No reparations!" means that reparations are now deeply
debated ]</i> <br>
<b>John Kerry Says 'Under No Circumstances' Will US Pay Poor Nations
for Climate Damages</b><br>
"This is unfair and goes against what was agreed upon at COP27 in
Egypt. Climate activists especially from the Global South must stand
up to the U.S. and other Western powers that want to short-change
developing countries."<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/kerry-says-no-climate-reparations">https://www.commondreams.org/news/kerry-says-no-climate-reparations</a><br>
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<font face="Calibri"> <i>[The news archive - looking back at an
accusation ]</i><br>
<font size="+2"><i><b>July 18, 2002 </b></i></font> <br>
July 18, 2002: USA Today reports:<br>
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<blockquote><b><font face="Calibri">"Democratic attorneys general
from 11 states accused the Bush administration Wednesday of
ignoring global warming and favoring energy policies that will
boost greenhouse gas emissions.</font></b><br>
<br>
<font face="Calibri">"White House spokesman Scott McClellan
responded by saying the president was working on a 'bipartisan,
commonsense approach to address climate change.'</font><br>
<br>
<font face="Calibri">"In their letter to Bush, the attorneys
general denounced the administration's climate change policy,
arguing that states have been left to address a global problem
with a patchwork of inconsistent regulations. They said Bush has
failed to create a national plan to curb carbon dioxide
emissions from automobiles and power plants."</font><br>
</blockquote>
<font face="Calibri"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/science/climate/2002-07-18-states-climate.htm">http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/science/climate/2002-07-18-states-climate.htm</a>
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