<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(251, 2, 7); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(251, 2, 7); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px 0px 10px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><a href="mailto:Missoula-community-news@bigskynet.org" class="">Missoula-community-news@bigskynet.org</a></span></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px 0px 10px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></p><div style="color: rgb(9, 79, 209); margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline; -webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""><a href="https://news.google.com/articles/CBMinAFodHRwczovL2luc2lkZWNsaW1hdGVuZXdzLm9yZy9uZXdzLzAxMTEyMDIyL2NvdW50cmllcy13YW50LXRvLXBsYW50LXRyZWVzLXRvLW9mZnNldC10aGVpci1jYXJib24tZW1pc3Npb25zLWJ1dC10aGVyZS1pc250LWVub3VnaC1sYW5kLW9uLWVhcnRoLXRvLWdyb3ctdGhlbS_SAQA?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen" class="">Countries Want to Plant Trees to Offset Their Carbon Emissions, but There Isn’t Enough Land on Earth to Grow Them<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""></span></a></span></div><div style="color: rgb(19, 19, 21); margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">InsideClimate News</span></div><div style="color: rgb(19, 19, 21); margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="color: rgb(251, 2, 7); margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">=================</span></div><div style="color: rgb(251, 2, 7); margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""><b class="">Darwin came to about the same conclusions</b></span></div><div style="color: rgb(251, 2, 7); margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="color: rgb(60, 64, 68); margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">“And God said, </span><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #4d5055" class="">Let us make man in our image</span><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">, after our likeness.” *</span></div><div style="color: rgb(60, 64, 68); margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="color: rgb(60, 64, 68); margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #4d5055" class=""><b class="">“</b>… man</span><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""> hath no pre-eminence </span><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #4d5055" class="">above</span><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""> the </span><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #4d5055" class="">beast</span><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">: for </span><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #4d5055" class="">all</span><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""> is </span><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #4d5055" class="">vanity</span><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">.”**</span></div><div style="color: rgb(60, 64, 68); margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="color: rgb(19, 0, 155); margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #3c4044" class="">*<a href="https://biblehub.com/genesis/1-26.htm" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #13009b" class="">Genesis 1:26</span></a></span></div><div style="color: rgb(60, 64, 68); margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="color: rgb(19, 0, 155); margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #3c4044" class="">**<a href="https://biblia.com/bible/kjv1900/Eccles.%203.18-20" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #13009b" class="">Ecclesiastes 3:18–20</span></a></span></div><div style="color: rgb(19, 0, 155); margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="color: rgb(251, 2, 7); margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">=================</span></div><div style="color: rgb(19, 0, 155); margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><p style="color: rgb(63, 63, 63); margin: 0px 0px 10px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline ; font-kerning: none" class=""><a href="https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/970145" class="">Earlier this year, an IPCC report found that the majority of all adaptation actions (changes humans will need to make in response to climate change) are water-related.<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(63, 63, 63);" class=""></span></a></span></p><div style="color: rgb(14, 115, 192); margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><a href="https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/970145" class=""></a></span><br class=""></div><p style="color: rgb(16, 60, 192); margin: 0px 0px 10px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline ; font-kerning: none" class=""><a href="https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/970145" class="">https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/970145<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(16, 60, 192);" class=""></span></a></span></p><div style="color: rgb(251, 2, 7); margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">=================</span></div><div style="color: rgb(251, 2, 7); margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="color: rgb(16, 60, 192); margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline ; font-kerning: none" class=""><a href="https://news.google.com/articles/CBMiSGh0dHBzOi8vbmV3cy55YWhvby5jb20vOC1iaWxsaW9uLWh1bWFucy1wb3B1bGF0aW9uLWdyb3d0aC0xMjAwMjE4ODYuaHRtbNIBUGh0dHBzOi8vbmV3cy55YWhvby5jb20vYW1waHRtbC84LWJpbGxpb24taHVtYW5zLXBvcHVsYXRpb24tZ3Jvd3RoLTEyMDAyMTg4Ni5odG1s?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen" class="">8 billion humans: How population growth and climate change are connected as the 'Anthropocene engine' transforms the planet<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(16, 60, 192);" class=""></span></a></span></div><div style="color: rgb(19, 19, 21); margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Yahoo News</span></div><div style="color: rgb(19, 19, 21); margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">10 hours ago</span></div><div style="color: rgb(251, 2, 7); margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="color: rgb(251, 2, 7); margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">=================</span></div><div style="color: rgb(251, 2, 7); margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="color: rgb(16, 60, 192); margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline ; font-kerning: none" class=""><a href="https://news.google.com/articles/CBMikQFodHRwczovL3RoZWhpbGwuY29tL3BvbGljeS9lcXVpbGlicml1bS1zdXN0YWluYWJpbGl0eS8zNzE4MjU3LWVuZXJneS10cmFuc3BvcnRhdGlvbi1maXJtcy1nYXZlLW1pbGxpb25zLXRvLWVsZWN0aW9uLWRlbmllcnMtYWZ0ZXItamFuLTYtYW5hbHlzaXMv0gGVAWh0dHBzOi8vdGhlaGlsbC5jb20vcG9saWN5L2VxdWlsaWJyaXVtLXN1c3RhaW5hYmlsaXR5LzM3MTgyNTctZW5lcmd5LXRyYW5zcG9ydGF0aW9uLWZpcm1zLWdhdmUtbWlsbGlvbnMtdG8tZWxlY3Rpb24tZGVuaWVycy1hZnRlci1qYW4tNi1hbmFseXNpcy9hbXAv?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen" class="">Energy, transportation firms gave millions to election deniers after Jan. 6: analysis<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(16, 60, 192);" class=""></span></a></span></div><div style="color: rgb(19, 19, 21); margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">The Hill</span></div><div style="color: rgb(19, 19, 21); margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="color: rgb(19, 19, 21); margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="color: rgb(251, 2, 7); margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">=================</span></div><div style="color: rgb(251, 2, 7); margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="color: rgb(19, 19, 21); margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26); margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">The Economist Nov 5th 2022</span></div><div style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26); margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26); margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline ; font-kerning: none; color: #0000ff" class=""><a href="https://www.economist.com/briefing" class="">Briefing </a></span><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">| An inconvenient truth</span></div><div style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26); margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26); margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class="">The world is going to miss the totemic 1.5°C climate target</b></span></div><div style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26); margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class="">It needs to face up to the fact</b></span></div><div style="color: rgb(16, 60, 192); margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline ; font-kerning: none" class=""><a href="https://www.economist.com/interactive/briefing/2022/11/05/the-world-is-going-to-miss-the-totemic-1-5c-climate-target" class="">https://www.economist.com/interactive/briefing/2022/11/05/the-world-is-going-to-miss-the-totemic-1-5c-climate-target<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(16, 60, 192);" class=""></span></a></span></div><div style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26); margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><br class="">
</span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""><b class="">excerpt</b></span></div><div style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26); margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26); margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Most in the field know this to be true; those who do not, should. Very few say it in public, or on the record. An activist movement based on galvanising enthusiasm is hard put to admit defeat on its chosen goal. Doing so can also feel, to those who care, like giving up on the poorest, who will suffer more than any others after the threshold is breached.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26); margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26); margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">But the truth needs to be faced, and its implications explored. What does the certainty of a post-1.5°C world mean for the planet? Can a world which warms significantly more find its way back? And what will missing a totemic target mean for the credibility and sustainability of continued efforts to limit climate change?</span></div><div style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26); margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="color: rgb(251, 2, 7); margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">=================</span></div><div style="color: rgb(251, 2, 7); margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""><b class="">The Hunger Games for insects</b></span></div><div style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26); margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="color: rgb(251, 2, 7); margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">"Our study suggests that increased insect herbivory is likely to be a net long-term effect of anthropogenic <i class="">p</i>CO</span><span style="vertical-align: -1.5px; font-kerning: none" class="">2 </span><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">increase and warming temperatures."</span></div><div style="color: rgb(251, 2, 7); margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="color: rgb(251, 2, 7); margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">"Food webs incorporating plants and phytophagous insects account for up to 75% of modern global biodiversity (2), so their response to this anthropogenic change will have a profound effect on the biosphere. Experiments show that plants grown in elevated CO</span><span style="vertical-align: -1.5px; font-kerning: none" class="">2 </span><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">tend to accumulate more carbon and have a higher carbon:nitrogen ratio; they are, therefore, nutritionally poorer (3–5), leading to an average compensatory increase in insect consumption rates (6) as nitrogen becomes limiting." </span></div><div style="color: rgb(251, 2, 7); margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="color: rgb(251, 2, 7); margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Ellen D. Currano et al. <b class=""> Sharply increased insect herbivory during the Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum. </b>PNAS </span><span style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; -webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""></span><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""> <b class="">February 12, 2008 </b></span><span style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; -webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""></span><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""> vol. 105 </span><span style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; -webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""></span><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""> no. 6</span></div><div style="color: rgb(251, 2, 7); margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><a href="http://www.pnas.org" class="">www.pnas.org</a></span><span style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; -webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""></span><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">cgi</span><span style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; -webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""></span><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">doi</span><span style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; -webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""></span><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">10.1073</span><span style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; -webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""></span><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">pnas.0708646105 </span></div><div style="color: rgb(251, 2, 7);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><br class=""></span></div></div><div class="">
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