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Permafrost / Dialling back on the methane scare stories.

« on: October 15, 2014, 06:38:22 PM »

http://climatecrocks.com/2014/10/15/calling-the-methane-bomb-squad/


Interview with Dr. Carolyn Ruppel.

Meanwhile Peter Wadhams is threatening to sue scientists who criticise him, namely Simon Lewis of UCL.

Nice bunch of chaps,  sounds familiar.

Still its exciting to think you are one of the few people clever enough to see something that sounds kewl like an "extinction level event" or so and easy to find an audience online.

And if people disagree with you, threaten to sue. 

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Arctic sea ice / Arctic Ocean 'acidifying rapidly'

« on: May 06, 2013, 10:23:59 AM »

The Arctic seas are being made rapidly more acidic by carbon-dioxide emissions, according to a new report.

Scientists from Norway's Center for International Climate and Environmental Research monitored widespread changes in ocean chemistry in the region.

They say even if CO2 emissions stopped now, it would take tens of thousands of years for Arctic Ocean chemistry to revert to pre-industrial levels.

Many creatures, including commercially valuable fish, could be affected.

They forecast major changes in the marine ecosystem, but say there is huge uncertainty over what those changes will be.

It is well know that CO2 warms the planet, but less well-known that it also makes the alkaline seas more acidic when its absorbed from the air.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22408341

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Arctic sea ice / 1964 satellite data of sea ice ressurected

« on: April 24, 2013, 07:59:13 PM »

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22271972

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Consequences / Climatology shows giant pool of tropical water 4 million years ago.

« on: April 04, 2013, 01:00:38 PM »

A huge pool of warm water that spanned the Tropics four million years ago suggests climate models might be too conservative in forecasting tropical changes. Dr Chris Brierley (UCL Geography), a co-author of the paper published in Nature, explains that this giant mass of water would have dramatically altered rainfall in the tropics. Its decay and the consequential drying of East Africa may have been a factor in Hominid evolution.

With green house gases accelerating climate change, Dr Brierley says we cannot rule out such a future for the world with the return of uniformly warm seas in the Tropics.

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The rest / Self Education.

« on: March 25, 2013, 01:46:00 PM »

A thread for links to courses and places to help people educate themselves in science in general and climate science & energy in particular.

Ill start with Energy 101 on Coursera.
https://class.coursera.org/energy101-001/class/index

A free online participatory run through on energy generation and the issues involved. Pretty good but basic. Easy for non technical types to get up to speed on the issues.

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Consequences / Earth Under Water BBC Documentary

« on: March 24, 2013, 02:19:21 PM »

The consequences of the ice sheets melting.