Gulf Stream Slowdown may lead to hotter European summer

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Collapse of the Atlantic Ocean heat transport might lead to hot European summers https://www.su.se/english/collapse-of-the-atlantic-ocean-heat-transport-might-lead-to-hot-european-summers-1.383247 Related Warm summers during the Younger Dryas cold reversal https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-04071-5

French President to U.S. Congress: There is No Planet B!

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“I believe in building a better future for our children, which requires offering them a planet that is still habitable in 25 years,” he says. Macron is confident that “one day” the U.S. will recommit to the Paris climate agreement. After all, as he says in the address, “there is no Planet B.” https://grist.org/briefly/the-french-president-gave-america-the-climate-change-speech-that-trump-never-will Full…

Dry Conditions, then Tumbleweed Invaded Town

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Victorville in Southern California suddenly submerged by tumbleweed. And this wasn’t the first town! Study: Climate change may reshuffle western weeds http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-farm-scene-western-weeds-020609-2009feb06-story.html Tumbleweed footage by James Quigg with the Victor Valley Daily Press http://www.vvdailypress.com/news/20180416/tumbleweed-takeover-high-winds-leave-neighborhood-overrun Thomas footage by Mike Eliason https://twitter.com/EliasonMike Australia town consumed by ‘hairy peänic’ http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-35600546 Hundreds of homes in Montecito … http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-thomas-fire-ledeall-20171216-story.html Tumbleweed…

Meanwhile in Berlin, EU VP outlines Energiewende Industrial Revolution

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European Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič’s keynote speech at the Energiewende 2018 conference in Germany Berlin, April 18, 2018. For more conference talks visit https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCb7H8cqwr_Wnhx2X5xuV5ag/videos or https://www.energiewende2018.com or https://twitter.com/greensofa_betd

Huge Climate Surprises for Canada, UK, France, Spain, and Many Others

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This press conference was part of the European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2018, and delved into some future climatic prospects for Canada and many European countries, including weather, hydro logical potentials, and geo-morphological activities https://client.cntv.at/egu2018/pc6 For more selected 2018 talks from EGU visit https://egu2018.eu/webstreaming.html Teaser photo by https://unsplash.com/photos/hbz0mf6g564

In Just 10-15 Years World May Hit 2 Degrees of Warming

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Back in 2011, a Cornell University research team first made the groundbreaking discovery that leaking methane from the shale gasfracking boom could make burning fracked gas worse for the climate than coal. https://www.desmogblog.com/2018/04/11/climate-change-two-degree-warming-fracking-natural-gas-rush-ingraffea Why a half-degree temperature rise is a big deal https://climate.nasa.gov/news/2458/why-a-half-degree-temperature-rise-is-a-big-deal Paris 1.5-2°C target far from safe, say world-leading scientists http://www.climatecodered.org/2017/07/paris-15-2c-target-far-from-safe-say.html TranscriptIn Just…

Is the Gulf Stream slowing down because of Climate Change?

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Observed fingerprint of a weakening Atlantic Ocean overturning circulation https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-018-0006-5 The oceans’ circulation hasn’t been this sluggish in 1,000 years. That’s bad news. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2018/04/11/the-oceans-circulation-hasnt-been-this-sluggish-in-1000-years-thats-bad-news Gulf Stream current at its weakest in 1,600 years, studies show https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/apr/11/critical-gulf-stream-current-weakest-for-1600-years-research-finds Shutdown of thermohaline circulation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shutdown_of_thermohaline_circulation Stronger evidence for a weaker Atlantic overturning circulation http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2018/04/stronger-evidence-for-a-weaker-atlantic-overturning-circulation North Atlantic ocean currents are…