The 1984 Climate Change Documentary

1980s, Adaptation, Climate Change, Documentary, Greenhouse Effect, History, ImpactsLeave a comment

During the late 1970s it became increasingly clear that the planet was warming, culminating in the landmark Charney report, published in 1979, The Charney Report: 40 years ago, scientists accurately predicted climate change https://phys.org/news/2019-07-charney-years-scientists-accurately-climate.html Topics discussed include, the scientific consensus, weather patterns, sea level rise, adaptation, climate actions, or the greenhouse effect. This 1984 documentary…

Global Warming Explained in 1956

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Published in 1956 for American television by the California Academy of Sciences. Bernard Hubbard explains how glaciers retreat, he mentions how since 1857 glaciers recede worldwide. Hubbard also explains the ice albedo effect, and how glaciers disintegrate. This program is devoted to glaciers, and also includes a promo for the Academy of Sciences. SPEAKER Bernard…

Eric Rignot: On the Current State of Sea Level Rise Estimates (2019)

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Glaciologist Eric Rignot (NASA/JPL) speaking at the American Philosophical Society meeting April 2019. Climate warming caused by human activities has woken up the sleeping ice giants in Greenland and Antarctica, elevating risks of multiple meters of sea level rise in the coming centuries. Rignot will discuss how satellites, airborne platforms, robotic devices and advanced numerical…

Early climate science – Arctic Amplification, Sea Ice, Jet Stream, Polar Vortex, and Weather

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Features Arctic/Polar Research footage ranging from 1956, 1969, 1975, 1981, 1982, 1985, 1991, and more recent items. CREDITS U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT The Global Implications of Arctic Climate Change https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDhIBEiJMdQ SHELL Oil’s Stark Climate Change Warning from 1991 https://climatestate.com/2019/07/19/the-climate-warning-from-the-early-1980s/ and https://vimeo.com/359293634 “Arctic Amplification” of Global Warming | Prof. Philip Wookey | TEDxHeriotWattUniversity https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5a5DJVcSh8A NASA Earth Science…

Arctic Ocean Anomalies

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‘Atlantification’ of Arctic sea tipping it towards new climate regime https://www.carbonbrief.org/atlantification-arctic-sea-tipping-towards-new-climate-regime Scientists are keeping a close eye on the Beaufort Gyre https://www.pri.org/stories/2018-01-06/scientists-are-keeping-close-eye-beaufort-gyre In a Spin: New Insights into the Beaufort Gyre https://eos.org/editors-vox/in-a-spin-new-insights-into-the-beaufort-gyre SUPPLEMENTAL North Atlantic Ocean Sea Surface Salinity Anomaly Maps North Atlantic Ocean Sea Surface Height Anomaly Maps North Atlantic Ocean Sea Surface Temperature…