(CBS News) A new study found that climate change may cause people to be more violent. The study draws a link between increased rates of domestic violence, assault and other violent crimes and a warming climate and says that aggression can be associated with higher temperatures. Researchers re-analyzed 60 studies from recent decades that look…
Fluids are known to be of major importance for the earthquake generation because pore pressure variations alter the strength of faults. Thus they can initiate earthquakes if the crust is close enough to its critical state. Based on the observations of the isolated seismicity below the densely monitored Mt. Hochstaufen, SE Germany, we are now…
August 8 2013: Mangled Jet Stream Delivers Four Months Worth of Rain in One Week to Missouri; Central, Eastern US to Remain Under Severe Flood Threat ABC News last night, in the below video, aptly described the hardest-hit areas as turning into ‘a water world.’ The coverage shows storm shocked residents staring in awe at…
Recently freshwater intake into the Arctic Circle have changed ocean currents, in the following a collection of related science, and what if freshwater currents drive warmer water into the deep ocean and unlock methane hydrates? Mechanism have been identified recently. Arctic freshwater input into the North Pacific could serve as a catalyst for methane hydrate…
Eastern Afghanistan and neighbouring Pakistan have been hit by torrential rain, causing floods which have killed at least 80 people. The region has suffered devastating floods during the monsoon period for the past three years. Related Increased Methane emissions from summer Monsoon High methane in North Africa, Middle East and South Asia. The upper tropospheric…
Eastern Afghanistan and neighbouring Pakistan have been hit by torrential rain, causing floods which have killed at least 80 people. The region has suffered devastating floods during the monsoon period for the past three years. High methane in North Africa, Middle East and South Asia. The upper tropospheric methane continues to build. The MODIS image…
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Heavy downpours cause flooding in Scotland http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-23483394
Downpours cause flash floods in the UK http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/world/downpours-cause-flash-floods-in-the-uk-601958.html
Heavy Rains Flood Homes, Roads in NC http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/heavy-rains-flash-flooding-north-carolina-19793092
Flooding of Europe continues http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-134033/Flooding-Europe-continues.html
Canada: Rain floods New Brunswick community http://metronews.ca/news/canada/751047/rain-floods-new-brunswick-community/
NASA: The average temperature across the continental U.S. could be 8 degrees Fahrenheit warmer by the end of the 21st century under a climate scenario in which concentrations of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide rise to 800 parts per million. Current concentrations stand at 400 parts per million, and are rising faster than at any…
Via Robertscribbler: In a July 18 testimony to Congress, Dr. Jennifer Francis, an atmospheric scientist from Rutgers and key innovator to understanding how climate change has brought about dangerous alterations to the Northern Hemisphere Jet Stream, provides five compelling reasons why we should all be quite concerned about human caused global warming. They include: 1.…
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,…
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…
Recently Doug asked: “…my question is, how far could this phenomenon go? What is the “end” state? Is it possible for example that we could find the jet stream staying in place for months at a time, years, decades? How wavy could this waviness become?” A main theme of Sea ice loss seems to be…
If you didn’t think anything was going on, well guess again! Hail storms, floods, earthquakes, huge tsunami like waves and more has taking place the past week or so. Feel free to download and share. Thanks for watching here, and stay safe.
Interviews with the following climate scientists.
Dr Erich Fischer, Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH
Dr Karl Braganza, Australian Bureau of Meteorology
Dr Lisa Alexander, Climate Change Research Centre, UNSW
Dr Susan Wijffels, Marine and Atmospheric Research, CSIRO
Professor Jennifer Francis, Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University
(CBS News) CHICAGO – The United Nations issued a report saying the planet saw “unprecedented climate extremes” in the last decade with every spot on the globe affected in some way. At Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium, research biologist Phil Willink worries about what he sees when he looks at Lake Michigan. “What’s most disturbing,” he said,…
