Australia’s plan to build Dozens of new Coal mines
Australia actually plans to expand their coal mining operations considerably in the new few years. Despite calls to phase out coal in order to reach net-zero emissions by 2050.
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Record shattering Heat Wave Hits U.S. and Canada
The heat wave baking the U.S. Pacific Northwest and British Columbia, Canada, is of an intensity never recorded by modern humans.
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Detroit hit by unusual amounts of rain causing flash flooding
Flash flooding inundated many highways in the Detroit metro area on Saturday, with more rain in the forecast. There is also a tornado watch in the region.
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Atlantic Ocean: Subtle Shifts Hint at Dramatic Dangers
Michael Mann weighs in on the worrisome shifts in the great conveyor belt, and the dangerous heatwave threatening the Pacific Northwest. 115 degrees in the shade this weekend in Portland. 119 degrees ground temperature in the Arctic; 80 degrees air temperature. These are unpresented heatwaves which have the fingerprints of human activity all over it,…
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Earth’s Energy Imbalance Has Doubled since 2005
NASA: Researchers have found that Earth’s energy imbalance approximately doubled during the 14-year period from 2005 to 2019. Earth’s climate is determined by a delicate balance between how much of the Sun’s radiative energy is absorbed in the atmosphere and at the surface and how much thermal infrared radiation Earth emits to space. A positive…
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Natural Gas vs Coal, and what does it mean for the Climate?
Robert Howarth talks with Dan Miller about natural gas (methane) and coal in terms what these fossil energies hold for our climate. Robert Howarth is Professor of Ecology & Environmental Biology at Cornell University. He is an expert on natural gas & methane and their impact on the climate. In this wide-ranging interview, Prof. Howarth…
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Dangerous heat wave strains Texas power grid
Record-breaking drought and sweltering temperatures are baking parts of the U.S.
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Hydrogen beyond the hype
Speaker Hanno Böck talks about hydrogen, and points out – to make it viable you would require more renewable electricity, also it would be expensive. He also makes the distinction between green hydrogen, and fossil hydrogen – how it is produced, with green hydrogen making up only a small fraction today. Hydrogen is a crucial…
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James Hansen: May 2021 Global Temperature Update
12-month global temperature should reach minimum near +1.1C in late 2021. Maximum at next El Nino is likely to be near +1.5C due to rising CO 2 , CH 4 , N 2 O, solar irradiance and Earth’s energy imbalance.
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Stefan Rahmstorf explains Climate Tipping Points
Climate scientist Stefan Rahmstorf speaks on climate tipping points.
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NASA: The Land Temperature Bell Curve Heat Up (1950-2020)
This visualization shows that as land temperatures have increased since 1950, hotter days have become more common and colder days have become less common. When the bell curve becomes shorter, one can see more data trending toward the right, revealing hotter days. This visualization shows how the distribution of land temperature anomalies has varied over…
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Climate scientist Michael Mann on the G-7 event
Michael Holmes (CNN), interviews climate scientist Michael Mann about the G-7 talks currently underway. #ClimateChange at the #G7 -financing for countries to leap frog fossil fuels is a start says @MichaelEMann but more needs to happen. “The #ParisAccords was a foot in the door but we have to reduce carbon emissions far more…if we are…
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