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Wednesday 31 August 2016

YaleClimateConnections Double Shot:TV Meteorologists Warming to Climate Science / Warmer Oceans, Stronger Hurricanes


Yale Climate Connections aims to help citizens and institutions understand how the changing climate is already affecting our lives. It seeks to help individuals, corporations, media, non-governmental organizations, government agencies, academics, artists, and more learn from each other about constructive “solutions” so many are undertaking to reduce climate-related risks and wasteful energy practices.

Hey Gaston, Hermine, there's a Huricane with your name on it!

NHC issuing advisories for the Atlantic on Hurricane GASTON, TD EIGHT and TS HERMINE

Through articles, radio stories, videos, and webinars we “connect the dots” between climate change and energy, extreme weather, public health, food and water, jobs and the economy, national security, the creative arts, and religious and moral values, among other themes

The Guardian reported in March 2016 on a new survey which found a growing climate consensus among meteorologists 96% of AMS members realize climate change is happening, and most understand humans are responsible.
Nearly all AMS members (96%) think climate change – as defined by AMS – is happening, with almost 9 out of 10 (89%) stating that they are either ‘extremely’ or ‘very’ sure it is happening. Only 1% think climate change is not happening, and 3% say they don’t know.
It is not surprising that more meteorologists are now more convinced that human-caused climate change is happening. That is how science works. As the scientific evidence becomes more irrefutable, which is the case with harmful, human-caused climate change, more scientists of all types will become convinced. Edward Maibach




Tuesday 30 August 2016

Not your Dad's or Grandad's TV. TYT Double Shot New Ways Climate Change Will Affect Public Health




Getting the word out to the to the younguns!!!
The Young Turks demographic
Seventy-eight percent of The Young Turks’ viewers are under the age of 35. It’s very similar to the shows I used to do on cable news for MSNBC or Current TV. On MSNBC, the regular age is 63 years old. The difference between 63 and our average age of 28 is monumental. Through good work and luck, we find ourselves on the right side of history. I don’t know how much time they have left, but cable and broadcast news is on the clock. We have not yet reached any plateau. We still have a lot of audience to take from television and other platforms out there.

NASA Double Shot:Alaska’s Bubbling Lakes - Measuring Sea Ice at the Peak of Melt



“In the last 30 years we’ve really moved into exceptional territory,” Gavin Schmidt, director of Nasa’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies, said. “It’s unprecedented in 1,000 years. There’s no period that has the trend seen in the 20th century in terms of the inclination (of temperatures).” “Maintaining temperatures below the 1.5C guardrail requires significant and very rapid cuts in carbon dioxide emissions or co-ordinated geo-engineering. That is very unlikely. We are not even yet making emissions cuts commensurate with keeping warming below 2C.”
“It’s the long-term trend we have to worry about though and there’s no evidence it’s going away and lots of reasons to think it’s here to stay,” Schmidt said. “There’s no pause or hiatus in temperature increase. People who think this is over are viewing the world through rose-tinted spectacles. This is a chronic problem for society for the next 100 years.” Schmidt is the highest-profile scientist to effectively write-off the 1.5C target, which was adopted at December’s UN summit after heavy lobbying from island nations that risk being inundated by rising seas if temperatures exceed this level. Recent research found that just five more years of carbon dioxide emissions at current levels will virtually wipe out any chance of restraining temperatures to a 1.5C increase and avoid runaway climate change.

Sunday 28 August 2016

Climate Change Show Me the Funny Triple shot from Funny or Die



Carbfix Double Shot plus bonus made in Canada CCS Solution


CarbFix is a collaborative research project between Reykjavik Energy, the University of Iceland, Columbia University and CNRS that aims at developing safe, simple and economical methods and technology for permanent CO2 mineral storage in basalts. The CarbFix team had demonstrated that over 95% of CO2 captured and injected at Hellisheidi geothermal Power Plant in Iceland was mineralized within two years. This contrasts the previous common view that mineralization in CCS projects takes hundreds to thousands of years. Industrial scale capture and injection have been ongoing at the power plant since 2012.
From the beginnings: Reykjavik Energy's Head of Innovation and Development discusses the CarbFix program, an international project to store carbon emissions in rock, and the role a major geothermal plant is playing in the effort.
SaskPower Carbon Capture Test Facility (CCTF) Tour: a virtual tour of the recently opened Carbon Capture Test Facility (CCTF) at Shand Power Station in Estevan, SK. The CCTF was built to provide technology developers with an opportunity to test new and emerging carbon capture systems for controlling carbon emissions from coal-fired power plants.



Wednesday 24 August 2016

Microsoft Research Double Shot on Climate Change

Microsoft Research collaborates with the world's foremost researchers in academia, industry and government to move research in new directions across nearly every field of computer science, engineering and general science.
Networks in Climate Science The El Nino is a powerful but irregular climate cycle that has huge consequences for agriculture and perhaps global warming. Predicting its arrival more than 6 months ahead of time has been difficult. A recent paper by Ludescher et al caused a stir by using ideas from network theory to predict the start of an El Nino toward the end of 2014 with a 3-in-4 likelihood. We critically analyze their technique, related applications of network theory, and also attempts to use neural networks to help model the Earth's climate. John Baez is a professor of mathematics at U.C. Riverside. Until recently he worked on higher category theory and quantum gravity. His internet column 'This Week's Finds' dates back to to 1993 and is sometimes called the world's first blog. In 2010, concerned about climate change and the future of the planet, he switched to working on more practical topics and started the Azimuth Project, a collaboration to create a focal point for scientists and engineers interested in environmental issues. One part of this project is developing the mathematics of networks of all kinds: chemical reaction networks, belief networks, signal-flow diagrams, and so on.
David MacKay Dept of Engineering Uni of Cambridge Stuff machine learning, let’s talk about climate change


David MacKay, born 22 April 1967, died 14 April 2016.
We are saddened by the loss of Professor Sir David MacKay, Regius Professor of Engineering, who lost his battle against stomach cancer on Thursday 14th April 2016. He was 48 years old.



Monday 22 August 2016

ClimateTruth.org Double Shot Actually more to the point: Exxon double


ClimateTruth.org is an online community of more than 170,000 people combatting the denial, distortion and disinformation that blocks bold action on climate change. Since 2012, we’ve been pushing public officials, institutions, and corporations to cut ties with the polluter front groups and other vested interests that spread disinformation and block action on climate change.
Exxon Knew Exxon Profits from disasters. Consider this:
carcasses of more than 35,000 birds and 1,000 sea otters, which was considered to be a fraction of the animal death toll because carcasses typically sink to the seabed. It’s estimated 250,000 seabirds, 2,800 sea otters, 300 harbor seals, 250 bald eagles, up to 22 killer whales died along with billions of salmon and herring eggs. Exxon Valdez ring a bell?




Inter-American Development Bank Double shot

Inter-American Development Bank: supporting efforts by Latin America and the Caribbean countries to reduce poverty and inequality and improve the quality of life. We aim to bring about development in a sustainable, climate-friendly way.
Inter-American Development Bank: working to improve lives in Latin America and the Caribbean. Through financial and technical support for countries working to reduce poverty and inequality, we help improve health and education, and advance infrastructure. Our aim is to achieve development in a sustainable, climate-friendly way. With a history dating back to 1959, today we are the leading source of development financing for Latin America and the Caribbean. We provide loans, grants, and technical assistance; and we conduct extensive research. We maintain a strong commitment to achieving measurable results and the highest standards of increased integrity, transparency, and accountability.



Thursday 18 August 2016

For the hardcore Graphanatic A Tableau Public Double Shot - Emissions / Oil Spills


What is Tableau Public? Tableau Public is a free service that lets anyone publish interactive data visualizations to the web. Visualizations that have been published to Tableau Public (“vizzes”) can be embeded into webpages and blogs, they can be shared via social media or email, and they can be made available for download to other users.

Visualizations are created in the accompanying app Tableau Desktop Public Edition (or another Edition of Tableau Desktop) - no programming skills are required. Be sure to look at the gallery to see some of the visualizationspeople in the community have been creating.



Tuesday 16 August 2016

PBS News Hour Double Shot the flooding is unprecedented / Blue Cut Fire: Over 82,000 forced to evacuate



Governor John Bel Edwards "The flooding unprecedented"

Governor John Bel Edwards said residents had been pulled from swamped cars, flooded homes and threatened hospitals across the southern part of the state. The already soaked region is expected to get more rain from a storm system stretching from the Gulf Coast to the Ohio Valley.

"Even with the sunshine out today intermittently, the waters are going to continue to rise in many areas, so this is no time to let the guard down," Edwards said, calling the flooding unprecedented.

U.S. President Barack Obama issued a disaster declaration on Sunday for flood-ravaged Louisiana, where at least five people have died and emergency crews have rescued more than 20,000 people stranded by unprecedented flooding.

Louisiana State Police Colonel Michael Edmonson said helicopters were transporting food and water to those still trapped by floods. Helicopters were also transporting some seriously ill people to areas outside the high waters. More than 20,000 people had been rescued from flood waters in southern Louisiana.

This wouldn't be about Climate Change now would it?
William Brangham discusses with Columbia University’s Adam Sobel and Louisiana State climatologist Barry Keim.



Experts and Empirical Evidence From Down Under: Professor Brian Cox Vs Malcom Roberts plus others

OZ ABC Q&A Epsiode: Experts and Empirical Evidence

Professor Brian Cox is a British particle physicist at the University of Manchester and Royal Society Professor for Public Engagement in Science. He has carried out research at the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, Switzerland and the H1 experiment at DESY in Hamburg.

Malcolm Roberts has been confirmed as the fourth member of Pauline Hanson’s Senate team to be elected, and will represent Queensland for One Nation. Malcolm has a background in engineering, mining and business leadership, and also a keen interest in economics. Malcolm disputes many of the claims made about climate change. After an investigation of these claims, involving analysis of the measured data, Malcolm believes he has exposed corruption. His investigations led him to conclude that foreign control is wrecking Australia and the tax system is choking Australians, destroying initiative and responsibility, while sabotaging the future.
see complete Episode and Transcript at ABC Q&A Experts and Empirical Evidence




Sunday 14 August 2016

POTUS 2014 Hot 2015 Hotter 2016 Hotest Building on Paris Agreement


Climate Change White House Weekly Address In his weekly address
President Obama talked about his efforts in creating clean energy and combating climate change. Clean Energy

MORE FUEL EFFICIENCY STANDARDS ARE COMING TO A TRUCK STOP NEAR YOU!



More Plastic Than Fish - project clean up ocean plastic


"What does plastic pollution have to do with climate change? They both have their root in fossil fuels."
 — Anna Cummins, 5 Gyres Institute

The EPA estimates as many as five ounces of carbon dioxide are emitted for each ounce of polyethylene (PET) produced—the type of plastic most commonly used for beverage bottles. Matt Prindiville, executive director of Upstream, a sustainability venture that seeks to end plastic pollution and reduce climate disruption. He states: 
"It’s a fundamental Lorax-type tale. We are wrecking the oceans—and now our food, due to microplastics attracting and bio-concentrating toxic chemicals in the marine food chain—because of our addiction to cheap, plastic products and packaging, and a comprehensive global failure to steward these materials properly. A recent study revealed that 8 million tons of plastic waste flows into our oceans each year, enough to cover every foot of coastline in the world."

Another Org to help you convince your Uncle Denny the Denier IMPACT2C


The Climate Service Center Germany (GERICS) was initiated by the German Federal Government in 2009 as a fundamental part of the German hightech-strategy for climate protection. Since June 2014, GERICS is a scientific organizational entity of Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht – Zentrum für Material- und Küstenforschung GmbH.

GERICS offers in a scientifically sound manner products, advisory services and decision-relevant information in order to support government, administration and business in their efforts to adapt to climate change. Director is meteorologist and climate scientist Prof. Dr. Daniela Jacob.

The IMPACT2C project provided easily accessible climate-related information to policymakers, the media and other interested parties. The project results were put together in a series of the Policy Brief Notes. The IMPACT2C web atlas (www.atlas.impact2c.eu) was produced to provide input for the development of recommendations on possible adaptations strategies.

The key messages of the IMPACT2C project can be summarized as follows:

  • A global warming by 2°C substantially affects a wide range of sectors and regions throughout Europe. Some regions or sectors will benefit from a future warming, but some will experience disadvantages. 
  • To assess the impacts of climate change on specific sectors, cross-sectoral relationships have to be included into the analysis. 
  • In most regions of Europe, the projected regional warming is more pronounced than the global mean warming. Projections for annual mean precipitation show wetter conditions in northern Europe and drier conditions in southern Europe. 
  • Under a 2°C global warming, a European-wide increase in the frequency of extreme events is expected. Heatwaves are projected to double while extreme precipitation events tend to become more intense. 
  • A limitation to 2°C global warming will not stop sea-level rise due to the delayed reaction of the oceans. Therefore costs due to coastal flooding will incur even with adaptation measures. 
  • Bangladesh and the low-lying islands like Maldives are expected to feel the consequences of climate change, due to the continuous rise of sea-levels enhancing the risk for storm surges and flooding. 
  • For West and East Africa, the warming is above the global temperature increase. West Africa could experience a modest increase in rainfall, whereas for East Africa no clear trend is projected. .



Saturday 13 August 2016

Avast me hearties! Making Science Cool.

Avast me hearties! Making Science Cool.

In 2017-2019, the Marine National Facility (MNF) generously provided the CAPSTAN programme with Investigator ship time and access to on-board equipment for 3 pilot voyages for up to 30 post-graduate students and trainers. The CAPSTAN programme will change the landscape of marine science education in Australia. With your support, the sky, or more accurately, the Pacific’s Marian Trench is the limit!



Monday 8 August 2016

Rising seas Triple Shot NASA, MSNBC, Potsdam Uni




NASA Says:For over 20 years, satellite altimeters have measured the sea surface height of our ever-changing oceans.

Chris Hayes asks the question about that shall not be named according to DEP officials who have been ordered not to use the term “climate change” or “global warming” in any official communications, emails, or reports.

Potsdam Uni's Stefan Rahmstorf obtained his PhD in oceanography at Victoria University of Wellington in 1990. He has worked as a scientist at the New Zealand Oceanographic Institute, at the Institute of Marine Science in Kiel and since 1996 at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research. His work focuses on the role of the oceans in climate change.

Sunday 7 August 2016

The Good the Bad and the Ugly of reliance on one Industry


"The Good the Bad and the Ugly" of reliance on one Industry. Oil is hurting still, which means Oil country continues to shed jobs.

In my own backyard, Alberta 'the have' continues down the 'have not' road. It would be an opportune time to gear up, retrain and put these folks to work in the Green Revolution as per the Greenpeace report last spring which suggests:
Alberta has the potential to create over one hundred and forty-five thousand new jobs — 46,780 jobs in renewable energy, 68,400 jobs in energy efficiency, and 30,000-40,000 jobs in mass transit. Investing in the low-carbon economy would put Albertans to work right away, while diversifying the economy, reducing pollution and health care costs, and building stronger and more resilient communities in the process' 
all it'll take is for Trudeaumania to roll into town and help us out a little

Misery continues across the country
  • Newfoundland and Labrador 12.8 per cent (12.0) 
  • Prince Edward Island 9.6 (11.0) 
  • New Brunswick 9.7 (10.3) 
  • Alberta 8.6 (7.9) 
  • Nova Scotia 8.4 (8.2) 
  • Quebec 7.0 (7.0) 
  • Ontario 6.4 (6.4) 
  • Saskatchewan 6.3 (6.1) 
  • Manitoba 6.2 (6.1) 
  • British Columbia 5.6 (5.9) 
  And from the linked article
Things have changed drastically in the last two years. the massive supply glut continues to weigh in on the prices. During Asian trading hours on Friday, as of 2:31 (EDT), the US benchmark for crude oil, West Texas Intermediate (WTI) was down 1.12% at $41.46, while on the other hand its counterpart, the global benchmark for crude oil during the same time was down 1.15% at $43.78 per barrel.

Companies with smaller market capitalizations began to feel the brunt of the oil prices. In the past two years, over 85 companies have filed for bankruptcy. if the crude environment does not improve in the future, the companies might see a further increase in debt and decrease in profitability.

The current fundamentals of the crude market show that a supply glut is still there and would take some time to clear out from the market." more on Oil prices


Saturday 6 August 2016

Prof Kevin Anderson - Double Shot:Climate change Delivering on 2 degrees' Keynote and and Interview from March 2016 on the Emerald Isle



"...so let's think where we are today 2016, in the first IPCC climate change report on came out over 25 years ago which i'm looking around here that's that's longer than some of you have been alive so for a quarter-century gray-haired or no head people have completely failed you and your future so when you see people like me to the front I should really start with a very sincere apology that we are handing you this legacy, so a quarter of a century we've known about climate change everything we need to know to act and we have actively chosen to do nothing, worse than nothing actually the carbon dioxide emissions this year will be sixty percent higher than they were in 1990

So during our 25 years of concern for your futures we've let our emissions go up so they are 60% higher now. The atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide is currently higher than is has been for about 800,000 years and probably as much as five million years but certainly 800,000 years which is about two to three times longer than any of us not any one individual but as a species on the planet"
The 1.5 Ship has arrived at it's destination. COP21: 1.5 Disingenuous Sop to the poorer Nations of the world

The Global Carbon Atlas


What I'm playing with today whilst looking into the devious minds of those Scientists who are driving the Deniers insane

Pep Canadell Executive Director of the Global Carbon Project (GCP), the first joint project of the Earth System Partnership (ESSP) sponsored by: the Interntional Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP), the International Human Dimension Programme (IHDP), the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP), and Diversitas.one of the authors of The Global Carbon Budget 2014
The Global Carbon Atlas is an online platform to explore, visualize and interpret global and regional carbon data arising from both human activities and natural processes. The graphics and data sources are made available in the belief that their wide dissemination will lead to new knowledge and better-informed decisions to limit and cope with human-induced climate change. The Global Carbon Atlas is a community effort under the umbrella of the Global Carbon Project based on the contributions of many research institutions and individual scientists around the world who make available observations, models, and interpretation skills.
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Components 

The Atlas has three components with objectives and information relevant to different users: OUTREACH takes you on a journey tracing the history and possible future relationship between carbon emissions and human development. It is intended as an educational experience for the broad public while utilizing robust and up-to-date observations and modeling from climate change science. EMISSIONS is a tool to explore, display and download data and figures on carbon dioxide emissions from the combustion of fossil fuels, cement production and land use change over multiple decades, including their drivers. Information is available at the global, regional and national levels with tools that allow comparison, ranking and to visualize changes over time. Data from Contributors. RESEARCH provides tools to create custom global and regional maps and time series of carbon fluxes from research models and datasets. Data are contributed by many research institutions (see Contributors). This component will further advance collaborative international research on the functioning of the carbon cycle and its interactions with the climate system.


Pep Canadell


The concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere has increased from approximately 277 parts per million (ppm) in 1750 (Joos and Spahni, 2008), the beginning of the Industrial Era, to 395.31 ppm in 2013 (Dlugokencky and Tans, 2014). Daily averages went above 400 ppm for the first time at Mauna Loa station in May 2013 (Scripps, 2013). This station holds the longest running record of direct measurements of atmospheric CO2 concentration (Tans and Keeling, 2014; Fig. 1). The atmospheric CO2 increase above preindustrial levels was initially, primarily, caused by the release of carbon to the atmosphere from deforestation and other land-use-change activities (Ciais et al., 2013). While emissions from fossil fuel combustion started before the Industrial Era, they only became the dominant source of anthropogenic emissions to the atmosphere from around 1920 and their relative share has continued to increase until present. Anthropogenic emissions occur on top of an active natural carbon cycle that circulates carbon between the atmosphere, ocean, and terrestrial biosphere reservoirs on timescales from days to millennia, while exchanges with geologic reservoirs occur at longer timescales (Archer et al., 2009).




Friday 5 August 2016

Kevin Trenberth: "Global Warming - Coming Ready or Not!"


This be that Dr. Kevin Trenberth from my last post  tale of 2 insurance companies

Businesses must recognize that climate change is happening and it will generally get warmer,” cautions Dr. Kevin Trenberth, distinguished senior scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, in the white paper, titled Coping with Extremes: The Impact of Climate Change on Extreme Precipitation and Flooding in the United States and How Businesses Can Prepare Now. Trenberth is one of four leading atmospheric scientists consulted for the paper.


A tale of 2 (of many) Insurance Companies and Climate Change: AXA / FM Global


Insurance companies getting in on the Climate Change Action

FM GLOBAL
U.S. businesses, depending on their location, should start preparing now for the increased, extreme rainfall that a changing climate will almost certainly deliver. That’s the advice FM Global, one of the world’s largest commercial property insurers, offered in its new white paper published today. “Businesses must recognize that climate change is happening and it will generally get warmer,” cautions Dr. Kevin Trenberth, distinguished senior scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, in the white paper, titled Coping with Extremes: 

The Impact of Climate Change on Extreme Precipitation and Flooding in the United States and How Businesses Can Prepare Now. Trenberth is one of four leading atmospheric scientists consulted for the paper. In general, wet areas of the country will likely become wetter and dry areas drier. Of particular concern, the paper states, are changes that are severe in the extremes: “Extreme events have the greatest potential to produce natural catastrophes that affect businesses, jobs and economies on a regional or global scale. 

The paper introduced several new climate-related concepts, including: Geographic variability: “Certain regions of the United States are expected to be prone to more intense precipitation events and a potentially increased risk of flooding,” the white paper states. “Others are prone to less precipitation, prolonged droughts and a potentially increased risk of wildfires. Since these anticipated changes are not uniformly distributed geographically, it is recommended that businesses and property owners prepare for locally intense precipitation or drought considerations, depending on their location.” Bigger rainfall, but maybe not more overall: Although much of the country has gotten wetter in recent decades, long-term precipitation averages will not necessarily change significantly. Rather, rain may be less frequent but more intense.
Coping with Extreme Precipitation and Flooding-FM Global Whitepaper

AXA
By 2030, 60% of the world’s population will be living in cities, which will be at the core of the climate conundrum. Now that climate change has become a reality, how will our cities and SMEs adapt to its impact? How will they manage the new economic, social and environmental risks?

What are the challenges and obstacles that are slowing down resilience efforts? These are the primary questions raised this summer with some 1,100 SME directors and urban leaders from major cities in 18 countries across Europe, the Americas and Asia.

axa PAPERS Risk education and research No.4 CLIMATE RISKS

Climate Risks Tsunami in Japan, tornadoes in the USA, earthquakes in New-Zealand, or major flooding in many parts of the world: 2011 was an extremely adverse year in term of natural catastrophes. The resulting fatalities have been numerous. As far as economic losses are concerned, 2011 was a record-breaker. 

But, is there an upward trend in natural extreme events? Can we identify what the source of this increase in losses is? Is there simply a densification of exposure in risky areas? Or is our climate system changing and making extreme weather events more frequent, more intense, if not both? 

While some aspects of the consequences of climate change are still actively debated within the science community, some facts and trends have been recently confirmed. In particular, a recent report: IPCC, 2011: Summary for Policymakers. In: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Special Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation specifies that some extreme climate patterns (e.g. temperature extremes, rainfall and flooding events) have changed since 1950. This paper aims to discuss the risks associated with the climate and their potential evolution from an insurance perspective. It covers, first, the latest scientific evidence on observed climate evolution, as well as available projections. 

Climate change and the associated modification of natural catastrophe patterns are a key challenge for the sustainability of the insurance industry. Insurers have to monitor, therefore, even more than they did in the past, climate risks. As natural disasters are extreme in intensity, space and time, this monitoring requires specific modelling and simulation techniques. Initially developed by the climate community, these techniques are increasingly used within the insurance industry. The paper looks into some of them. Finally, are also discussed the levers the insurance industry, building on its strong expertise, may use in order to play its economic and societal role and, ultimately, help tackle climate change.



Wednesday 3 August 2016

NOAA:Geographical distribution of notable climate anomalies and events occurring around the world in 2015


NOAA:Geographical distribution of notable climate anomalies and events occurring around the world in 2015

State of the Climate An international, peer-reviewed publication released each summer, the State of the Climate is the authoritative annual summary of the global climate published as a supplement to the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. The report, compiled by NOAA’s Center for Weather and Climate at the National Centers for Environmental Information is based on contributions from scientists from around the world. It provides a detailed update on global climate indicators, notable weather events, and other data collected by environmental monitoring stations and instruments located on land, water, ice, and in space


World Bank Deuce - Pacific Possible: Climate Change



New report, Pacific Possible: Climate Change & Disaster Resilience – which looks at the potential impact of a changing climate on the Pacific Island region

The Pacific region is known to be one of the most exposed to natural hazards and climate change in the world. Pacific Island Countries (PICs) are exposed to a wide variety of natural hazards, including cyclones, droughts, earthquakes, electrical storms, extreme winds, floods, landslides, storm surges, tsunami and volcanic eruptions. Some of these hazards will be exacerbated by climate change. 

Average ocean and land temperatures are increasing, and the seasonality and duration of rainfall is changing. Over the coming decades, tropical cyclones are expected to increase in intensity, though not necessarily in frequency, and to move closer to the equator. Because of higher ocean temperature and ice sheet melt, sea level is rising, thereby worsening coastal erosion and saline intrusion and increasing the severity of storm surges. 

All these impacts adversely affects agriculture, fisheries, coastal zones, water resources, health, and ecosystems and thus threaten entire communities and economies. The mere existence of low-lying atoll island nations like Kiribati, Tuvalu and RMI is threatened by sea level rise and storm surges, since they are only 1-3m above sea level. 

Tuesday 2 August 2016

Skymining Double Shot



2nd time this week I'm hearing about this kind of technology. does it make it feasible
Creating a clean copy of fossil fuels.
SkyMining is powered by two feats of engineering. One is evolutionary and took millions of years to perfect; the other is a patented technology that converts captured CO2 into clean fuel.

Monday 1 August 2016

Amory B. Lovins, Rocky Mountain Inst...


Amory B. Lovins, Presentation where he quotes Maurice Strong "Not all the Fossils are in the Fuel"
Amory B. Lovins making sense of going from pigs to seal and growing 62 passive solar Bananas in Colorado all with no central heating. Additionally, comparing Grid Operators to Orchestra Conductors. Interesting
Climate Change:How Skewed Are We...Really? (HSAWR?) A resource for people looking to find out about the science and the impacts of Climate Change and Anthropogenic Global Warming (AGW). This is accomplished by curating scientific, political and business videos, news reports, surveys and polls as well as creating original content. (CHECK OUT OUR HSAWR ORIGINAL VIDEOS)
The Pentagon," calls CLIMATE CHANGE an “urgent and growing threat to America's national security” and blames it for “increased natural disasters” that will require more American troops designated to combat bad weather.


From 2012 Gwynne Dyer - Climate Wars: The Fight for Survival as the World Overheats



Journalist and historian in war studies Gwynne Dyer discusses his book "Climate Wars: The Fight for Survival as the World Overheats," presented by Harvard Book Store. Dyer explores the cultural and political ramifications of climate change, such as dwindling resources, population shifts, natural disasters, epidemics, crashing economies, and political extremism
Climate Change:How Skewed Are We...Really? (HSAWR?) A resource for people looking to find out about the science and the impacts of Climate Change and Anthropogenic Global Warming (AGW). This is accomplished by curating scientific, political and business videos, news reports, surveys and polls as well as creating original content. (CHECK OUT OUR HSAWR ORIGINAL VIDEOS)
The Pentagon," calls CLIMATE CHANGE an “urgent and growing threat to America's national security” and blames it for “increased natural disasters” that will require more American troops designated to combat bad weather.


For the last 25 years, the GLOBE™ Series has been at the forefront of new ideas and vital insights on business and sustainability. We have helped corporations embed sustainability into their operations, influenced the global debate on climate change, and accelerated the market for clean technologies and services.

GLOBE 2016 Opening Keynote: The Right Honourable Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada
GLOBE 2016 - Going Forward Plenary
The Transition to a Clean Economy
Climate Change:How Skewed Are We...Really? (HSAWR?)

A resource for people looking to find out about the science and the impacts of Climate Change and Anthropogenic Global Warming (AGW).

This is accomplished by curating scientific, political and business videos, news reports, surveys and polls as well as creating original content.

(CHECK OUT OUR HSAWR ORIGINAL VIDEOS)
The Pentagon," calls CLIMATE CHANGE an “urgent and growing threat to America's national security” and blames it for “increased natural disasters” that will require more American troops designated to combat bad weather.