YaleClimateConnections Double Shot:TV Meteorologists Warming to Climate Science / Warmer Oceans, Stronger Hurricanes

Yale Climate Connections aims to help citizens and institutions understand how the changing climate is already affecting our lives. It seeks to help individuals, corporations, media, non-governmental organizations, government agencies, academics, artists, and more learn from each other about constructive “solutions” so many are undertaking to reduce climate-related risks and wasteful energy practices.
Through articles, radio stories, videos, and webinars we “connect the dots” between climate change and energy, extreme weather, public health, food and water, jobs and the economy, national security, the creative arts, and religious and moral values, among other themes

NASA Double SHot:Alaska’s Bubbling Lakes - Measuring Sea Ice at the Peak of Melt

“In the last 30 years we’ve really moved into exceptional territory,” Gavin Schmidt, director of Nasa’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies, said. “It’s unprecedented in 1,000 years. There’s no period that has the trend seen in the 20th century in terms of the inclination (of temperatures).” “Maintaining temperatures below the 1.5C guardrail requires significant and very rapid cuts in carbon dioxide emissions or co-ordinated geo-engineering. That is very unlikely. We are not even yet making emissions cuts commensurate with keeping warming below 2C.”
“It’s the long-term trend we have to worry about though and there’s no evidence it’s going away and lots of reasons to think it’s here to stay,” Schmidt said. “There’s no pause or hiatus in temperature increase. People who think this is over are viewing the world through rose-tinted spectacles. This is a chronic problem for society for the next 100 years.” Schmidt is the highest-profile scientist to effectively write-off the 1.5C target, which was adopted at December’s UN summit after heavy lobbying from island nations that risk being inundated by rising seas if temperatures exceed this level. Recent research found that just five more years of carbon dioxide emissions at current levels will virtually wipe out any chance of restraining temperatures to a 1.5C increase and avoid runaway climate change.

Not your Dad's or Grandad's TV. TYT Double Shot New Ways Climate Change Will Affect Public Health

Getting the word out to the to the younguns!!!
The Young Turks demographic Seventy-eight percent of The Young Turks’ viewers are under the age of 35. It’s very similar to the shows I used to do on cable news for MSNBC or Current TV. On MSNBC, the regular age is 63 years old. The difference between 63 and our average age of 28 is monumental. Through good work and luck, we find ourselves on the right side of history. I don’t know how much time they have left, but cable and broadcast news is on the clock. We have not yet reached any plateau. We still have a lot of audience to take from television and other platforms out there.

Climate Change: Show Me The Funny. Triple Shot from Funny or Die

Carbfix Double Shot plus bonus made in Canada CCS Solution

CarbFix is a collaborative research project between Reykjavik Energy, the University of Iceland, Columbia University and CNRS that aims at developing safe, simple and economical methods and technology for permanent CO2 mineral storage in basalts. The CarbFix team had demonstrated that over 95% of CO2 captured and injected at Hellisheidi geothermal Power Plant in Iceland was mineralized within two years. This contrasts the previous common view that mineralization in CCS projects takes hundreds to thousands of years. Industrial scale capture and injection have been ongoing at the power plant since 2012.
From the beginnings: Reykjavik Energy's Head of Innovation and Development discusses the CarbFix program, an international project to store carbon emissions in rock, and the role a major geothermal plant is playing in the effort.
SaskPower Carbon Capture Test Facility (CCTF) Tour: a virtual tour of the recently opened Carbon Capture Test Facility (CCTF) at Shand Power Station in Estevan, SK. The CCTF was built to provide technology developers with an opportunity to test new and emerging carbon capture systems for controlling carbon emissions from coal-fired power plants.

Microsoft Research Double Shot on Climate Change

Microsoft Research collaborates with the world's foremost researchers in academia, industry and government to move research in new directions across nearly every field of computer science, engineering and general science.

Networks in Climate Science The El Nino is a powerful but irregular climate cycle that has huge consequences for agriculture and perhaps global warming. Predicting its arrival more than 6 months ahead of time has been difficult. A recent paper by Ludescher et al caused a stir by using ideas from network theory to predict the start of an El Nino toward the end of 2014 with a 3-in-4 likelihood. We critically analyze their technique, related applications of network theory, and also attempts to use neural networks to help model the Earth's climate. John Baez is a professor of mathematics at U.C. Riverside. Until recently he worked on higher category theory and quantum gravity. His internet column 'This Week's Finds' dates back to to 1993 and is sometimes called the world's first blog. In 2010, concerned about climate change and the future of the planet, he switched to working on more practical topics and started the Azimuth Project, a collaboration to create a focal point for scientists and engineers interested in environmental issues. One part of this project is developing the mathematics of networks of all kinds: chemical reaction networks, belief networks, signal-flow diagrams, and so on.
David MacKay Dept of Engineering Uni of Cambridge Stuff machine learning, let’s talk about climate change

ClimateTruth.org Double Shot Actually more to the point: Exxon double

ClimateTruth.org is an online community of more than 170,000 people combatting the denial, distortion and disinformation that blocks bold action on climate change. Since 2012, we’ve been pushing public officials, institutions, and corporations to cut ties with the polluter front groups and other vested interests that spread disinformation and block action on climate change.
Exxon Knew Exxon Profits from disasters. Consider this: carcasses of more than 35,000 birds and 1,000 sea otters, which was considered to be a fraction of the animal death toll because carcasses typically sink to the seabed. It’s estimated 250,000 seabirds, 2,800 sea otters, 300 harbor seals, 250 bald eagles, up to 22 killer whales died along with billions of salmon and herring eggs. Exxon Valdez ring a bell?

Inter-American Development Bank Double shot

Inter-American Development Bank: supporting efforts by Latin America and the Caribbean countries to reduce poverty and inequality and improve the quality of life. We aim to bring about development in a sustainable, climate-friendly way.
Inter-American Development Bank: working to improve lives in Latin America and the Caribbean. Through financial and technical support for countries working to reduce poverty and inequality, we help improve health and education, and advance infrastructure. Our aim is to achieve development in a sustainable, climate-friendly way. With a history dating back to 1959, today we are the leading source of development financing for Latin America and the Caribbean. We provide loans, grants, and technical assistance; and we conduct extensive research. We maintain a strong commitment to achieving measurable results and the highest standards of increased integrity, transparency, and accountability.

For the hardcore Graphanatic A Tableau Public Double Shot - Emissions / Oil Spills

What is Tableau Public? Tableau Public is a free service that lets anyone publish interactive data visualizations to the web. Visualizations that have been published to Tableau Public (“vizzes”) can be embeded into webpages and blogs, they can be shared via social media or email, and they can be made available for download to other users. Visualizations are created in the accompanying app Tableau Desktop Public Edition (or another Edition of Tableau Desktop) - no programming skills are required. Be sure to look at the gallery to see some of the visualizationspeople in the community have been creating.

The Discarded’ director Annie Costner talks about telling the stories of Rio residents fighting to clean up an environmental disaster in Guanabara Bay

The Discarded’ director Annie Costner talks about telling the stories of Rio residents fighting to clean up an environmental disaster in Guanabara Bay. TakePart spoke to Costner about the making of The Discarded and her journey from environmental activist to environmental filmmaker. Read More

PBS News Hour Double Shot: The flooding is unprecedented / Blue Cut Fire:Over 82,000 forced to evacuate

Governor John Bel Edwards "The flooding unprecedented" Governor John Bel Edwards said residents had been pulled from swamped cars, flooded homes and threatened hospitals across the southern part of the state. The already soaked region is expected to get more rain from a storm system stretching from the Gulf Coast to the Ohio Valley. "Even with the sunshine out today intermittently, the waters are going to continue to rise in many areas, so this is no time to let the guard down," Edwards said, calling the flooding unprecedented. U.S. President Barack Obama issued a disaster declaration on Sunday for flood-ravaged Louisiana, where at least five people have died and emergency crews have rescued more than 20,000 people stranded by unprecedented flooding. Louisiana State Police Colonel Michael Edmonson said helicopters were transporting food and water to those still trapped by floods. Helicopters were also transporting some seriously ill people to areas outside the high waters. More than 20,000 people had been rescued from flood waters in southern Louisiana.
This wouldn't be about Climate Change now would it? William Brangham discusses with Columbia University’s Adam Sobel and Louisiana State climatologist Barry Keim.

Experts and Empirical Evidence From Down Under: Professor Brian Cox Vs Malcom Roberts plus others

OZ ABC Q&A Epsiode: Experts and Empirical Evidence Professor Brian Cox is a British particle physicist at the University of Manchester and Royal Society Professor for Public Engagement in Science. He has carried out research at the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, Switzerland and the H1 experiment at DESY in Hamburg. Malcolm Roberts has been confirmed as the fourth member of Pauline Hanson’s Senate team to be elected, and will represent Queensland for One Nation. Malcolm has a background in engineering, mining and business leadership, and also a keen interest in economics. Malcolm disputes many of the claims made about climate change. After an investigation of these claims, involving analysis of the measured data, Malcolm believes he has exposed corruption. His investigations led him to conclude that foreign control is wrecking Australia and the tax system is choking Australians, destroying initiative and responsibility, while sabotaging the future. see complete Episode and Transcript at ABC Q&A Experts and Empirical Evidence

POTUS 2014 Hot 2015 Hotter 2016 Hotest Building on Paris Agreement

Climate Change White House Weekly Address In his weekly address President Obama talked about his efforts in creating clean energy and combating climate change. Clean Energy MORE FUEL EFFICIENCY STANDARDS ARE COMING TO A TRUCK STOP NEAR YOU!

More Plastic Than Fish - project clean up:ocean plastic

"What does plastic pollution have to do with climate change? They both have their root in fossil fuels."  — Anna Cummins, 5 Gyres Institute The EPA estimates as many as five ounces of carbon dioxide are emitted for each ounce of polyethylene (PET) produced—the type of plastic most commonly used for beverage bottles. Matt Prindiville, executive director of Upstream, a sustainability venture that seeks to end plastic pollution and reduce climate disruption. He states:  "It’s a fundamental Lorax-type tale. We are wrecking the oceans—and now our food, due to microplastics attracting and bio-concentrating toxic chemicals in the marine food chain—because of our addiction to cheap, plastic products and packaging, and a comprehensive global failure to steward these materials properly. A recent study revealed that 8 million tons of plastic waste flows into our oceans each year, enough to cover every foot of coastline in the world."

Another Org to help you convince your Uncle Denny the Denier IMPACT2C

The Climate Service Center Germany (GERICS) was initiated by the German Federal Government in 2009 as a fundamental part of the German hightech-strategy for climate protection. Since June 2014, GERICS is a scientific organizational entity of Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht – Zentrum für Material- und Küstenforschung GmbH. GERICS offers in a scientifically sound manner products, advisory services and decision-relevant information in order to support government, administration and business in their efforts to adapt to climate change. Director is meteorologist and climate scientist Prof. Dr. Daniela Jacob. The IMPACT2C project provided easily accessible climate-related information to policymakers, the media and other interested parties. The project results were put together in a series of the Policy Brief Notes. The IMPACT2C web atlas (www.atlas.impact2c.eu) was produced to provide input for the development of recommendations on possible adaptations strategies. The key messages of the IMPACT2C project can be summarized as follows: A global warming by 2°C substantially affects a wide range of sectors and regions throughout Europe. Some regions or sectors will benefit from a future warming, but some will experience disadvantages.  To assess the impacts of climate change on specific sectors, cross-sectoral relationships have to be included into the analysis.  In most regions of Europe, the projected regional warming is more pronounced than the global mean warming. Projections for annual mean precipitation show wetter conditions in northern Europe and drier conditions in southern Europe.  Under a 2°C global warming, a European-wide increase in the frequency of extreme events is expected. Heatwaves are projected to double while extreme precipitation events tend to become more intense.  A limitation to 2°C global warming will not stop sea-level rise due to the delayed reaction of the oceans. Therefore costs due to coastal flooding will incur even with adaptation measures.  Bangladesh and the low-lying islands like Maldives are expected to feel the consequences of climate change, due to the continuous rise of sea-levels enhancing the risk for storm surges and flooding.  For West and East Africa, the warming is above the global temperature increase. West Africa could experience a modest increase in rainfall, whereas for East Africa no clear trend is projected. .

Avast me hearties! Making Science Cool

Avast me hearties! Making Science Cool. In 2017-2019, the Marine National Facility (MNF) generously provided the CAPSTAN programme with Investigator ship time and access to on-board equipment for 3 pilot voyages for up to 30 post-graduate students and trainers. The CAPSTAN programme will change the landscape of marine science education in Australia. With your support, the sky, or more accurately, the Pacific’s Marian Trench is the limit!

Rising seas Triple Shot NASA, MSNBC, Potsdam Uni

NASA Says:For over 20 years, satellite altimeters have measured the sea surface height of our ever-changing oceans. Chris Hayes asks the question about that shall not be named according to DEP officials who have been ordered not to use the term “climate change” or “global warming” in any official communications, emails, or reports. Potsdam Uni's Stefan Rahmstorf obtained his PhD in oceanography at Victoria University of Wellington in 1990. He has worked as a scientist at the New Zealand Oceanographic Institute, at the Institute of Marine Science in Kiel and since 1996 at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research. His work focuses on the role of the oceans in climate change.

Nature double shot: Glaciers lost in time - Coral close-ups

The Good the Bad and the Ugly of reliance on one Industry

"The Good the Bad and the Ugly" of reliance on one Industry. Oil is hurting still, which means Oil country continues to shed jobs. In my own backyard, Alberta 'the have' continues down the 'have not' road. It would be an opportune time to gear up, retrain and put these folks to work in the Green Revolution as per the Greenpeace report last spring which suggests: Alberta has the potential to create over one hundred and forty-five thousand new jobs — 46,780 jobs in renewable energy, 68,400 jobs in energy efficiency, and 30,000-40,000 jobs in mass transit. Investing in the low-carbon economy would put Albertans to work right away, while diversifying the economy, reducing pollution and health care costs, and building stronger and more resilient communities in the process'  all it'll take is for Trudeaumania to roll into town and help us out a little Misery continues across the country Newfoundland and Labrador 12.8 per cent (12.0)  Prince Edward Island 9.6 (11.0)  New Brunswick 9.7 (10.3)  Alberta 8.6 (7.9)  Nova Scotia 8.4 (8.2)  Quebec 7.0 (7.0)  Ontario 6.4 (6.4)  Saskatchewan 6.3 (6.1)  Manitoba 6.2 (6.1)  British Columbia 5.6 (5.9)    And from the linked article Things have changed drastically in the last two years. the massive supply glut continues to weigh in on the prices. During Asian trading hours on Friday, as of 2:31 (EDT), the US benchmark for crude oil, West Texas Intermediate (WTI) was down 1.12% at $41.46, while on the other hand its counterpart, the global benchmark for crude oil during the same time was down 1.15% at $43.78 per barrel. Companies with smaller market capitalizations began to feel the brunt of the oil prices. In the past two years, over 85 companies have filed for bankruptcy. if the crude environment does not improve in the future, the companies might see a further increase in debt and decrease in profitability. The current fundamentals of the crude market show that a supply glut is still there and would take some time to clear out from the market." more on Oil prices

Prof Kevin Anderson - Double Shot:Climate change Delivering on 2 degrees' Keynote and and Interview from March 2016 on the Emerald Isle

"...so let's think where we are today 2016, in the first IPCC climate change report on came out over 25 years ago which i'm looking around here that's that's longer than some of you have been alive so for a quarter-century gray-haired or no head people have completely failed you and your future so when you see people like me to the front I should really start with a very sincere apology that we are handing you this legacy, so a quarter of a century we've known about climate change everything we need to know to act and we have actively chosen to do nothing, worse than nothing actually the carbon dioxide emissions this year will be sixty percent higher than they were in 1990 So during our 25 years of concern for your futures we've let our emissions go up so they are 60% higher now. The atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide is currently higher than is has been for about 800,000 years and probably as much as five million years but certainly 800,000 years which is about two to three times longer than any of us not any one individual but as a species on the planet"
The 1.5 Ship has arrived at it's destination. COP21: 1.5 Disingenuous Sop to the poorer Nations of the world

The Global Carbon Atlas

What I'm playing with today whilst looking into the devious minds of those Scientists who are driving the Deniers insane Pep Canadell Executive Director of the Global Carbon Project (GCP), the first joint project of the Earth System Partnership (ESSP) sponsored by: the Interntional Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP), the International Human Dimension Programme (IHDP), the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP), and Diversitas.one of the authors of The Global Carbon Budget 2014
The Global Carbon Atlas is an online platform to explore, visualize and interpret global and regional carbon data arising from both human activities and natural processes. The graphics and data sources are made available in the belief that their wide dissemination will lead to new knowledge and better-informed decisions to limit and cope with human-induced climate change. The Global Carbon Atlas is a community effort under the umbrella of the Global Carbon Project based on the contributions of many research institutions and individual scientists around the world who make available observations, models, and interpretation skills.
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The Atlas has three components with objectives and information relevant to different users: OUTREACH takes you on a journey tracing the history and possible future relationship between carbon emissions and human development. It is intended as an educational experience for the broad public while utilizing robust and up-to-date observations and modeling from climate change science. EMISSIONS is a tool to explore, display and download data and figures on carbon dioxide emissions from the combustion of fossil fuels, cement production and land use change over multiple decades, including their drivers. Information is available at the global, regional and national levels with tools that allow comparison, ranking and to visualize changes over time. Data from Contributors. RESEARCH provides tools to create custom global and regional maps and time series of carbon fluxes from research models and datasets. Data are contributed by many research institutions (see Contributors). This component will further advance collaborative international research on the functioning of the carbon cycle and its interactions with the climate system.
Pep Canadell The Global Carbon Budget 2014 The concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere has increased from approximately 277 parts per million (ppm) in 1750 (Joos and Spahni, 2008), the beginning of the Industrial Era, to 395.31 ppm in 2013 (Dlugokencky and Tans, 2014). Daily averages went above 400 ppm for the first time at Mauna Loa station in May 2013 (Scripps, 2013). This station holds the longest running record of direct measurements of atmospheric CO2 concentration (Tans and Keeling, 2014; Fig. 1). The atmospheric CO2 increase above preindustrial levels was initially, primarily, caused by the release of carbon to the atmosphere from deforestation and other land-use-change activities (Ciais et al., 2013). While emissions from fossil fuel combustion started before the Industrial Era, they only became the dominant source of anthropogenic emissions to the atmosphere from around 1920 and their relative share has continued to increase until present. Anthropogenic emissions occur on top of an active natural carbon cycle that circulates carbon between the atmosphere, ocean, and terrestrial biosphere reservoirs on timescales from days to millennia, while exchanges with geologic reservoirs occur at longer timescales (Archer et al., 2009).

Kevin Trenberth: "Global Warming - Coming Ready or Not!"

This be that Dr. Kevin Trenberth from my last post  tale of 2 insurance companies Businesses must recognize that climate change is happening and it will generally get warmer,” cautions Dr. Kevin Trenberth, distinguished senior scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, in the white paper, titled Coping with Extremes: The Impact of Climate Change on Extreme Precipitation and Flooding in the United States and How Businesses Can Prepare Now. Trenberth is one of four leading atmospheric scientists consulted for the paper.

A tale of 2 (of many) Insurance Companies and Climate Change AXA / FM Global

Insurance companies getting in on the Climate Change Action FM GLOBAL U.S. businesses, depending on their location, should start preparing now for the increased, extreme rainfall that a changing climate will almost certainly deliver. That’s the advice FM Global, one of the world’s largest commercial property insurers, offered in its new white paper published today. “Businesses must recognize that climate change is happening and it will generally get warmer,” cautions Dr. Kevin Trenberth, distinguished senior scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, in the white paper, titled Coping with Extremes:  The Impact of Climate Change on Extreme Precipitation and Flooding in the United States and How Businesses Can Prepare Now. Trenberth is one of four leading atmospheric scientists consulted for the paper. In general, wet areas of the country will likely become wetter and dry areas drier. Of particular concern, the paper states, are changes that are severe in the extremes: “Extreme events have the greatest potential to produce natural catastrophes that affect businesses, jobs and economies on a regional or global scale. Coping with Extreme Precipitation and Flooding-FM Global Whitepaper

AXA By 2030, 60% of the world’s population will be living in cities, which will be at the core of the climate conundrum. Now that climate change has become a reality, how will our cities and SMEs adapt to its impact? How will they manage the new economic, social and environmental risks? What are the challenges and obstacles that are slowing down resilience efforts? These are the primary questions raised this summer with some 1,100 SME directors and urban leaders from major cities in 18 countries across Europe, the Americas and Asia. axa PAPERS Risk education and research No.4 CLIMATE RISKS

Pacific Possible: Climate Change

New report, Pacific Possible: Climate Change & Disaster Resilience – which looks at the potential impact of a changing climate on the Pacific Island region The Pacific region is known to be one of the most exposed to natural hazards and climate change in the world. Pacific Island Countries (PICs) are exposed to a wide variety of natural hazards, including cyclones, droughts, earthquakes, electrical storms, extreme winds, floods, landslides, storm surges, tsunami and volcanic eruptions. Some of these hazards will be exacerbated by climate change.  Average ocean and land temperatures are increasing, and the seasonality and duration of rainfall is changing. Over the coming decades, tropical cyclones are expected to increase in intensity, though not necessarily in frequency, and to move closer to the equator. Because of higher ocean temperature and ice sheet melt, sea level is rising, thereby worsening coastal erosion and saline intrusion and increasing the severity of storm surges.  All these impacts adversely affects agriculture, fisheries, coastal zones, water resources, health, and ecosystems and thus threaten entire communities and economies. The mere existence of low-lying atoll island nations like Kiribati, Tuvalu and RMI is threatened by sea level rise and storm surges, since they are only 1-3m above sea level.

SkyMining Double Shot

2nd time this week I'm hearing about this kind of technology. does it make it feasible
Creating a clean copy of fossil fuels. SkyMining is powered by two feats of engineering. One is evolutionary and took millions of years to perfect; the other is a patented technology that converts captured CO2 into clean fuel.

Amory B. Lovins, Co-Founder, Chief Scientist and CE, Rocky Mountain Inst

Amory B. Lovins making sense of going from pigs to seal and growing 62 passive  solar Bananas in Colorado all with no central heating.
Climate Change:How Skewed Are We...Really? (HSAWR?) A resource for people looking to find out about the science and the impacts of Climate Change and Anthropogenic Global Warming (AGW). This is accomplished by curating scientific, political and business videos, news reports, surveys and polls as well as creating original content. (CHECK OUT OUR HSAWR ORIGINAL VIDEOS)
The Pentagon," calls CLIMATE CHANGE an “urgent and growing threat to America's national security” and blames it for “increased natural disasters” that will require more American troops designated to combat bad weather.

GLOBE 2016 3PEAT

For the last 25 years, the GLOBE™ Series has been at the forefront of new ideas and vital insights on business and sustainability. We have helped corporations embed sustainability into their operations, influenced the global debate on climate change, and accelerated the market for clean technologies and services.

GLOBE 2016 Opening Keynote: The Right Honourable Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada
GLOBE 2016 - Going Forward Plenary
The Transition to a Clean Economy

Sea Level Rise: What It's Already Done and Where It's Headed

Dr. Ben Strauss, Climate Central Vice President for Sea Level and Climate Impacts
Papers mentioned in Video Temperature-driven global sea-level variability in the Common Eras Contribution of Antarctica to past and future sea-level rise Check out their COOL TOOL Forward projections indicate a very likely 21st century GSL rise of 52–131 cm under RCP 8.5 and 24–61 cm under RCP 2.6, values that provide greater consistency with process model-based projections preferred by AR5 than previous semiempirical projections
Sea Level 101 Global warming has raised global sea level about 8 inches since 1880, and the rate of rise is accelerating. Rising seas dramatically increase the odds of damaging floods from storm surges. A Climate Central analysis finds that sea level rise from warming has already doubled the odds of "century" or worse floods over widespread areas of the U.S., and the problem is growing by the decade.These increases threaten an enormous amount of damage. Across the country, nearly 5 million people live in 2.6 million homes at less than 4 feet above high tide — a level lower than the century flood line for most locations analyzed. And compounding this risk, scientists expect roughly 2 to 5 more feet of sea level rise this century — a lot depending upon how much more heat-trapping pollution humanity puts into the sky.
Climate Central’s Program on Sea Level Rise strives to provide accurate, clear and granular information about sea level rise and coastal flood hazards both locally and globally, today and tomorrow. Anchored in rigorous primary research, our work distinguishes itself by its user-friendly maps and tools, extensive datasets, and high-quality visual presentation. The program dedicates its efforts to helping citizens, communities, businesses, organizations, and governments at every level to understand the consequences of different carbon pathways and to navigate the shifting waters of our warming world.
Climate Change:How Skewed Are We...Really? (HSAWR?) A resource for people looking to find out about the science and the impacts of Climate Change and Anthropogenic Global Warming (AGW). This is accomplished by curating scientific, political and business videos, news reports, surveys and polls as well as creating original content. (CHECK OUT OUR HSAWR ORIGINAL VIDEOS)
The Pentagon," calls CLIMATE CHANGE an “urgent and growing threat to America's national security” and blames it for “increased natural disasters” that will require more American troops designated to combat bad weather.

Mary Robinson (UN Special Envoy on Climate Change) on Responding to the Impacts of El Nino and Mitigating Recurring Climate Risks

20 MAY 2016: United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the appointments of Mary Robinson of Ireland and Macharia Kamau of Kenya as his Special Envoys on El Niño and Climate.  These appointments come at a time of great urgency. Drought and flooding associated with El Niño have created massive needs across the world, especially in the four worst affected regions of East Africa, Southern Africa, Central America and the Pacific. Ethiopia is experiencing its worst drought in 50 years. One million children in Eastern and Southern Africa alone are severely acutely malnourished. And global food insecurity is not expected to peak before December.
The Impacts of Climate Change in Ethiopia Over the last decades, the temperature in Ethiopia increased at about 0.2° C per decade. The increase in minimum temperatures is more pronounced with roughly 0.4° C per decade. Precipitation, on the other hand, remained fairly stable over the last 50 years when averaged over the country. However, the spatial and temporal variability of precipitation is high, thus large-scale trends do not necessarily reflect local conditions. The projected increases in the inter annual variability of precipitation in combination with the warming will likely lead to increases in the occurrence of droughts. Furthermore, heavy rains and floods are projected to increase as well. These impacts include: Agriculture, Food Security: The increasing year-to-year variability and increases in both droughts and heavy precipitation events lowers agricultural production with corresponding negative effects on food security. Water: The availability of clean drinking water is likely to decrease due to the increasing evaporation and the increasing variability of rainfall events. Health: Incidences of malaria in areas of the highlands where malaria was previously not endemic. The warming is further expected to cause an increase in cardio-respiratory and infectious diseases. Ecosystems, Biodiversity: Climate change but also human drivers such as forest fires threaten forest ecosystems. Furthermore, a large number of plant and animal species is threatened by extinction, as climate conditions are changing too quickly for them to adapt. Infrastructure: Heavy rainfall events and floods cause damages to roads and buildings. It is important to notice, however, that other factors threaten the livelihoods of Ethiopian  communities as well. For example resource degradation and the over exploitation of natural resources such as fire wood is one of the key issues in association with the environmental decline.
Climate Change:How Skewed Are We...Really? (HSAWR?) A resource for people looking to find out about the science and the impacts of Climate Change and Anthropogenic Global Warming (AGW). This is accomplished by curating scientific, political and business videos, news reports, surveys and polls as well as creating original content. (CHECK OUT OUR HSAWR ORIGINAL VIDEOS)
The Pentagon," calls CLIMATE CHANGE an “urgent and growing threat to America's national security” and blames it for “increased natural disasters” that will require more American troops designated to combat bad weather.

Stern Triple Shot from Climate One

Stern Triple Shot Research interests The economics of climate change; Economic development and growth; Economic theory; Tax reform; Public policy; The role of the state and economies in transition. While federal experts warn that it will cost $44 trillion to rid the U.S. economy of carbon, Citibank counters that failing to act on climate disruption could result in over $44 trillion in public and private losses over the next 25 years. The true cost of either keeping or ditching fossil fuels was up for discussion at a recent Climate One event. At the Climate Change Conference in Paris last fall, Former World Bank Chief Economist Nicholas Stern noticed a shift in attitude. People around the world came to Paris equipped with a deep understanding of the issues, including the current impact of climate disruption and the risks of a warming planet. They were hungry for examples of cities that were functioning in a sustainable way, and what they saw were cities that offered an abundance of benefits to their residents. “For me, the key change was the understanding of the real attractiveness of the alternative route,” says Stern. “The investments that you make, you shouldn’t see [them] as ‘costs.’ You should see them as investments with very powerful returns.” Silicon Valley entrepreneur Steve Westly also felt inspired by what he saw at the talks in Paris. Two elements that he saw intersect for the first time were galvanized political movements promoting sustainable energy and the breakthroughs in clean energy technology necessary to make those goals cost-effective. “If you think about it, we’re that close to having a world where you may not be having to pay a penny for electricity at home if you buy low-cost solar,” Westly predicts. “You may not even be paying a penny for gas ever again. When you’re not paying for electricity or gas? Wow, that is a whole new world.”
Climate Change:How Skewed Are We...Really? (HSAWR?) A resource for people looking to find out about the science and the impacts of Climate Change and Anthropogenic Global Warming (AGW). This is accomplished by curating scientific, political and business videos, news reports, surveys and polls as well as creating original content. (CHECK OUT OUR HSAWR ORIGINAL VIDEOS)
The Pentagon," calls CLIMATE CHANGE an “urgent and growing threat to America's national security” and blames it for “increased natural disasters” that will require more American troops designated to combat bad weather.

What I'm Reading Today July 30

Today's assignment: Urban Health and Well-being
Environmental Pollution: The effects of high temperature on cardiovascular admissions in the most populous tropical city in Vietnam Climate change is a major public health threat due to the effect of extreme weather events on health . A significant increase in number of hospitalizations occurs in relation to exposure to high ambient temperature and previous studies have shown that one of the predominant causes of hospital admissions associated with high temperature is cardiovascular diseases (CVD)
Conclusion: this study reports an increased risk of cardiovascular admissions in relation to high temperature and heatwave events in Ho Chi Minh City, the largest and most populous city in tropical Vietnam. The findings suggest that an additional prevention program that reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease, a leading cause of deaths caused by non-communicable diseases, might be to establish public health preparedness and interventions to minimise the adverse effects of high temperatures. Further research should be conducted for better understanding of the roles of individual-level factors, which can involve modifying the relationship between temperature and cardiovascular morbidity
2010 -Vietnam is in record heat again: the announced temperatures were around 40-41oC (104-105.8oF), the actual outside temperatures usually went up to 45-46oC (113-114.8oF)
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