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The climate chain reaction that threatens the heart of the Pacific By Simon Denyer and Chris Mooney Photos and videos by Salwan Georges Graphics by John MuyskensNOV. 12, 2019 "The salmon catch is collapsing off Japan’s northern coast, plummeting by about 70 percent in the past 15 years. The disappearance of the fish coincides with another striking development: the loss of a unique blanket of sea ice that dips far below the Arctic to reach this shore. The twin impacts — less ice, fewer salmon — are the products of rapid warming in the Sea of Okhotsk, wedged between Siberia and Japan. The area has warmed in some places by as much as 3 degrees Celsius since preindustrial times, making it one of the fastest-warming spots in the world, according to a Washington Post analysis of data from the nonprofit organization Berkeley Earth. That increase far outstrips the global average and exceeds the limit policymakers set in Paris in 2015 when they aimed to keep Earth’s average temperature rise “well below” 2 degrees Celsius. The rising temperatures are starting to shut down the single most dynamic sea ice factory on Earth. The intensity of ice generation in the northwestern Sea of Okhotsk exceeds that of any single place in the Arctic Ocean or Antarctica, and the sea ice reaches a lower latitude than anywhere else on the planet. Its decline has a cascade of consequences well beyond Japan as climate dominoes begin to fall. When sea ice forms here, it expels huge amounts of salt into the frigid water below the surface, creating some of the densest ocean water on Earth. That water then sinks and travels east, carrying oxygen, iron and other key nutrients out into the northern Pacific Ocean, where marine life depends on it." "For fisherman Nobuo Sugimura, 63, the changing climate is evident in his steadily diminishing catch. At home after a fishing trip on Miura’s vessel the Hokushin Maru, Sugimura brought out his logbooks and diaries, pulling records for his most recent catch in late September and for the same period seven years ago. In 2012, Sugimura’s records show he and fellow crew members brought in between 21 and 52 metric tons of fish per day. This year, the catch one day was a meager six tons." "Salmon are highly sensitive to changes in water temperature. As they swim into the Sea of Okhotsk at the start of their long migration across the Pacific, the warmer waters act as a force field, pushing them off their ancient track. Compelled to travel faster and farther to reach cooler northern waters, the young salmon use up stores of energy when they can least afford it. If they delay their departure date, they won’t survive at all." https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/world/climate-environment/climate-change-japan-pacific-sea-salmon-ice-loss/

I heard a radio interview with Penton a few months back and I could not believe how out of touch he was with the current CFL. I'm guessing his insiders are somewhere between Knute Rockne and Jackie Parker.

The hardest working man in America, though.

Daniel Dale is quickly becoming Canada's best export.

Donald Trump to pay $2 million to settle New York Attorney General civil lawsuit against Trump Foundation and his children (CNN)A judge ordered President Donald Trump to pay $2 million to a collection of nonprofit organizations as part of a settlement with the New York state attorney general's office to resolve a civil lawsuit that alleged "persistent" violations of charities law that included unlawful coordination with the 2016 Trump presidential campaign, according to a court filing Thursday. Filed in June 2018, the lawsuit alleged that the President and his three eldest children -- Don Jr., Ivanka and Eric -- violated federal and state campaign finance laws and abused the Donald J. Trump Foundation's tax-exempt status. According to the lawsuit, the Trumps allowed the foundation to be used "as little more than a checkbook to serve Mr. Trump's business and political interests." https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/07/politics/trump-settlement-trump-foundation-new-york/index.html

I'm not so casual about that. Harper was doing Trump policy before Trump even ran. His reptilian personality was much less showman than Trump, but the results were the same. Now Alberta is introducing a bill to make getting abortions more difficult. The Republicans and Conservatives are all running and governing according to the Heritage Foundation's playbook. Look at how corrupt Kenney's leadership campaign was. It not only can happen, it already has.

JoJo Rabbit opens this Friday in Winnipeg.

Not sure if you heard Bill Watters on 1290' drive show yesterday, but he said what you're saying - only not nearly in as nice a way.

I am waiting for a similar list of scientists who deny man-made climate change - "scientists" who will go on record with their opposition to these 11,258. It must however also include a similarly comprehensive study and recommendations to guide governments going forward rather than nitpicky criticisms of scientific consensus.

Supplemental File S1 for the article “World Scientists’ Warning of a Climate Emergency” published in BioScience in 2019 by William J. Ripple, Christopher Wolf, Thomas M. Newsome, Phoebe Barnard, and William R. Moomaw with 11,258 scientist signatories from 153 countries. Contents: List of countries with scientist signatories (page 1); List of scientist signatories (pages 1-324). List of 153 countries with scientist signatories: Albania; Algeria; American Samoa; Andorra; Argentina; Australia; Austria; Bahamas (the); Bangladesh; Barbados; Belarus; Belgium; Belize; Benin; Bolivia (Plurinational State of); Botswana; Brazil; Brunei Darussalam; Bulgaria; Burkina Faso; Cambodia; Cameroon; Canada; Cayman Islands (the); Chad; Chile; China; Colombia; Congo (the Democratic Republic of the); Congo (the); Costa Rica; Côte d’Ivoire; Croatia; Cuba; Curaçao; Cyprus; Czech Republic (the); Denmark; Dominican Republic (the); Ecuador; Egypt; El Salvador; Estonia; Ethiopia; Faroe Islands (the); Fiji; Finland; France; French Guiana; French Polynesia; Georgia; Germany; Ghana; Greece; Guam; Guatemala; Guyana; Honduras; Hong Kong; Hungary; Iceland; India; Indonesia; Iran (Islamic Republic of); Iraq; Ireland; Israel; Italy; Jamaica; Japan; Jersey; Kazakhstan; Kenya; Kiribati; Korea (the Republic of); Lao People’s Democratic Republic (the); Latvia; Lebanon; Lesotho; Liberia; Liechtenstein; Lithuania; Luxembourg; Macedonia, Republic of (the former Yugoslavia); Madagascar; Malawi; Malaysia; Mali; Malta; Martinique; Mauritius; Mexico; Micronesia (Federated States of); Moldova (the Republic of); Morocco; Mozambique; Namibia; Nepal; Netherlands (the); New Caledonia; New Zealand; Nigeria; Northern Mariana Islands (the); Norway; Pakistan; Panama; Papua New Guinea; Paraguay; Peru; Philippines (the); Poland; Portugal; Puerto Rico; Qatar; Réunion; Romania; Russian Federation (the); Rwanda; São Tomé and Príncipe; Saudi Arabia; Senegal; Serbia; Seychelles; Sierra Leone; Singapore; Slovakia; Slovenia; South Africa; Spain; Sri Lanka; Sudan (the); Suriname; Sweden; Switzerland; Taiwan; Tanzania, United Republic of; Thailand; Togo; Tunisia; Turkey; Turks and Caicos Islands (the); Uganda; Ukraine; United Arab Emirates (the); United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the); United States of America (the); Uruguay; Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of); Viet Nam; Virgin Islands (U.S.); Wallis and Futuna; Zambia; Zimbabwe. List of 11,258 scientist signatories: Name Professional Position and/or Discipline Institution Country Aarbakke, Dr. Ole Nicolai Staurland Marine biology Norway Aarnoudse, Eefje Center for International Development and Environmental Research, Giessen University Germany Aarssen, Lonnie Professor of Biology Queen’s University Canada Aas, Wenche Senior Scientist NILU - Norwegian Institute for Air Research Norway Aavik, Tsipe Senior Research Fellow of Macroecology University of Tartu Estonia Abad, Manuel Researcher / Geology Universidad de Atacama Chile Abadie, Juliet PhD in ecology France Abalos, Javier Animal behaviour University of Valencia Spain Abarca, Mariana Insect ecologist Georgetown University United States of America (the) Abate, Maria Assistant Professor of Biology Simmons University United States of America (the) Abazajian, Kevork Professor of Physics & Astronomy University of California, Irvine United States of America (the) Abbate, Jessica Postdoctoral Researcher in Infectious Disease Biology Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement France Abbott, Brett Landscape Ecologist Australia Abbott, Benjamin W. Assistant Professor of Ecosystem Ecology Brigham Young University United States of America (the) Abbott, Katherine Aquatic Ecology United States of America (the Abd Malek, Muhamad Naim PhD candidate University of Science Malaysia Malaysia Abdelaal, Mohamed Associate Professor Mansoura University Egypt Abdelmoneim, Ahmed Cornell University United States of America (the) Abdi, Asad Manager director Zaminrizkavan Co. Ltd. Iran (Islamic Republic of) Abel, David Environmental Science United States of America (the) Abel, Daniel Professor of Marine Science Coastal Carolina University United States of America (the) Abella-Gutiérrez, Jose Luis paleoceanography CICESE Mexico Aben, Job Ecology University of Antwerp Belgium Abessa, Denis Professor - Environmental Sciences São Paulo State Univesity - UNESP Brazil Able, Kenneth Professor Emeritus, Biological Sciences University at Albany, SUNY United States of America (the) Abonyi, Andras Postdoctoral Researcher / Freshwater Ecology WasserCluster Lunz (A) / MTA Centre for Ecology (H) Hungary abrahams, mark lecturer, wildlife conservation United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the) Abramowitz, Brian University of Florida (Florida Museum of Natural History) United States of America (the) Abrams, Melanie UC Berkeley United States of America (the) Abrams, Kym Research fellow, evolutionary biology The University of Western Australia Australia Abrams, Peter Professor Emeritus, Ecology&Evolution University of Toronto Canada Abreu, Paulo Cesar Professor - Microbial Ecology Federal University of Rio Grande - FURG Brazil Abril Melgarejo, Valentina PhD student in Astrophysics Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM) Aix- Marseille Université France Abutaha, Maged Researcher Desert Research Center Egypt Ac, Alexander post-doctoral researcher Global Change Research Institute (CzechGlobe) Czech Republic (the) Acebes, Pablo Assistant Professor Departamento de Ecología. Facultad de Ciencias. Universidad Autónoma de Madrid Spain Acevedo, Francisca Agrobiodiversity Coordinator CONABIO Mexico Acevedo-Whitehouse, Karina Senior Lecturer Universidad Autonoma de Queretaro Mexico Acevedo Ramos, Fernando Posdoctoral fellowship Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Mexico ACHARD, Frederic Senior Scientist Joint Research Centre Italy Acharjee, Santanu Assistant Professor Debraj Roy College India Achuff, Peter Scientist Emeritus Parks Canada Canada Ackels, Tobias Postdoctoral researcher in Neuroscience The Francis Crick Institute United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the) Acosta, Manuel Researcher Global Change Research Institute, Czech Academy of Sciences Czech Republic (the) Acosta, Linda Doctorante de Ingénierie des systèmes industriels Université de Lorraine France Acosta Alba, Ivonne Environmental Analysis Expert Evalivo France Acuña Míguez, Belén PhD Student CSIC Spain Adam, Samiah Environmental management and ecology graduate Monash University Mauritius Adams, Martin Archaeoentomologist Paleoinsect Research United States of America (the) Adams, Evan Quantitative Ecologist Biodiversity Research Institute United States of America (the) Adamson, Jasper Senior Researcher National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics Estonia Adan chici, Lidia Geologa Spain Adcock, Keryn Ecologist Independent & IUCN African Rhino Specialist Group South Africa Adebola, Aramide PhD Candidate/ Geography University of Lagos Nigeria Adekola, Olalekan Geography Lecturer York St John University United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the) Adhikari, Subodh Postdoctoral Researcher University of Idaho United States of America (the) Adibpour, Parvaneh Postdoc fellow/cognitive neuroscience Institute of cognitive sciences Marc Jeannerod France Adkins, Sasha Lecturer Institute of Environmental Sustainability, Loyola University Chicago United States of America (the) Adkins, Collette Carnivore Conservation Director Center for Biological Diversity United States of America (the) Adman, Per Associate Professor in Political Science Uppsala University Sweden Admans, Gabrielle Student University of Glasgow United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the) Adogame, Leslie Executive Director/CEO Sustainable Research and Action for Environmental Development Nigeria Adriaens, Tim Ecologist INBO Belgium Adriaens, Dominique Full Professor Universiteit Gent Belgium Adua, Lazarus College Professor University of Utah United States of America (the) Aeby, Greta marine biologist Qatar University Qatar Affigne, Tony Professor of Political Science Providence College United States of America (the) Afonso, Eve Associate Professor University of Franche-Comté France Agha, Ramsy Principal investigator Aquatic Ecology Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries Germany Agostinho, Angelo Professor Universidade Estadual de Maringá - PEA Brazil Agostini, Ilaria Researcher Argentina Aguado Caso, Mateo Researcher in Sustainability Science Social-Ecological Systems Laboratory, Department of Ecology, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid Spain Aguayo-Adán, Juan Antonio Biologist and PhD student University of Córdoba Spain Aguiar, Ludmilla MS Associate Professor Universidade de Brasilia Brazil Aguiar, Ivana Chemist Universidad de la República Uruguay Aguilar, Ricardo Research & Expedition Director. Marine Biology. Oceana Spain Aguilée, Robin Associate professor in ecology Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse 3 France Aguilera, Eduardo Biologist Technical University of Madrid Spain Aguirre-Ruiz, Ernesto Biologist - MSc Ecological Restoration. Fundación Global Nature Spain Aguirre de Cárcer, Daniel Associate profesor, Genetics and microbial ecology Universidad Autónoma de Madríd Spain Agustina, Novillo Assistant Researcher IBN-CONICET Argentina Agyei-Ohemeng, James Lecturer University of Energy and Natural Resources Ghana Ahmad, Nariman Assistant Professor Sulaimani University Iraq Ahmad, Sate Research Associate / hydrology and environmental social science Bangladesh Ahmad Yani, Andi Department of Administrative Science, Hasanuddin University Indonesia Ahmed, Ayesha Biomedical Science University of Southampton United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the) Ahmed, Ahmed Emeritus Professor University of KwaZulu-Natal South Africa Ahrens, Dirk Biologist Zoological Research Museum A. Koenig Bonn Germany Ahti, Pauliina Marine Biology/ PhD Candidate University of Jyväskylä Finland Ahumada, Andrea Porfessor Observatorio Astronomico de Cordoba Argentina Aidukaite, Jolanta Chief Researcher Lithuanian Social Research Centre Lithuania Ainley, David Research Ecologist an ecological consulting firm United States of America (the) Aitken, Sally Professor University of British Columbia Canada Ajello, Claudia Research Assistant Department of Psychology Italy Akama, Alberto Researcher Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi Brazil Al Naggar, Yahya Alexander von Humboldt postdoctoral fellow Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg Institut für Biologie, Lehrstuhl Allgemeine Zoologie Germany Ala, Ugo Researcher Dept. of Veterinary Sciences, University of Turin Italy Alaback, Paul Professor Emeritus, Forest Ecology University of Montana United States of America (the) Alam, Muhammad Irfanul École des hautes études en santé publique, Paris France Alam, Syed Ashraful Researcher & Operations and Networking Officer University of Helsinki & ICOS (Integrated Carbon Observation System) ERIC Finland Alamshah, Aubrey Animal Behaviorist Binghamton University United States of America (the) alard, didier professor of ecology university of bordeaux France Alaux, Cedric Researcher INRA France Alba, Annia Researcher/Biological Sciences Institute Pedro Kouri of Tropical Medicine Cuba Albarracin, Dolores Professor of Psychology and Business University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign United States of America (the) ALBENNE, Cécile Maître de Conférences Univeristé Paul Sabatier - Toulouse-3 France Albers Grieneisen, Veronica Reader in Systems and Predictive Biology Cardiff University United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the) Albert, James Professor University of Louisiana at Lafayette United States of America (the) ALBERT, Cécile researcher CNRS France Alberti, Paola PHD Student Neotropical Biodiversity Institute Argentina Alberti, Juan Researcher / Ecology Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (IIMyC; UNMdP-CONICET) Argentina Alberti, Giorgio Associate Professor in forest management University of Udine Italy Alberts, Allison Chief Conservation and Research Officer San Diego Zoo Global United States of America (the) Albiero-Júnior, Alci PhD Student in Applied Ecology University of São Paulo, Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture Brazil Albuquerque, Monica Marine Biology EMEPC Portugal Alcantara, Suzana Adjunt Professor/Evolution & Botany Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) Brazil Alcántara-Ayala, Irasema Full Professor, Disaster Risk Research Institute of Geography, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) Mexico Alcántara-Manzanares, Jorge Universidad de Córdoba Spain Alcantara Concepcion, Pedro Camilo Full Professor , land science and landscape ecology researcher Universidad de Guanajuato Mexico There are 319 more pages of signatory scientists. https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/advance-article/doi/10.1093/biosci/biz088/5610806?searchresult=1

Unless every other available container in that lot of supplements was contaminated, but I don't think he has the wherewithal to pursue that.

Announcing: Bloc Rednecois! #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli https://t.co/nG7nmjOWeE — Voice of Reason (@Vocal_Friend) November 5, 2019 Bloc Rednecois!!!!!! https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/wexit-federal-registration-1.5347597?cmp=rss

Can we at least make a valid argument that the Bombers will be much hungrier for a playoff win than the Stamps? Just hope they play that way. I've got a strange feeling that this year's Grey Cup Final will be between the 2 teams with the longest Cup droughts.

It doesn't have anything to do with anything.

”Election commissioner Lorne Gibson’s investigation into the Callaway’s leadership bid found Kenney’s team supplied Callaway with attack ads, speeches & talking points, as well as a timeline of when he should drop out of the race to back Kenney.” #cdnpoli https://t.co/JFYBqAyqBT — Leslie Maggie (@LeslieMaggie) November 4, 2019

NEW: @realdonaldtrump's company is showing new signs of financial decline. One major example: Trump's Chicago hotel. New docs show its profits fell 89% in 3 years after Trump entered politics.https://t.co/nAJvNX5bd3 — David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) November 5, 2019

Even if you're right about this (which you are not), isn't this how your beloved capitalism is supposed to work? The strong will survive - dog eat dog - blah blah blah?

She looks more like Ivanka than most of his mistresses, so it wouldn't surprise me.

California’s fire season is longer and deadlier than ever, causing annual treks south by Oregon firefighters "In recent years, fire officials say, the fire season in California has lengthened by about 75 days, with hotter temperatures for longer periods making forests “more susceptible to severe wildfire.”" https://www.oregonlive.com/environment/2019/10/californias-fire-season-is-longer-and-deadlier-than-ever-causing-annual-treks-south-by-oregon-firefighters.html

"But here’s the thing: These hearings are being conducted with the full involvement of the Republican members of the three committees doing the inquiring. Not only are Republicans given equivalent time for questioning, but any member of any of the committees — Intelligence, Foreign Affairs and Oversight — is welcome to attend any of these sessions." https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/10/23/protect-trump-republicans-are-staging-display-lawlessness-its-failing/

That the Republicans refuse to make it bi-partisan is not on Pelosi.

I'm pretty comfortable with my mental stability and grasp of reality, thanks. Sorry for getting personal.

The ice used to protect them. Now their island is crumbling into the sea. “My grandfather said he could remember when there was one winter with no ice,” said Serge Bourgeois, 53, the planning director for the municipality of Iles-de-la-Madeleine. Now, if ice materializes at all around the islands in winter, “it is exceptional.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/world/climate-environment/canada-quebec-islands-climate-change/

A reminder that weather does not equal climate, but trends do matter. 'Certainly alarming': N.W.T.'s Beaufort Delta region sees unusually warm weather He said the average low for this October is –6.5 C, and average high is 0.5 C. That means the recent temperatures are "12.5 degrees warmer than normal pretty much for both the highs and low temperatures," he said. Inuvik's coldest day so far this year was –14.6 C on Oct. 27. Castellan said the region has been seeing a trend of unusually warm weather during winter the last couple of years and he's expecting that to continue. Turning to a report released earlier this year by Environment and Climate Change Canada, which states that Canada is warming twice as fast as the global average, Castellan said the Arctic is dealing with three times that rate of warming. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/record-breaking-temps-above-arctic-circle-1.5343878?cmp=rss&fbclid=IwAR1ClkO7K21Ue42PpCGdmtVgkzOCG6XGDqMfKQPWSX3O2HnAsbnEKatvZ0M

Soooo......you're a nut, then?