Ecological Armageddon! Insects Vanish All over the World

2018, Biosphere, Birds, Caribbean, Climate Change, Global, Life forms, WildlifeLeave a comment

‘Hyperalarming’ study shows massive insect loss! By Ben Guarino from The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2018/10/15/hyperalarming-study-shows-massive-insect-loss Climate-driven declines in arthropod abundance restructure a rainforest food web http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2018/10/09/1722477115 Musc and Sound effects by Epic Stock Media http://epicstockmedia.com Teaser image https://pixabay.com/en/hummel-bombus-eye-insect-bee-1353423 Narrator Cormac Bren https://www.fiverr.com/cormacbren Further reading Professor Timothy Schowalter – Bugs are Friends: Taking an Ecosystem View on…

Arctic Sea Ice Is the Thinnest and Youngest It’s Been in 60 Years

2018, Arctic Amplification, Cryosphere, Deglaciation, Science, Sea Ice, StudyLeave a comment

NASA GODDARD: Arctic Sea Ice Is the Thinnest and Youngest It’s Been in 60 Years https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFFvJYpg4xk ANDY LEE ROBINSON: Arctic Sea Ice Minimum Volumes 1979-2018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZzEUJ86PCg NASA CLIMATE CHANGE: Annual Arctic sea ice minimum 1979-2018 with area graph MMCM: Wistful https://soundcloud.com/mmcm/wistful

Extract and Store Carbon Dioxide [CO2] from the Atmosphere

2018, Climate Engineering, CO2 Emissions, CO2 Sequestration, Emissions Reduction, Greenhouse Gases, IPCC, Science TalkLeave a comment

Increasing numbers of scientists and climate policy experts are claiming that carbon removal (also known as negative emissions technologies) is necessary to meet the Paris Agreement goals. How can we assess carbon removal as part of a portfolio response to climate change and as individual technologies or approaches? Moderation by Dr. Simon Nicholson and Dr.…

Hurricane Florence Stalling connected to Jet Stream

2018, Extreme Weather, Flood, Impacts, Jet Stream / Polar Vortex, Meteorology, Precipitation, Storms, USALeave a comment

Amy Goodman from Democracy Now interviews Mike Mann on Hurricane Florence, and the connection to climate change. How the weaker jet stream comes in. My colleagues have shown the weakening over the past decades here in Science https://twitter.com/rahmstorf/status/1039618555128557569 Watch the full interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OuVTEfBatY

The Incredible Track Record of Early Climate Models

1980s, 2018, Climate Change, Climate Wiki, Communication, Global, Greenhouse Gases, History, Policy, Science Talk, USA1 Comment

Thirty years ago, NASA scientist James Hansen testified to Congress that the age of climate change had arrived. Ashley Byrne interviews Jim Hansen for DW (published August 24, 2018) https://www.dw.com/en/worldlink-meet-mr-climate-change/av-45197919 Hansen et al 1981 https://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/abs/ha04600x.html Hansen et al 1988 https://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/abs/ha02700w.html From the Archives, 1988: Global Warming Has Begun, Expert Tells Senate https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/cp/climate/2015-paris-climate-talks/from-the-archives-1988-global-warming-has-begun-expert-tells-senate STUDY FINDS WARMING…

Is THIS Graph the only one needed to act on Global Warming?

2018, Air Pollution, Atmosphere, Chemistry, Climate Change, Climate Feedbacks, CO2 Emissions, Communication, Global, Greenhouse Gases, Health, Impacts, Model, StudyLeave a comment

Studies point to cognitive impairments at carbon dioxide levels believed possible by the end of this century, additional observation informed models tend to project higher warming scenarios, further research points to the possibility of self-reinforcing feedbacks in the climate system – again affecting the outcome of current unmitigated releases of heat-trapping gases to Earth’s atmosphere.…

Go 100 % Clean Energy

2018, Climate Change, Communication, Electric Car, Emissions Reduction, Energy, Jet Stream / Polar Vortex, Policy, SolutionsLeave a comment

Mike Mann (Penn State), Kim Cobb (Georgia Tech), Michael Brune (Sierra Club), Andrew Freedman (Axios), connect the dots on our current summer weather and climate. CBS News https://www.cbsnews.com/news/carbon-in-soil-dirt-making-climate-change-worse-study-says NBC News https://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news-netcast/video/nightly-news-full-broadcast-august-7th-1294277187944 Democracy Now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Hh-jREctTo