Why you should be angry and why anger isn’t enough

2013, Economy, Emissions Reduction, Policy, Protest60 Comments

Published on YouTube Aug 20, 2013: About the Speaker: One of the world’s top climate diplomats, John Ashton is now an independent commentator and adviser on the politics of climate change. From 2006-12 he served as Special Representative for Climate Change to three successive UK Foreign Secretaries, spanning the current Coalition and the previous Labour…

Climate Change, Clashes and Riots

2013, Atmosphere, Climate Feedbacks, Conflict, Extreme Weather, Global, Health, Heat Stress, National Security, Protest, Psychology, Region, Temperature, Year4 Comments

Are recent clashes and riots affected by climate change? And if so to what extent? An exhaustive study of a wide range of conflicts over thousands of years has found that rising temperatures are inevitably linked to an increase in violence. Stand by for more violence. As planetary temperatures rise, so does the likelihood of…

Climate-induced migration on the rise

2013, Africa, Climate Refugees, Conflict, Films, Global, Migration, National Security, Policy, Region2 Comments

Climate change is not only throwing ecosystems off balance; it is also threatening the livelihoods of many people, which can result in major migrations. But we are currently lacking both reliable data and effective political strategies to deal with these changes, as a conference organized in July 2013 by the Climate Service Center and the…

Abrupt Climate Change In The Arctic (And Beyond) An Update

2013, Abrupt Climate Change, Antarctica, Arctic, Arctic Circle, Biosphere, CO2 Emissions, Conflict, Cryosphere, Deglaciation, Disease, EAIS, Education, Expedition, Extreme Weather, Glaciology, Global, Greenhouse Gases, Health, History, Hydrosphere, Ice Sheets, Lecture, Mass Extinction, Ocean Currents, Oceanography, Paleoclimatology, Permian, Pleistocene, Pliocene, Precipitation, Region, Science Talk, Study, Temperature, WAIS, Younger Dryas28 Comments

AGU Fall Meeting 2013: Our understanding of future Arctic change is informed by the history of past changes, which often have been both large and abrupt. The well-known ice-age events such as the Younger Dryas show how sea-ice changes can amplify forcing to produce very large responses, with wintertime sea ice especially important. These changes…

Scientists’ Concerns Challenge Conservative Sea-Level Rise Projections

2013, Cryosphere, Deglaciation, Global, Hydrosphere, Oceanography, Region, Science Talk, Sea Level Height, Sea Level Rise33 Comments

Published on YouTube Dec 5, 2013: The most sobering evidence of the planet’s response to greenhouse gases comes from the fossil record. New evidence scientists are collecting suggests that ice sheets may be more vulnerable than previously believed, which has huge implications for sea level rise.

Amazon River Basin Tipping Point

2013, Amazon, Biosphere, Birds, Documentary, Films, Life forms, Mass Extinction, Protest, Reforestation, Region, South America, WildlifeLeave a comment

Published on YouTube Dec 13, 2013: The Amazon River Basin holds 20% of the world ‘s freshwater and produces 20% of the world’s oxygen. And plays a major role in stabilizing the earth’s ecosystem. But the balance is shifting. Production and profit for a fast-growing economy jeopardizes the preservation of Amazonia. As Brazilians-and the world-watch…

Rebound an Earth Story

2013, Antarctica, Arctic, Arctic Circle, Climate Feedbacks, Cryosphere, Deglaciation, Geodynamics, Geomorphology, Geosphere, Glaciology, History, Ice Sheets, Paleoclimatology, Region, Science TalkLeave a comment

Glacial isostatic adjustment, why we have glacial and interglacial periods, how we can reconstruct climate history, and how the Earth is responding to the retreat of the continental glaciers. Video presentation by Meg Rosenburg (AGU Fall Meeting 2013) Post-glacial rebound