Dunkley Jones et al. support the view that, while gas-hydrate release was probably not responsible for an initial, rapid, CO2-driven warming, the as yet unknown event responsible for this subsequently triggered the large-scale dissociation of gas hydrates, which contributed to further warming as a positive feedback mechanism. As the authors note, this somewhat equivocal situation…
Climate forcing of geological and geomorphological hazards by Bill McGuire / UCL April 19, 2010: 12 research papers and two summaries of conference discussion sessions contained in this Theme Issue build upon presentations and dialogue at the Third Johnston–Lavis Colloquium held at University College London in September 2009. The meeting brought together delegates from the…
Dramatic Changes in Polar Ice NASA’s Waleed Abdalati oulines the situationPublished on YouTube May 22, 2013NASA Chief Scientist – Abdalati previously served NASA as Head of Cryospheric Sciences at Goddard Space Flight Center. Climate Geomorphology Will climate change cause earthquakes?Published on YouTube Feb 12, 2012Bill McGuire, author of ‘Waking the Giant: How a changing climate…
Free Market Solution Climate Change and Free Market SolutionPublished on YouTube May 23, 2013Climate Scientist Hansen Turns Activist, Advocates ‘Fee’ on Carbon Pollution. If you give the money to the public, then it’s not a tax. It’s a fee collected from fossil fuel companies with the money distributed to the public. I would distribute it…
US national security advisor says climate change is threat, calls for Emissions Reductions By Carl Franzen / The Verge (April 24, 2013): Scientists and advocates have called for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions for years. But now the White House national security advisor is joining in the chorus. Tom Donilon, the national security advisor to…
Expedition to a crumbling Antarctic ice shelfBy Ted Scambos / NSIDC[wpcol_1half id=”” class=”” style=””]November 4, 2011: With preparations in place, I asked if I could tag along with a NASA group here working on Operation IceBridge, an airborne mapping and measurement program intended to bridge the gap between the ICESat satellite (a laser-ranging mission that…
The answer is blowing in the wind: The warming went into the deep endBy Rasmus Benestad / RealClimate[wpcol_1half id=”” class=”” style=””]April 26, 2013: There has been an unusual surge of interest in the climate sensitivity based on the last decade’s worth of temperature measurements, and a lengthy story in the Economist tries to argue that the…
Video[wpcol_2fifth id=”” class=”” style=””] [/wpcol_2fifth][wpcol_3fifth_end id=”” class=”” style=””] Global warming, facts The Basics Published on YouTube Dec 20, 2012 Professor Stefan Rahmstorf, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, explains the basics of Climate Science. Basic data sets and findings about Global Warming, including some comments on historic land marks of the Science. [/wpcol_3fifth_end] [wpcol_2fifth id=””…
Especially on topic starting at 34:30 min in. Le professeur Bradley est l’invité du comité de vie scientifique de l’Association étudiante du Centre Eau Terre Environnement (AECETE). Professeur éminent au Département de géosciences et directeur du Climate System Research Center de l’Université du Massachussetts à Amherst (États-Unis), le professeur Bradley étudie les changements climatiques depuis…