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<p><font size="+2"><font face="Calibri"><i><b>September </b></i></font></font><font
size="+2" face="Calibri"><i><b>14, 2023</b></i></font><font
face="Calibri"><br>
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<font face="Calibri"><i>[ Apple's Tim Cook tries to surf PR with a
slick video --
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://x.com/tim_cook/status/1701732427897491578">https://x.com/tim_cook/status/1701732427897491578</a> but some
comments in X ]</i></font><br>
<font face="Calibri"> Tim Cook</font><br>
<font face="Calibri">@tim_cook</font><br>
<font face="Calibri"><b>At Apple, we believe that climate change is
one of the world’s most urgent priorities and we are deeply
committed to doing our part. Today we had a special guest—a real
force of nature—stop by to check on our progress.</b></font><br>
<font face="Calibri"> </font> <font face="Calibri">- -<br>
</font><font face="Calibri">Maggie Melo🇨🇦🇺🇸🇵🇹<br>
@MaggieMelo93292<br>
·5h<br>
<b>You know, Tim, if I can call you Tim, before you start worrying
about the weather in 200 years, why don't you stop using slave
labor to build your products. I imagine that little change will
do more to improve the planet in the immediate future.</b></font><br>
<font face="Calibri"><b>- -</b><br>
Furkan<br>
@frknforreal<br>
· - <br>
<b>Shut up and make some real “innovation” next time.</b><br>
</font><font face="Calibri"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://twitter.com/tim_cook/status/1701732427897491578">https://twitter.com/tim_cook/status/1701732427897491578</a><br>
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</font><font face="Calibri"><i>[ NPR probably know the cause ]</i><br>
</font><font face="Calibri"><b>Climate change exacerbates deadly
floods worldwide</b><br>
September 13, 2023<br>
Rebecca Hersher at NPR headquarters in Washington, D.C., July 25,
2018. <br>
</font><br>
<font face="Calibri">Catastrophic floods in eastern Libya killed at
least 5,100 people, according to local authorities. The disaster
comes after a string of deadly floods around the world this month,
from China to Brazil to Greece. In every case, extremely heavy
rain was to blame.<br>
<br>
The enormous loss of life on multiple continents reinforces the
profound danger posed by climate-driven rain storms, and the need
for better warning systems and infrastructure to protect the most
vulnerable populations.<br>
<br>
Climate change makes heavy rain more common, even in arid places
where the total amount of precipitation is small. That's because a
hotter atmosphere can hold more moisture. Everyday rainstorms, as
well as bigger storms such as hurricanes, are increasingly
dangerous as a result.<br>
</font><br>
<font face="Calibri">In Libya, a storm called Daniel swept in from
the Mediterranean over the weekend and resulted in a jaw-dropping
16 inches of rain in just 24 hours, according to the World
Meteorological Organization. That is far too much water for the
ground to absorb, especially in an arid climate where the soil is
dry and is less able to suck up water quickly.<br>
</font><br>
<font face="Calibri">The massive amount of rain caused widespread
flash flooding, and overwhelmed at least one dam near the coastal
city of Derna. That unleashed torrents of water powerful enough to
sweep away entire neighborhoods.<br>
<br>
While it was clear to global meteorologists that the storm was
powerful and was headed for the Libyan coast, it's not clear that
residents of Derna were warned about the severity of the potential
flooding. Libya is governed by two rival governments, and years of
war means dams and other infrastructure haven't been
well-maintained.<br>
<br>
Before it got to Libya, the storm called Daniel also devastated
Greece and Turkey with enormous amounts of rain. Some parts of
Greece received more than two feet of rain in a three hour period
last week, according to local authorities. And in Hong Kong last
week, a record-breaking 6 inches of rain fell in one day. That
caused flash flooding in the dense, hilly city, carrying away cars
and flooding underground rail stations.<br>
</font><br>
<font face="Calibri">In Brazil, flooding from a cyclone last week
killed more than 20 people and left a swath of southern Brazil
underwater.<br>
</font>
<p><font face="Calibri">Cities around the world are scrambling to
upgrade their infrastructure to handle increasingly common
deluges.</font></p>
<font face="Calibri">The disasters in the last two weeks also
underscore the vulnerability to climate change of people who are
not wealthy or who live in places that are at war. While extreme
rain has caused floods around the world recently, the death toll
is significantly higher in places where there isn't money or
political will to maintain infrastructure and adequate weather
warning systems.<br>
</font><font face="Calibri"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.npr.org/2023/09/13/1199273629/climate-change-exacerbates-deadly-floods-worldwide">https://www.npr.org/2023/09/13/1199273629/climate-change-exacerbates-deadly-floods-worldwide</a><br>
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<font face="Calibri"><i>[ .. well known 4 decades ago - to
scientists that is.]</i><br>
</font><font face="Calibri"><b>Earth ‘well outside safe operating
space for humanity’, scientists find</b><br>
First complete ‘scientific health check’ shows most global systems
beyond stable range in which modern civilisation emerged<br>
</font><font face="Calibri">Damian Carrington Environment editor<br>
@dpcarrington<br>
Wed 13 Sep 2023<br>
</font><br>
<font face="Calibri">Earth’s life support systems have been so
damaged that the planet is “well outside the safe operating space
for humanity”, scientists have warned.<br>
<br>
Their assessment found that six out of nine “planetary boundaries”
had been broken because of human-caused pollution and destruction
of the natural world. The planetary boundaries are the limits of
key global systems – such as climate, water and wildlife diversity
– beyond which their ability to maintain a healthy planet is in
danger of failing.<br>
<br>
The broken boundaries mean the systems have been driven far from
the safe and stable state that existed from the end of the last
ice age, 10,000 years ago, to the start of the industrial
revolution. The whole of modern civilisation arose in this time
period, called the Holocene.<br>
<br>
The assessment was the first of all nine planetary boundaries and
represented the “first scientific health check for the entire
planet”, the researchers said. Six boundaries have been passed and
two are judged to be close to being broken: air pollution and
ocean acidification. The one boundary that is not threatened is
atmospheric ozone, after action to phase out destructive chemicals
in recent decades led to the ozone hole shrinking.<br>
<br>
The scientists said the “most worrying” finding was that all four
of the biological boundaries, which cover the living world, were
at, or close to, the highest risk level. The living world is
particularly vital to the Earth as it provides resilience by
compensating for some physical changes, for example, trees
absorbing carbon dioxide pollution.<br>
<br>
The planetary boundaries are not irreversible tipping points
beyond which sudden and serious deterioration occurs, the
scientists said. Instead, they are points after which the risks of
fundamental changes in the Earth’s physical, biological and
chemical life support systems rise significantly. The planetary
boundaries were first devised in 2009 and updated in 2015, when
only seven could be assessed.<br>
<br>
Prof Johan Rockström, the then director of the Stockholm
Resilience Centre who led the team that developed the boundaries
framework, said: “Science and the world at large are really
concerned over all the extreme climate events hitting societies
across the planet. But what worries us, even more, is the rising
signs of dwindling planetary resilience.”<br>
</font><br>
<font face="Calibri">Rockström, who is now joint director of Potsdam
Institute for Climate Impact Research in Germany, said this
failing resilience could make restricting global heating to the
1.5C climate goal impossible and could bring the world closer to
real tipping points. Scientists said in September that the world
was on the brink of multiple disastrous tipping points.<br>
<br>
Prof Katherine Richardson, from the University of Copenhagen who
led the analysis, said: “We know for certain that humanity can
thrive under the conditions that have been here for 10,000 years –
we don’t know that we can thrive under major, dramatic alterations
[and] humans impacts on the Earth system as a whole are increasing
as we speak.”<br>
<br>
She said the Earth could be thought of as a patient with very high
blood pressure: “That does not indicate a certain heart attack,
but it does greatly raise the risk.”<br>
<br>
The assessment, which was published in the journal Science
Advances and was based on 2,000 studies, indicated that several
planetary boundaries were passed long ago. The boundary for
biosphere integrity, which includes the healthy functioning of
ecosystems, was broken in the late 19th century, the researchers
said, as destruction of the natural world decimated wildlife. The
same destruction, particularly the razing of forests, means the
boundary for land use was broken last century.<br>
<br>
Climate models have suggest the safe boundary for climate change
was surpassed in the late 1980s. For freshwater, a new metric
involving both water in lakes and rivers and in soil, showed this
boundary was crossed in the early 20th century.<br>
<br>
Another boundary is the flow of nitrogen and phosphorus in the
environment. These are vital for life but excessive use of
fertilisers mean many waters are heavily polluted by these
nutrients, which can lead to algal blooms and ocean dead zones.
According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization data, three
times the safe level of nitrogen is added to fields every year.<br>
<br>
The boundary for synthetic pollution, such as pesticides, plastics
and nuclear waste, was shown to have been passed by a 2022 study.
The Richardson-led analysis assessed air pollution for the first
time, which affects plant growth and monsoon rains. It found air
pollution has passed the planetary boundary in some regions such
as south Asia and China, but not yet globally. Ocean acidification
is also assessed as getting worse and being close to exceeding the
safe boundary.<br>
<br>
The scientists said: “This update finds that six of the nine
boundaries are transgressed, suggesting that Earth is now well
outside of the safe operating space for humanity.”<br>
<br>
Rockstrom said: “If you want to have security, prosperity and
equity for humanity on Earth, you have to come back into the safe
space and we’re not seeing that progress currently in the world.”<br>
<br>
Phasing out fossil fuel burning and ending destructive farming are
the key actions required.<br>
<br>
The planetary boundaries are set using specific metrics, such as
the level of CO2 in the atmosphere for climate change. The Earth’s
systems are resilient to some level of change, so most of the
boundaries have been set at a level higher than that which
persisted over the last 10,000 years. For example, CO2 was at 280
parts per million until the industrial revolution but the
planetary boundary is set at 350ppm.<br>
<br>
Prof Simon Lewis, at University College London and not part of the
study team, said: “This is a strikingly gloomy update on an
already alarming picture. The planet is entering a new and much
less stable state – it couldn’t be a more stark warning of the
need for deep structural changes to how we treat the environment.”<br>
<br>
“The planetary boundaries concept is a heroic attempt to simplify
the world, but it is probably too simplified to be of use in
practically managing Earth,” he continued. “For example, the
damage and suffering from limiting global heating to 1.6C using
pro-development policies and major investments in adapting to
climate change would be vastly less than the damage and suffering
from limiting warming to 1.5C but doing this using policies that
help the wealthy and disregard the poor. But the concept does work
as a science-led parable of our times.”<br>
</font><br>
<font face="Calibri">A related assessment published in May examined
planetary boundaries combined with social justice issues and found
that six of these eight “Earth system boundaries” had been passed.<br>
<br>
The researchers said more data was needed to deepen the
understanding of the current situation, as well as more research
on how the passing of planetary boundaries interact with each
other. They said the Earth’s systems had been pushed into
disequilibrium and, as a result, “ultimate global environmental
conditions” remained uncertain.<br>
<br>
A separate initiative to define the end of the Holocene and the
start of a new age dominated by human activities moved forward in
July, when scientists chose a Canadian lake as the site to
represent the beginning of the Anthropocene. This group settled on
a date of 1950, significantly later than the dates indicated by
most of the planetary boundaries.<br>
</font><font face="Calibri"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/13/earth-well-outside-safe-operating-space-for-humanity-scientists-find">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/13/earth-well-outside-safe-operating-space-for-humanity-scientists-find</a><br>
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<br>
<font face="Calibri"> <i>[ Hey, that's my territory, and this is
not a sur</i>prise ]</font><br>
<font face="Calibri"><b>The ‘Forever’ Glaciers of America’s West
Aren’t Forever Anymore</b><br>
Climate change is melting the ice on Mount Rainier. The
environmental effects will be widespread, a Park Service study
warned.<br>
</font><br>
<font face="Calibri">Once, there were 29. Now at least one is gone,
maybe three. Those that remain are almost half the size they used
to be.<br>
<br>
Mount Rainier is losing its glaciers. That is all the more
striking as it is the most glacier-covered mountain in the
contiguous United States.<br>
<br>
The changes reflect a stark global reality: Mountain glaciers are
vanishing as the burning of fossil fuels heats up Earth’s
atmosphere. According to the World Glacier Monitoring Service,
total glacier area has shrunk steadily in the last half-century;
some of the steepest declines have been in the Western United
States and Canada...<br>
</font><font face="Calibri">- -</font><br>
<font face="Calibri">One small south-facing glacier, the Stevens, no
longer exists and has been removed from the park’s inventory of
glaciers. Two others, known as Pyramid and Van Trump, “are in
serious peril,” according to an exhaustive survey published this
summer by the Park Service, and may well be gone by the time the
agency carries out the next survey in the coming year or two, said
Scott R. Beason, the park geologist who led the study.<br>
<br>
“Killing off a glacier is not something I take lightly,” he said.
“Losing them is big.”...</font><br>
<font face="Calibri">- -</font><br>
<font face="Calibri">It is among the glaciers in greatest trouble.
Much of it is below 10,000 feet, and it’s on the mountain’s
south-facing side, where the heat hits hardest. The very top of
the mountain is unlikely to lose its snow and ice. If it did,
Mount Rainier, an active volcano, would look very different. “Like
Darth Vader’s head,” Mr. Kennard said...<br>
</font><font face="Calibri"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/12/climate/mount-rainier-glaciers-climate-change.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/12/climate/mount-rainier-glaciers-climate-change.html</a></font>
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<font face="Calibri"><i>[ Britt Wray - psychologist start 9:45 --
diatribe rant ]</i></font><br>
<font face="Calibri"> </font> <font face="Calibri"><b>Britt Wray |
Keeping cool amid the climate crisis | Frontiers Forum Live 2023</b><br>
Frontiers<br>
</font><font face="Calibri">May 30, 2023<br>
Eco-anxiety is on the rise, but Dr Britt Wray's revolutionary
research on the psychological toll of climate change reveals a
surprising truth; that embracing climate anxiety can help solve
both mental health and ecological problems. In her talk at
Frontiers Forum Live 2023, Britt explored how today's ecological
crises can push us into a state of grief, numbness, or fatalism,
causing burn out and making us question big life decisions such as
whether to have children. She also revealed how this grief can
mobilize and transform us, emphasizing what we can do to control
it and its power to spark transformational change. <br>
<br>
Dr Britt Wray is an eco-anxiety expert from Stanford University,
USA. She is the Lead of the Special Initiative of the Chair on
Climate Change and Mental Health at Stanford University, and also
a writer and broadcaster.<br>
<br>
Frontiers Forum Live showcases science-led solutions for healthy
lives on a healthy planet. The event is held annually in Montreux,
Switzerland and there are virtual sessions throughout the year.
Find out more and watch previous sessions at <a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://forum.frontiersin.org/">https://forum.frontiersin.org/</a>.<br>
</font><font face="Calibri"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j__PEkaL3ik">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j__PEkaL3ik</a><br>
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<i>[The news archive - looking back at the time to act ]</i><br>
<font size="+2"><i><b>September 14, 2004</b></i></font> <br>
September 14, 2004: British Prime Minister Tony Blair declares
that climate change is "...a challenge so far-reaching in its
impact and irreversible in its destructive power, that it alters
radically human existence." He further notes:<br>
<br>
"The problem...is that the challenge is complicated politically by
two factors. First, its likely effect will not be felt to its full
extent until after the time for the political decisions that need
to be taken, has passed. In other words, there is a mismatch in
timing between the environmental and electoral impact. Secondly,
no one nation alone can resolve it. It has no definable
boundaries. Short of international action commonly agreed and
commonly followed through, it is hard even for a large country to
make a difference on its own.<br>
<br>
"But there is no doubt that the time to act is now. It is now that
timely action can avert disaster. It is now that with foresight
and will such action can be taken without disturbing the essence
of our way of life, by adjusting behaviour not altering it
entirely."<br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2004/sep/15/greenpolitics.uk">http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2004/sep/15/greenpolitics.uk</a> <br>
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