The Saddest Discovery about Huge Ships Worldwide

2012, 2018, Documentary, Global, OilLeave a comment

Between 70-210 million gallons of waste oil are illegally released at sea by commercial ships each year. Huge Ships and Climate Change Huge Ships and Climate Change Spill Report Apphttps://itunes.apple.com/us/app/marine-defenders/id540964894?mt=8&ls=1 Further readings http://www.marinedefenders.comhttp://www.marinedefenders.com/oilpollutionfacts/illegal.php Environmental impact of shipping https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_impact_of_shipping

How Scientists Study Antarctic Ice Melt

2012, 2013, Antarctica, Cryosphere, Deglaciation, Glaciology, Ice Sheets, WAISLeave a comment

NASA Launches Eighth Year of Antarctic Ice Change Airborne Survey (Oct. 17, 2016) http://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2016/nasa-launches-eighth-year-of-antarctic-ice-change-airborne-survey Getz Ice Shelf: Iceberg B-34 Makes Its Debut off Antarctica http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=85727 NASA is tracking a gargantuan iceberg, escaped from Antarctica (2014) http://earthsky.org/earth/nasa-is-tracking-a-gargantuan-iceberg-escaped-from-antarctica Iceberg B31 Heads West (2014) http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=84795 Mapping Polar Ice (2013) https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11194 Operation IceBridge 2012 Antarctic https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11135 Getz Ice Shelf…

Waking the Giant: Climate Force and Geological Hazards

2012, Geodynamics, Geomorphology, Geosphere, Landslides, Seismicity, VolcanologyLeave a comment

Bill McGuire on the influence of climate change on geological systems, the link between episodes of major climate transition and geohazards (2012). Small changes in the Earth’s crust can potentially trigger large hazards such as earthquakes and volcanoes. Bill McGuire is Professor of Geophysical & Climate Hazards at UCL. He was a member of the…

Anthony Giddens – The Politics of Climate Change

2012, Anthropocene, Climate Change, Communication, Emissions ReductionLeave a comment

Repost from 2012: Anthony Giddens introduces a range of new concepts and proposals designed to address the most formidable challenge humanity faces this century. Related How Long Can Oceans Continue To Absorb Earth’s Excess Heat? http://e360.yale.edu/feature/how_long_can_oceans_continue_to_absorb_earths_excess_heat/2860/ Bio-energy with carbon capture and storage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bio-energy_with_carbon_capture_and_storage

Jeremy Rifkin – The Third Industrial Revolution

2012, Adaptation, Clean Tech, Economy, EnergyLeave a comment

Repost from 2012: Join Jeremy Rifkin as he describes how the five-pillars of the Third Industrial Revolution will create thousands of businesses and millions of jobs, and usher in a fundamental reordering of human relationships, from hierarchical to lateral power, that will impact the way we conduct business, govern society, educate our children, and engage…

With further Arctic Amplification, How fast will Greenhouse Gas emissions accelerate in the Arctic Circle?

2012, 2013, Arctic, Arctic Amplification, Arctic Circle, Atmosphere, Climate Feedbacks, CO2 Emissions, Cryosphere, Deglaciation, Freshwater, Greenhouse Gases, Hydrosphere, Methane (CH4), Methane Hydrate, Model, Ocean Currents, Ocean Heat Content, Ocean Stratification, Ocean Temperature, Oceanography, Permafrost, Polar Amplification, Region, Sea Ice, Sea Level Height, Sea Surface Temperature, Soil, Study, Temperature, YearLeave a comment

Introduction to Methane Hydrate “Methane Hydrates and Contemporary Climate Change” (2011) IDENTIFICATION This post “A Mechanism for Shallow Methane Hydrate Dissociation”, explores possible mechanism which could release vast quantities of shallow Methane Hydrate into the ocean and atmosphere.       CH4 Release The following studies explore the release of CH4 emissions in the Arctic region. OBSERVATION…

The Albedo Effect Explained With The DaisyWorld Model (NASA)

2012, Climate Feedbacks, Climate System, Climate Visuals, Climate Wiki, Greenhouse Effect, Model, Study3 Comments

NASA: A look at how the historic DaisyWorld model illustrates earth science concepts, such as albedo and feedback loops. This webshort was produced as an educational tie-in with the Science on a Sphere feature LOOP. The Albedo Effect Explained With The Daisyworld Model A look at how the historic DaisyWorld model illustrates earth science concepts,…