Dr. Alan Steinman on Algal Blooms and Climate
Peter Sinclair, interviews Dr. Alan Steinman, an expert on Algae– and Cyanobacteria blooms, with a scope on water security. Related Cyanobacteria blooms (harmful algae blooms) and climate change
Experts: Arctic craters could be ‘Visible Effect’ of Global Warming
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…
Sandmücken wandern in Deutschland ein, Gefahr durch Infektionskrankheit
Der SPIEGEL berichtet am 4 August über die potenzielle Gefahr durch die mit dem Klimawandel eingewanderte Sandmücke. SPIEGEL: Der Klimawandel verändert Lebensräume – und kann damit auch die Gesundheit von Deutschen bedrohen. Forscher haben jetzt Sandmücken, potenzielle Überträger der gefährlichen Leishmaniose, in Hessen gefunden – so weit nördlich wie nie zuvor. “Es handelt sich um…
Cyanobacteria blooms (harmful algae blooms) and climate change
A contamination with the hepatotoxic microcystin, of the water supply in Toledo, Ohio, resulted in warnings for approx. 500,000 residents not to drink or use tap water. NBC: Sewage from treatment plants and fertilizer from farms streamed into the lake, triggering an algae bloom near an intake valve that sends water to Toledo and more than a dozen surrounding communities. The…
Novel climate proxy reveals CO2 content of Earth’s atmosphere, of the past 400 million years
The study New constraints on atmospheric CO2 concentration for the Phanerozoic (DOI: 10.1002/2014GL060457), by Peter J. Franks, Dana L. Royer, David J. Beerling , Peter K. Van de Water, David J. Cantrill, Margaret M. Barbour, and Joseph A. Berry, estimates CO2 in Earth history based on a new climate proxy. Estimates are in particular based…
Exploring NASA’s new Eyes on Earth App
Testing the new Eyes on Earth application from NASA, Vital Signs, look at events in real time and history – downloaded from eyes.nasa.gov Music Candytron Picknick in the Meadows by Tammo “kb” Hinrichs http://music.kebby.org/track/candytron http://music.kebby.org/track/picknick-in-the-meadows Kasparov by Ronny Pries https://www.scenemusic.net/demovibes/song/3090/ Related A Breathing Earth
Deforestation and Cigarettes/Tobacco
Smoking products destroy forests worldwide. Related The Environment vs Cigarettes
Rapid sea-ice loss may increase the rate of Arctic land warming by 3.5 times – affecting permafrost
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…
Everything you need to know about Mass Extinction, Sea Level Rise and Amplification
Wikipedia: A flood basalt is the result of a giant volcanic eruption or series of eruptions that coats large stretches of land or the ocean floor with basalt lava. Flood basalt provinces are often called traps, which derives from the characteristic stairstep morphology of many associated landscapes. Related Greenland ice sheet collapse, triggered ancient sea…