Indian village got washed away
Uploaded to YouTube on Jul 31, 2006: Impacts of sea level rise on coastal communities in Orissa, India. Villages literally got washed away. Related India Braces for Extremely Dangerous Tropical Cyclone Phailin
Earth Energy Imbalance
James Hansen explains Earth energy imbalance from anthropogenic forcing and the urgency to act, because of the climate inertia. Earth’s Energy Imbalance By James Hansen, Makiko Sato, Pushker Kharecha and Karina von Schuckmann — January 2012 Deployment of an international array of Argo floats, measuring ocean heat content to a depth of 2000 m,…
Our Future In a World Without Ice Caps – Peter Ward
Brown Bag Lecture Series; Center for Student Engagement & Leadership; and Arts, Culture, and Civic Engagement Apr. 11, 2013: In honor of Earth Month: Peter D. Ward, Ph.D., is a paleontologist and professor of Geological Sciences at the University of Washington. Ward specializes in the Cretaceous-Tertiary extinction event (the one that killed the dinosaurs), the…
Scientists are 95% sure humans are causing climate change
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.
Each degree of global warming might ultimately raise global sea levels by more than 2 meters
By PIK: 07/15/2013 – Greenhouse gases emitted today will cause sea level to rise for centuries to come. Each degree of global warming is likely to raise sea level by more than 2 meters in the future, a study now published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences shows. While thermal expansion of…
Earth Under Water Worldwide Flooding Global Warming National Geographic Documentary
Miami, New Orleans and New York City completely under water it’s a very real possibility if sea levels continue to rise. In Earth Under Water we’ll see these events unfold as leading experts forecast how mankind will be impacted if global warming continues. They’ll break down the science behind these predictions and explore ways humanity…
Does Freshwater Runoff in the Arctic change Ocean Circulation to Unlock Methane Hydrate in the Deep Ocean?
Recently freshwater intake into the Arctic Circle have changed ocean currents, in the following a collection of related science, and what if freshwater currents drive warmer water into the deep ocean and unlock methane hydrates? Mechanism have been identified recently. Arctic freshwater input into the North Pacific could serve as a catalyst for methane hydrate…
The Late Triassic Extinction, Persistent Photic Zone Euxinia, and Rising Sea Levels
Elevated pCO2 leading to Late Triassic extinction, persistent photic zone euxinia, and rising sea levels Caroline M.B. Jaraula, Kliti Grice, Richard J. Twitchett, Michael E. Böttcher, Pierre LeMetayer, Apratim G. Dastidar and L. Felipe Opazo doi:10.1130/G34183.1 Abstract The Late Triassic mass extinction event is the most severe global warming-related crisis to have affected important extant…
Sea Level Rise and Climate Change
Climate Change and Sea Level Rise: Time for a Strategic Retreat from the Beach? Held on March 20, 2013 at the Seminole Campus Conference Center
Sea Level Rise (SLR) threaten Miami 1-2 meters projected
This video is a text to speech version of the post: Scientist: ‘Miami, As We Know It Today, Is Doomed. It’s Not A Question Of If. It’s A Question Of When.’ by Joe Romm from June 24 2013http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013… Google Earth visualization of projected sea level changes of 1 – 2 meters by ClimateState Follow ClimateState…
Catastrophic sea levels ‘distinct possibility’ this century
A breakthrough study of fluctuations in sea levels the last time Earth was between ice ages, as it is now, shows that oceans rose some three meters in only decades due to collapsing ice sheets. The findings suggest that such an scenario — which would redraw coastlines worldwide and unleash colossal human misery — is…
Central West Antarctica among the most rapidly warming regions on Earth
There is clear evidence that the West Antarctic Ice Sheet is contributing to sea-level rise. In contrast, West Antarctic temperature changes in recent decades remain uncertain. West Antarctica has probably warmed since the 1950s, but there is disagreement regarding the magnitude, seasonality and spatial extent of this warming. This is primarily because long-term near-surface temperature…