Flood basalts and mass extinctions – ancient hyperthermals as analogs for anthropogenic climate change. Oceanic Anoxic Event (OAE) and mass extinctions are considered to be hyperthermals – usually associated with flood basalt eruptions.[2] Phases of rapid global warming, known collectively as hyperthermals.[1] Flood basalts are a subset of large igneous provinces (LIPs), the terms flood basalt…
Soil layers of permafrost that scientists expected to remain frozen for at least 70 more years have already begun thawing. NOTES In the Canadian Arctic, layers of permafrost that scientists expected to remain frozen for at least 70 years have already begun thawing. The once-frozen surface is now sinking and dotted with melt ponds and…
Some scientists believe that in order to safeguard humanity’s future, we need to leave Earth and colonize another planet. Do we have to consider a Mars or Moon base in light of climate change, and could we do it in time? If you followed CLIMATE STATE over the years you may be aware that we…
Thom Hartmann interviewed climate scientist Michael Mann in July 2019, here is a summary of it with a scope on our emissions, sea level rise, and what happens in the Arctic. SPEAKER Michael E. Mann, Penn State University https://twitter.com/MichaelEMann CREDITS The Thom Hartmann ProgramAdditional video by WWF https://www.worldwildlife.org/pages/our-planet NASAMusic by Gilde Flores / Epic Stock…
Based upon President Kennedy’s Speech he gave in September 1962 at Rice University https://youtu.be/kPimDzHzwBU Music Gilde Flores / Epic Stock Media http://epicstockmedia.com Related Every president since JFK was warned about climate change https://www.eenews.net/stories/1060105233
In 1971, during the cold war era and the Vietnam war gaining more attention, Penthouse magazine published an essay from Isaac Asimov, titled The End. Triumf wrote a review on that article, which can be read here. While Asimov’s main issue in this article is about addressing population growth, and indeed the following year in…
Climate emergency, the radical plan to fight climate change to avoid an uncontrollable planetary scale crisis. CREDITS Climate Change is an Existential Threat to Civilization https://climatestate.uscreen.io/programs/climate-change-is-an-existential-threat-to-civilisation Bill Maher New Rule: Climate Emergency | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWgSVk2slFk New York City Declares Climate Emergency | Extinction Rebellion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPtAKjhT02s The Guardian Corbyn calls on…
The amount of ice circling Antarctica is suddenly plunging from a record high to record lows, baffling scientists. A new NASA study by sea ice expert Claire L. Parkinson reveals recent trends in Antarctica’s sea ice extent. CREDITS A 40-y record reveals gradual Antarctic sea ice increases followed by decreases at rates far exceeding the…
Watch this Climate State release, based on the award winning Our Planet climate change documentary series by the WWF. The global man-made machines caused a disturbance for our planetary forces. Climate State Tipping Point takes the viewer on a stunning eye-opening journey around the world, the film plot evolves around humans existence in the Anthropocene,…