Climate change is sucking the oxygen out of Canada’s lakes
Climate change is causing Canadian lakes to lose oxygen at a much faster rate than the world’s oceans.
How Does Climate Change Affect Land Animals?
Climate change is ranked the number one threat to the survival of humans, fauna, and flora. No longer is the campaign about saving the world for future generations, the world is already in a state that requires immediate saving for our own survival as well. In order to better discuss climate change, it is essential…
Methane Release Discovery in Antarctic Ocean
Andrew Thurber, Oregon State University on his research on methane seeps, and his studies on Cinder Cones in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. REF AltaSea at the Port of Los Angeles: Video Chat with Dr. Andrew Thurber https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggDv1PjJX1I First active leak of sea-bed methane discovered in Antarctica https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jul/22/first-active-leak-of-sea-bed-methane-discovered-in-antarctica NSF: Methane Munching Microbes https://antarcticsun.usap.gov/science/4310/ Methane GWP https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/earth-and-planetary-sciences/global-warming-potential and…
The Current Global Oil War
On 8 March 2020, Saudi Arabia initiated a price war with Russia, triggering a major fall in the price of oil, with US oil prices falling by 34%, crude oil falling by 26%, and brent oil falling by 24%. 11th March 2020, Russia to OPEC – deeper oil cuts won’t work – Sorokin said that…
Health: How to Prepare for a Coronavirus Infection
This is not a health advice, for health advice consult your doctor, and follow the official governmental and health organization announcements (CDC, WHO etc.). Yet, since there is as of this writing no known treatment the following steps may help healthy people, your body, to prepare for a potential infection with the coronavirus, the COVID19…
Is the Coronavirus Pandemic Good for the Climate?
Following large scale shutdown of cities and industries, the coronavirus pandemic has temporarily reduced China’s CO2 emissions by a quarter. While international government actions to contain and slow the virus spread vary in aggressiveness it appears certain that international travel – tourism will be seriously impacted for the foreseeable future. With air travel as a…
A Worst Case Scenario for the Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2
The current governmental response is to quarantine suspected and identified cases of infection, the scope here is to slow down the spread of the virus, to give hospitals and institutions time to adapt. The large scale quarantine actions taken by the Chinese government, shutting down entire cities and the subsequent decline in reported cases suggest…
Threat Assessment Research: Comparing Global Phenomena, Coronavirus vs Climate Change
If you follow the public input on the emerging coronavirus and look at how it compares to the history of the climate change learning curve, there are overlapping similarities. The similarities of a virulent Pandemic and Climate Change Global Magnitude Rate of change/emergence: Affected regions, unprecedented, when accounting for phenomena emergence, i.e. the rate of…
Climate change and pathogens [Wuhan Coronavirus]
The frequency with which new, serious disease epidemics have been occurring is briefly mentioned, also in light of climate change, and climate and other pathogens. Columbia University State of the Planet (2014), Renee Cho wrote: [Generally], when it’s warmer, the disease transmission system speeds up. Some scientists think that climate change, with its increase in…