Atmospheric Oxygen Decline threatens Humanity’s Existence

2017, Model, Oxygen, Paleoclimatology, StudyLeave a comment

Study: There has been a clear decline in the volume of oxygen in Earth’s atmosphere over the past 20 years. A recently proposed model predicts a non-linear decay, which would result in an increasingly rapid fall-off in atmospheric oxygen concentration, with potentially devastating consequences for human health. We predict that humans may continue to survive…

The Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum 56 Mil yrs ago (PETM)

2014, Anthropocene, Climate Change, Communication, Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum, PaleoclimatologyLeave a comment

January 30, 2014 – Deep Time, Global Change and YOU lecture series:Global Warming 56 Million Years Ago & What it Means for Us.Presented by Dr. Scott Wing, Smithsonian Institute Human greenhouse gas emissions will alter conditions on earth for thousands of years. The past event that best mirrors current warming occurred 56 million years ago…