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<font size="+2"><font face="Calibri"><i><b>December 13</b></i></font></font><font
size="+2" face="Calibri"><i><b>, 2023</b></i></font><font
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<i>[ Not surprising, not impactful ]</i><br>
<b>COP28 climate summit ends with deal to transition away from
fossil fuels</b><br>
PUBLISHED WED, DEC 13 2023<br>
KEY POINTS<br>
<blockquote>Government ministers representing nearly 200 countries
on Wednesday agreed to a deal that calls for a transition away
from fossil fuels, after a previous proposal was met with heated
and widespread backlash.<br>
<br>
“With an unprecedented reference to transitioning away from all
fossil fuels, The UAE Consensus is delivering a paradigm shift
that has the potential to redefine our economies,” the summit’s
UAE presidency said on social media.<br>
<br>
The latest proposal published by the UAE earlier on Wednesday
called for “transitioning away from fossil fuels in energy
systems, in a just, orderly and equitable manner, accelerating
action in this critical decade, so as to achieve net zero by 2050
in keeping with the science.”<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.cnbc.com/2023/12/13/countries-agree-to-deal-at-cop28-climate-summit.html">https://www.cnbc.com/2023/12/13/countries-agree-to-deal-at-cop28-climate-summit.html</a><br>
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<p><i>[ Human exceptionalism causes overshoot, and carrying capacity
change - audio ]</i><br>
<b>William Rees | Confronting Overshoot: Changing the Story of
Human Exceptionalism</b><br>
The Overpopulation Podcast<br>
Dec 5, 2023<br>
We chat with population ecologist, co-creator of the ecological
footprint analysis, and one of the world’s best big-picture
ecological thinkers, Dr. Bill Rees. Bill explains how our blind
faith in human exceptionalism, technological optimism, and
neoliberal economics fooled us into disregarding ecological limits
and brought us into a state of extreme overshoot. These same false
stories enabled humans to use cheap abundant energy to convert
nature and nonhumans into human artifacts, and rich nations to
exploit the resources of other countries, while degrading the
biophysical basis of existence. <br>
<br>
Continuing on this trajectory but with green-tinted glasses will
be catastrophic. Nothing short of a co-operative, well-planned,
orderly contraction of the human enterprise – economic activity,
production, consumption, and population – is needed to align with
Earth’s productive and assimilative capacity. But, as Bill
concludes – that which is “ecologically necessary is politically
infeasible, while the politically feasible is ecologically
catastrophic”. Can communities like ours, rooted in ecological
wisdom and natural limits, act as lifeboats paddling strongly away
from the eddies of the sinking Titanic to prepare for a
post-industrial world?<br>
<br>
See episode website for show notes, links, and transcript:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.populationbalance.org/pod">https://www.populationbalance.org/pod</a>...<br>
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The Overpopulation Podcast features enlightening conversations
between Population Balance executive director Nandita Bajaj,
researcher Alan Ware, and expert guests. We cover a broad variety
of topics that explore the impacts of our expanding human
footprint on human rights, animal protection, and environmental
restoration, as well as individual and collective solutions<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MVmkIYy9aI">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MVmkIYy9aI</a></p>
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<p><i>[ Surf's up! ]</i><br>
<b>Gigantic Wave in Pacific Ocean Was Most Extreme 'Rogue Wave' on
Record</b><br>
NATURE<br>
11 December 2023<br>
ByCARLY CASSELLA<br>
- -<br>
For centuries, rogue waves were considered nothing but nautical
folklore. It wasn't until 1995 that myth became fact. On the first
day of the new year, a nearly 26-meter-high wave (85 feet)
suddenly struck an oil-drilling platform roughly 160 kilometers
(100 miles) off the coast of Norway.<br>
<br>
At the time, the so-called Draupner wave defied all previous
models scientists had put together.<br>
<br>
Since then, dozens more rogue waves have been recorded (some even
in lakes), and while the one that surfaced near Ucluelet,
Vancouver Island was not the tallest, its relative size compared
to the waves around it was unprecedented.<br>
<br>
Scientists define a rogue wave as any wave more than twice the
height of the waves surrounding it. The Draupner wave, for
instance, was 25.6 meters tall, while its neighbors were only 12
meters tall.<br>
<br>
In comparison, the Ucluelet wave was nearly three times the size
of its peers.<br>
"Proportionally, the Ucluelet wave is likely the most extreme
rogue wave ever recorded," explained physicist Johannes Gemmrich
from the University of Victoria in 2022...<br>
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<p><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.sciencealert.com/gigantic-wave-in-pacific-ocean-was-most-extreme-rogue-wave-on-record">https://www.sciencealert.com/gigantic-wave-in-pacific-ocean-was-most-extreme-rogue-wave-on-record</a></p>
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<i>[ Surf's up prediction above 85 feet - maybe 15% is related to
global warming ]</i><br>
<b>Projected 21st century changes in extreme wind-wave events</b><br>
ALBERTO MEUCCI <br>
SCIENCE ADVANCES<br>
10 Jun 2020<br>
Vol 6, Issue 24<br>
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aaz7295<br>
<blockquote>Abstract<br>
We describe an innovative approach to estimate global changes in
extreme wave conditions by 2100, as a result of projected climate
change. We generate a synthetic dataset from an ensemble of wave
models forced by independent climate simulation winds, enhancing
statistical confidence associated with projected changes in
extreme wave conditions. Under two IPCC representative greenhouse
gas emission scenarios (RCP4.5 and RCP8.5), we find that the
magnitude of a 1 in 100-year significant wave height (Hs) event
increases by 5 to 15% over the Southern Ocean by the end of the
21st century, compared to the 1979–2005 period. The North Atlantic
shows a decrease at low to mid latitudes (≈5 to 15%) and an
increase at high latitudes (≈10%). The extreme significant wave
height in the North Pacific increases at high latitudes by 5 to
10%. The ensemble approach used here allows statistical confidence
in projected changes of extremes<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aaz7295">https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aaz7295</a>
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<p><i>[ Wyoming governor gets "Heat from the right"]</i><br>
<b>Republican Gov. Mark Gordon is telling the people of Wyoming
that climate change is real and it’s an urgent cris</b>is. He
says he’s facing pushback.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://cbsn.ws/3NikTVJ">https://cbsn.ws/3NikTVJ</a><br>
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[ CBS 60 MINUTES - NEWSMAKERS ]<br>
<b>Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon pursues green, carbon-negative agenda
in one of the nation's reddest states</b><br>
60-minutes<br>
BY BILL WHITAKER<br>
DECEMBER 10, 2023 / 7:47 PM EST / CBS NEWS...<br>
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Bill Whitaker: You first made this pledge of-- net negative CO2
emissions at a 2021 State of the State speech. How did that go
over?<br>
<br>
Gov. Mark Gordon: I think some people probably resented it. I
think generally it's been well-respected. It was, to-- to some
degree, a bold move, and-- and one that was intended to make a
difference in that discussion about energy in the future.<br>
<br>
Wyoming innovates to combat climate change as part of Gov. Mark
Gordon's "all-of-the-above" energy policy<br>
After Gordon repeated his net-negative emissions goal at an
appearance at Harvard in October, Wyoming's Republican party
passed a vote of "no confidence" in him. But he says heat from the
right won't deter him from pursuing what he calls an "all of the
above" energy policy.<br>
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Gov. Mark Gordon: Whatever you're going to do in energy, probably
you're going have something to do in Wyoming. We have tremendous
wind resources. We have the largest reserves of uranium, important
for nuclear energy, the largest coal producer, we're number eight
in oil, number nine in natural gas. 83% of our energy is
exported...<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/wyoming-mark-gordon-energy-agenda-60-minutes-transcript/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab7d&linkId=254254612">https://www.cbsnews.com/news/wyoming-mark-gordon-energy-agenda-60-minutes-transcript/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab7d&linkId=254254612</a></p>
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<i>[ do not walk on a warming glacier ]</i><br>
<b>The mysterious 'speeding up' glaciers of Svalbard</b><br>
by University of Aberdeen<br>
DECEMBER 8, 2023<br>
Spectacular Svalbard sits halfway between mainland Norway and the
North Pole and is one of the fastest warming places in the Arctic.<br>
It is also home to glaciers which are, to use the words of Dr. Will
Harcourt, a glaciologist from the University of Aberdeen, "speeding
up."<br>
<br>
Dr. Harcourt and his colleagues spent two weeks on the archipelago
in the summer of 2023 studying these unusual glaciers from land, air
and sea.<br>
<br>
Dr. Harcourt explains, "One of the most significant things that are
changing in Svalbard are the glaciers. We want to try to understand
how fast they are melting, how fast they're pushing ice into the
oceans and by doing so, raising the sea levels. We also want to
understand this impact on the environment around them—marine
ecosystems, people etc.<br>
<br>
"The Borebreen glacier in Svalbard is doing something very
interesting—it's surging. Surging glaciers flow relatively slowly
for long periods of time and then suddenly, out of nowhere, they
speed up and we don't really understand why it's doing it. That was
really the core question as to why we were going there—why is it
suddenly advancing and speeding up?<br>
<br>
"The problem is, we expect this glacier to stop speeding up and slow
down again. When that happens, all this ice has been pushed towards
the ocean, and because it's below the snow line, it's going to melt
again and retreat even further back than it was already. So we think
these glaciers are actually going to increase the amount of ice that
is lost from the archipelago of Svalbard."<br>
Dr. Harcourt, and his fellow researchers use drones to capture
images of the ice that can be converted into 3D interactive models.<br>
<br>
"We're really interested to see how the 3D geometry of the glaciers
are changing, particularly where the ice falls in—terminates—into
the ocean, because that is the place where we get icebergs 'calving'
off the end of a glacier and dumping ice into the ocean.<br>
"That is the process that we really want to try and understand to
see how that is being impacted by climate change. We also look at
past changes by looking at the geomorphology in front of the ice. So
this tells us about past ice dynamics and how previous environments
impacted ice dynamics."<br>
<br>
As well as studying the visible ice forms with drones and laser
scanners, Dr. Harcourt also looks at what is beneath the ice.<br>
<br>
"We have seismometers that tell us something about activity at the
bed that also drive glacier flow. So at this particular glacier that
we were looking at, We know that there is meltwater at the bed, so
we can use seismometers to tell us how much meltwater there is and
how that is driving ice flow at this glacier."<br>
<br>
While some aspects of glacier research can be conducted using
satellite imagery, on-location field work is critical to
understanding the evolving situation in the arctic.<br>
<br>
"We may not have glaciers in some locations in the world in 100
years time, so it's really important we understand them now when
they're here, how they're changing, and also try to understand if we
can mitigate any of the impacts of climate change on these regions."<br>
<br>
Provided by University of Aberdeen <br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://phys.org/news/2023-12-mysterious-glaciers-svalbard.html">https://phys.org/news/2023-12-mysterious-glaciers-svalbard.html</a><br>
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</font><font face="Calibri"> <i>[The news archive - Climate is a
moral imperative ]</i></font><br>
<font face="Calibri"> <font size="+2"><i><b>December 13, 2007 </b></i></font>
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<font face="Calibri"> </font> December 13, 2007: At a Democratic
presidential debate in Iowa, Illinois Senator Barack Obama declares
that the need to address human-caused climate change "is a moral
imperative. I've got a 9-year-old daughter and a 6-year-old
daughter. And I want to make sure that the planet is as beautiful
for them as it was for me.<br>
<br>
"Now, what that means is, there are going to be some increases
initially, in electricity prices, for example, if we have a
cap-and-trade system.<br>
<br>
"Over time, technology will adapt because investors and people who
are looking to make money will see that they can make money through
green technologies...but, in order for this to happen, we've got to
be courageous enough to not just talk about it in front of the
Sierra Club, or organizations that are already sympathetic to
us...part of what the next president has to do is not just tell the
American people what they want to hear; has to tell them what they
need to hear."<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://youtu.be/bMVlhPIH_04">http://youtu.be/bMVlhPIH_04</a><br>
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