Polar Vortex: How the Jet Stream and Climate Change Bring on Cold Snaps

2019, Antarctic Amplification, Atmosphere, Climate Change, Climate Feedbacks, Communication, Cryosphere, Extreme Weather, Impacts, Jet Stream / Polar Vortex, Polar Amplification, Science Talk, Sea Ice, TemperatureLeave a comment

Polar Vortex: How the Jet Stream and Climate Change Bring on Cold Snaps https://insideclimatenews.org/news/02022018/cold-weather-polar-vortex-jet-stream-explained-global-warming-arctic-ice-climate-change Temperatures are rising much faster in the Arctic than the global average (“Arctic Amplification”). https://twitter.com/ZLabe/status/1086714347399700480 Broward County declares cold weather emergency https://news.google.com/?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen Be careful and try staying in your house. Large parts of the Country are suffering from tremendous amounts of…

Five Record Breaking Heatwave Years in Australia

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Australian Bureau of Meteorology 2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXBkNyl2piw The past 4 days are in Australia’s top 10 warmest days on record https://twitter.com/BOM_au/status/1085354246369882114 CNN 2018 https://edition.cnn.com/videos/weather/2018/01/07/australia-sydney-hottest-day-van-dam.cnn New Scientist 2017 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8gBRT4T7Q0 Sydney weather breaks new record with summer the hottest on record (2017) https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-03-01/sydney-summer-the-hottest-on-record/8315672 CNN 2016 https://edition.cnn.com/videos/tv/2016/01/08/australia-bush-fires-sater-seg-cnntoday.cnn Heatwaves in Australia FairFax Media 2016 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdUbG2gEEq4 CNN 2014 https://edition.cnn.com/videos/world/2014/01/15/pkg-mulcahy-aus-extreme-heat.seven-network

Tony Janetos: The 4th US National Climate Assessment

2019, Climate Change, Communication, Impacts, IPCC, Policy, Science Talk, USALeave a comment

Anthony Janetos talks at the Glen Gerberg Weather and Climate Summit, about the 4th US National Climate Assessment, January 19, 2019. Read the report summary here https://nca2018.globalchange.gov National Climate Assessment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Climate_Assessment Watch the full panel recording https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDjGP-_CXq0

Multi Meter Sea Level Rise, Antarctic Sea Ice & Ice Melt Acceleration

2019, Antarctic Amplification, Cryosphere, Deglaciation, Glaciology, Ice Sheets, Ocean Heat Content, Oceanography, Polar Amplification, Sea Ice, Sea Ice Melt, Sea Level Rise, StudyLeave a comment

A pair of new studies released on Monday share a same ominous message — that our planet’s ice is melting at an alarming rate, which is bad news for global sea levels. https://edition.cnn.com/2019/01/14/world/climate-change-antarctica-ice-melt-twin-studies/index.html Antarctic ice-sheet sensitivity to obliquity forcing enhanced through ocean connections https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-018-0284-4 Four decades of Antarctic Ice Sheet mass balance from 1979–2017 https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2019/01/08/1812883116…

Climate Tipping Points Existential Threat to Our Life Support Systems

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November 8, 2018 – Tim Lenton of University of Exeter presents “Tipping Points in Climate and Biosphere Function”. Lenton is co-author of the most discussed climate study from 2018, Trajectories of the Earth System in the Anthropocene https://www.pnas.org/content/115/33/8252 Tipping Points in Climate & Biosphere Functions Lenton is co-author of the most discussed climate study from…

Extreme Weather + Lack of Climate Action top Davos Global Risks Report 2019

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The world is facing the increased risk of political confrontations between major powers, which is hindering solutions to challenges like climate change, according to the The WEF report, called the Global Risks Report 2019. https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/16/davos-founders-warn-of-rising-tension-between-the-worlds-superpowers.html Read the report https://www.weforum.org/reports/the-global-risks-report-2019 Extreme Weather Lack of Climate Action top Davos Global Risk The world is facing the increased…

Eric Rignot: Response of the Great Ice Sheets to Climate Warming

2014, Antarctica, Cryosphere, Deglaciation, Glaciology, Greenland, Hydrology, Ice Sheets, Impacts, Oceanography, Science Talk, Sea Level Rise, USALeave a comment

In ca 2012, as part of the Discover the Physical Sciences Breakfast Lecture Series at the University of California, climate researcher Eric Rignot (NASA/JPL) outlined our understanding of changes in the major cryosphere hotspots in Antarctica and Greenland, in his talk titled “Response of the Great Ice Sheets to Climate Warming”. Read about his newest…

How do We react to Rising Temperatures? Human Conflict?

2019, Air Pollution, Climate Change, Conflict, Disease, Health, Heat Stress, Impacts, Psychology, USALeave a comment

Marshall Burke (Stanford University) discusses the impact of climate change on human behavior with Russ Altman (January 2019). Obscured behind the better-known impacts of climate change are a host of potentially more serious effects global leaders have yet to reckon with. Via Stanford University School of Engineering https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0DfR0FEZdU