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<font size="+2"><font face="Calibri"><i><b>October 26</b></i></font></font><font
size="+2" face="Calibri"><i><b>, 2023</b></i></font><font
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<font face="Calibri"><i>[ NPR text or a 2 min audio - survey says
how Americans feel (scientists told us how they felt long ago)]<br>
</i> </font><font face="Calibri"><b>Here's how Americans feel
about climate change</b><br>
October 25, 20232<br>
</font><font face="Calibri">Rebecca Hersher<br>
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<font face="Calibri">Most Americans say that climate change is
harming people in the United States, and that climate impacts will
get worse over their lifetime, according to a new national survey
by the Pew Research Center.<br>
<br>
Nearly 3 in 4 people said that climate change is hurting people in
the U.S. today, according to the survey of nearly 9,000 adults.<br>
<br>
Indeed, this year has seen a record-breaking number of weather
disasters that caused at least $1 billion in damage each,
including the catastrophic wildfires in Maui, a hurricane in
Florida and multiple deadly floods.<br>
<br>
This is the first time the Pew Research Center, which conducts
national surveys on a range of salient topics in American life,
has included such detailed questions about how Americans feel
about the current and future impacts of climate change.<br>
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<font face="Calibri">Most of those surveyed say they expect
climate-driven disasters to intensify in the future.<br>
<br>
"The majority of Americans see some fairly severe environmental
harms as likely to happen over the next 30 years," says Alec Tyson
of the Pew Research Center, who helped lead the survey. "For
example, 73% say they think a growing number of plant and animal
species will go extinct, 61% say they think heat waves will cause
large numbers of people to die in the U.S. every year and 58%
think rising sea levels will force large numbers of people in the
U.S. to move away from the coast."<br>
<br>
Those sentiments are backed up by scientific research, which has
long warned that greenhouse gas emissions would threaten
Americans' health, finances and very lives.<br>
<br>
Reducing fossil fuel consumption dramatically and immediately will
help avoid even more dangerous warming in the future. Most
Americans expect renewable energy to get more ubiquitous in the
coming years, the survey finds, with 57% saying that they expect
renewable energy will produce most of the energy in the U.S. in 30
years.<br>
<br>
In 2022, renewable energy, including wind and solar, accounted for
a little less than a quarter of American electricity generation,
but investment in renewable energy is accelerating.<br>
<br>
<b>People aren't necessarily worried about their own communities</b><br>
One thing the survey suggests is that there is tension between
Americans' perception that climate change impacts are getting
worse, and their understanding of how those impacts might occur in
their own communities.<br>
<br>
Although most respondents say climate change impacts will be more
severe in the next 30 years, only 41% think climate change will
make their own community a worse place to live over that same time
period. And just as many say they don't think climate change will
make much difference in their community.<br>
<br>
That dissonance also shows up in another finding from the survey:
the majority of Americans say the Southwest, coastal Florida and
Southern California are going to become worse areas to live over
the next 30 years because of climate change. Yet those regions
include some of the fastest-growing places in the country.<br>
<br>
<b>Young people more concerned than older people</b><br>
Younger people are more concerned about climate change, and are
more likely to be calling on those in power to act, the survey
finds.<br>
<br>
"Young adults are especially likely to think harm will increase in
the United States. Nearly 8 and 10 say that, over the course of
their lifetime," says Tyson. Young people are also more likely to
say that their community will be a worse place to live over the
next 30 years because of climate change, the survey finds.<br>
<br>
That concern may spur young people to donate money to
climate-related causes, contact elected officials about climate
legislation or attend a climate rally, the survey suggests. Nearly
one third of people 18 to 29 years old say they've participated in
climate activism in the last year, which is nearly twice the rate
of people 65 and older.<br>
<b><br>
Americans are sad, anxious and frustrated when they think about
climate change</b><br>
The survey asked people about the feelings they have when they
read news stories about climate change or encounter climate
advocacy in their lives.<br>
</font><font face="Calibri"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.npr.org/2023/10/25/1208016669/heres-how-americans-feel-about-climate-change">https://www.npr.org/2023/10/25/1208016669/heres-how-americans-feel-about-climate-change</a><br>
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<font face="Calibri"><i>[ Sarcasm in the Guardian ]</i></font><br>
<font face="Calibri"><b>Climate change is finally solved! We can
just let nature take its course</b><br>
First Dog on the Moon</font><br>
<font face="Calibri">Wed 25 Oct 2023<br>
</font><font face="Calibri">It seems if you experience climate
disaster you are much more likely to believe in climate disaster<br>
</font><font face="Calibri"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/oct/25/climate-change-is-finally-solved-we-can-just-let-nature-take-its-course">https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/oct/25/climate-change-is-finally-solved-we-can-just-let-nature-take-its-course</a><br>
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<font face="Calibri"> <i>[ <u>Risk tipping points </u>from Nick
Breeze ClimateGenn ]</i></font><br>
<b>UN University Report on Risk Tipping Points, 'Interconnected
Disaster Risks' with Dr Jack O'Connor</b><br>
Nick Breeze ClimateGenn<br>
Octoober 25, 2023<br>
ClimateGenn #podcast produced by Nick Breeze<br>
In this climateGenn episode I am speaking with Dr Jack O’Connor, at
the UN University’s Institute for Environment and Human Security.
Jack is the author of the Interconnected Disaster Risks Report that
is looking at tipping points impacting human security and the Earth
System. These so-called Risk Tipping Points are showing signs of
tipping and in this interview we discuss how humanity can respond.<br>
Join ClimateGenn to get full episodes early either on Youtube or on
Patreon: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://patreon.com/genncc">https://patreon.com/genncc</a> <br>
The report is available for download below, as well as a link to the
main website with detailed insights into a number of Risk Tipping
Points.<br>
Interconnected Disaster Risks Report download:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://interconnectedrisks.org/download">https://interconnectedrisks.org/download</a><br>
Main website URL: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://interconnectedrisks.org/">https://interconnectedrisks.org/</a><br>
Find out more about ‘COPOUT - How governments have failed the people
on climate’ by Nick Breeze, an overview plus many of the voices who
feature: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://copout.genn.cc">https://copout.genn.cc</a><br>
<p><font face="Calibri"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDbS4NwSYhc">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDbS4NwSYhc</a></font></p>
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<font face="Calibri"><i>[ Climate Glenn ]</i></font><br>
<font face="Calibri">BOOK: COPOUT<br>
<b>‘COPOUT – How governments have failed the people on climate’</b><br>
by Nick Breeze<br>
<br>
My book COPOUT will be published in March 2024. COPOUT is a gonzo
tour of eight UN COPs from COP21 in Paris (2015) to COP28 UAE
(2023). It is packed with expert commentary including on the
ground interviews with a wide range of experts that I have
recorded over the course of the last fifteen years (see list
below).<br>
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<font face="Calibri">From the jubilant signing of the Paris
Agreement in 2015 to the backward policies of the Trump
administration a year later, COPOUT uncovers the widespread global
hypocrisy shown by world leaders. Even today the majority of
developed nations publicly describe themselves as climate leaders,
while rubber stamping policies that make climate breakdown worse.<br>
<br>
As we peel back the layers of lies and wasted opportunities, we
see that the obfuscation by corrupt interests dates all the way
back to the Rio Earth Summit in 1992. That is three decades of
climate policy failure that now leave us dangerously exposed in a
rapidly degraded world. <br>
<br>
I interview the scientists and activists who travel to the COPs in
desperation, demanding change and who find their numbers growing
in strength and voice. The decline in trust in politicians, who
make great promises but never deliver on the changes needed, is
what is driving a global movement reimagining the planet we share.
<br>
<br>
COPOUT presents many of the most respected voices in the world on
this issue and spells out the challenges we face and what needs to
be done in plain language. <br>
</font><font face="Calibri"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://genn.cc/copout-nick-breeze/">https://genn.cc/copout-nick-breeze/</a><br>
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<font face="Calibri"> <i>[ Paul Beckwith -- This century - dire
reading of paper ]</i></font><br>
<font face="Calibri"><b>Accelerated Global Warming from Antarctic
Sea Ice Collapse: Albedo, Latitude, Snow Cover on Ice…</b><br>
Paul Beckwith<br>
Oct 25, 2023<br>
In my last video I chatted about how the presently missing 2 to
2.5 million square km of Antarctic Sea Ice can be compared to a
Blue Ocean Event (BOE) in the Arctic Ocean, and how it relates to
increased solar absorption, albedo feedbacks, etc.<br>
<br>
I made comparisons to the Pistone paper where missing Arctic sea
ice relative to the 1979 baseline would lead to a forcing of 0.71
W/m2 equivalent to 1 trillion tons of CO2 equivalent to 25 years
of global warming at todays emission rates. <br>
<br>
In this video I chat about additional factors and details such as
the latitudinal effect. Specifically, it is important to note that
the missing Antarctic sea ice is much further from the pole (at
mostly about 60S latitude) as compared to missing Arctic sea ice
in a Blue Ocean Event which would be located between 90N and 75N
latitudes. That’s a huge difference on radiative forcing.<br>
<br>
Ice missing in a BOE in the Arctic would only be a couple million
square km (like that presently missing around Antarctica) and the
BOE would be no sea ice in the Arctic for say the month of
September. We are there already for missing Antarctic sea ice.<br>
<br>
The Pistone paper scenario is much more stringent than the BOE
scenario. Pistone talks about roughly 10 million square km of sea
ice missing in the Arctic over the northern hemisphere summer
interval. That’s 4x what is now missing in Antarctica. However,
the missing Arctic ice is at much higher latitudes than the
missing Antarctic ice, so the radiative heating effect will reduce
that factor of 4x to what? 2x? Equal? I’m not sure yet, and nobody
else knows either. I’m sure a peer reviewed paper will come out on
this, but it will probably take a year or two. Meanwhile, we will
find out from what happens over the next year or so. <br>
<br>
Another huge factor is snow cover. Freshly grown sea ice without
snow cover may only reflect 50% of incoming sunlight, whereas with
snow cover on top of the sea ice its more like 90%. Snow cover on
top of the sea ice is likely at the end of the winter season, but
less likely at the start of the winter season. Is snow cover on
the sea ice compatible in both hemispheres?<br>
<br>
Another difference is that with a BOE in the Arctic we will likely
have a collapse of Arctic snow cover on the surrounding land
surfaces. This lack of snow cover is a huge factor in Arctic
Temperature Amplification, roughly equal to the loss of Arctic sea
ice Albedo effect. Of course in the Southern Hemisphere around
Antarctica there is no loss of snow cover on the land effect,
since the only land is covered by massive ice sheets already.<br>
<br>
Another factor is the angle of sunlight on the ice surface. Not
only is the Antarctic sea ice lost at much further latitudes from
the pole (60S) where it is much warmer compared to the Arctic sea
ice (located between 90N and 75N) where it is obviously much
colder, but the Sun is much higher in the sky, so albedo is much
lower for the Antarctic sea ice loss case. Also, the lost
Antarctic sea ice is out in the open ocean, while the lost Arctic
sea ice is on the Arctic Ocean surrounded by lower latitude land
masses.<br>
<br>
Clouds are also crucial. Pistone looks at cloud effects on the
Arctic case, and the 0.71 W/m2 number assumes no major change to
cloud cover. What happens with cloud cover in the Southern
Hemisphere over the regions where 2.5 million square km of sea ice
is missing?<br>
<br>
Given all these differences between the poles, my best guess gut
feeling is that the missing Antarctic sea ice lost will have an
overall warming that is huge, and felt around the planet, and
notch up global temperatures as much as the Pistone paper models
with missing Arctic Sea Ice. <br>
<br>
Only time will tell if my best guess gut feeling is roughly
correct or significantly out to lunch. Not much time, maybe a year
or two, or when a peer reviewed study comes out that incorporated
all these relevant factors that I have discussed:)<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5P1W4TrczQ">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5P1W4TrczQ</a><br>
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<font face="Calibri"><i>[ Poison Ivy - is an object of global
warming change --</i></font><i><font face="Calibri"> on WBUR </font><font
face="Calibri"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2023/10/23/poison-ivy-climate-change">https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2023/10/23/poison-ivy-climate-change</a></font><font
face="Calibri"> ]</font></i>
<p><i><font face="Calibri"> </font></i><font face="Calibri"><b>CLIMATE
CHANGE HAS ALTERED POISON IVY LEAVES IN PENNSYLVANIA</b></font><br>
<font face="Calibri">KARA HOLSOPPLE </font><br>
<font face="Calibri">SEPTEMBER 28, 2023</font><br>
<font face="Calibri">This story is part of our series, Wild
Pennsylvania. </font><br>
<br>
<font face="Calibri">A new study uses museum specimens to find out
how the leaves of poison ivy in Pennsylvania have changed with
the increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere that is fueling
climate change.</font><br>
<font face="Calibri">LISTEN to the story Audio Player<br>
<br>
Mason Heberling, associate curator of botany at the Carnegie
Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh, said the study used
many of the museum’s herbarium collection of 133 dried poison
ivy specimens from Pennsylvania, dating from 1838 to the 2010s.<br>
<br>
The study was pioneered by then-Chatham University undergraduate
Alyssa McCormick, a research intern. It’s based on a pair of
influential studies from the early 2000s, which had been
featured in one of the museum’s exhibits.<br>
<br>
In one of those studies, poison ivy was grown indoors with high
and regular carbon dioxide levels. The other study artificially
enriched a forest plot with carbon dioxide. The studies showed
poison ivy could be a winner when it comes to climate change,
growing larger leaves with more CO2 and becoming more toxic to
people. <br>
<br>
But those were experimental studies. Heberling and McCormick
wondered about an observational one.<br>
<br>
‘We kind of stared at the specimens for a really long time and
thought, “What can we measure from them?”’ Heberling said. <br>
</font><br>
<font face="Calibri"><b>Their methods</b><br>
They measured stomatal density, or the number of stomata, or
pores, on the leaves, which are how plants take in carbon
dioxide for photosynthesis and release oxygen and water.<br>
<br>
“You put a little bit of nail polish on the dried leaf,”
Heberling said, “let the nail polish dry on the leaf, and then
you can pull off the nail polish, and it makes kind of a cast of
the underside of the leaf without damaging the specimen.”<br>
<br>
Heberling said the amount of stomata that some plant species
make correlates with carbon dioxide. So, they wanted to know if
poison ivy adjusted its stomatal density with increased carbon
dioxide. <br>
<br>
But they wanted to answer a second question: Do all plants do
this, or is this particular to poison ivy?<br>
<br>
To help answer their question, they included another woody vine,
Virginia creeper, which often grows alongside poison ivy, and
staghorn sumac and poison sumac. They are both related to poison
ivy but are trees, not vines.<br>
<br>
They also looked at leaf size, and McCormick took tiny samples
of the leaves, which were sent away for isotopic analysis to
measure different forms of carbon in them. <br>
<br>
The earliest specimens in the study are from around 1840 when
atmospheric carbon dioxide was about 280 parts per million. <br>
<br>
“And today we’re well over 400,” Heberling said. “So that’s a
pretty big increase in carbon dioxide over the last 200 years.”<br>
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<font face="Calibri"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.alleghenyfront.org/climate-change-has-changed-poison-ivy-leaves-in-pennsylvania/">https://www.alleghenyfront.org/climate-change-has-changed-poison-ivy-leaves-in-pennsylvania/</a></font></p>
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<i>[The news archive - looking back some 23 years ago ]</i><br>
<font size="+2"><i><b>October 26, 2000 </b></i></font> <br>
October 26, 2000: At a campaign appearance in Davenport, Iowa,
Democratic candidate Al Gore declares:<br>
<br>
"Now, I want to talk about the environment here today, because we
have a situation where the big polluters are supporting Governor
Bush, and they are wanting to be in control of the environmental
policies. <br>
<br>
"In his state of Texas -- Tom talked about some of the statistics
there -- here's another: They're No. 1 in something; they rank No.
1 out of all 50 in industrial pollution. They rank No. 1 as the
smoggiest state. Houston's just solidified its title as the
smoggiest city.<br>
<br>
"He put a lobbyist for the chemical manufacturers in charge of
enforcing the environmental laws, made some of the environmental
laws voluntary and then the state sank in its ratings.<br>
<br>
"Now, look, just today we are seeing on television the new study
that just comes out once every five years where the scientific
community around the world tells us what they've learned about
this problem that these kids are going to grow up with unless we
do something, and that's the problem of global warming. And I know
a lot of people say that that looks like it's off in the future.<br>
<br>
"But let me tell what you this new study said: instead of just
going up a few degrees in the lifetimes of these kids, unless we
act, the average temperature is going to go up 10 or 11 degrees.
The storms will get stronger, the weather patterns will change.
But it does not have to happen, and it won't happen if we put our
minds to solving this problem."<br>
<br>
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href="http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0010/26/se.02.html">http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0010/26/se.02.html</a><br>
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