[MCN] Lifestyle of [ financially comfortable ] consumer -> continued emissions -> additional heat -> The great poleward redistribution of everything

[Lance Olsen]

Global warming is amplifying our water cycle – and it’s happening much faster than we expected <https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/944176>

UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES <https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/944176>
5/22/2022 <https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/944176>
 <https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/944176>
… between 1970 and 2014, at least two times more freshwater shifted from the equator to the poles than our climate models predicted  <https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/944176>
 <https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/944176>
JOURNAL Nature <https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/944176>
 <https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/944176>
 <https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/944176>
Full plain-language news release
 <https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/944176>
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/944176 <https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/944176>


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Excerpt from another news release

“There is emerging evidence that climate change is causing boreal trees and shrubs to expand [ poleward leading edge ] into arctic and alpine tundra, while at the same time causing trees to become more stressed and die along the warm southern margins [ trailing edge ] of the boreal forest,” Berner said. 

Full plain-language news release

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/944401 <https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/944401>
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Living on the edge: Trailing edge forests are at risk - USDA ... <https://www.fs.usda.gov/rmrs/science-spotlights/living-edge-trailing-edge-forests-are-risk>
https://www.fs.usda.gov › rmrs › science-spotlights › li... <https://www.fs.usda.gov/rmrs/science-spotlights/living-edge-trailing-edge-forests-are-risk>

Apr 12, 2019 — As the climate continues to warm, trailing edge forests have the potential to experience abrupt conversions to non-forest.

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Poleward-shifting climate zones - where are they headed and ... <https://theconversation.com/poleward-shifting-climate-zones-where-are-they-headed-and-why-7218>
https://theconversation.com › poleward-shifting-climate... <https://theconversation.com/poleward-shifting-climate-zones-where-are-they-headed-and-why-7218>

May 28, 2012 — The Earth's principal climatic zones appear to be shifting poleward. If this continues, as climate models project, the weather patterns that ...

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Species are largely predicted to shift poleward as global temperatures increase, with this fingerprint of climate change being already observed across a range of taxonomic groups and, mostly temperate, geographic locations1,2,3,4,5
 <https://www.nature.com/articles/nclimate1688#:~:text=Species%20are%20largely%20predicted%20to,%2C3%2C4%2C5.>
Focus on poleward shifts in species' distribution ... - Nature <https://www.nature.com/articles/nclimate1688#:~:text=Species%20are%20largely%20predicted%20to,%2C3%2C4%2C5.>
https://www.nature.com › nature climate change › <https://www.nature.com/articles/nclimate1688#:~:text=Species%20are%20largely%20predicted%20to,%2C3%2C4%2C5.>

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Nature Ecology & Evolution
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-020-01380-1   


Human disturbance causes widespread disruption of animal movement 

Tim S. Doherty 1,2 ✉, Graeme C. Hays 1 and Don A. Driscoll 1 

Disturbance and habitat modification by humans can alter animal movement, leading to negative impacts on fitness, survival and population viability. However, the ubiquity and nature of these impacts across diverse taxa has not been quantified. We compiled 208 studies on 167 species from terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems across the globe to assess how human disturbance influences animal movement. We show that disturbance by humans has widespread impacts on the movements of birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, fish and arthropods. More than two-thirds of 719 cases represented a change in movement of 20% or more, with increases in movement averaging 70% and decreases −37%. Disturbance from human activities, such as recreation and hunting, had stronger impacts on animal movement than habitat modification, such as logging and agriculture. Our results point to a global restructuring of animal movement and emphasize the need to reduce the negative impacts of humans on animal movement.

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Carbon inequality 

Oxfam International
https://www.oxfam.org › research › carbon-inequality-…

Nov 5, 2021

The **world's *** richest 1% are set to have per capita consumption emissions in 2030 that are still 30 times higher than the global per capita …

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We're All the 1 Percent – Foreign Policy

https://foreignpolicy.com/2012/02/27/were-all-the-1-percent/

Feb 27, 2012 - But the global average is about a fifth of that. So by global standards, America's middle class is also really, really rich. To make it into the ***richest 1 percent globally,***all you need is an income of around $34,000, according to World Bank economist Branko Milanovic.

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Half the world's richest 1% live in the United States - Jan. 4, 2012
https://money.cnn.com/2012/01/04/news/economy/world_richest/index.htm

Jan 4, 2012 - The United States holds a disproportionate amount of the ***world’s*** rich people. 

It only takes $34,000 a year, after taxes, to be among the richest 1% in the world. ... The rest are mainly scattered throughout Europe, Latin America and a few Asian countries.

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7 Middle Income Jobs That Pay Over $35,000 - Investopedia
https://www.investopedia.com › personal-finance › 7-m...

Jul 23, 2021 — We've listed seven jobs that pay more than $35,000 per year along with the training that's needed to land these jobs.

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"The big challenge is still to deliver emissions reductions at the pace and scale needed, especially in a world where economies are driven by consumption.”

Sonja van Renssen. 

The inconvenient truth of failed climate policies.
 
Nature Climate Change  Published online: 27 April 2018 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-018-0155-4 

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