Thousands of little Volcano like Hills form in Arctic!

2018, Abrupt Climate Change, Arctic Amplification, CH4 Methane, Climate Change, Climate Feedbacks, Communication, Cryosphere, Deglaciation, Environment, Erosion, Geodynamics, Geosphere, Impacts, Permafrost, Polar Amplification, Russia, Siberia, Soil1 Comment

Scientist speculated that pingos may erupt and lead to the creation of craters – small lakes, thaw ponds. New satellite observations reveal continuous trend. The Siberian Times article, Pingo in Arctic goo.gl/mwNnEF / http://siberiantimes.com/other/others/news/crater-formed-by-exploding-pingo-in-arctic-erupts-a-second-time-from-methane-emissions/ The trend from frozen tundra soils shifting to thermokarst erosion and thaw ponds, may in the future be exacerbated by increased…

The New Record Low Arctic Sea Ice and Our Weather

2018, Arctic Amplification, Climate Change, Communication, Cryosphere, Deglaciation, Jet Stream / Polar Vortex, Polar Amplification, Sea Ice, Stratosphere, TemperatureLeave a comment

Arctic sea ice decline has long been projected to occur. 2018 and 2017 are the two lowest winter time Arctic sea ice records observed. Disappearing sea ice and moisture transport into the Arctic are believed to cause something called Arctic amplification, which in turn has been linked to two effects (weaker westerly winds, and intensified…

What is causing the Climate to Change?

2017, 2018, Drought, Education, Extreme Weather, Greenhouse Gases, Heat wave, Impacts, Lecture, Precipitation, Science TalkLeave a comment

Excerpt from the AGU 2017 Fall Meeting summary presentation of the Climate Science Special Report, the Fourth National Climate Assessment. Speaker Don Wuebbles Full summary presentation 2017 Fall Meeting – U23A: Climate Science Special Report https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDJP5RgKkj4 Teaser photo by Tim Marshall https://unsplash.com/photos/yEOCA6oiVqg Teaser photo by Christopher Campbell https://unsplash.com/photos/i4OHxtxiMtk Teaser photo https://unsplash.com/photos/aEJVd7WUjf8

How to Govern Climate Engineering and Emissions Monitoring?

2018, Climate Engineering, Policy, SolutionsLeave a comment

As governments, industry and civil society struggle to achieve the necessary emission reductions to address climate change, scientists are increasingly looking at new technological pathways such as direct carbon dioxide removal from the atmosphere, solar geoengineering (cooling the planet by reflecting heat away from the Earth) and the use of sophisticated satellite technologies capable of…

Researchers Talk Permafrost Carbon Feedback Models #Methanogenesis

2018, Arctic, Arctic Circle, Climate Change, Climate Feedbacks, Communication, Cryosphere, Deglaciation, Impacts, Model, Science, StudyLeave a comment

Can we model permafrost dynamics adequately in Earth System models? Researcher present and discuss recent climate carbon cycle modelling efforts, and reply to questions. Speakers Dave Lawrence, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) Charlie Koven, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab Release via IARPC Collaborations https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDyGrkFYPA4

Scientist openly talks 2.5 meter Sea Level Rise by 2100

2017, 2018, Climate Change, Communication, Drought, Extreme Weather, Heat wave, Impacts, Lecture, Precipitation, Science Talk, Sea Level Rise, USALeave a comment

Excerpts from the AGU 2017 Fall Meeting summary presentation of the Climate Science Special Report, the Fourth National Climate Assessment. First part on U.S. xtremes, second part discusses sea level rise. Speakers David R Easterling, NOAA Asheville Robert E Kopp, Rutgers University, Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences Full summary presentation 2017 Fall Meeting –…

Waking the Climate Giant

2018, Climate Change, Communication, Cryosphere, Deglaciation, Geodynamics, Geomorphology, Geosphere, Global, Impacts, Landslides, Paleoclimatology, Permafrost, Seismicity, VolcanologyLeave a comment

Bill McGuire (University College London) speaks about responses from the Earth crust in this 2016 lecture. He wrote a book on the subject, available at https://www.geolsoc.org.uk/Publications/Bookshop/Search?k=waking&sortexpr=Publication%20Date%20Desc An astonishing transformation over the last 20,000 years has seen our planet flip from a frigid wasteland into the temperate world upon which our civilization has grown and thrived.…