“We are confronting a serious climatic problem,” said Peru’s president, Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, in a broadcast to the nation on Friday afternoon. “There hasn’t been an incident of this strength along the coast of Peru since 1998.” The disaster – which came after a period of severe drought – has been blamed on abnormally high…
In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy in 2012, the U.S. East Coast faced a water crisis. The torrential rains had contaminated drinking water sources with millions of gallons of sewage water. Naturally, the authorities tried to disinfect the water with chlorine. Chlorine, traditionally, has been good at killing microorganisms. More recently, however, scientists have discovered…
Update on Oroville Dam situation February 14, 2017 status, and new drone footage from February 13. Support me @ http://patreon.com/ClimateState
A quick run-down of recent events related to the record amount of water pouring into lake Oroville, and what it means for the Oroville dam. Bill Husa https://twitter.com/billhusa1 Peter Gleick quote https://twitter.com/PeterGleick/status/829869009898123264 Rachel Maddow event coverage (11 Feb 2017) http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/oroville-dam-in-crisis-raises-alarm-in-california-874905667526 CDEC Oroville Data Water Elevation http://cdec.water.ca.gov/cgi-progs/queryF?s=ORO&d=11-Feb-2017+17:08&span=12hours California DWR drone footage Auxiliary Spillway at Lake Oroville https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bephol1Ormg Stefan Rahmstorf quote 2016 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnzSHsi4pus…
Zeke Hausfather on NOAA Temperatures, and cold bias in records.
Check out powerful #Film4Climate video on the need for carbon pricing. http://Connect4Climate.org Related https://www.weforum.org/events/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2017/sessions/the-return-of-carbon-markets Reference Check out powerful #Film4Climate video on the need for carbon pricing https://t.co/bCPGU4j4dU #wef17 @Connect4Climate pic.twitter.com/JGgerPQ3bu — UN Climate Change (@UNFCCC) January 28, 2017
Video: Dr Lori Bruhwiler (NOAA), elaborates briefly on new methane estimates, with the focus on the Arctic (September 2016). Methane emissions from fossil fuel development around the world are up to 60 percent greater than estimated by previous studies, according to new research led by scientists from NOAA and CIRES. The study found that fossil…
September 2016: Professor Andrew Bakun (University of Miami, USA) speaks at Royal Society event Ocean ventilation and deoxygenation in a warming world. Abstract Major deoxygenation commonly takes place in ocean regions that feature particularly intense coastal upwelling circulations. Prominent examples discussed herein include the seasonal Somali Current upwelling, which during the southwest monsoon becomes the…
