Footage of Floods in Canada and China (May 2017)

2017, Canada, China, Extreme Weather, FloodLeave a comment

Rainfall broke several records. Jiulongzhen broke the daily rainfall record for Guangzhou, while Xintangzhen broke the three-hour rainfall record for the province. Rivers in Huadu district saw the biggest flood in 20 years. Water overflew three dikes, damaging one of them http://www.thestandard.com.hk/section-news.php?id=182565 Carbon dioxide sources from Alaska driven by increasing early winter respiration from Arctic tundra http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2017/05/02/1618567114…

Will President Biden bring forward the carbon fee-and-dividend?

2021, Carbon Tax, China, Coal, Energy, Greenhouse Gases, Natural Gas, Oil, Policy, Solutions, Tar Sands, USALeave a comment

Climate scientist James Hansen in his latest blog, Fighting the Battles, Winning the War – once again reminds us of the carbon fee-and-dividend. And that President Joe Biden has the authority to bring it forward. Meanwhile, Canada already has a carbon fee-and-dividend, with British Columbia operating a system very similar to Fee and Dividend, as…

Monsoon floods, landslides ravage South Asia, at least 221 dead

2020, Asia, China, Extreme Weather, Flood, Impacts, IndiaLeave a comment

VIDEO LINK More than one million people have been marooned in Nepal, Bangladesh and India as overflowing rivers wreak havoc. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/07/monsoon-floods-landslides-ravage-south-asia-221-dead-200717102403512.html Related Bangladesh struggles to aid cyclone-stricken communities https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zsgBPtdbpU Red Alerts in China as Floods Maroon Equipment to Fight Coronavirus https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2020-07-17/chinas-wuhan-declares-red-alert-as-floods-disrupt-supply-chains

Climate tipping-point potential and paradoxical production of methane in a changing ocean

2019, Abrupt Climate Change, Anoxic Event, Bacteria, China, Climate Feedbacks, Geomorphology, Greenhouse Gases, Marine Life, Methanogen, Microbiology, Ocean Temperature, OceanographyLeave a comment

Authors: Hongyue Dang, Jia Li Dang, H. & Li, J. Sci. China Earth Sci. (2018) 61: 1714. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11430-017-9265-y Access and read the PDF with inline linkages, and reference list here. Abstract The global warming potential of methane (CH4) is about 30 times stronger than that of carbon dioxide (CO2) over a century timescale. Methane emission is hypothesized…

China vs U.S. Rising Global Greenhouse Emissions in 2018

2018, 2019, China, Climate Change, Economy, Emissions Reduction, Energy, Global, Policy, USALeave a comment

A brief outline of CO2 emissions, based on global trends, with a focus on China by Zeke Hausfather (Berkeley) and U.S. CO2 emissions by Trevor Houser (Rhodium Group), as well as an outline on reductions by Drew Shindell about various emissions, including SLCP’s (Short Lived Climate Pollutants). Sources: Global release of greenhouse gases has increased…

U.S. General talks Challenge of Sea Level Rise, Climate and Security Nexus

2018, Adaptation, China, Climate Change, Communication, National Security, Policy, Solutions, USALeave a comment

In this episode of The Climate and Security Podcast, host Dr. Sweta Chakraborty talks to General Gerald “Gerry” Galloway, USA (Ret) about the delicate relationship between “natural” and “national” security, how lessons and solutions from the Mississippi River Basin can inform the Mekong Delta and vice versa, examples of nation-wide community reliance, solar power for…

Plan B: Flood the Desert

2018, Africa, China, Climate Change, Climate Engineering, CO2 Sequestration, Emissions Reduction, Project, Solutions, USALeave a comment

The idea is “risky, unproven, even unlikely to work,” according to Y Combinator. But if it did work, it could slow climate change. By James Rainey. Imagine flooding a desert half the size of the Sahara. Using 238 trillion gallons of desalinated ocean water to do the job. Creating millions of 1-acre-square micro-reservoirs to grow…

The Day After Super Typhoon Mangkhut

2018, Asia, China, Extreme Weather, Flood, Impacts, Precipitation, StormsLeave a comment

Typhoon Mangkhut, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Ompong, is known as the strongest typhoon to strike Luzon since Megi in 2010, and the strongest typhoon to make landfall in the Philippines since Typhoon Haiyan in November 2013. Mangkhut made landfall in the Philippine province of Cagayan on September 15, 2018 as a Category 5-equivalent…