What is Sea Level?
Published on YouTube Nov 25, 2013: FREE FACT: An oblate spheroid is a special case of an ellipsoid where two of the semi-principal axes are the same size.
Links Between Big Tobacco and Climate Denial – “Rhymes with Smoky Joe”
Published on YouTube Nov 25, 2013: “Smokey Joe” Barton is known for apologizing to BP after the 2010 Oil spill, and harassing climate scientists. Turns out he’s also been a key connection between the tobacco industry and the climate denial industry. Archival footage from ABC News on the tobacco wars of the 90s turns up…
Singapore sized iceberg breaks off in Antarctica
Pine Island Glacier 2013, Nov. 10: This MODIS image taken by NASA’s Aqua satellite on Nov. 10, 2013, shows an iceberg that was part of the Pine Island Glacier and is now separating from the Antarctica continent. What appears to be a connection point on the top left portion of the iceberg is actually ice…
Global Warming Underestimated by Half
Uploaded on YouTube Aug 21, 2013: Coverage bias in the HadCRUT4 temperature series and its impact on recent temperature trends. Cowtan & Way (2013) Stefan Rahmstorf at RealClimate: A new study by British and Canadian researchers shows that the global temperature rise of the past 15 years has been greatly underestimated. The reason is the data gaps in…
Pink algae unlocks Arctic ice mystery
Published on YouTube Nov 21, 2013: Canadian researchers have discovered a new way to measure melting Arctic sea ice by heading deep down into the ocean and studying coralline algae. Christina Stevens explains.
Extreme Weather November 2013 (Super Typhoon Haiyan, Midwest Tornado Outbreak, Sardinia Cyclone) HD
Music “The Temperature of the Air on the Bow of the Kaleetan” by Chris Zabriskie chriszabriskie.com Video NBCNews.com Report KSFY ABC News Report Tornado footage Washington Ill. by Marc W. BBC Report Sardinia Aerial footage by Policia di Stato Images Huffington Post AFP Floods From Mediterranean Storm ‘Ruven’ Kill 18 in Sardinia, Italy http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=2584 Rare November Tornado…
Arctic Sea Ice Minimum Volumes 1979-2013
Published on YouTube Nov 21, 2013: This is an animated visualization of the startling decline of Arctic Sea Ice, showing the minimum volume reached every September since 1979, set on a map of New York with a 10km grid to give an idea of scale. It is clear that the trend of Arctic sea ice…
Superstorm Sandy One Year Later: ‘We’re Still Living Through It’
On Oct. 29, 2012, Superstorm Sandy ravaged New York City’s waterfront. The Rockaway Peninsula in Queens still bears the scars. Houses damaged by floodwaters sag with rot and mold. Businesses are shuttered. The beach’s miles-long boardwalk is gone. One year later, the residents there face a difficult dilemma between staying and leaving, as the reality…
ClimateState is now faster
We just finished moving the ClimateState website to a faster hosting company. The main goal was to improve page loading times for the 200 visitors on a daily average. ClimateState is a independent private run project since 2009 (formerly climateprogress.net) with the goal to help make informed decisions in face of our changing climate situation.…