Bill McGuire: Modelling suggests with ice cap melt, an increase in volcanic activity

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Climate State interviewed Bill McGuire, Emeritus Professor of Earth Sciences at the University College London, one of Britain’s leading volcanologists and contributing author to the 2011 IPCC report. He called for an early tsunami warning system (2004, The Guardian) and warned in his book The Waking Giant, of the Earth response (more earthquakes, tsunamis and…

Stefan Rahmstorf: Die kritische Schwelle, der “Kipp-Punkt” in der Westantarktis wurde inzwischen überschritten

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ClimateState hat Stefan Rahmstorf, den Leiter der Abteilung Erdystemanalyse am Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), interviewt. Robert Bristow: Um CO2-Emissionen unter Kontrolle zu bringen – glauben Sie, dass eine bestimmte Form von Geoengineering dabei wünschenswert ist? Stefan Rahmstorf: Der Begriff Geoengineering oder Klimaengineering umfasst ein breites Spektrum von Ideen. Ich würde von jeder Form des Eingriffs in…

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…

The ClimateState Week in Review, #29 (July 14-20, 2014)

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[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_progress_bar values=”100|131 News items” bgcolor=”bar_green” title=”This week ClimateState covered 131 news items” options=”striped,animated”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]All the ClimateState coverage from week #29, 2014 on one page. Never miss out on global warming news again. July 14, 2014 ClimateState, The Week #28 in Review Obama takes on Big Oil: Will the president’s final, radical climate push be enough?…