Megaboulders, shocking Evidence for Future Climate

2017, Extreme Weather, Geodynamics, Geosphere, Hydrosphere, Impacts, Oceanography, Paleoclimatology, Pedology, Pleistocene, Sea Level Height, StormsLeave a comment

Climate-change warnings include rising seas and wild weather shifts. But giant flying boulders? That’s heavy http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/national/2015/11/28/oceans Super Typhoon Shoved Car-Size Boulders Onto Philippine Beaches https://www.livescience.com/49201-haiyan-waves-moved-giant-boulders.html How did these giant boulders get here? http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/11/how-did-these-giant-boulders-get-here Peter Sinclair’s interviews via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-r1RLlYa6A Music composed by Piotr Wojtowicz aka ThePianoMan007 https://soundcloud.com/thepianoman007/i-saw-you-there

Climate State is Back!

2017, Climate State, Denial3 Comments

Sometimes in the early morning hours of a rather warm December winter day in the Northern Hemisphere, our YouTube channel has been re-activated by YouTube! For those who are unaware, 3 days ago YouTube terminated our channel without warnings. There is no explanation, no email, nothing which would explain the situation to us. However, there…

Inside YouTube’s Nuclear War on Climate Change Science

2017, Climate State, Denial1 Comment

Similar to a nuclear bomb explosion, wiping out parts of the planet’s surface, metaphorically speaking, just with pressing a button, Climate State has been nuked off of the largest video platform. YouTube is the monopoly for video distribution on the internet, Alexa.com ranks YouTube.com second most trafficked website on the Internet, after Google.com. Hence, a very…

Willie Soon brought to you and funded by Exxon

2017, Climate Crocks, DenialLeave a comment

No surprise to those who saw this video last year, Dr Willie Soon, one of the most frequently cited climate deniers with any science background, (although his Phd is in aerospace engineering, not climate..) is in the news, as a new Greenpeace report shows where the bodies are buried. https://climatecrocks.com/2011/07/01/willie-soon-powered-by-exxon The Soon fallacy http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2015/02/the-soon-fallacy Video…

Fiji moves 40 villages Inland in light of Rising Seas

2017, Adaptation, Climate Refugees, Migration, PolicyLeave a comment

Fiji plans to move more than 40 villages to higher ground to escape coastal floods and is also working on ways to help future migrants from other Pacific island nations as sea levels rise, Fiji’s attorney general said. http://news.trust.org/item/20171117103442-72wi4 Glacier calving footage by rqmondo Teaser image https://pixabay.com/en/beach-woman-sea-swing-blue-coast-2858720 Sound effects http://TrailerMusicAcademy.com

Experts: Permafrost + Gas Hydrates in Arctic, Greenland SLR, Security

2017, Abrupt Climate Change, Arctic, Arctic Circle, Climate Change, Climate Feedbacks, Cryosphere, Deglaciation, Geosphere, Greenland, Pedology, Permafrost, Sea Level Rise, SoilLeave a comment

In this panel, Vladimir Romanovsky (University of Alaska Fairbanks), talks about thawing permafrost. Anders Levermann (PIK) 12:30 ,talks about Greenland’s contribution to sea level rise, David Titley (Ret. U.S. Navy Admiral, now Pennsylvania State University) 23:38 , talks about security, with a subsequent panel discussion 33:34 . Video via Earth Institute https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFe3GOCBZO8

Hydrological Implications during Abrupt Climate Change

2017, Abrupt Climate Change, Hydrosphere, Oceanography, Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum, PaleoclimatologyLeave a comment

Researchers studying a rapid global warming event, around 56 million years ago, have shown evidence of major changes in the intensity of rainfall and flood events. The findings indicate some of the likely implications should current trends of rising carbon dioxide and global warming continue. https://scienmag.com/new-research-indicates-likely-hydrological-implications-of-rapid-global-warming

Arctic Sea Ice Extent 2nd lowest on Record for the Date

2017, Arctic Amplification, Climate Feedbacks, Climate Visuals, Cryosphere, Deglaciation, Sea IceLeave a comment

Another “warm” and slow freeze season in the #Arctic. Sea ice extent is the 2nd lowest on record for the date (2016 – lowest) & 1.9 million km^2 below the 1980s average… https://twitter.com/ZLabe/status/932663163476045825 Arctic Sea Ice Extent/Concentration http://sites.uci.edu/zlabe/arctic-sea-ice-extentconcentration Sound effects by http://TrailerMusicAcademy.com