Anybody notice that all the changes that occur in nature are caused by man’s activities and nothing changes in nature are natural to nature.
Yes, Arizona is hot. I had college profs say 50 years ago the Phoenix area was pumping too much water out of the aquifers and that water was causing an air conditioner effect with the lawns and green fields. The day was coming that that life style would collapse and people would leave Arizona because they could not get water from any source.
Nature takes care of itself no matter what mankind tries to do, we just don’t know the time table.
We got 4 times more people in the world now then there were 100 years ago. Maybe, just maybe there are too many of us.
If mankind is causing all the damage, nature will take care of mankind. Another worldwide plague, an asteroid hit, or a super volcano (Yellowstone?) could reduce our numbers to a more manageable level.
Have a good life, or go on and worry about the rise of 1.5 degrees over the last centaury.
Tinker-TailorNow you are totally ignoring thermal lag. The solstice is never the hottest time; indeed, it is far hotter in August, nearer the autumnal equinox. The only fair comparison is between the same day or month from year to year, and those records show an increasing average temperature for those days and months – years too.
38 years ago, was seeing 120 degrees along the Colorado River and out on the desert in summer, Havasu City sucked. But, just a couple degrees higher today has more significance than “deniers” want to accept, because it’s global change, and the biological impacts observed have been severe, and extreme. AGCC (Anthropogenic Global Climate Change) and AGW are real, long documented, at least for the past 60 years as climate change first, then “warming”.
America especially, scienctifically and politically, are demonstrating extreme ignorance and defiance, like the mouse caught by the cat flipping the cat the bird, as it bites his head off.
“Pentagon Orders Commanders to Prioritize Climate Change in All Military Actions”..
by Rowan Scarborough , The Washington Times, 7 February 2015 .
“The Pentagon is ordering the top brass to incorporate climate change into virtually everything they do, from testing weapons to training troops to war planning to joint exercises with allies.
.“A new directive’s theme: The U.S. Armed Forces must show ‘resilience’ and beat back the threat based on ‘actionable science.”.“It says the military will not be able to maintain effectiveness unless the directive is followed. It orders the establishment of a new layer of bureaucracy — a wide array of ’climate change boards, councils and working groups’ to infuse climate change into ‘programs, plans and policies.’.“The Pentagon defines resilience to climate change as: ‘Ability to anticipate, prepare for, and adapt to changing conditions and withstand, respond to, and recover rapidly from disruptions.’.
“To four-star generals and admirals, among them the regional combatant commanders who plan and fight the nation’s wars, the directive tells them: ‘Incorporate climate change impacts into plans and operations and integrate DoD guidance and analysis in Combatant Command planning to address climate change-related risks and opportunities across the full range of military operations, including steady-state campaign planning and operations and contingency planning.’.
“The directive, ‘Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience,’ is in line with President Obama’s view that global warming is the country’s foremost national security threat, or close to it. Mr. Obama says there is no debate on the existence of man-made global warming and its ensuing climate change. Supporters of this viewpoint label as ‘deniers’ any scientists who disagree.”
“The Department of Defense sees climate change as an ‘immediate’ risk and is taking steps to assess those risk and respond to them according to its newly unveiled Climate Change Adaptation Roadmap..
“The document, released on Monday, is an update to the agency’s first climate roadmap released in 2012. But rather than being a slight tweak, it provides a major overhaul of how the military views the challenges that climate change poses in the near- and long-term to its training, operations, supply chains and infrastructure around the world..“’This is the strongest language coming out of the Department of Defense we’ve seen. That represents an evolution of how they have been looking at this issue,’ said Francesco Femia, co-director of the Center for Climate and Security, a nonpartisan think tank..
“In his introduction to the roadmap, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel also referred to climate change as a ‘threat multiplier’ that could increase the risk of disease and conflict in addition to affecting the military’s preparedness and operations..“’Planning for those added risks is where Femia said the updated roadmap really breaks new ground and shows that the report likely represents concerns that are coming from the military base-level up to the White House and not just the other way around..
“(RELATED: Military Bases Face Hurdles in Climate Change Adaptation Climate Change Poses Growing Threat of Arctic Confli)ct Haiyan Foretells Challenges for Military in Warming World).
“’The plan represents a broadening of the Department of Defense risk analysis. Climate change is not just a threat to military installations or supply lines, it’s a broader strategic security risk that can impact fundamental U.S. interests in the world,’ Femia told Climate Central. ‘This is getting moved out of the environmental box and moving to a higher order realm of security risks.’.
“That means the Pentagon will have to consider not just how much seas and temperatures will rise or rainfall patterns will shift. It will also have to consider the cascading effects those changes will have on health, landscapes and society itself. Some research already points to how mosquito-borne diseases could become more prevalent, how climate change could increase the odds of conflict and how receding Arctic sea ice could open up a resource rush..
“The Department of Defense has been thinking about climate change for years, with a heavy focus on how it could affect the $850 billion in infrastructure the department operates around the world as well as the long-term effects it could have..
“A report earlier this year from the Government Accountability Office also found that military installations across the U.S. are already dealing with climate change impacts including rising seas, melting permafrost and more extreme precipitation. The report looked at 15 installations in the U.S. but there are more than 500 major bases worldwide and thousands of other installations, all of which face risks from climate change that could undermine readiness according to the new roadmap..
“As climate projections improve, planners will have more information about how to address these multiple threats. Femia said the major hurdle for implementing plans to address them will be getting the funding needed to do so..
“’The plan represents a broadening of the Department of Defense risk analysis. Climate change is not just a threat to military installations or supply lines, it’s a broader strategic security risk that can impact fundamental U.S. interests in the world,’ Femia told Climate Central. ‘This is getting moved out of the environmental box and moving to a higher order realm of security risks.’.
“That means the Pentagon will have to consider not just how much seas and temperatures will rise or rainfall patterns will shift. It will also have to consider the cascading effects those changes will have on health, landscapes and society itself. Some research already points to how mosquito-borne diseases could become more prevalent, how climate change could increase the odds of conflict and how receding Arctic sea ice could open up a resource rush..
“The Department of Defense has been thinking about climate change for years, with a heavy focus on how it could affect the $850 billion in infrastructure the department operates around the world as well as the long-term effects it could have.”.
“Pentagon Signals Security Risks of Climate Change” .
by Coral Davenport, New York Times, 13 October 2014 .
“WASHINGTON — The Pentagon on Monday released a report asserting decisively that climate change poses an immediate threat to national security, with increased risks from terrorism, infectious disease, global poverty and food shortages. It also predicted rising demand for military disaster responses as extreme weather creates more global humanitarian crises..
“The report lays out a road map to show how the military will adapt to rising sea levels, more violent storms and widespread droughts. The Defense Department will begin by integrating plans for climate change risks across all of its operations, from war games and strategic military planning situations to a rethinking of the movement of supplies..
“Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, speaking Monday at a meeting of defense ministers in Peru, highlighted the report’s findings and the global security threats of climate change..
“’The loss of glaciers will strain water supplies in several areas of our hemisphere,’ Mr. Hagel said. ‘Destruction and devastation from hurricanes can sow the seeds for instability. Droughts and crop failures can leave millions of people without any lifeline, and trigger waves of mass migration.’.
“The report is the latest in a series of studies highlighting the national security risks of climate change. But the Pentagon’s characterization of it as a present-day threat demanding immediate action represents a significant shift for the military, which has in the past focused on climate change as a future risk...
“Before, the Pentagon’s response to climate change focused chiefly on preparing military installations to adapt to its effects, like protecting coastal naval bases from rising sea levels. The new report, however, calls on the military to incorporate climate change into broader strategic thinking about high-risk regions — for example, the ways in which drought and food shortages might set off political unrest in the Middle East and Africa..
“Experts said that the broadened approach would include considering the role that climate change might have played in contributing to the rise of extremist groups like the Islamic State..
“’Climate change and water shortages may have triggered the drought that caused farmers to relocate to Syrian cities and triggered situations where youth were more susceptible to joining extremist groups,’ said Marcus D. King, an expert on climate change and international affairs at George Washington University. The Islamic State, often referred to as ISIS, has seized scarce water resources to enhance its power and influence..
“As the Pentagon plans for the impact of climate change, it is conducting a survey to assess the vulnerability of its more than 7,000 bases, installations and other facilities. In places like the Hampton Roads region in Virginia, where there is the largest concentration of American military sites, rapidly rising sea levels have led to repeated flooding..
“The new report does not make any specific budget recommendations for how the military will pay for its climate change agenda, but if the Pentagon does request funding from Congress for its initiatives, it will clash with congressional Republicans, many of whom question the established scientific evidence that human activities are causing climate change. .. . .
“Experts say that Mr. Hagel’s increasingly prominent role in pushing for a new global climate change treaty is a sign that the urgency of the issue is starting to drive changes in the political debate..
“In 1997, Mr. Hagel, then a Republican senator from Nebraska, played a crucial role in blocking the United States from taking part in the world’s first climate change treaty. He wrote, with Senator Robert C. Byrd, Democrat of West Virginia, a resolution ensuring that the Senate would never ratify the Kyoto Protocol, which required the world’s largest economies to cut their planet-warming fossil fuel emissions..
“Today, Mr. Hagel’s efforts to lay the groundwork for a new global climate deal signal a remarkable shift.
“’It’s significant that the secretary is focusing his remarks at the defense ministers’ meeting of the Americas on natural disasters and climate change,’ said Sherri W. Goodman, senior vice president at the CNA Corporation. ‘His making it a priority among the many other things he has to address — ISIS, Ebola, Russia — is a signal that the administration intends to place a priority on this in international climate change negotiations.’
HabaneroBuck about 8 years ago
Move out of the heat trapping desert, Steve. It’s nice up here in NE this time of year!
Theodore E. Lind Premium Member about 8 years ago
Oh!, it is just a short term abnormality. It can’t have anything to do with global warming since that does not exist.
Mr. Blawt about 8 years ago
The Republicans will deal with this when Arizona freezes over.
Motivemagus about 8 years ago
Nope.
Back_phil about 8 years ago
Anybody notice that all the changes that occur in nature are caused by man’s activities and nothing changes in nature are natural to nature.
Yes, Arizona is hot. I had college profs say 50 years ago the Phoenix area was pumping too much water out of the aquifers and that water was causing an air conditioner effect with the lawns and green fields. The day was coming that that life style would collapse and people would leave Arizona because they could not get water from any source.
Nature takes care of itself no matter what mankind tries to do, we just don’t know the time table.
We got 4 times more people in the world now then there were 100 years ago. Maybe, just maybe there are too many of us.
If mankind is causing all the damage, nature will take care of mankind. Another worldwide plague, an asteroid hit, or a super volcano (Yellowstone?) could reduce our numbers to a more manageable level.
Have a good life, or go on and worry about the rise of 1.5 degrees over the last centaury.
hippogriff about 8 years ago
Tinker-TailorNow you are totally ignoring thermal lag. The solstice is never the hottest time; indeed, it is far hotter in August, nearer the autumnal equinox. The only fair comparison is between the same day or month from year to year, and those records show an increasing average temperature for those days and months – years too.
braindead Premium Member about 8 years ago
There is no global warming.
California has no drought.
Trump’s campaign is self funded.
We have always been at war with Eastasia.
Dtroutma about 8 years ago
38 years ago, was seeing 120 degrees along the Colorado River and out on the desert in summer, Havasu City sucked. But, just a couple degrees higher today has more significance than “deniers” want to accept, because it’s global change, and the biological impacts observed have been severe, and extreme. AGCC (Anthropogenic Global Climate Change) and AGW are real, long documented, at least for the past 60 years as climate change first, then “warming”.
America especially, scienctifically and politically, are demonstrating extreme ignorance and defiance, like the mouse caught by the cat flipping the cat the bird, as it bites his head off.
stevebenson about 8 years ago
“Pentagon Orders Commanders to Prioritize Climate Change in All Military Actions”..
by Rowan Scarborough , The Washington Times, 7 February 2015 .
“The Pentagon is ordering the top brass to incorporate climate change into virtually everything they do, from testing weapons to training troops to war planning to joint exercises with allies.
.“A new directive’s theme: The U.S. Armed Forces must show ‘resilience’ and beat back the threat based on ‘actionable science.”.“It says the military will not be able to maintain effectiveness unless the directive is followed. It orders the establishment of a new layer of bureaucracy — a wide array of ’climate change boards, councils and working groups’ to infuse climate change into ‘programs, plans and policies.’.“The Pentagon defines resilience to climate change as: ‘Ability to anticipate, prepare for, and adapt to changing conditions and withstand, respond to, and recover rapidly from disruptions.’.
“To four-star generals and admirals, among them the regional combatant commanders who plan and fight the nation’s wars, the directive tells them: ‘Incorporate climate change impacts into plans and operations and integrate DoD guidance and analysis in Combatant Command planning to address climate change-related risks and opportunities across the full range of military operations, including steady-state campaign planning and operations and contingency planning.’.
“The directive, ‘Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience,’ is in line with President Obama’s view that global warming is the country’s foremost national security threat, or close to it. Mr. Obama says there is no debate on the existence of man-made global warming and its ensuing climate change. Supporters of this viewpoint label as ‘deniers’ any scientists who disagree.”
stevebenson about 8 years ago
“Pentagon: Climate Change Poses ‘Immediate Risks”.
by Brian Kahn Climate Central, 13 October 2014 .
“The Department of Defense sees climate change as an ‘immediate’ risk and is taking steps to assess those risk and respond to them according to its newly unveiled Climate Change Adaptation Roadmap..
“The document, released on Monday, is an update to the agency’s first climate roadmap released in 2012. But rather than being a slight tweak, it provides a major overhaul of how the military views the challenges that climate change poses in the near- and long-term to its training, operations, supply chains and infrastructure around the world..“’This is the strongest language coming out of the Department of Defense we’ve seen. That represents an evolution of how they have been looking at this issue,’ said Francesco Femia, co-director of the Center for Climate and Security, a nonpartisan think tank..
“In his introduction to the roadmap, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel also referred to climate change as a ‘threat multiplier’ that could increase the risk of disease and conflict in addition to affecting the military’s preparedness and operations..“’Planning for those added risks is where Femia said the updated roadmap really breaks new ground and shows that the report likely represents concerns that are coming from the military base-level up to the White House and not just the other way around..
“(RELATED: Military Bases Face Hurdles in Climate Change Adaptation Climate Change Poses Growing Threat of Arctic Confli)ct Haiyan Foretells Challenges for Military in Warming World).
“’The plan represents a broadening of the Department of Defense risk analysis. Climate change is not just a threat to military installations or supply lines, it’s a broader strategic security risk that can impact fundamental U.S. interests in the world,’ Femia told Climate Central. ‘This is getting moved out of the environmental box and moving to a higher order realm of security risks.’.
“That means the Pentagon will have to consider not just how much seas and temperatures will rise or rainfall patterns will shift. It will also have to consider the cascading effects those changes will have on health, landscapes and society itself. Some research already points to how mosquito-borne diseases could become more prevalent, how climate change could increase the odds of conflict and how receding Arctic sea ice could open up a resource rush..
“The Department of Defense has been thinking about climate change for years, with a heavy focus on how it could affect the $850 billion in infrastructure the department operates around the world as well as the long-term effects it could have..
“A report earlier this year from the Government Accountability Office also found that military installations across the U.S. are already dealing with climate change impacts including rising seas, melting permafrost and more extreme precipitation. The report looked at 15 installations in the U.S. but there are more than 500 major bases worldwide and thousands of other installations, all of which face risks from climate change that could undermine readiness according to the new roadmap..
“As climate projections improve, planners will have more information about how to address these multiple threats. Femia said the major hurdle for implementing plans to address them will be getting the funding needed to do so..
“’The plan represents a broadening of the Department of Defense risk analysis. Climate change is not just a threat to military installations or supply lines, it’s a broader strategic security risk that can impact fundamental U.S. interests in the world,’ Femia told Climate Central. ‘This is getting moved out of the environmental box and moving to a higher order realm of security risks.’.
“That means the Pentagon will have to consider not just how much seas and temperatures will rise or rainfall patterns will shift. It will also have to consider the cascading effects those changes will have on health, landscapes and society itself. Some research already points to how mosquito-borne diseases could become more prevalent, how climate change could increase the odds of conflict and how receding Arctic sea ice could open up a resource rush..
“The Department of Defense has been thinking about climate change for years, with a heavy focus on how it could affect the $850 billion in infrastructure the department operates around the world as well as the long-term effects it could have.”.
stevebenson about 8 years ago
“Pentagon Signals Security Risks of Climate Change” .
by Coral Davenport, New York Times, 13 October 2014 .
“WASHINGTON — The Pentagon on Monday released a report asserting decisively that climate change poses an immediate threat to national security, with increased risks from terrorism, infectious disease, global poverty and food shortages. It also predicted rising demand for military disaster responses as extreme weather creates more global humanitarian crises..
“The report lays out a road map to show how the military will adapt to rising sea levels, more violent storms and widespread droughts. The Defense Department will begin by integrating plans for climate change risks across all of its operations, from war games and strategic military planning situations to a rethinking of the movement of supplies..
“Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, speaking Monday at a meeting of defense ministers in Peru, highlighted the report’s findings and the global security threats of climate change..
“’The loss of glaciers will strain water supplies in several areas of our hemisphere,’ Mr. Hagel said. ‘Destruction and devastation from hurricanes can sow the seeds for instability. Droughts and crop failures can leave millions of people without any lifeline, and trigger waves of mass migration.’.
“The report is the latest in a series of studies highlighting the national security risks of climate change. But the Pentagon’s characterization of it as a present-day threat demanding immediate action represents a significant shift for the military, which has in the past focused on climate change as a future risk...
“Before, the Pentagon’s response to climate change focused chiefly on preparing military installations to adapt to its effects, like protecting coastal naval bases from rising sea levels. The new report, however, calls on the military to incorporate climate change into broader strategic thinking about high-risk regions — for example, the ways in which drought and food shortages might set off political unrest in the Middle East and Africa..
“Experts said that the broadened approach would include considering the role that climate change might have played in contributing to the rise of extremist groups like the Islamic State..
“’Climate change and water shortages may have triggered the drought that caused farmers to relocate to Syrian cities and triggered situations where youth were more susceptible to joining extremist groups,’ said Marcus D. King, an expert on climate change and international affairs at George Washington University. The Islamic State, often referred to as ISIS, has seized scarce water resources to enhance its power and influence..
“As the Pentagon plans for the impact of climate change, it is conducting a survey to assess the vulnerability of its more than 7,000 bases, installations and other facilities. In places like the Hampton Roads region in Virginia, where there is the largest concentration of American military sites, rapidly rising sea levels have led to repeated flooding..
“The new report does not make any specific budget recommendations for how the military will pay for its climate change agenda, but if the Pentagon does request funding from Congress for its initiatives, it will clash with congressional Republicans, many of whom question the established scientific evidence that human activities are causing climate change. .. . .
“Experts say that Mr. Hagel’s increasingly prominent role in pushing for a new global climate change treaty is a sign that the urgency of the issue is starting to drive changes in the political debate..
“In 1997, Mr. Hagel, then a Republican senator from Nebraska, played a crucial role in blocking the United States from taking part in the world’s first climate change treaty. He wrote, with Senator Robert C. Byrd, Democrat of West Virginia, a resolution ensuring that the Senate would never ratify the Kyoto Protocol, which required the world’s largest economies to cut their planet-warming fossil fuel emissions..
“Today, Mr. Hagel’s efforts to lay the groundwork for a new global climate deal signal a remarkable shift.
“’It’s significant that the secretary is focusing his remarks at the defense ministers’ meeting of the Americas on natural disasters and climate change,’ said Sherri W. Goodman, senior vice president at the CNA Corporation. ‘His making it a priority among the many other things he has to address — ISIS, Ebola, Russia — is a signal that the administration intends to place a priority on this in international climate change negotiations.’
Jack64 almost 8 years ago
Take it up with the Chinese and the Indian gov’t.