BBC – Earth: The Climate Wars, Episode 2
2009, Dr Iain Stewart traces the history of climate change Notice: This video has been blocked by the BBC
BBC – Earth: The Climate Wars, Episode 1
2009, Dr Iain Stewart traces the history of climate change Notice: This video has been blocked by the BBC
Global Warming changes the Jet Stream, cause of more Extreme Weather
See Part One here YouTube One of the most confusing effects of climate change is the increasing incidence of weather extremes, that may include hot, AND cold, snow and rain, wet and dry, drought and flood. Scientists have been examining this problem intensely over recent years, as Europe, America, and Asia have all been subject…
Will climate change cause earthquakes?
Bill McGuire, author of ‘Waking the Giant: How a changing climate triggers earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanoes‘, discusses the topics raised in his book. Twenty thousand years ago our planet was an icehouse. Temperatures were down six degrees; ice sheets kilometres thick buried much of Europe and North America and sea levels were 130m lower. The…
Climate Change: DO THE MATH!
A brief preview of our education work communicating (1) recent climate change impacts on humanity, and (2) a comparison of the cost of addressing climate change as defined in the Stern report compared to the costs we currently incur every year to continue using fossil fuels. Related 350.org do the Math http://math.350.org | Video by Scientia
The permafrost carbon feedback loop
THE world is on the cusp of a “tipping point” into dangerous climate change, according to new data gathered by scientists measuring methane leaking from the Arctic permafrost and a report presented to the United Nations on Tuesday. “The permafrost carbon feedback is irreversible on human time scales,” says the report, Policy Implications of Warming…
Melting permafrost releases greenhouse gases
A UN report has warned that carbon dioxide and methane released from melting permafrost could push the climate past a tipping point and dangerously accelerate global warming. Broadcast: 28/11/2012, Reporter: Tony Jones http://www.abc.net.au/lateline/conten… Thawing permafrost may amplify global warming, U.N. reports http://www.latimes.com/news/science/s… Policy Implications of Warming Permafrost http://www.unep.org/pdf/permafrost.pdf
Stefan Rahmstorf: The Basics of Global Warming
Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf explains the basics of Climate Science. Basic data sets and findings about Global Warming, including some comments on historic land marks of the Science. Watch part two “Impacts of Climate Change” These lectures form part of a broader lecture course called World in Transition. It includes 11 themes, presented by the members…
Stefan Rahmstorf: Impacts of Climate Change
In this Climate Change lecture Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf deals with the impacts (with a focus on extreme events and Sea-Level Rise) and the possibilities for holding Global Warming below 2°C. Watch part one “The Basics of Global Warming” Part three “Interview” These lectures form part of a broader lecture course called World in Transition. It…
NASA: The Polar Jet Stream
The polar jet stream can travel at speeds greater than 100 mph. Here, the fastest winds are colored red; slower winds are blue. The polar jet stream is strongest in winter when the temperature difference between warm and cold air in the Northern Hemisphere is at its highest. Meandering around the planet like a rollicking…
Global warming has stopped? Again??
No, sadly the Mail on Sunday has got it wrong… yet again. Here’s what’s behind the sensational news that global warming ended in 1997, and how it comes from misreporting, misquotes and omissions. SOURCES: Mail on Sunday story: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetec… Met Office release of Hadcrut 4 data: http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/hadobs/ha… Met Office response to Mail on Sunday story,…
James Hansen: Tipping Points, Carbon Tax and organized Denial
Interview with James Hansen (NASA Goddard Institute) recorded at the UN University G8 symposium on innovation and climate change held 4th July, 2008 Tokyo. Wikipedia: Carbon tax Frontline: Climate of Doubt http://youtu.be/A5GVHqlnPAc Answering Climate Change Skeptics, Naomi Oreskes http://youtu.be/XXyTpY0NCp0 Test trial convicts fossil fuel bosses of ‘ecocide’ Top lawyers put fossil fuel bosses on trial…
Obama calls for swift action to tackle emissions
Extreme Weather and Climate Change. President Barack Obama calls for swift action to tackle emissions ahead of Doha climate talks. Turn Down the Heat: Why a 4°C Warmer World Must Be Avoided – Executive Summary http://climatechange.worldbank.org/si… The World Bank – Climate Change http://climatechange.worldbank.org/
Ice sheets and sea level in a warming world
Lecture by Richard Alley, Evan Pugh Professor of Geoscience at Pennsylvania State University, 10/23/2012 at Stanford University, sponsored by the Stanford School of Earth Sciences