Stefan Rahmstorf speaks at the 2017 Bonn climate conference, explaining the basics of global climate change, and outlines our current emissions pathway – asking if we can control the climate crisis. The talk is titled Climate Action and Human Wellbeing at a Crossroads: Historical Transformation or Backlash? Stefan Rahmstorf’s homepage http://www.pik-potsdam.de/~stefan
This video provides an outline on the accelerated ice loose from Greenland, explains the mechanism causing the melt, and features the new stunning visualization of Greenland without ice. Teaser image https://pixabay.com/en/ice-sea-light-nature-greenland-463845 Konrad Steffen’s full talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-0ynd1Vesk How Greenland Would Look Without Its Ice Sheet, British Arctic Survey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hGSvgE7jGA Little Algae creates Huge Melt Feedback on…
A 2017 analysis by the Centre for Science and Environment has indicated that India is warming at a much faster rate than thought previously. The analysis looks at temperature trends in the country – both annual and seasonal – from 1901 till recent years. And it finds that the country has been getting warmer continuously,…
The Arctic is warming faster than anywhere else on Earth, affecting people in the region, fish and wildlife they depend on for food, and their environment. This unprecedented change has ramifications far beyond the region for the global economy, weather, climate, sea level, trade and security. Highlights https://www.climate.gov/Arctic-2017Read the report at http://acrtic.noaa.gov/report-card
Dry weather and merciless winds, with gusts predicted to reach the strength of a Category 1 hurricane in mountainous areas, threaten to intensify the already devastating Southern California wildfires. A value of 48 is considered high danger, while 162 is extreme. Thursday’s score: 296, a record. http://edition.cnn.com/2017/12/07/us/ventura-fire-california/index.html L.A. County Fire Department https://twitter.com/LACoFDPIO Terrence McKelvey &…
How steep emissions reduction get, in order to limit global warming to two degrees celsius, visualized by Carbon Brief. Graph by Zeke Hausfather and animation by Rosamund Pearce for Carbon Brief. https://twitter.com/CarbonBrief/status/938809099830956033 For more from Carbon Brief follow https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiXgvmQ2jUgUjRpJzvga5Tg Tweets by CarbonBrief
More evacuations ordered in Thomas fire as crews fight to protect Ojai amid ‘weird wind pattern’ http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ventura-fire-20171206-story.html
The climate change simulations that best capture current planetary conditions are also the ones that predict the most dire levels of human-driven warming, according to a statistical study released in the journal Nature Wednesday. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/12/06/the-most-accurate-climate-change-models-predict-the-most-alarming-consequences-study-claims Greater future global warming inferred from Earth’s recent energy budget https://www.nature.com/articles/nature24672 Greater future global warming inferred from Earth’s recent energy…
The home of 21st Century Fox and Fox News Executive Chairman Rupert Murdoch, located on a vineyard outside of Los Angeles, is “burning down” in Southern California’s wildfires, according to an NBC News report on Wednesday. http://thehill.com/homenews/media/363573-report-rupert-murdochs-la-home-burning-down-in-wildfire California Increased Wildfire Risk http://www.climatesignals.org/climate-signals/california-increased-wildfire-risk Smoke and Fire in Southern California https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=91379 Rupert Murdoch doesn’t understand climate change…