The U.S. Global Research Program issues a draft report of its proposed National Climate Assessment for 2014, for public review.
Inside the Latest Climate Report (NCADAC Draft 2013)
15 January 2013
http://www.counterpunch.org/2013/01/15/inside-the-latest-climate-report/
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* Climate Change News, January 7-14, 2013, & Some Related Articles *
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2012 HOTTEST YEAR IN CONTIGUOUS U.S.
The Hottest Year Keeps Getting Hotter.
MANUEL GARCIA, JR.
9 January 2013
http://www.counterpunch.org/2013/01/09/the-hottest-year-keeps-getting-hotter/
The following segment has nice visuals on the “hottest year,” but the “recommendations” at the end are ha-ha sad.
2012 Hottest Year on Record in US, Second-Most-Extreme Weather.
ABC NEWS
8 January 2013
http://youtu.be/05lRI-5cEbg
This next segment has scary images of the fires Down Under.
Australian wildfires: Temperatures set to reach a record 50 C.
ITN NEWS
9 January 2013
http://youtu.be/5K3rE0E6rkU
NCADAC DRAFT REPORT, 2013
Federal Advisory Committee Draft Climate Assessment Report Released for Public Review.
U.S. GLOBAL CHANGE RESEARCH PROGRAM
11 January 2013
http://ncadac.globalchange.gov/
You can make comments about the draft report (between January 14 and April 12, 2013), which will be reviewed before it is finalized. If you don’t like “climate change” this is your chance to tell Uncle Sam directly about it.
Impact of climate change hitting home, U.S. report finds.
REUTERS
11 January 2013
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/12/us-climate-usa-study-idUSBRE90B00C20130112
Climate change set to make America hotter, drier and more disaster-prone.
(Draft report from NCA makes clear link between climate change and extreme weather as groups urge Obama to take action)
U.K. GUARDIAN
11 January 2013
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/jan/11/climate-change-america-hotter-drier-disaster
US scientists in fresh alert over effects of global warming.
(US National Climate Assessment reveals that severe weather disruption is going to be commonplace in coming years.)
U.K. GUARDIAN
12 January 2013
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/jan/12/us-scientists-effects-global-warming
The following article is good summary of the extreme weather experienced during 2012 worldwide.
Heat, Flood or Icy Cold, Extreme Weather Rages Worldwide.
NEW YORK TIMES
12 January 2013
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/11/science/earth/extreme-weather-grows-in-frequency-and-intensity-around-world.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
POLITICAL ECONOMY OF CLIMATE CHANGE
The Post-Crisis Crisis
JOSEPH STIGLITZ
7 January 2013
http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/global-warming–inequality–and-structural-change-by-joseph-e–stiglitz
Does anybody care if Bangladesh drowns?
AFSAN CHOWDHURY & THEREALNEWS.COM
7 December 2007
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wj0iZiivYJc
The current prediction (in the 2013 NCADAC draft report) for sea level rise in this century is: 1 to 4 feet (0.3 to 1.2 m), and possibly up to 6.6 feet (2 m).
The following article (appearing in Counterpunch), by Rob Urie, is an expansion on the theme “climate change is the exhaust product of capitalism,” which is also a point I allude to in paragraphs here and there in my various essays on the climate change. Urie’s article is an essay in political economy, no science is described, and Urie’s presentation does not descend to the granularity of specific “policy proposals.” I think of this article as Urie channeling Marx to write Die Klimaaenderung.
The Political Economy of Climate Change.
ROB URIE
11 January 2013
http://www.counterpunch.org/2013/01/11/the-political-economy-of-climate-change/
Rob Urie described economic “externalities” in his article. Here is a short video with David Suzuki explaining them.
Externalities
DAVID SUZUKI
25 September 2012 (“fair use” video, taken from BBC)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Se55CCdfaOA
Extract: Requiem for a Species by Clive Hamilton.
(In an exclusive extract from his new book addressing the resistance to the truth about climate change, Clive Hamilton examines the roots of the denial lobby in US conservatism’s reaction to the fall of communism.)
U.K. GUARDIAN
16 April 2010
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/apr/16/requiem-for-a-species-clive-hamilton
SOME ARTICLES ON CLIMATE CHANGE (2004-2012)
Sir David Attenborough: The Truth About Climate Change
SIR DAVID ATTENBOROUGH
22 October 2006 (“fair use” video, taken from CBC News)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9ob9WdbXx0
My own scribblings over the last 9 years, on climate change, are listed at the following web site.
https://manuelgarciajr.com/2013/01/11/mgjr-essays-on-climate-change-2004-2012/
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