Top news and views about Environment and Cleantech for 22 Jun 2017
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_(Tip: To open the tweet in a new window 'Right-Click' the 'Tweet This Story' text and 'Open link in new tab')_ **The Science Of Why It's Too Hot For Some Planes To Fly In The Southwest U.S.**  Across the southwest United States, heat experienced "less than once per year on average" is happening, and it is dangerous. Ironically, a new paper released Monday in the peer-review journal Nature Climate Change found that extreme heat like that being observed in the Southwest U.S. and in Portugal will become more common and intense. The study also finds that the number of people globally affected by 20 days or more of intense heatwaves (dangerous temperature and humidity) will jump from 1 in 4 currently to 3 out of 4 by 2100. This is consistent with a 2016 National Academy of Science report that concluded that contemporary heatwaves are increasingly linked to climate change. Such heat is obviously a human health concern, but there is another disruption that you may not think about. Extreme heat affects air travel. Believe it or not, it is unsafe to operate many of the airplanes currently in use by major airlines when temperatures are this hot, and science explains why. The Arizona Republic reported that around 50 flights for Tuesday were cancelled at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. These were primarily regional flights. According to The Arizona Republic "a statement from American Airlines, the American Eagle regional flights use the Bombardier CRJ aircraft, which has a maximum operating temperature of 118 degrees. Tuesday's forecast for Phoenix includes a high of 120 degrees, and the flights that are affected were to take off between 3 and 6 p.m.....Larger jets that fly out of Sky Harbor have higher maximum operating temperatures: Boeing, 126 degrees, and Airbus, 127 degrees." Full story at http://bit.ly/2sW02zo [Tweet This Story](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=The+Science+Of+Why+It's+Too+Hot+For+Some+Planes+To+Fly+In+Th...+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F2sW02zo+%23Cleantech+%23Environment+%23Renewables+via+%40SydesJokes&related=authormunrobru1,ColinSydes,CrowdifyClub,CrowdifyGreen,CrowdifyHEL,CrowdifyTokyo,CrowdifyTV,DrYorikoTodd,exploretravel1,FHStralow,gmichelBKK,JoanStewart1,joygreenchoices,MichaelQTodd,Mobile_ZA,SydesJokes,tintedcouture) **How climate change will threaten food security of world's poorest countries**  Some of the world’s poorest countries will be hit hardest as climate change affects marine fisheries all over the world, according to a new study. The global fishing industry produces a total catch worth of about $90bn (£71bn) but the warming ocean temperatures are causing many valuable species to shift their usual ranges. The potential for water to hit temperatures lethal to corals such as Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, which support vast amounts of other marine life, is a particular problem. The researchers assessed 147 countries based on their vulnerability to the effect of future warming on fishing in their waters and their ability to cope with the changes. Full story at http://ind.pn/2sVzyhz [Tweet This Story](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=How+climate+change+will+threaten+food+security+of+world's+po...+http%3A%2F%2Find.pn%2F2sVzyhz+%23Cleantech+%23Environment+%23Renewables+via+%40SydesJokes&related=authormunrobru1,ColinSydes,CrowdifyClub,CrowdifyGreen,CrowdifyHEL,CrowdifyTokyo,CrowdifyTV,DrYorikoTodd,exploretravel1,FHStralow,gmichelBKK,JoanStewart1,joygreenchoices,MichaelQTodd,Mobile_ZA,SydesJokes,tintedcouture) **What Happens When The Oil Economy Collapses?**  Oil company values — which are currently topping the charts — will collapse. That means that certain investors (many investors) will “lose money,” or see their net worth drop. To put this into a little more perspective, we highlighted recently that Tesla [TSLA] has passed the US “Big 3” automakers in market cap, currently sitting at $60.15 billion (compared to GM at $51.73 billion and Ford at $44.76 billion). Meanwhile, Exxon’s market cap sits at $354.59 billion, Chevron’s market cap is $204.76 billion, and Saudi Aramco’s expected to be valued at $1–10 trillion. Some of our top commenters have made it clear — the oil bubble could collapse at any moment. What’s holding it together is the prospect of growth, but large portions of the investment community should soon realize that cost-competitive, more convenient, and more enjoyable electric transport; city, state, and national actions to fight air pollution; and broader governmental and corporate action to stop global warming mean that oil is a dead industry walking. As more investors and money managers decide oil & gas is not a smart “investment” for the future, more and more money will pull out of the industry. People, institutions, and companies making early exits will be fine, but the ones who wait a bit too long to understand where things are headed will suffer from the popping oil bubble. But that’s just the beginning of things. At this scale, certain companies collapsing, a certain number of people losing their jobs and needing to find a new career, and certain investors falling in net worth is all fairly disruptive. However, it’s not that simple. Full story at http://bit.ly/2sRMfdg [Tweet This Story](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=What+Happens+When+The+Oil+Economy+Collapses?+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F2sRMfdg+%23Cleantech+%23Environment+%23Renewables+via+%40SydesJokes&related=authormunrobru1,ColinSydes,CrowdifyClub,CrowdifyGreen,CrowdifyHEL,CrowdifyTokyo,CrowdifyTV,DrYorikoTodd,exploretravel1,FHStralow,gmichelBKK,JoanStewart1,joygreenchoices,MichaelQTodd,Mobile_ZA,SydesJokes,tintedcouture) **6 Ways That Climate Change Affects The Wine In Your Glass**  "Is climate change really affecting the wine in my glass?" That was the question that any consumer in the audience yesterday would have had answered, as a panel dedicated to climate change in the wine industry helped to kick off a very strong program of events at Vinexpo, the four-day, biennial trade fair in Bordeaux that has just begun. The ante has been upped in recent years for organizers to deliver highly relevant, highly actionable content over multiple days, as strong competition emerges from similar and well-performing trade fairs in cities like Düsseldorf, Verona, and Hong Kong. But within just a few hours of opening its doors yesterday, Vinexpo asserted its intentions on behalf of the French wine industry's position in the global marketplace: it formally announced a partnership with Alibaba’s B2C e-marketplaces Tmall and Tmall Global, for example, and it convened a panel of prominent winemakers and advocates to address the issue of climate change. What does all of this mean for the consumer? Full story at http://bit.ly/2sRY9DU [Tweet This Story](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=6+Ways+That+Climate+Change+Affects+The+Wine+In+Your+Glass...+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F2sRY9DU+%23Cleantech+%23Environment+%23Renewables+via+%40SydesJokes&related=authormunrobru1,ColinSydes,CrowdifyClub,CrowdifyGreen,CrowdifyHEL,CrowdifyTokyo,CrowdifyTV,DrYorikoTodd,exploretravel1,FHStralow,gmichelBKK,JoanStewart1,joygreenchoices,MichaelQTodd,Mobile_ZA,SydesJokes,tintedcouture) **New funding unveiled for London to realise ‘immeasurable’ clean tech potential**  Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has said he wants the capital to lead the way in smart and clean technologies, and has unveiled a new incubator fund to help achieve that goal. Last week the mayor opened London Tech Week and set out the ambitious aim of establishing London as the world’s “leading ‘smart city’” which places digital, low carbon technologies and data management at its centre. Opening the event, Khan said that low carbon, digital technologies are essential to tackling some of the capital’s most prominent economic, social and environmental challenges, particularly in air pollution, housing and transport. In order to help realise some of those technologies the mayor unveiled a new funding initiative dubbed ‘Better Future’, a clean tech incubator fund which is to help support London-based businesses specialising in those fields. Full story at http://bit.ly/2sRGVXu [Tweet This Story](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=New+funding+unveiled+for+London+to+realise+‘immeasurable'+cl...+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F2sRGVXu+%23Cleantech+%23Environment+%23Renewables+via+%40SydesJokes&related=authormunrobru1,ColinSydes,CrowdifyClub,CrowdifyGreen,CrowdifyHEL,CrowdifyTokyo,CrowdifyTV,DrYorikoTodd,exploretravel1,FHStralow,gmichelBKK,JoanStewart1,joygreenchoices,MichaelQTodd,Mobile_ZA,SydesJokes,tintedcouture) **Global warming brews big trouble in coffee birthplace Ethiopia**  Global warming is likely to wipe out half of the coffee growing area in Ethiopia, the birthplace of the bean, according to a groundbreaking new study. Rising temperatures have already damaged some special areas of origin, with these losses being likened to France losing one of its great wine regions. Ethiopia’s highlands also host a unique treasure trove of wild coffee varieties, meaning new flavour profiles and growing traits could be lost before having been discovered. However, the new research also reveals that if a massive programme of moving plantations up hillsides to cooler altitudes were feasible, coffee production could actually increase. Coffee vies with tea as the world’s favourite beverage and employs 100 million people worldwide in farming the beans alone. But climate change is coffee’s greatest long-term threat, killing plantations or reducing bean quality and allowing the deadly coffee leaf rust fungus to thrive. Without major action both in the coffee industry and in slashing greenhouse gas emissions, coffee is predicted to become more expensive and worse-tasting. The research combined climate-change computer modelling with detailed measurements of current ground conditions, gathered in fieldwork that covered a total distance of 30,000km within Ethiopia. It found that 40-60% of today’s coffee growing areas in Ethiopia would be unsuitable by the end of the century under a range of likely warming scenarios. Full story at http://bit.ly/2sSfQDs [Tweet This Story](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Global+warming+brews+big+trouble+in+coffee+birthplace+Ethiop...+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F2sSfQDs+%23Cleantech+%23Environment+%23Renewables+via+%40SydesJokes&related=authormunrobru1,ColinSydes,CrowdifyClub,CrowdifyGreen,CrowdifyHEL,CrowdifyTokyo,CrowdifyTV,DrYorikoTodd,exploretravel1,FHStralow,gmichelBKK,JoanStewart1,joygreenchoices,MichaelQTodd,Mobile_ZA,SydesJokes,tintedcouture) ______ Prepared by [@SydesJokes](https://twitter.com/SydesJokes) Original post from: http://Blog.CrowdifyClub.com/ ______