{"id":17435,"date":"2015-11-15T08:06:58","date_gmt":"2015-11-15T16:06:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=17435"},"modified":"2015-11-15T08:06:58","modified_gmt":"2015-11-15T16:06:58","slug":"squatchs-open-thread-15112015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2015\/11\/15\/squatchs-open-thread-15112015\/","title":{"rendered":"Squatch’s Open Thread 15\/11\/2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thank goodness for Lona's cat naps.  I availed myself of one this afternoon having not slept particularly well last night, and it seemed to help with my sore body.  I have church tomorrow morning and then I will return home to the comfort of warm, soft and purring felines.  Can life get any better!<\/span><\/p>\n

Puzzle — <\/strong>Today’s took me 3:24 (average 5:13). To do it, <\/span>click here<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<\/span> How did you do? <\/span><\/p>\n

Short Takes<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Alternet<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/strong>— <\/strong>When we think of climate refugees, we tend to think of cyclones, floods and storms forcing people from their homes. But emerging research indicates that we are missing a bigger picture — and that the overall population of concern may be much larger than we currently think.<\/p>\n

According to a recent study<\/a>, rising temperatures are a significant driver of permanent migration among poor farmers in Indonesia. The study found that temperature increases were far more likely to induce migration than rapid-onset hazards such as floods, due to their long-term and cumulative effects on household income. Based on the results, the researchers estimated that an additional 2°C rise in temperatures could force up to five percent of Indonesia’s population (12.4 million people) to migrate by the end of the century — that’s an amount just under the size of Zimbabwe’s entire population.<\/p>\n