Over 200 Arctic lakes seeping methane gas

2017, Arctic, Arctic Circle, Environment, Impacts, Pedology, Permafrost, SoilLeave a comment

Satellite images have revealed more than 200 strange, bright blue lakes in Russia’s Arctic regions that are leaking methane gas. Arctic lakes seeping methane gas Arctic lakes seeping methane gas References Discovered: 200-plus Arctic lakes which bubble like jacuzzis from seeping methane gas http://siberiantimes.com/science/casestudy/features/discovered-200-plus-arctic-lakes-which-bubble-like-jacuzzis-from-seeping-methane-gas/ Photos Reveal More Than 200 Bright Blue Arctic Lakes Have Started…

Talk a big game old men

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A reminder of a nice story on betting, and what such a challenge means. Climate scientist and a climate economist made £2,000 from two Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF) advisors, for a bet they made on the odds of global warming back in 2008. Climate economist Chris Hope explained: The record warmth of 2015 just…

Coal CEO claims Earth cooling & climate change a hoax

2017, Coal, Denial, Energy, Policy, USALeave a comment

Asked about the economic analysis behind President Barack Obama’s energy regulations, Murray said, “There’s no scientific analysis either. I have 4,000 scientists that tell me global warming is a hoax. The Earth has cooled for 20 years.” Murray Energy is the country’s largest coal miner. Asked for clarification, a spokesperson for Murray Energy sent links…

NASA Documentary: The Search For Life ?(2017)

2017, Documentary, Films, Paleoclimatology, Science TalkLeave a comment

On September 21, 2016, NASA scientists and stakeholders came together at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum for a presentation on the agency’s search for life beyond Earth. “The Search for Life” featured presentations from some of NASA’s leading scientists, including the late former astronaut, Dr. Piers Sellers. Through compelling visualizations, “The Search for…

The Rate We add Carbon Dioxide to the Atmosphere (Vizualisation)

2016, Climate Change, CO2 Emissions, Communication, Greenhouse GasesLeave a comment

Check out powerful #Film4Climate video on the need for carbon pricing. http://Connect4Climate.org Related https://www.weforum.org/events/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2017/sessions/the-return-of-carbon-markets Reference Check out powerful #Film4Climate video on the need for carbon pricing https://t.co/bCPGU4j4dU #wef17 @Connect4Climate pic.twitter.com/JGgerPQ3bu — UN Climate Change (@UNFCCC) January 28, 2017

Biogeochemical regulation: Anoxia in the Past and Present (September 2016)

2016, Anoxic Event, Dead Zones, Oceanography, Oxygen, PaleoclimatologyLeave a comment

September 2016: Professor Andrew Watson FRS, (University of Exeter, UK) speaks at Royal Society event Ocean ventilation and deoxygenation in a warming world. Abstract The major biogeochemical cycles which keep the present-day Earth habitable are linked by a network of feedbacks which has led to a broadly stable chemical composition of the oceans and atmosphere…