CO2: The Critical Issue
Overview of why CO2 levels are the critical issue about global warming by Richard Whiteford. First published on Oct 31, 2012
Stable Antarctic Permafrost Melting Faster than Expected
University of Texas: July 24, 2013 AUSTIN, Texas — For the first time, scientists have documented an acceleration in the melt rate of permafrost, or ground ice, in a section of Antarctica where the ice had been considered stable. The melt rates are comparable with the Arctic, where accelerated melting of permafrost has become a…
Insurance Industry Warns of Climate Change and Extreme Weather
At hearings before the Senate Environmental and Public Works Committee on July 18, 2013, Mr. Frank Nutter, President of the ReInsurance Association of America repeated the longstanding concerns that the Insurance industry has about climate change. The salient point is, that Insurance companies live and die by their ability to estimate risks. To that end,…
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July Heatwave! & Rare Weather Systems Tracking East to West
Just like we read left to right, most weather systems move left to right (West to East). Right now however, the weather pattern is out of whack, moving East to West, creating a monster tropical heatwave for a big chunk of the U.S. WeatherNation Chief Meteorologist Paul Douglas has more on the rare retrograde weather…
400 Parts in a Million: The World’s Biggest Experiment
Subscribe to MinuteEarth – it’s FREE! – http://dft.ba/-minuteearth_sub For further information: 400 ppm official reference – http://dft.ba/-400ppm NOAA – http://www.climate.gov UK Met Office – http://metoffice.gov.uk/climate-change Climate Central – http://climatecentral.org Real Climate – http://realclimate.org IPCC FAQs – http://dft.ba/-IPCC US Global Change Research Program – http://globalchange.gov This episode was made possible by the generous support of Science…
Big Oil Stifles Clean Energy
The following interview originally aired on the July 14th, 2013 episode of Ring of Fire on Free Speech TV. The fossil fuel industry has a stranglehold on American energy production, and not surprisingly, they are also the largest emitters of greenhouse gases in the country. Polls show that the American public is more than ready…
Dark Snow Project covered by The Weather Channel
The Weather Channel gave nice coverage to DarkSnow Project and this summer’s Greenland trip. I’m hard at work prepping for that, and we are still very much in fund raising mode, so pitch in if you can at http://www.darksnowproject.org, check out http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/dar…
Climate 101 with Bill Nye
Bill Nye narrates this short film on the basics of climate change. Join us and stand up for reality. http://ClimateRealityProject.org
A 50 Year Plan for Surviving Climate Change
The economy is the “canary in the coal mine” of climate change. No one is prepared for the devastating consequences of the collapse of the ecosystem and the economy. Government and business are committed to actions that will exacerbate the problem and cause tremendous hardship for the average person. By projecting where current trends are…
The rise of digital currency like Bitcoin, and carbon footprints
Here i take a look at the rapidly growing Bitcoin currency and technological developments in light of emissions targets. Above video shows a Bitcoin rig June 2011, many computer’s with GPU’s (high power graphic cards), hence high energy consumption. Recent developments David Gilson from Coin Desk writes on June 6th, 2013: We have just observed…
Most Comprehensive Paleoclimate Reconstruction Confirms Hockey Stick
By Stefan Rahmstorf via Scilogs The past 2000 years of climate change have now been reconstructed in more detail than ever before by the PAGES 2k project. The results reveal interesting regional differences between the different continents, but also important common trends. The global average of the new reconstruction looks like a twin of the…