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Charles Moore must be surprised by each change of season, utterly unable to predict that Spring precedes Summer, Summer precedes Fall and Fall precedes Winter. He's seems unable to distinguish weather from climate, that or he just likes blowing smoke up the collective asses of Telegraph readers.
Speaking of the media on climate science, the Union of Concerned Scientists recently published an assessment of how well cable news channels do on the subject.
http://www.ucsusa.org/global_warming...e-science.html
"Science Does Not Exist on Capitol Hill": Rep. Peter Welch on House GOP’s Climate Change Denial:
Peter Welch discusses Climate Change at the 49 minute mark...
http://www.democracynow.org/2014/4/8...ist_on_capitol
Carbon Dioxide Levels Climb Into Uncharted Territory:
http://mashable.com/2014/04/08/carbo...lobal-warming/
More on Global Warming and the Media:
Showtime is about to run a series on the dangers of global warming with focus on concomitant natural disasters. Two NYT reviewers ( http://nyti.ms/1qhekjP ) warn that the scare tactic employed by the producers/directors of the series may do more to turn off the public than motivate them. The authors cite several studies that agree.
The difficulty is, the consequences of climatic energy imbalance are global in scale. Changes in weather patterns will (and already are) driving the extinctions of diverse plant and animal species and forcing the poleward migration of plants and crops. Warmer atmospheres hold more water for longer period of time. This creates long periods of drought (think of the wildfires in Texas, California and Australia) followed by torrential rains (floods and mudslides). As arable lands dwindle, the price of food will rise. Etc.
This from the NYT article linked above, "Some people, the report noted, “are likely to buy an SUV to help them through the erratic weather to come” for example, rather than support fuel-efficiency standards."
The rampant denialism, the ideologically driven resistance to science, the me first selfishness and the utter banality displayed right wing on this issue is breath taking.
Growing Evidence That Autism Is Linked to Pollution:
http://time.com/25424/growing-eviden...-to-pollution/
:geek:Right ,Trish ! A n it looks like Fox News leads the pack.!Quote:
Originally Posted by trish
http://rt.com/usa/fox-news-misleadin...te-change-500/
We need an apartheid-style boycott to save the planet:
http://www.theguardian.com/commentis...ge-keystone-xl
Report: Climate change stunting fish
Fish sizes reduced by as much as 29 percent over past 40 years as ocean temperatures increased:
http://america.aljazeera.com/article...ntingfish.html
More, bigger wildfires burning western U.S., study shows:
http://news.agu.org/press-release/mo...s-study-shows/
Plankton will suffer as oceans warm:
http://www.climatenewsnetwork.net/20...s-oceans-warm/
OOOOOoooOOOOOooooOOOKLAHOMANS who supplement their energy with roof top solar cells will now be charged more for the the energy they draw from their utility company. Take that you alternative energy freaks and get the fuck out of OOOOooOOOOoooooOOOOOKLAHOMA!
http://newsok.com/oklahoma-electric-...rticle/4083525
I just read in the Science section of the newspaper that a kind of shrew lasted 25 million years, and a kind of elephant lasted 23 million years, as a species we have made it 250,000 years, the chances of us hitting 10 million years is less than one percent.
What if we clean up all the rivers and the atmosphere, and then a big meteor hits the next day?
We've been running our cars and factories on melted dinosaurs, I think it's only fair we raise the temperature of the earth ten degrees so the dinosaurs can come back. What goes around, comes around.
Get me a roast beef sandwich and get me to 2050. Tell me everythings gonna be OK.
Shit, what if a meteor strikes before 5:00 PM today! Best walk up your boss right now, tell him to shove this job, then walk out and get yourself laid.Quote:
What if we clean up all the rivers and the atmosphere, and then a big meteor hits the next day?
Now yer catchin on.Quote:
Originally Posted by trish
Just watching this now.
Dr. Spencer Wells: The Unforeseen Cost of Civilization:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZe4B3nfPJM
Noam Chomsky: Will Human's Create World Wide Extinction?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Axdrh9F3Kqo
If You're American, You're Probably Breathing Unsafe Air:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGlVkoafNPQ
How do we Talk to Climate Change Deniers?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dS8mxgnrb_U
Recent research confirms that the Antarctic ice sheet is melting at an unstoppable melt. This will dramatically increase previous sea level rise estimates.
http://main.omanobserver.om/?p=81719
I found this article that includes discussion by three scientists on the effect of rising seas on human habitation in the next century. They discuss it as an inevitability, but city planners, residents, and large property owners are probably not thinking in terms of changes that will occur by year 2100. I won't be around in the year 2100 unless we have changes in the maximum human lifespan (I'm not sure my telomeres are long enough), but it would be fascinating to see if coastal cities are partially submerged and millions of people displaced. I hope not.
http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/20...ype=blogs&_r=0
Edit: One of the people in the discussion is a novelist in the genre "cli-fi". A cottage industry I guess.
Two-thirds of the Earth's surface is covered with water. We should take the Dutch attitude -you can't fight water, so learn to live with it. It raises questions, like -if the Dutch can manage their water problem why can't the British? Two interesting articles on coastal and flood management.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/a...land-help.html
http://www.theguardian.com/environme...ng-netherlands
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-27465050
Looks like the water coverage is going to increase. I suppose it's all at the bottom of the Earth so won't get to us :)
Is it any more feasible to colonise Antarctica than Mars? I am surprised there hasn't been more debate about it, given the prospects of climate change opening up previously hostile environments to human settlement. I believe Greenland may be the future...Quote:
Originally Posted by martin48
Colonization of Antarctica - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Antarctica without ice.
http://akarlin.com/2011/10/polar-civilizations/
Prince Charles: Climate Crisis Demands 'Fundamental Transformation of Capitalism'
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/05/28-5
It's simple. If we can't change our economic system, our number's up:
http://www.theguardian.com/commentis...r-number-is-up
John Boehner said he doesn't feel qualified to "debate the science" of climate change:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsjEN5lN_JQ
Here is an article I like about a skeleton from 10,000BC some divers found in a cave in the Yucatan.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/nation...527_story.html
http://apps.washingtonpost.com/g/pag...-yucatan/1036/
a 15 year old girl was going through a dark cave when she fell into a huge pit and broke her hip.
They found all these extinct big cats and bears also.
The cool part of the paper says that the people in the Yucatan of this time had traveled well out of their comfort zone to track and kill big game, they were into high risk situations and novelties, like excitement junkies. As Mankind became more agricultural, we became more WOMANIZED.
Kids in my neighborhood don't even play at the creek anymore, while protecting the planet is common sense, I think the evolution of just the last 100 years has threatened turning our species into La-Z-Boy addicted AC Junkies, Even the Bears are getting soft. This pic was taken in Florida a few days ago.
California May Run Out of Water in Two Years:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCwpqFXvnwo
A lot will critique this -- above -- as mere fear mongering. OK. But I think Noam Chomsky is right. Below.
Ya know, say the scientists are wrong and global warming isn't real. OK. So we've spent a bit of money. And did a few things we should've done. But say the scientists are right. Then what? Well, we'll be in deep trouble as a species.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_O3cNc2JoMA
Abby Martin: Revolutionary Technology Could Solve America's Energy Crisis -- solar roadways:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XE6EW7yeRV8
Listen I agree with the climate change killing off humans....but
If the climate change thing somehow is corrected there will be 5 more things that will choke off humanity within 50 years.
1) Industrial pollution which is finally being reduced in the US is now exploding in China...responsible for most childhood cancers and many many adult cancers including brain and pancreas
2) Air pollution... expanding heavily in Asia, middle east, Russia, China, India
3) War instigated by the US, Israel...Muslims killing each other in large number and US Army starting major wars in Middle East, soon maybe Russia and China...where men and women will die in very very large numbers
4) Poverty and the violent death surrounding living in poverty
5)Loss of world food and fresh water due to over fishing, pollution, drought, fracking, global warming, pesticides, sewage discharge and ocean oil spills
Suppose your child has leukemia. You want to get him the best medical care...butQuote:
Listen I agree with the climate change killing off humans....but
your husband’s factory closed down and he has no job, a drunk plowed into your parked car and demolished it, and you just discovered your roof leaks and you need to get it shingled, your brother in the armed forces has been called to Iraq and you just got bit by a bat that slipped through the leaky roof.
Should you just give up, kick back and spend what days you have left watching TV, drinking beer and shooting up meth? Or do you prioritize your problems and work on them as best you can?
I suppose if it wasn't for those god damn war instigators - U.S.A. and Israel - number three on your list would simply be solved. Doesn't seem simplistic at all.
Climate Change Debate: Which Is The Hoax?
Russell Brand comments:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3BlotUe4G8
Emissions don't cause climate change, PEOPLE cause climate change..
Some people examine themselves, express opinions, sometimes based on logic, sometimes based on themselves. Some people accept life as it is, and don't question it. Their Life is family and friends. And sometimes they see people ranting about global warming and guns as trying to force THEIR truth upon them.
If you want anything done right, you have to do it yourself. People will always let you down.
You had the Gang of Six, bi-partisan, sharp guys, ..they came up with a practical solution to the debt crisis. Shepherds protecting the flock. But the wolves killed it.
Ees whay pass time to sit in the henhouse at midnight with a shotgun and kill some wolves.
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The Deadly Cost of Our Addiction to Oil:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaDerJNaDTA
Truthout Interviews with Dahr Jamail on Politics & Climate Change:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRXjbCl8UKY