Climate change the state of the science (data visualization)

2013, Climate Visuals, Emissions Reduction, Global, Lecture, Region, Science Talk, Sea Level RiseLeave a comment

Published on YouTube Nov 19, 2013: Produced by the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme and Globaia and funded by the UN Foundation. The data visualization summarises and visualizes several of the most significant statements in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) recent Fifth Assessment Report, (Working Group I summary for policymakers, the Physical Science Basis). In…

Climate Change : 2013 is the top ten warmest year since 1850

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Published on YouTube Nov 13, 2013: A new report released today suggests that 2013 is among the top ten warmest years since records began more than 160 years ago. The report released by the world meteorological organisation says excessive flooding and frequent drought will continue into the unforeseen future. Kenya meteorologists says cases of highland…

Earth Energy Imbalance

2012, Atmosphere, Chemistry, Climate Engineering, Climate Feedbacks, Climate Sensitivity, Climate System, Climate Wiki, Education, Greenhouse Gases, History, Holocene, Lecture, Paleoclimatology, Sea Level Rise, Sea Temperature7 Comments

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,…

Peter Ward: Our Future In a World Without Ice Caps

2013, Anoxic Event, Cretaceous, Dead Zones, Global, Hydrosphere, Jurrasic, Lecture, Marine Life, Mass Extinction, Ocean Acidification, Ocean Currents, Ocean Heat Content, Ocean Stagnation, Ocean Stratification, Oceanography, Paleoclimatology, Region, Sea Level Height, Sea Level Rise, Triassic, Water TemperatureLeave a comment

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…

Each degree of global warming might ultimately raise global sea levels by more than 2 meters

2013, Climate Feedbacks, Cryosphere, Deglaciation, Global, Hydrosphere, Model, Oceanography, Region, Sea Level Height, Sea Level Rise, StudyLeave a comment

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

2013, Asia, Climate Refugees, Conflict, Films, Migration, Sea Level Rise, USA81 Comments

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?

2013, Arctic, Arctic Amplification, Arctic Circle, Atmosphere, Freshwater, Greenhouse Gases, Hydrosphere, Methane (CH4), Methane Hydrate, Ocean Currents, Ocean Heat Content, Ocean Stratification, Oceanography, Polar Amplification, Region, Science Talk, Sea Level Height, Sea Level Rise, Storms, Year9 Comments

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

Atmosphere, Biosphere, Climate Proxies, Cretaceous, Cryosphere, Greenhouse Gases, Hydrosphere, Jurrasic, Methane (CH4), Ocean Currents, Ocean Stratification, Oceanography, Oxygen, Paleoclimatology, Science Talk, Sea Level Rise, Study, Temperature Reconstruction, Triassic, VolcanologyLeave a comment

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…