Climate change is not only throwing ecosystems off balance; it is also threatening the livelihoods of many people, which can result in major migrations. But we are currently lacking both reliable data and effective political strategies to deal with these changes, as a conference organized in July 2013 by the Climate Service Center and the…
Published on YouTube Dec 13, 2013: The Amazon River Basin holds 20% of the world ‘s freshwater and produces 20% of the world’s oxygen. And plays a major role in stabilizing the earth’s ecosystem. But the balance is shifting. Production and profit for a fast-growing economy jeopardizes the preservation of Amazonia. As Brazilians-and the world-watch…
Check out the trailer for our feature film CONTINUUM: vimeo.com/60234866 If you’d like more information about CONTINUUM and how you can support & even pre-order the film, check out:continuumthemovie.com. On the 40th anniversary of the famous ‘Blue Marble’ photograph taken of Earth from space, Planetary Collective presents a short film documenting astronauts’ life-changing stories of seeing…
Uploaded to YouTube on Jan 2, 2012: Stephen Henry Schneider (February 11, 1945 — July 19, 2010) was Professor of Environmental Biology and Global Change at Stanford University, a Co-Director at the Center for Environment Science and Policy of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and a Senior Fellow in the Stanford Woods Institute for…
Bio-energy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) is a greenhouse gas mitigation technology which produces negative carbon dioxide emissions by combining biomass use with geologic carbon capture and storage. The concept of BECCS is drawn from the integration of trees and crops, which extract carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere as they grow, the use…
Excerpts from an episode of History Channel’s “Mega Disasters” series. This explores the paper published by Northwestern University’s Gregory Ryskin. His thesis: the oceans can produce massive eruptions of explosive methane gas. Methane distribution in the water column: Once released into the water column, methane is distributed by currents and aerobic methane oxidation by bacteria…
Published on Aug 20, 2013: A UN panel says scientists are now 95% sure human activity is behind the increase in global warming since the 1950s.
On Friday (8 pm ET), MSNBC is airing Chris Hayes’s climate documentary, “The Politics of Power.” On Thursday (1 pm ET), Chris Hayes is hosting a Google+ Hangout on the politics of climate change — with me, Andy Revkin, Kate Sheppard and a couple of others. You can watch it here. Joe Romm notes: Kudos…
Before it is too late… a 2013 Climate State film.