San Andreas 2: Will Dwayne The Rock Johnson discover climate earthquakes?

2016, Climate Change, Communication, Films, Geodynamics, Geomorphology, Geosphere, Impacts, Seismicity, VolcanologyLeave a comment

In the 2015 disaster film San Andreas, Dwayne Johnson played Chief Raymond “Ray” Gaines, a Los Angeles Fire Department helicopter-rescue pilot, during a devastating earthquake in Los Angeles. According to Rotten Tomatoes consensus film rating, San Andreas has a great cast and outstanding special effects, but amidst all the senses-shattering destruction, the movie’s characters and…

5.6 Oklahoma earthquake and flooding in the U.S.

2016, Flood, Geodynamics, Geosphere, Impacts, Natural Gas, Oil, Precipitation, USALeave a comment

Climate related news in 3D. USGS: M5.6 – 15km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us10006jxs#executive Flooding of Coast, Caused by Global Warming, Has Already Begun http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/04/science/flooding-of-coast-caused-by-global-warming-has-already-begun.html Support more productions, donate with Paypal to: donate@climatestate.com

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

2014, Arctic, Arctic Amplification, Arctic Circle, Climate Change, Climate Feedbacks, Climate State, Communication, Cryosphere, Deglaciation, Geodynamics, Geomorphology, Geosphere, Hydrosphere, Ice Sheets, Iceland, Impacts, Interviews, Landslides, Mountain Glaciers, Northern Hemisphere, Ocean Temperature, Oceanography, Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum, Permafrost, Polar Amplification, Sea Level Height, Seismicity, Volcanology5 Comments

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…

Experts: Arctic craters could be ‘Visible Effect’ of Global Warming

2014, Abrupt Climate Change, Anthropocene, Arctic, Climate Change, Climate Feedbacks, Erosion, Geodynamics, Geomorphology, Geosphere, Greenhouse Gases, Impacts, Methane (CH4), Northern Hemisphere, Pedology, Permafrost, Report, Science Talk, Siberia, Soil, Study1 Comment

The preliminary results from scientists studying the mysterious holes (craters), that began emerging in recent times in Siberia, indicate that climate change may be a cause. The Russian crater research team led by Alexei Plekhanov of the Scientific Centre of Arctic Studies, explained a possible mechanism, in a Nature interview. The past two summers were…

Rapid sea-ice loss may increase the rate of Arctic land warming by 3.5 times – affecting permafrost

2014, Abrupt Climate Change, Arctic Circle, Erosion, Geodynamics, Geosphere, Impacts, Methane (CH4), Microbiology, Model, Pedology, Permafrost, Respiration, Sea Ice Melt, Siberia, Soil, StudyLeave a comment

Recently a mysterious Siberian crater has been discovered, which subsequently raised questions about the circumstances surrounding the crater formation.  Theories include Pingo formation and connections to the thawing of permafrost (ClimateState reported). Robert Scribbler, summed it up: One theory on the feature is that it might be a pingo — a melting of a permafrost water pocket…

Rebound an Earth Story

2013, Antarctica, Arctic, Arctic Circle, Climate Feedbacks, Cryosphere, Deglaciation, Geodynamics, Geomorphology, Geosphere, Glaciology, History, Ice Sheets, Paleoclimatology, Region, Science TalkLeave a comment

Glacial isostatic adjustment, why we have glacial and interglacial periods, how we can reconstruct climate history, and how the Earth is responding to the retreat of the continental glaciers. Video presentation by Meg Rosenburg (AGU Fall Meeting 2013) Post-glacial rebound

Estimating northern polar CH4 flux

2012, 2013, Abrupt Climate Change, Anoxic Event, Arctic, Arctic Amplification, Arctic Circle, Atmosphere, Chemistry, Climate Feedbacks, Climate Sensitivity, CO2 Emissions, Cryosphere, Deglaciation, Erosion, Freshwater, Geodynamics, Geomorphology, Geosphere, Greenhouse Effect, Greenhouse Gases, Hydrosphere, Methane (CH4), Methane Hydrate, Model, Nitrogen, Ocean Currents, Ocean Heat Content, Ocean Stratification, Ocean Temperature, Oceanography, Ozone Layer, Pedology, Permafrost, Polar Amplification, Region, Respiration, Science Talk, Sea Ice, Sea Surface Temperature, Seismicity, Soil, Study, YearLeave a comment

A compilation of related science with some commentary. Microbes in thawing permafrost: the unknown variable in the climate change equation David E Graham, Matthew D Wallenstein, Tatiana A Vishnivetskaya, Mark P Waldrop,Tommy J Phelps, Susan M Pfiffner, Tullis C Onstott, Lyle G Whyte, Elizaveta M Rivkina,David A Gilichinsky, Dwayne A Elias, Rachel Mackelprang, Nathan C…

Arctic methane outgassing on the East Siberian Shelf

2012, Abrupt Climate Change, Arctic, Climate Feedbacks, Cryosphere, Deglaciation, Erosion, Geodynamics, Geomorphology, Geosphere, Greenhouse Gases, Methane (CH4), Methane Hydrate, Pedology, Permafrost, Region, Seismicity, Soil, YearLeave a comment

SkepticalScience.com by John Mason on January 19 2012: In December 2011, following a fresh flurry of sometimes conflicting media reports about methane outgassing on the East Siberia Arctic Shelf (ESAS), we decided to go and talk to the people doing the work on the ground. We are pleased to report that Dr Natalia Shakhova (NS…

Evidence for Rainfall-Triggered Earthquake Activity

2012, Extreme Weather, Geodynamics, Geomorphology, Geosphere, Precipitation, SeismicityLeave a comment

Fluids are known to be of major importance for the earthquake generation because pore pressure variations alter the strength of faults. Thus they can initiate earthquakes if the crust is close enough to its critical state. Based on the observations of the isolated seismicity below the densely monitored Mt. Hochstaufen, SE Germany, we are now…