Thousands of little Volcano like Hills form in Arctic!

2018, Abrupt Climate Change, Arctic Amplification, Climate Change, Climate Feedbacks, Communication, Cryosphere, Deglaciation, Environment, Erosion, Geodynamics, Geosphere, Impacts, Methane (CH4), Permafrost, Polar Amplification, Russia, Siberia, Soil1 Comment

Scientist speculated that pingos may erupt and lead to the creation of craters – small lakes, thaw ponds. New satellite observations reveal continuous trend. The Siberian Times article, Pingo in Arctic goo.gl/mwNnEF / http://siberiantimes.com/other/others/news/crater-formed-by-exploding-pingo-in-arctic-erupts-a-second-time-from-methane-emissions/ The trend from frozen tundra soils shifting to thermokarst erosion and thaw ponds, may in the future be exacerbated by increased…

The New Record Low Arctic Sea Ice and Our Weather

2018, Arctic Amplification, Climate Change, Communication, Cryosphere, Deglaciation, Jet Stream / Polar Vortex, Polar Amplification, Sea Ice, Stratosphere, TemperatureLeave a comment

Arctic sea ice decline has long been projected to occur. 2018 and 2017 are the two lowest winter time Arctic sea ice records observed. Disappearing sea ice and moisture transport into the Arctic are believed to cause something called Arctic amplification, which in turn has been linked to two effects (weaker westerly winds, and intensified…

What is causing the Climate to Change?

2017, 2018, Drought, Education, Extreme Weather, Greenhouse Gases, Heat wave, Impacts, Lecture, Precipitation, Science TalkLeave a comment

Excerpt from the AGU 2017 Fall Meeting summary presentation of the Climate Science Special Report, the Fourth National Climate Assessment. SpeakerDon Wuebbles Full summary presentation2017 Fall Meeting – U23A: Climate Science Special Report https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDJP5RgKkj4 Teaser photo byTim Marshall https://unsplash.com/photos/yEOCA6oiVqg Teaser photo byChristopher Campbell https://unsplash.com/photos/i4OHxtxiMtk Teaser photo https://unsplash.com/photos/aEJVd7WUjf8

Arctic permafrost thaw might be even more potent than we thought

2018, Greenhouse Gases, Methane (CH4), Pedology, Permafrost, Respiration, Soil, Study2 Comments

UPDATE March 19th 2018. There is a new study published after we released this video, it shines more light onto the subject of thawed soil carbon activation. The Arctic’s carbon bomb might be even more potent than we thought https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2018/03/19/the-arctics-carbon-bomb-might-be-even-more-potent-than-we-thought Direct study link https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-018-0095-z.epdf?referrer_access_token=QimruZqY0uQyvJhlxat8ItRgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0N8I-MYIYWzKL_kSfxnCJqK5MhEqa1ECTKGMkwkdtwwdRBnpqZb1-iie3xj4GeIn_ATzYOYZ_qH4owg6tA5W_yYLypIP2SUN5-B1T5yexwNadXdwCZt3wyAarxCPC0Nv3lXljO2n4dUQQDimyNua3Tnd21O6bRqgq5YEXModik7bKXZTRVCsXL5btzFCn1ue-c-ltsrUkl1ZlWfKJ4h4XiaA6qEcw5474V3V54ossVOcVqoW3t1_ow7xF60nqcgwrNXk5mNIEx9Z6M48j2ZmaN7wOxfwaQ5BDzgkO51tABEDT710d1AeRsMA44IH8haLVAGf3Z3T9_HC0MLnAaJfWJo&tracking_referrer=www.washingtonpost.com Transcript The trend from frozen tundra soils shifting to thermokarst erosion…

Scientist Reveals 7% More Water Vapor Fuels Storms Today

2017, 2018, Arctic, Arctic Amplification, Arctic Circle, Atmosphere, Climate Change, Climate Feedbacks, Communication, Cryosphere, Jet Stream / Polar Vortex, Lecture, Polar Amplification, Science Talk, Sea Ice, TemperatureLeave a comment

Jennifer Francis, Ph.D., Research Professor I, Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, speaks about extreme weather changes. And how are those related to climate change? In this presentation, Dr. Francis will explain new research that links increasing extreme weather events with the rapidly warming and melting Arctic during recent decades. Evidence suggests that…

Roger Revelle’s 1980 Discussion of CO2 and Climate Risks

1980s, Climate Change, Communication, Education, Greenhouse Gases, History, Science, Science TalkLeave a comment

Roger Revelle, is a pioneering researcher in the study of the human influence on the atmosphere, carbon cycle and climate https://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/31/roger-revelles-1980-discussion-of-co2-and-climate-risks In 1980, then director of Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Revelle gave the talk “The Role of the Oceans in Earth’s Climate and Carbon Budget” at Lawrence Livermore National Labs. He gives a great overview…

On the Ozone Loss at Populated Areas

2018, Atmosphere, Chemistry, Ozone, PolicyLeave a comment

The vital ozone layer has continued to deplete in recent years over the densely populated mid-latitudes and tropics, while it is recovering at the poles https://www.ethz.ch/en/news-and-events/eth-news/news/2018/02/decline-stratospheric-ozone.html Evidence for a continuous decline in lower stratospheric ozone offsetting ozone layer recovery https://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/18/1379/2018/ Ozone loss may have caused mass extinction https://climatenewsnetwork.net/ozone-loss-may-have-caused-mass-extinction Ozone Pollution Maps Show Spikes Amid Broad…