Despite valiant efforts by environmentally-conscious individuals worldwide, both the impacts and costs of global warming are expected to be far more severe than expected according to an assessment by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) which was released in October this year in South Korea. With the past decade being riddled with an increasing number of forest…
The effects of global warming and climate change are only just starting to become evident to the greater population. While some leaders are oblivious and in denial about the realities, the rest of us must see what we can do to reduce the progression of environmental damage and adjust to deal with the changes to…
He climbed a 4500 years old tree, mentions that we know something is out of control, and that the secret is the Beatles. In this keynote presentation he speaks about, humans are a part of nature, and not apart from it, and related learnings, insights and wisdoms. Sir Timothy Bartel Smit KBE (born 25 September…
Rudy from Alpha Investments mentioned a few incidents (Hurricane Harvey, Hurricane Irma, or fire), and the destruction of trading card games, and speculates that this is inter-connected with market developments. For more from Rudy visit https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTp-iVOtTrKau0skmfZlo5Q/videos
https://www.bitchute.com/video/Tv-9SkZhFNU/ In this episode of The Climate and Security Podcast, host Dr. Sweta Chakraborty talks to General Gerald “Gerry” Galloway, USA (Ret) about the delicate relationship between “natural” and “national” security, how lessons and solutions from the Mississippi River Basin can inform the . . . You require a Full Access Pass to access this…
Is unavoidable sea level rise an engineering problem, do we have the capabilities for a technological fix? John C. Moore from the Arctic Centre of the University of Lapland presents these ideas in his October 2018 talk, “Stopping the flood – Can we engineer ice sheets and save the homes of a billion people?” Open…
Donald Trump on Hurricane Michael https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1050421238429077505 Arnold Schwarzenegger says Tremendous Power https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vn39BNUYe-w Donald Trump with Bill Oreilly on Global Warming https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGEzFbRl-g8 MSNBC on Hurricane Michael and Climate, with Jason Samenow of the Washington Post’s Capital Weather Gang https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpyDFWsEQWo Reed Timmer footage via https://twitter.com/ReedTimmerAccu/status/1050418256757121026 Intro voice by Kerry Emanuel (MIT).
The second installment of Dr. Aaron Thierry’s three part exploration of our critical place in the climate change story, delivered at the University of Sheffield. Here Dr. Thierry investigates whether or not it is possible for human society to make the changes necessary to avoid the catastrophic consequences of climate change. Part 1: https://climatestate.com/2018/10/05/aaron-thierry-explores-the-risks-and-realities-of-climate-change-part-1-must-we-change/Part 2:…
In order to avert the most serious climate scenarios, governments and people around the world need to phase out fossil fuel emissions, coal, gas, and switch to clean energy and electric transportation. This video presents some recent discussions and fundamental obstacles. Speakers include Lester Brown (Earth Policy Institute), Hans Joachim Schellnhuber (Potsdam Climate Impact Research),…
Larry Goldzband (Bay Area Conservation), Jim White (INSTAAR), Tiffany Troxler (Florida International University), and citizen scientists discuss sea level rise today and for the future. We’re planning for 4-7 feet (+2 meters) of sea level rise by the end of the century, which is about twice as much as was projected just some years ago.…
Earth could spiral into a ‘Hothouse’ state even if we reduce CO2 emissions, warns report https://www.inquisitr.com/5019576/earth-could-spiral-into-a-hothouse-state-even-if-we-reduce-co2-emissions-warns-new-report Read the study paper http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2018/07/31/1810141115 Tipping Elements – the Achilles Heels of the Earth System https://www.pik-potsdam.de/services/infodesk/tipping-elements The Climate State of the Holocene and Anthropocene (Rates of Change) https://climatestate.com/2018/08/08/the-climate-state-of-the-holocene-and-anthropocene-rates-of-change Additional sources Donald Trump’s Paris Exit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ulcj3gkAbLo Rockström: The Earth System…
Supplemental of Trajectories of the Earth System in the Anthropocene Will Steffen, Johan Rockström, Katherine Richardson, Timothy M. Lenton, Carl Folke, Diana Liverman, Colin P. Summerhayes, Anthony D. Barnosky, Sarah E. Cornell, Michel Crucifix, Jonathan F. Donges, Ingo Fetzer, Steven J. Lade, Marten Scheffer, Ricarda Winkelmann, and Hans Joachim Schellnhuber PNAS August 6, 2018. 201810141;…