How Global Warming can impact the World’s Ocean Circulation #AMOC #THC #3DEdition

2016, Abrupt Climate Change, Climate Change, Communication, Freshwater, Hydrosphere, Impacts, Northern Hemisphere, Ocean Currents, Oceanography, Southern HemisphereLeave a comment

Read the full article here http://e360.yale.edu/feature/will_climate_change_jam_the_global_ocean_conveyor_belt/3030/ Support more Climate State coverage: Paypal email: donate@ClimateState.com Patreon https://www.patreon.com/ClimateState Related https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_blob_(North_Atlantic) Study: Ice melt, sea level rise and superstorms: evidence from paleoclimate data, climate modeling, and modern observations that 2 °C global warming could be dangerous http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/16/3761/2016/

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Nigel Roulet: Greenhouse gases and Carbon sinks explained #Methane #CO2 #Forest #3DEdition

2016, Agriculture, Canada, Climate Change, Climate Wiki, CO2 Sequestration, Communication, Geosphere, Greenhouse Gases, Lecture, Pedology, Permafrost, Reforestation, Science Talk, Soil, SwampsLeave a comment

Climate change and preserving cold carbon (March 24, 2016) Prof. Nigel Roulet, Department of Geography Support more Climate State coverage: Paypal email: donate@ClimateState.com Patreon https://www.patreon.com/ClimateState Synopsis The countries participating in COP21 in Paris, December 2015 agreed to take steps to emissions so that the global mean annual temperature increase would not be more than 2ºC…

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Climate Change, Arctic Security and Methane Risks

2016, CH4 Methane, Climate Change, Communication, Greenhouse Gases, Impacts, Methane Hydrate, National Security, Policy, SolutionsLeave a comment

Over the past year, the climate risks of methane (CH4) released from natural sources have attracted increasing media attention in scientific and media forums as “the Arctic climate threat that nobody’s even talking about yet.” Support more Climate State coverage:Paypal email: donate@ClimateState.comPatreon https://www.patreon.com/ClimateState Read the news release http://www.thearcticinstitute.org/climate-change-arctic-security-methane-risks/

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Dan Lunt: Past climates and climate sensitivity #DeepTime #Reconstruction #3DEdition

2016, Atmosphere, Chemistry, Climate Proxies, Climate Sensitivity, Cretaceous, Holocene, Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum, Paleoclimatology, Study, Temperature, Temperature Reconstruction, UKLeave a comment

To curiosity-driven scientist Dan Lunt, understanding the past climate of our Earth (from the scorching greenhouse of the mid-Cretaceous, to the frozen wastes of the last ice age) is of fundamental interest. Support more Climate State coverage: Paypal email: donate@ClimateState.com Patreon https://www.patreon.com/ClimateState Links for this episode: http://www.bristol.ac.uk/cabot/events/2015/past-future-fantasy.html Watch full lecture https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiXREvxFws0 Related The 8 Minute…

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5.6 Oklahoma earthquake and flooding in the U.S.

2016, Dirty Energy, Flood, Geodynamics, Geosphere, Impacts, Natural Gas, Oil, Precipitation, USALeave a comment

Climate related news in 3D. USGS: M5.6 – 15km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us10006jxs#executive Flooding of Coast, Caused by Global Warming, Has Already Begun http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/04/science/flooding-of-coast-caused-by-global-warming-has-already-begun.html Support more productions, donate with Paypal to: donate@climatestate.com

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U.S. and China ratify Paris climate agreement (3D Edition)

2016, Asia, China, Emissions Reduction, Policy, USALeave a comment

Breakthrough as US and China agree to ratify Paris climate deal Campaigners hail key moment in battle against global warming as presidents Obama and Xi announce deal on eve of G20 summit in Hangzhou Watch a new Climate State video series made entirely in 3D. Read news https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/sep/03/breakthrough-us-china-agree-ratify-paris-climate-change-deal http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-climatechange-idUSKCN11901W

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Global fossil fuel subsidies outpace renewable support #ffsG20

2016, Coal, Dirty Energy, Emissions Reduction, Energy, Global, Natural Gas, Oil, Policy, ReportLeave a comment

G20 spends $444bn a year to subsidise fossil fuel production Research discovered that G20 country governments’ support to fossil fuel production marries bad economics with potentially disastrous consequences for climate change. In effect, governments are propping up the production of oil, gas and coal, much of which cannot be used if the world is to…

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Emissions from new diesel cars are still far higher than official limit

2016, Dirty Energy, Emissions Reduction, Energy, PolicyLeave a comment

Several manufacturers have launched models that produce more pollutants when driven in real-world conditions The Guardian: New diesel cars are still emitting many times the official limit for polluting nitrogen oxides when driven on the road, almost a year after the Volkswagen emissions scandal broke. Renault, Mercedes-Benz, Mazda and Hyundai have all launched diesel models…

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Watch Bubbling Alaska Lakes Catch on Fire #Methane

2016, Arctic, Arctic Circle, CH4 Methane, Cryosphere, Deglaciation, Greenhouse Gases, Impacts, Methane Hydrate, ScienceLeave a comment

Seeping methane is driving a global warming feedback loop. Some Arctic lakes are starting to look like witches’ cauldrons. The above video shows an increasingly common site in northern latitudes. As global warming heats these areas up, the frozen ground is melting. And when permafrost turns from solid ground to looser mud, it releases gases…

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Australian Senator Malcolm Roberts claims that there is a pause in global warming

2016, DenialLeave a comment

The Australian Senator Malcolm Roberts recently claimed on a ABC television show to the audience that there is a pause in global warming, and added that NASA manipulates their data. He then went on to argue that there is no evidence. Roberts refers to a blogger called Steven Goddard aka Tony Heller, who has no scientific background, but ties to…

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