Climate, Ice Bucket Challenge!

2014, Climate Change, Communication, Project1 Comment

Andy Lee Robinson (https://twitter.com/ahaveland) recently challenged Jason Box (https://twitter.com/climate_ice) to a sea ice bucket challenge, offering to support the Dark Snow Project (http://darksnow.org). How could Jason say no? Watch Jason’s response Jason passed the challenge onto climate communicators: Peter Sinclair (http://climatecrocks.com); Dana Nuccitelli (https://twitter.com/dana1981); and John Cook of http://www.skepticalscience.com Related http://climatesciencedefensefund.org/ http://www.alsa.org/fight-als/ice-bucket-challenge.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic_sea_ice_decline

Stefan Rahmstorf: The critical threshold, the “tipping point” in West Antarctica has now passed

2014, Clean Tech, Climate Change, Climate State, Communication, Emissions Reduction, Impacts, Interviews, Sea Level Rise1 Comment

The Climate State staff interviewed Stefan Rahmstorf, Head of Earth System Analysis, at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK). Robert Bristow: To get CO2 emissions under control – do you think some form of geoengineering (i.e CO2 scrubbing) will be desirable? Stefan Rahmstorf: The term geoengineering or climate engineering, encompasses a wide range…

Water’s Edge the crisis of rising sea levels: Accomack County, Virginia, under siege

2014, Adaptation, Impacts, Sea Level Height, Sea Level Rise, USALeave a comment

As the seas rise, a slow-motion disaster gnaws at America’s shores A REUTERS investigation: Analysis finds that flooding is increasing along much of the nation’s coastline, forcing many communities into costly, controversial struggles with a relentless foe. From centuries-old fishing communities on Chesapeake Bay to a NASA space center on the Atlantic coast, a Virginia…

What Is Biochar Gardening?

2014, Biochar, CO2 Sequestration, Farming, Greenhouse Gases, Project, Solutions, USALeave a comment

Expert tree care Tallahassee gardening services. CBS – MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The mayor of Minneapolis and the chairman of the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux signed an agreement Tuesday that promotes the use of biochar.Jim Doten, Minneapolis’ environmental services’ supervisor, says it’s a product similar to cooking charcoal that’s used for gardening.“They really increase the soil fertility,…