By Tim Radford / Climate News Network An exhaustive study of a wide range of conflicts over thousands of years has found that rising temperatures are inevitably linked to an increase in violence. LONDON, 1 August – Stand by for more violence. As planetary temperatures rise, so does the likelihood of murder, rape and domestic…
Follow ClimateState on facebook for climate research https://www.facebook.com/ClimateState Music “Hector The Dark” by Subconcious Mind http://www.subconsciousmind.ch/music/album-intermezzo-extended Heavy downpours cause flooding in Scotland http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-23483394 Downpours cause flash floods in the UK http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/world/downpours-cause-flash-floods-in-the-uk-601958.html Heavy Rains Flood Homes, Roads in NC http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/heavy-rains-flash-flooding-north-carolina-19793092 Flooding of Europe continues http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-134033/Flooding-Europe-continues.html Canada: Rain floods New Brunswick community http://metronews.ca/news/canada/751047/rain-floods-new-brunswick-community/
NASA: The average temperature across the continental U.S. could be 8 degrees Fahrenheit warmer by the end of the 21st century under a climate scenario in which concentrations of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide rise to 800 parts per million. Current concentrations stand at 400 parts per million, and are rising faster than at any…
Via Robertscribbler: In a July 18 testimony to Congress, Dr. Jennifer Francis, an atmospheric scientist from Rutgers and key innovator to understanding how climate change has brought about dangerous alterations to the Northern Hemisphere Jet Stream, provides five compelling reasons why we should all be quite concerned about human caused global warming. They include: 1.…
At hearings before the Senate Environmental and Public Works Committee on July 18, 2013, Mr. Frank Nutter, President of the ReInsurance Association of America repeated the longstanding concerns that the Insurance industry has about climate change. The salient point is, that Insurance companies live and die by their ability to estimate risks. To that end,…
Just like we read left to right, most weather systems move left to right (West to East). Right now however, the weather pattern is out of whack, moving East to West, creating a monster tropical heatwave for a big chunk of the U.S. WeatherNation Chief Meteorologist Paul Douglas has more on the rare retrograde weather…
Recently Doug asked: “…my question is, how far could this phenomenon go? What is the “end” state? Is it possible for example that we could find the jet stream staying in place for months at a time, years, decades? How wavy could this waviness become?” A main theme of Sea ice loss seems to be…
If you didn’t think anything was going on, well guess again! Hail storms, floods, earthquakes, huge tsunami like waves and more has taking place the past week or so. Feel free to download and share. Thanks for watching here, and stay safe.
AGU Chapman Conference on Communicating Climate Science: A Historic Look to the Future 08 June 2013 — 13 June 2013, Granby, CO, USA Presenter: Stephan Lewandowsky Sunday, June 9, 2013, 10:05 a.m. – 10:25 a.m. Session: Perspectives on Communication of the Climate Science II Abstract Title: Scientific Uncertainty in Public Discourse: The Case for Leakage…