Climate & Extreme Weather News #38 (June 22nd-June 26th 2017)
This report includes the floods and landslides in China; the wildfire in Spain; the heatwave and wildfires in Siberia and also the ongoing wildfires in the USA.
China Extracts Ocean Methane Hydrates
China claims breakthrough in mining ‘flammable ice’ (2017) http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-39971667 Methane hydrate: Dirty fuel or energy saviour? (2014) http://www.bbc.com/news/business-27021610 China extracts 235,000 cubic meters of combustible ice from #SouthChinaSea, beating previous expectations for the mining operation https://twitter.com/XHNews/status/877834019701891074 Methane clathrates (hydrates) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methane_clathrate Music by Stephen Lu http://chibola.com
Climate & Extreme Weather News #34 (June 13th to June 15th 2017)
This episode includes an Arctic Sea Ice update; the landslides in Bangladesh; the ongoing monsoon floods in India; the floods in southern China and a look at the upcoming extreme heatwave in the south western USA.
Historic Heat Wave Sweeps Asia, the Middle East and Europe
June 6, 2017, by Jeff Masters and Maximiliano Herrera from Wunderground. The last week of May 2017 and first week of June brought one the most extraordinary heatwaves in world history to Asia, the Middle East and Europe. The mercury shot up to an astonishing 53.5°C (128.3°F) at Turbat, Pakistan on May 28, making it…
Media, Political Leaders React to U.S. Paris Climate Exit
A compilation of recent responses to Donald Trump’s announcement from June 1, 2017, to exit the Paris Agreement, signed by 195 nations. Woodrow Wilson Center FOX and CNN via Emmanuel Macron Secular Talk ABC News Aljazeera http://video.aljazeera.com/channels/eng/videos/eu-and-china-agree-on-joint-climate-change-action/5458479676001 Related Globe heaps scorn on Trump for Paris exit http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/336176-globe-heaps-scorn-on-trump-for-paris-exit
Trump motivated by Bannon to exit Paris Deal? And what about the Jobs?
The announcement by the Trump Administration to exit the Paris Climate Agreement, has been attributed to people like Steve Bannon, influencing Trump. And what about jobs and clean energy? References China to invest £292bn in renewable power by 2020 https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/jan/05/china-invest-renewable-fuel-2020-energy China cementing global dominance of renewable energy and technology https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jan/06/china-cementing-global-dominance-of-renewable-energy-and-technology Related The Strange History of…
Climate Change Film: If You Love Your Children
f You Love Your Children http://www.ifyouloveyourchildren.org a 2014 Canadian short film – depicting climate change, directed and produced by Sanjay Patel. The film has received many awards and nominations since its release in August 2014. If You Love Your Children https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If_You_Love_Your_Children
Extreme Vietnam Floods Footage Compilation 2016 (Oct 14, 2016)
Vietnam floods: deaths reported, tens of thousands of homes destroyed. Authorities mobilise army and police to rescue trapped residents in central Vietnam following torrential rain. Officials warned the region could be hammered again if typhoon Sarika in the South China Sea reaches Vietnam. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/oct/16/vietnam-floods-deaths-reported-tens-of-thousands-of-homes-destroyed A low pressure system made landfall in the central province of…
Study: Arctic methane emissions significantly increased since 2014
October 4, 2016 by The Siberian Times: New expedition in Laptev Sea suggests increase in the rate of underwater permafrost degradation. http://siberiantimes.com/ecology/others/news/n0760-arctic-methane-gas-emission-significantly-increased-since-2014-major-new-research/
Incredible footage of the strongest Typhoon Meranti in 2016
The Japan Meteorological Agency analyzed Meranti’s central pressure at 890 millibars. This puts Meranti in the elite pantheon of the deepest tropical cyclones ever recorded anywhere on Earth. Meranti will likely make landfall on the China coast. Meranti is a very large and extremely powerful typhoon. Its highest 1-minute sustained winds were 185 mph on…
Watch how cities will get flooded with 10 feet sea level rise
Visualisation of sea level rise of 10 feet (3 meters), based on the risk zone map, provided by Climate Central. Current estimates about future sea level rise, consider up to 10 feet already locked in, due to the greenhouse gas emissions we have emitted so far. How fast this will happen is not certain yet.…
U.S. and China ratify Paris climate agreement (3D Edition)
Breakthrough as US and China agree to ratify Paris climate deal Campaigners hail key moment in battle against global warming as presidents Obama and Xi announce deal on eve of G20 summit in Hangzhou Watch a new Climate State video series made entirely in 3D. Read news https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/sep/03/breakthrough-us-china-agree-ratify-paris-climate-change-deal http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-climatechange-idUSKCN11901W
Donald Trump’s views on Climate Change, what he thinks Putin thinks and what Putin actually says #COP21
Donald Trump Spouts Climate Denial Without Rebuttal On MSNBC’s Morning Joe http://mediamatters.org/video/2015/09/17/donald-trump-spouts-climate-denial-without-rebu/205607 Full speech of Putin http://climatestate.com/2015/11/30/putin-climate-change-one-of-greatest-challenges-humanity-faces-cop21/ Related Limbaugh Distances Himself From Trump After Controversial Calls For A Ban On Muslim Entry Into U.S. http://mediamatters.org/video/2015/12/08/limbaugh-distances-himself-from-trump-after-con/207335
Worldwide Extreme Floods (Sep-December 2015 – Japan/Brazil/India/UK/USA South Florida)
Footage of recent flooding in Japan, India, Brazil, UK (Northern England / Wales / Scotland / Cumbria), Florida United States. There have been more floods, i.e. in Portugal, Singapore, and other parts of the world, and it is projected to get worse with increased temperatures due to global warming. New York Times: A 2015 study…