Peter Gleick: Hydrological Cycle is the Climate Cycle
Excerpt of Peter Gleick’s talk at the 2018 Saint Louis Climate Summit. You can watch the full 35 minutes presentation at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivLmV_Ybbyc
Sea Level Rise, Migration, Security and War
Cornell University – 2017 Climate Change Seminar by Prof. Charles Geisler (Development Sociology). Recorded at Cornell University – February 12, 2018, part of Perspectives on the Climate Change Challenge seminar series. More info http://www.atkinson.cornell.edu/events/ClimateChangeSem.php Related Sampling bias in climate–conflict research https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-018-0068-2
James Hansen outlines Climate Research in 2005
Climate change and national security panel discussion from the World Affairs Council on May 3, 2005. Then NASA chief James Hansen outlined the state of global climate change research. In late 2005, however, Dr. Hansen’s ability to voice his concerns about global warming was severely compromised by NASA public affairs officials. After he called on…
Earthwatch a historic disaster documentary
Extreme weather events and other disasters, and what to do were discussed in the late 50s and 70s, including the consideration of climate change (1958), or more broadly pollution (1972). This short presents a compilation of historic disaster documentary style film footage. Climate Change 1958: The Bell Telephone Science Hour https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-AXBbuDxRY Your Chance to Live:…
How the U.S. and Russia teamed up on Climate Change
After the Cold War, climate change was the driving force behind unusual political cooperation between secret services in the United States and in Russia. This documentary tells of unknown research projects, but also of surprising friendships. The amazing and unknown story of how American secret services partnered with their erstwhile Russian adversary, Russia’s main military…
Are the worst climate outcomes unavoidable? Are we doomed?
At the AGU Fall Meeting 2017, Michael Mann explained why the narrative of certain doom of mankind is equal to denial, and that our actions today make a difference to what we can expect with future warming. Watch the entire panel discussion at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7i2k2tpbfVk Conversation Earth content with Guy McPherson http://www.conversationearth.org/near-term-human-extinction-guy-mcpherson-218 SUPPORT CLIMATE STATE● Patreon…
Fiji moves 40 villages Inland in light of Rising Seas
Fiji plans to move more than 40 villages to higher ground to escape coastal floods and is also working on ways to help future migrants from other Pacific island nations as sea levels rise, Fiji’s attorney general said. http://news.trust.org/item/20171117103442-72wi4 Glacier calving footage by rqmondo Teaser image https://pixabay.com/en/beach-woman-sea-swing-blue-coast-2858720 Sound effects http://TrailerMusicAcademy.com
Is Oroville Dam Rdy as Atmospheric River forms North Cali?
A Potentially Extreme and Persistent AR is forecast to Impact the Pacific Northwest http://cw3e.ucsd.edu/cw3e-ar-update-20-november-2017-outlook-and-summary Oroville dam timeline video California DWR https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YZv0Xo_rqE
More Droughts and Floods than previously Known. Effects.
Richard Damania, Lead Economist of Water Global Practice, The World Bank speaks at keynote event October 2017. What are the effects of droughts and floods on firms, farms and families? They are more significant and numerous than previously known. New data reveals how increasingly erratic rainfall, poorly managed water supplies, and deepening water deficits can…
Tinker Tailor Climate Spy – Climate Impact on National Security (ISGP Podcast)
Climate change threatens national security in a number of ways. How does the national intelligence community fit into the climate security picture? Twitter @ISGPforum or read the policy position paper and debate summary associated with this episode at the Institute on Science for Global Policy’s website: http://scienceforglobalpolicy.org Via Institute on Science for Global Policy (ISGP)…
Hurricane Harvey Landfall Stormchaser Compilation (August 26, 2017)
Reed Timmer https://twitter.com/ReedTimmerAccu Jeff Piotrowski https://twitter.com/Jeff_Piotrowski and https://www.pscp.tv/Jeff_Piotrowski Harvey Slams Ashore in Texas; Catastrophic Flood Threat Still to Come https://www.wunderground.com/cat6/harvey-slams-ashore-texas-catastrophic-flood-threat-still-come For live coverage visit https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/reports-over-160-000-without-power-as-harvey-rages-over-texas/70002563 or at https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/news/hurricane-harvey-texas-impacts Hurricane Harvey https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Harvey References INTENSE eye wall of category 4 Hurricane Harvey from Rockport, TX https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tP5_wav6QZo Jeff Piotrowski https://www.pscp.tv/Jeff_Piotrowski
The National Security Implications of Climate Change (June 2017)
On June 5, The Center for Climate and Security (CCS) and the Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) hosted a briefing on Capitol Hill exploring climate change risks to U.S. national security – particularly, the effect on Department of Defense (DoD) force readiness, missions and infrastructure. The discussion ranged from prospective impacts on overseas missions,…