Ocean Rise now considered virtually Certain
Presentation by Peter Clark from Rutgers University, Sea-level Rise Over the Next 100 to 10,000 Years in Response to Global Warming: An Update to IPCC AR5 (April 2018).
Peter Gleick: Hydrological Cycle is the Climate Cycle
Excerpt of Peter Gleick’s talk at the 2018 Saint Louis Climate Summit. You can watch the full 35 minutes presentation at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivLmV_Ybbyc
Extinctions may silence advanced civilizations
Using mathematical models, astrophysicists simulated how various alien civilizations might rise and fall as they used up their planet’s natural resources. https://www.livescience.com/62750-climate-change-killed-aliens-easter-island.html ### Video University of Rochester https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoISn18qP_E Editors: Matthew Mann and Michael OsadciwNASAPIXABAY ### Narration Matt Prosserhttp://vomatt.com ### Content Brandon Specktorlivescience.com ### Music http://Epicstockmedia.comDavid Levy “Moving Mountains” ### Thanks Climate State Patreons & Supportershttp://patreon.com/climatestate
Experts: How to avoid too much Climate Emissions?
Carbon Brief asked attendees at The International Conference on Negative CO2 Emissions 2018, in Gothenburg, “What needs to happen for negative emissions to become a reality at scale?” https://www.carbonbrief.org/negative-emissions-scientists-meet-sweden-first-international-conference
Feature Film: Messages From The Blue Planet
In this eight part film Denis Postle provides a thought provoking view on Earth and our society. Do we have a Future? What kind of Future? What could get in the way? Can we learn to think and feel like a Planet? Messages From The Blue Planet – What if planet Earth could talk? Messages…
Volcano activity and sea level rise
Excerpt from a lecture with Bill McGuire from 2016. Watch the full lecture here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNWGlzHC2ss
Gulf Stream Slowdown may lead to hotter European summer
Atlantic Ocean heat transport might lead to hot European summers goo.gl/GRMq63 Warm summers during the Younger Dryas cold reversal https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-04071-5
French President to U.S. Congress: There is No Planet B!
“I believe in building a better future for our children, which requires offering them a planet that is still habitable in 25 years,” he says. Macron is confident that “one day” the U.S. will recommit to the Paris climate agreement. After all, as he says in the address, “there is no Planet B.” https://grist.org/briefly/the-french-president-gave-america-the-climate-change-speech-that-trump-never-will Full…
Dry Conditions, then Tumbleweed Invaded Town
Victorville in Southern California suddenly submerged by tumbleweed. And this wasn’t the first town! Study: Climate change may reshuffle western weeds http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-farm-scene-western-weeds-020609-2009feb06-story.html Tumbleweed footage by James Quigg with the Victor Valley Daily Press http://www.vvdailypress.com/news/20180416/tumbleweed-takeover-high-winds-leave-neighborhood-overrun Thomas footage by Mike Eliason https://twitter.com/EliasonMike Australia town consumed by ‘hairy peänic’ http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-35600546 Hundreds of homes in Montecito … http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-thomas-fire-ledeall-20171216-story.html Tumbleweed…
Meanwhile in Berlin, EU VP outlines Energiewende Industrial Revolution
European Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič’s keynote speech at the Energiewende 2018 conference in Germany Berlin, April 18, 2018. For more conference talks visit https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCb7H8cqwr_Wnhx2X5xuV5ag/videos or https://www.energiewende2018.com or https://twitter.com/greensofa_betd
Huge Climate Surprises for Canada, UK, France, Spain, and Many Others
This press conference was part of the European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2018, and delved into some future climatic prospects for Canada and many European countries, including weather, hydro logical potentials, and geo-morphological activities https://client.cntv.at/egu2018/pc6 For more selected 2018 talks from EGU visit https://egu2018.eu/webstreaming.html Teaser photo by https://unsplash.com/photos/hbz0mf6g564
In Just 10-15 Years World May Hit 2 Degrees of Warming
Back in 2011, a Cornell University research team first made the groundbreaking discovery that leaking methane from the shale gasfracking boom could make burning fracked gas worse for the climate than coal. https://www.desmogblog.com/2018/04/11/climate-change-two-degree-warming-fracking-natural-gas-rush-ingraffea Why a half-degree temperature rise is a big deal https://climate.nasa.gov/news/2458/why-a-half-degree-temperature-rise-is-a-big-deal Paris 1.5-2°C target far from safe, say world-leading scientists http://www.climatecodered.org/2017/07/paris-15-2c-target-far-from-safe-say.html TranscriptIn Just…