What we gonna do about Global Warming? Refugees, Food & Water issues, Stronger Weather mounting

2018, Adaptation, Carbon Tax, Climate Change, Communication, Economy, Emissions Reduction, Energy, Extreme Weather, Impacts, Natural Gas, Policy, USALeave a comment

Noam Chomsky: Global Warming’s Worst Case Projections seem increasingly likely https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4PisLH8J2g Exxon Chairman Rex Tillerson 2012 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IotGLnXvaEk Darren Woods, Chairman & CEO ExxonMobil | Fuelling the Future https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzSwzDNTtVEDarren Woods https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darren_Woods James Hansen on Natural Gas and Climate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHmkxcDbUC8 Jim Hansen on the Rate of Ice Sheet Melt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdw37BeBi_4 Amory Lovins: Natural Gas is worse than…

Noam Chomsky: Global Warming’s Worst Case Projections seem increasingly likely

2018, Climate Change, Communication, Economy, Emissions Reduction, Energy, Permafrost, Policy, USALeave a comment

One of the most cited scholars in history, Noam Chomsky speaks at St Olaff College May 2018, discussing the Epics, Anthropocene, the 6th Extinction and climate change actions. Noam Chomsky https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noam_ChomskyAnthropocene https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AnthropoceneSixth Extinction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holocene_extinction Watch the full lecture with Noam Chomsky at St Olaff College – 4 May 2018 – FULL PRESENTATION https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDQ2fjg0kMM

Greenland’s Massive Contribution to Global Sea Level Rise

2018, Abrupt Climate Change, Algae blooms, Arctic, Arctic Amplification, Arctic Circle, Bacteria, Biosphere, Climate Change, Climate Feedbacks, Communication, Cryosphere, Deglaciation, Documentary, Environment, Freshwater, Glaciology, Global, Greenland, Hydrosphere, Ice Sheets, Impacts, Jet Stream / Polar Vortex, Methanogen, Microbiology, Ocean Currents, Ocean Heat Content, Oceanography, Ozone Layer, Pedology, Polar Amplification, Sea Level Height, Sea Surface Temperature, Soil, TemperatureLeave a comment

Glacier half the size of Manhattan breaks off Greenland https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/greenland-glacier-calving-1.4742691 POLAR 2018 https://www.facebook.com/1667646543476558/videos/2059095260998349 The land ice contribution to sea level during the satellite era http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/aac2f0/meta ICE ALIVE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okafyLzGvcw Greenland Documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfjoI-jliSk Drastic Arctic warm event stuns scientists, as record-breaking temperatures reach the North Pole https://mashable.com/2018/02/26/arctic-heat-wave-north-pole-february-sea-ice Zack Labe https://twitter.com/ZLabe Ocean‐induced melt triggers glacier retreat in Northwest…

The Secrets of Capturing Carbon with Soils

2018, Biochar, Climate Engineering, CO2 Sequestration, Pedology, UKLeave a comment

Negative emissions from soil management. Speaker: Pete Smith (May 2018) Pete Smith is the Professor of Soils and Global Change at the Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences at the University of Aberdeen (Scotland, UK), and is Science Director of the Scottish Climate Change Centre of Expertise (ClimateXChange). Since 1996, he has served as Convening…

Trends in Hurricane Activity (2018)

2018, Atmosphere, Caribbean, El Nino, Extreme Weather, Hydrosphere, Impacts, La Nina, Lecture, Oceanography, Science Talk, Sea Surface Temperature, Storms, USALeave a comment

Tropical cyclones, which are called hurricanes in the Atlantic, are one of the most destructive weather phenomena. This presentation will explore the links between climate and tropical cyclones, with a focus on how hurricanes and tropical cyclones have changed in the past, and what we think they will do in the future. http://www.atkinson.cornell.edu/events/ClimateChangeSem.php Speaker: Gabriel…

Japan: Floods and Landslides & Climate Connection Explained #大雨

2018, Climate Change, Climate Feedbacks, Communication, Extreme Weather, Flood, Impacts, Japan, PrecipitationLeave a comment

Nearly 50,000 members of the Self-Defense Forces, police and firefighting services were taking part in searches for people https://goo.gl/smVVjQ & https://goo.gl/7KDWtD The Guardian https://goo.gl/9sMkd7 Japan 2018 CNN https://goo.gl/eH67Rh Japan 2017 https://edition.cnn.com/2017/07/08/asia/japan-floods-and-landslides/index.html Japan 2015 CNN https://edition.cnn.com/2015/09/12/asia/japan-floods/index.html Tokio news https://goo.gl/MW8V1b Global warming may be twice what climate models predictPast warming events suggest climate models fail to capture…

Active volcano discovered beneath Antarctic ice sheet

2018, Antarctica, Climate Feedbacks, Cryosphere, Deglaciation, Geodynamics, Geomorphology, Geosphere, Glaciology, Hydrology, Ice Sheets, Mountain Glaciers, Soil, Subglacial Lakes, Volcanology, WAISLeave a comment

SOURCE ‘Wild card’ volcanic activity may add to climate change-induced sea level rise https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/volcano-antarctic-ice-melting-pine-island-glacier-sea-level-climate-change-global-warming-a8423131.html Evidence of an active volcanic heat source beneath the Pine Island Glacier https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-04421-3 Scientists discover 91 volcanoes below Antarctic ice sheet https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/12/scientists-discover-91-volcanos-antarctica NASA Antarctic Mission Operation ICE Bridge 2009 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFxog-aa_jo South Pole Volcano Eruption – Mt. Erebus Blasting Massive Molten Lava…