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Chopping down the largest Trees “Redwoods Saga” (1946) 16:9

1970s, Deforestation, Documentary, Films, Resources, Trees, USABy Chris Machens February 20, 2018 Leave a comment

Cutting, loading, transportation, mill sawing and finishing operations of the Northern California’s redwood lumber industry. https://archive.org/details/RedwoodS1940

Dust Bowl Film Rain for the Earth (1937) 16:9

Documentary, Drought, Extreme Weather, Films, USABy Chris Machens February 20, 2018 Leave a comment

The Dust Bowl, also known as the Dirty Thirties, was a period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the ecology and agriculture of the American and Canadian prairies during the 1930s. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust_Bowl Social and economic wastes resulting from continued drought in the midwestern dust bowl and efforts of the federal government in attempting to…

An introduction to Permafrost

2015, 2018, Arctic, Arctic Circle, Pedology, Permafrost, SoilBy Chris Machens February 17, 2018 Leave a comment

A brief introduction to permafrost, including newer findings. Credits======National Park ServiceMariama DryakZachary RichterSWIPA 2017Vladimir Romanovsky Sources======Climate Change in the Arctichttps://www.nps.gov/media/video/view.htm?id=C352BB55-1DD8-B71C-079DCE23BBA86D5E Permafrosthttps://www.nps.gov/media/video/view.htm?id=C352BB55-1DD8-B71C-079DCE23BBA86D5E Teaser image International Permafrost Association https://ipa.arcticportal.org/publications/occasional-publications/what-is-permafrost

Permafrost may release largest Mercury source on Earth

2018, Arctic, Arctic Circle, Atmosphere, Chemistry, Climate Change, Climate Feedbacks, Communication, Cryosphere, Deglaciation, Global, Greenhouse Gases, Health, Hydrosphere, Impacts, Methane (CH4), Oceanography, PermafrostBy Chris Machens February 14, 2018 Leave a comment

There are 32 million gallons worth of mercury, or the equivalent of 50 Olympic swimming pools, trapped in the permafrost. For context, that’s “twice as much mercury as the rest of all soils, the atmosphere, and oceans combined. And it could be released. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2018/02/05/the-arctic-is-full-of-toxic-mercury-and-climate-change-is-going-to-release-it Ambarchik: Research on permafrost at the Siberian arctic coast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhGcJnRgzy4…

Scientist suddenly tells all about Climate Change

2018, Atmosphere, Chemistry, Climate Change, Climate Feedbacks, CO2 Emissions, Communication, Cryosphere, Deglaciation, Education, Greenhouse Gases, Lecture, Science Talk, Temperature, USABy Chris Machens February 8, 2018 Leave a comment

Jim White from the University of Colorado, on climate change, January 2018. Human activities are summarized in this recent lecture.

The Montecito Santa Barbara Floods

Extreme Weather, Flood, Precipitation, USABy Chris Machens January 10, 2018 Leave a comment

An epic rainstorm sent mud and debris coursing through Montecito neighborhoods and left rescue crews to scramble through clogged roadways and downed trees to search for victims. The deluge that washed over Santa Barbara County early Tuesday was devastating for a community that was ravaged by the Thomas fire only a few weeks earlier. In…

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