Media, Political Leaders React to U.S. Paris Climate Exit

2017, China, Climate Change, Emissions Reduction, Europe, Policy, Solutions, USALeave a comment

A compilation of recent responses to Donald Trump’s announcement from June 1, 2017, to exit the Paris Agreement, signed by 195 nations. Woodrow Wilson Center FOX and CNN via Emmanuel Macron Secular Talk ABC News Aljazeera http://video.aljazeera.com/channels/eng/videos/eu-and-china-agree-on-joint-climate-change-action/5458479676001 Related Globe heaps scorn on Trump for Paris exit http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/336176-globe-heaps-scorn-on-trump-for-paris-exit

Larsen C likely to create largest Iceberg ever recorded

2017, Antarctica, Cryosphere, Deglaciation, Glaciology, Ice Sheets, WAISLeave a comment

Antarctic ice rift close to calving, after growing 17km in 6 days References Content: Antarctic ice rift close to calving, after growing 17km in 6 days http://www.swansea.ac.uk/media-centre/latest-research/antarcticiceriftclosetocalvingaftergrowing17kmin6days.php Larsen C video by British Antarctic Survey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAM0tZB0aIc Music by Stephen Lu http://chibola.com Additional video footage via http://pixabay.com Related Larsen Ice Shelf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larsen_Ice_Shelf Larsen Ice Shelf Meets Open…

Global Average Temperature vs Temperature Extremes

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In his March 2017 talk “The Brutal Logic of Climate Change”, at the University of Sheffield, Aaron Thierry outlined many of the aspects of climate change.This video here is the excerpt on temperature anomalies. Watch the full lecture at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7TL_BbAd-s The emissions pledge pathway negotiated at the Paris conference has a probability of over 90%…

Konrad Steffen: The Melting of Greenland (March 2017)

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Konrad Steffen director of the Swiss Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research, gave this talk at the event Artico. Ultima Frontiera Summit On Climate Change, Venice (Italy), March 6, 2017, hosted by the University Ca’ Foscari.] Event info page https://www.unive.it/pag/14024/?tx_news_pi1%5Bnews%5D=2586&tx_news_pi1%5Bcontroller%5D=News&tx_news_pi1%5Baction%5D=detail&cHash=120539712ba6b06aa1dab94426b5b261 Konrad Steffen’s homepage at Colorado University http://cires.colorado.edu/emeritus/konrad-steffen Teaser image mockup, via latest NASA Grace…

Trump motivated by Bannon to exit Paris Deal? And what about the Jobs?

2017, China, Clean Tech, Coal, Emissions Reduction, Energy, Policy, USALeave a comment

The announcement by the Trump Administration to exit the Paris Climate Agreement, has been attributed to people like Steve Bannon, influencing Trump. And what about jobs and clean energy? References China to invest £292bn in renewable power by 2020 https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/jan/05/china-invest-renewable-fuel-2020-energy China cementing global dominance of renewable energy and technology https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jan/06/china-cementing-global-dominance-of-renewable-energy-and-technology Related The Strange History of…

Trump’s Speech to pull U.S. out of Paris Agreement 6/1/17 ✯Uncut White House version✯

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In this speech on June 1st 2017, at The White House rose garden President Donald Trump announced to pull the U.S. out of the Paris Climate Agreement, signed by 194 nations to address climate change. Protests outside the White House https://www.facebook.com/peoplesclimate/videos/1865902323660742/?pnref=story Subscribe to Climate State for more from Trump and the U.S. on climate For…

The Crux of Climate Change

2017, Climate Change, Communication, Impacts, RegionLeave a comment

References Aaron Thierry: The Brutal Logic of Climate Change (March 2017) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7TL_BbAd-s&feature=youtu.be&t=13m15s Climate Documentary: The Cross of the Moment https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UuSxiCJ0co Climate Change in the Arctic and Model Projections (2017) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqxbU9zOKgE Additional video footage via DistillVideos https://pixabay.com/en/users/DistillVideos-1280814/?tab=videos Additional video footage via http://pixabay.com Poem by Gary Snyder Music by EdRecords Icicle Melting by Jeffrey Beach (Beachfront Productions)…

Progressive Music: Colonization in Space

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Energetic psytrance song by Space Alpha, composed around 2013. Space colonization (also called space settlement, or extraterrestrial colonization) is permanent human habitation off the planet Earth. What if we have to consider space as an option, because climate becomes too disruptive? Related: Stephen Hawking says we must colonise other planets to ensure human survival http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/stephen-hawking-colonise-other-planets-ensure-human-survival-a7746016.html…

How the Food Industry is Cooking the Planet

2017, Agriculture, Climate Change, Communication, Greenhouse Gases, StudyLeave a comment

Based on reporting by the Climate News Network, written by Paul Brown http://climatenewsnetwork.net/food-industry-cooking-planet The great climate robbery https://www.grain.org/article/entries/5354-the-great-climate-robbery Video content Keeling curve, among others via http://350.org Image NASA food production https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3601 Image algae bloom http://www.esa.org/esablog/research/solutions-for-a-nitrogen-soaked-world Additional images and video via Wikipedia and http://Pixabay.com Narration by R. Mossisu Sound effects by http://EpicStockMedia.com and http://SoundMorph.com This video…