[MCN] Just 5 climate stories this week

[Lance Olsen]

William Shatner comes down from space flight as advocate for climate action
Thu, October 14, 2021, 11:33 PM·1 min read

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/william-shatner-overwhelmed-with-sadness-while-discussing-space-flight-053339115.html <https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/william-shatner-overwhelmed-with-sadness-while-discussing-space-flight-053339115.html>

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“And I come back ... overwhelmed by sadness and empathy for this beautiful thing we call Earth.”

“Burying your head in the sand another instant about global warming and the destruction of the planet is suicide for all of us.”

“What is tragic is, if our children, especially our children’s children, don’t have a chance to be part of this beautiful thing we call Earth... and it’s just sad,” Shatner lamented.

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Greta Thunberg on Twitter: "According to the new IPCC report ... <https://twitter.com/gretathunberg/status/1424786109859565580>
https://twitter.com › gretathunberg › status <https://twitter.com/gretathunberg/status/1424786109859565580>

Aug 9, 2021 — According to the new IPCC report, the carbon budget that gives us the best odds of staying below 1,5°C runs out in less than 5 and a half years

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Weeklong D.C. Climate Protests End With 600+ Arrests, Vows to Fight On <https://info.commondreams.org/acton/ct/33231/s-1174-2110/Bct/q-003a/l-sf-lead-0014:1bc74/ct2_0/1/lu?sid=TV2%3AtxzUYtXcG>
by Brett Wilkins 
"There is no other planet to escape to. Water is life... They need to listen to the youth. They need to hear us speak our cries."

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How intense is Montana drought as of October 14, 2021?

https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap/StateDroughtMonitor.aspx?MT

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A core question: What is “resilience”?

2018 — “Resilience is a popular narrative for conservation and provides an opportunity to communicate optimism that ecosystems can recover and rebound from disturbances.” (Emily S. Darling and Isabelle M. Côté, Science, March 2, 2018). 

2014 — “Emerging from a wide range of disciplines, resilience in policy-making has often been based on the ability of systems to bounce back to normality, drawing on engineering concepts. This implies the return of the functions of an individual, household, community or ecosystem to previous conditions, with as little damage and disruption as possible following shocks and stresses”  (Tanner et al, Nature Climate Change,  December 18, 2014). 

1938 — Resilience. 1- The act or power of springing back to a former position or shape. 2. The quantity of work given back by a body that is compressed to a certain limit and then allowed to recover itself, as a spring under pressure suddenly relaxed.”  (Funk & Wagnall’s New Standard Dictionary of the English Language, vol.2, M-Z 1938




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