Expert talks Arctic Permafrost Thaw (May 2017)

At the event How is climate impacting the Arctic, what does this mean & what can we do? hosted by The Woods Hole Research Center (WHRC), at the University of Alaska Fairbanks May 11, 2017. Professor of Geophysics Vladimir Romanovsky discusses the impact of Arctic permafrost thaw. Related http://permafrostwatch.org This video is an event excerpt,…

Scientists monitoring the Greenland Ice Sheet (PROMICE 2017)

In 2007, Denmark launched the Programme for Monitoring of the Greenland Ice Sheet (PROMICE) to assess changes in the mass balance of the ice sheet. This video presented by Geocenter Denmark gives us a 2017 update. For more visit http://undergroundchannel.dk and http://promice.org The continuous monitoring of the ice sheet makes PROMICE a unique and important…

Ocean oxygen falling two to three times faster than predicted

The trend of oxygen falling is about two to three times faster than what we predicted from the decrease of solubility associated with the ocean warming. References Ocean oxygen decline greater than predicted (2017) http://climatenewsnetwork.net/ocean-oxygen-decline-greater-predicted/ Ocean Deoxygenation: Our Ocean’s Oxygen Supply & Demand Issue (2015) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrHGwFrqIgg Low Oxygen Hypoxia in Marine Waters (2016) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6RJi9k_VNE Image…

Worst Canadian Flood in Decades Footage Compilation (May 8-9 2017)

Persistent, steady rains soaking swaths of central and eastern Canada have created record precipitation levels triggering widespread flooding and put residents and governments on high alert. Lake Ontario hits record level after ‘unbelievable’ amounts of rain http://www.newyorkupstate.com/weather/2017/05/lake_ontario_levels_break_record_and_water_levels_are_still_rising.html Here are the climate science benchmarks of the Quebec floods http://www.nationalobserver.com/2017/05/08/news/here-are-climate-science-benchmarks-quebec-floods Canada flood damage worsens but heavy rains…

How the Internet fails to communicate climate change and the sciences

There are certainly many good examples when it comes to communicating climate change, climate science on the Internet, for various audiences, for example this more science focused video or segments including the topic are sometimes discussed at The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. And then you have videos which just start trending, often because they…