I agree with those who say it’s wrong to just document climate disasters without offering real solutions. I offered one March 31, 2019 in my post “Solution to Reducing Climate Change is Purple,” but, as far as I know, it was never taken seriously.
Dr. Ye Tao (RF Alumnus of Rowland Institute at Harvard) offered his MEER:ReflEction Project, which fits, according to him, small scale and large scale uses. Like in my post, his significant warnings came unfortuantely true. I mentioned him again in my February 19, 2022 post, “Dr Ye Tao talks with Clare Farrell | 23 November 2021 | Extinction Rebellion UK” along with this summary, “Dr. Ye Tao gives an excellent presentation weaving in social equity, and the need for nonprofit science-based solutions benefiting people in all countries such as mirrored roof tiles in India to reduce suffering during extreme heat events.” Recent heat waves in India, China, Thailand and Laos show why Dr. Tao’s plan is needed as soon as possible before more of his warnings materialize.
Regarding my warnings, and warnings in my five books of climate poems, I would much rather be wrong — Industrial Oz (Fomite, 2015), Hawk on Wire (Fomite, 2017), Carbonfish Blues (Fomite, 2018), Between River & Street (MoonPath Press, 2021), Bridge at the End of the World (Winner of a 2023 Blue Light Book Award).
My favorite recent climate resources are: “How melting Arctic ice could be fueling bigger wildfires in the Western U.S.” in the April 19, 2023 npr.org site for animation, image, and text boxes making vital information timely and accessible; and, for a human-suffering focus, New York Times climate reporter Raymond Zhong’s April 25, 2023 article “Here Are the Places Most at Risk From Record-Shattering Heat.”
I wonder about the effects when an “ice-free” Arctic likely happens between 2025 and 2050? The August 25, 2016 “Guest post: How predictable is the first ice-free Arctic summer?” by Dr. Alexandra Jahn, Assistant Professor in the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences and Fellow at the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research at the University of Colorado, noted “By ‘ice-free’, scientists usually mean a sea ice extent of less than one million square kilometres, rather than zero sea ice cover.” She added, “Most models suggest it will happen sometime around the middle of the 21st century.” Regardless, what kind of tipping points will happen, and how will humans cope?
Even without the U. S. Supreme Court decision Bill McKibben posted today, “A seismic win went almost unnoticed amidst the Tuckerstrom — High court lets cities and states sue Exxon et al,” the fossil fuel party needs to be over. It has needed to be over for a long time. McKibben wrote, “Say you’re on a jury, and someone reads you a newly discovered memo from Shell dated 1989 and explaining that ‘climate-fuelled migration could swamp borders in the United States, Soviet Union, Europe, and Australia.’ ‘Conflict would abound,’ the document said. ‘Civilisation could prove a fragile thing.’ Perhaps you would vote for a large award.”
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