Senator John McCain introduces legislation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (January 8, 2003, at Capitol Hill). Witnesses testified about proposals to limit greenhouse gas emissions, global climate change, and regulations that would create mandatory limits on all sectors of the economy. https://www.c-span.org/video/?174514-1/global-warming Mr. LIEBERMAN. Mr. President, I rise today to join my friend and colleague,…
The villain in the atmosphere is carbon dioxide First published July 1986. It does not seem to be a villain. It is not very poisonous and it is present in the atmosphere in so small a quantity that it does us no harm. For every 1,000,000 cubic feet of air there are only 340 cubic…
Hurricane Lane churns toward Hawaii, Big Island has already seen over 31 inches of rain https://abcnews.go.com/US/extreme-flooding-reported-hurricane-lane-nears-hawaii/story?id=57374083
Waldbrand bei Berlin – Feuerwehr lässt drei Dörfer räumen https://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/brandenburg-waldbrand-bei-berlin-feuerwehr-laesst-drei-doerfer-raeumen/22947794.html
Hurricane Lane reached Category 5 strength on August 21 with top sustained winds near 160 mph and a minimum central pressure of 940 mb. On August 22, Hurricane Lane drew close to Hawaii, prompting hurricane warnings and watches on the islands. Whether or not Lane makes landfall in Hawaii, the storm could bring damaging tropical-storm-force…
Related FOOTAGE: Hurricane Lane Starts to Flood Hawaiin Islands https://climatestate.com/2018/08/24/footage-hurricane-lane-starts-to-flood-hawaii-islands/ Sources Hurricane Lane takes aim at Hawaii https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdhJZ08FTEY Hawaii braces for Hurricane Lane https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHWwmRiIerQ Hawaii prepares for Hurricane Lane https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lW8FW_OsuI Hurricane Lane Brings High Surf To Ka’u (Aug. 22, 2018) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kED4abZQ6A0 Lane Likely to Lash Hawaii for 3-4 Days https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1FWj85eHxU Reed Timmer https://twitter.com/ReedTimmerAccu/status/1032456946538897408
In order to avert the most serious climate scenarios, governments and people around the world need to phase out fossil fuel emissions, coal, gas, and switch to clean energy and electric transportation. This video presents some recent discussions and fundamental obstacles. Speakers include Lester Brown (Earth Policy Institute), Hans Joachim Schellnhuber (Potsdam Climate Impact Research),…
Excerpt of a May 4th 2018 discussion, Anthropocene Lecture, in Berlin, with Bruno Latour (Philosopher) and Hans Joachim Schellnhuber (Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research), watch the full talk at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-n_44M2nLw Bruno Latour https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_LatourHans Joachim Schellnhuber https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Joachim_Schellnhuber Film and production: Dusan SolomunModerated by Bernd M. Scherer Further information https://www.hkw.de/en/programm/projekte/2017/anthropocene_lectures/anthropocene_lectures_start.php
Larry Goldzband (Bay Area Conservation), Jim White (INSTAAR), Tiffany Troxler (Florida International University), and citizen scientists discuss sea level rise today and for the future. We’re planning for 4-7 feet (+2 meters) of sea level rise by the end of the century, which is about twice as much as was projected just some years ago.…