Comparing Methane Levels from Copernicus, MetOps, and Ground Data: 1 of 2 // Dec 12, 2018
Methane levels are rapidly increasing globally. Methane release in the Arctic from thawing terrestrial and marine permafrost, and from methane clathrates on shallow continental shelves are a huge and ever increasing risk.
I compare and contrast methane observations from satellites (Copernicus and MetOp1) and from
Ground flask measurements to see what is happening now;
I chat about the colour legend change for the Copernicus data,
which was offset by 100 ppb, and what that means, and why.
Global Methane Rise Literally Off-the-Charts: 2 of 2 // Dec 12, 2018
The unrelenting increase in global levels of atmospheric methane went literally off-the-charts used to display methane for the Copernicus Atmospheric Monitoring Service (CAMS). Methane levels were so high that:
They swamped out the colour scheme used in the map legend,
Causing saturation in large red blobs with little detail.
The colour legend was shifted by 100 ppb to more clearly show the detailed structure of where methane was being emitted.
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Beckwith at Paris COP21 in 2015. Wishing now, that he was in Poland this year at COP24
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A group of more than 400 investors managing $32 trillion in assets warned governments to take more aggressive steps to address climate change or risk a financial crash several times worse than the 2008 global recession. https://t.co/AvDhaaKYJ9#COP24pic.twitter.com/bP3HgafWX6
A Plethora of Dire Climate Reports: 1 of 2 // Nov 30, 2018
For ages, I’ve been screaming from rooftops, clad in sandwich-boards, on the urgency of declaring a global climate emergency. Some city’s and groups are now doing the same.
Governments, scientists, and main-stream media are not there yet (or even close) but judging by the plethora of recent reports and press they are inching forward.
I chat, top-level, to you, on:
IPCC SR1.5,
World Meteorological Organization GHG levels,
UN Emissions Gap,
US Fourth National Climate Assessment,
and Lancet Human Health; all major reports.
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A Plethora of Dire Climate Reports: 2 of 2 // Nov 30, 2018
The Second video.
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Conversation with:
Paul Beckwith on Jet Streams and Ocean Currents // Nov 24, 2018
Stuart Scott of Climate Matters TV and United Planet, Faith Science Initiative–aka UPFSI–just published a video excerpted from his conversation with me from earlier this year. As he says:
‘Paul Beckwith and I had spoke in April this year. He explained how the temperature gradient between the equator and the poles create both the jet streams and ocean currents. People need to understand more what drives both weather (short term variation) and climate (long term variation). Paul is well practiced in explaining the planetary phenomenon that drive both. Live data from’ Earth Null School here.
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Another freshly published video from Climate Matters TV, but also from several months ago. Yet timely:
Another conversation with: Paul Beckwith, Climate Change Emergency // Nov 30, 2018
Recent: In Katowice, Poland before start ofCOP24.
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With 2018 almost in the bag, what are the prospects for global temperatures in 2019? Using the current forecast of El Niño conditions for DJF from @climatesociety I predict… pic.twitter.com/gQiIyAdZvA
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Next year, under our price on pollution, 90% of revenue generated is returned directly to residents of the province. The remaining 10% provides support for the province's schools, hospitals, small businesses, municipalities, non-profit organizations, and Indigenous communities. pic.twitter.com/7pUMpYLJx0
Tomorrow I'm going to sit down with the 3rd graders at a local school to listen & respond about climate change. They will be my youngest audience yet. How does one even do this, truthfully and compassionately? Anyway, here are their rather excellent questions: pic.twitter.com/ISURwKEIFq
Climate Change Cremation Consequences: Paradise Los: 1 of 2 // Nov 17, 2018
As people age they tend to think about their own mortality more, and plan their final exit, whether it be cremation or burial. Many people in Paradise, California had no such choice.
They were essentially cremated inside their houses, workplaces, and cars from horrific fires that essentially wiped the city from the face of the Earth.
At filming time, about 1300 people are missing, and I fear that many of these men, woman, and children have been reduced to ashes, never to be seen again. Consequences of abrupt climate change are inarguably horrendous. We must halt denial insanity.
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Climate Driven Hell in Paradise California: 2 of 2 // Nov 18, 2018
Paradise, a city of 27,000 people in California is no more. A wildfire on steroids, a veritable tsunami of flames, cremated people in their homes, workplaces and vehicles. Drought sucked moisture out of the air, and strong Santa Ana and Diablo winds reaching above hurricane force fanned hellish flames and gave people virtually no time to escape.
The vagaries of the fire, as I explain, torched structures and cars while leaving some trees virtually untouched. Nutter conspiracy theories of energy beams, chemtrail spraying, and HAARP, etc. are dismantled in my chat.
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NASA global temperature is out! Second warmest October on record. The past five are the only Octobers on record more than 1 °C warmer than the average of 1880-1910. #GlobalWarmingpic.twitter.com/RnhW3JsMHn
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California's smoke is so bad the cable cars are shut down and the Stanford-Cal game postponed for the first time since JFK's assassination. But the real story is the long-term damage to the lungs of millionshttps://t.co/WRb69fD2JF
Herculean Climate Rant to Rouse Humanity // Nov 8, 2018
I am only wearing a T-Shirt in this RANT as I walk to school in Ottawa. Problem is that we are in November, and I am at at latitude 45 N and it is a balmy 10 C (50 F). Dude, where is winter?? I chat on:
Rapid Climate Change, Arctic darkening,
Hope vs Hopelessness, Compassion, Resilience, Stoic Stoicism,
CDR, SRM, Iron Salt Aerosols, Marine Permaculture Arrays,
Sulphur, Biomimicry, Trees,
Artificial Cement, Sucking Carbon from the Sky and Water, and a lot of other cooling things.
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Mini-Tsunami in Flooded Quarry, and Cement Chat // Nov 11, 2018
About a week ago, in this water filled quarry in Quebec, a rock wall collapsed, generating a tsunami that crossed the lake, picking up sand and rocks from the lake floor and casting them on the far shoreline. There was some damage to docks, etc; the amazing thing was that a submerged airplane in 25 feet of water was moved several feet by the force of the wave. Not sure if the sunken submarine at 60 feet depth was moved.
My 16yr old son had four scuba dives here this weekend, to successfully complete his scuba certification. I hiked around the site and chat about ideas to make cement limestone from CO2 that is captured from the atmosphere; this has great potential scalability.
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Nature Bats Last 2018 | October 5, 2019 | Guy McPherson, Paul Beckwith & Kevin Hester. This was previously published as, The Case for Declaring a Climate Emergency, from the previous podcast, which Paul shared on October 27th. Here is a convenient video version:
Climate or Bust, a Global Reckoning, Published by Revolt Against Plutocracy, Nov 7, 2018
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The #CampFire is tied for deadliest in CA history & SOCAL is still dealing with the deadly #WoolseyFire. We've got the latest from the front lines, & our experts discuss how we warn for these kinds of events. Is it enough? Plus we're tracking rain & storms across the East #WUTVpic.twitter.com/OmBVCh3MyF
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President of California Professional Firefighters on Trump's tweet: "The President's message attacking California and threatening to withhold aid to the victims of the cataclysmic fires is ill-informed, ill-timed and demeaning to those who are suffering…" https://t.co/47AjLLhpyZpic.twitter.com/DUETv31lbl
This is a VERY compelling, persuasive data visualization showing that climate change-induced warming and drying in California is intensifying fire behavior. More information here: https://t.co/7qLUfBvgL5https://t.co/87gKkvujYK
Both the Greenland Ice Sheet and the Antarctic Ice sheet have tipping points around 1.5-2.0 degC of global warming https://t.co/3kYVZ0MhR6, new paper in @NatureClimate
Climate Tipping Points: Atmospheric and Ocean Circulation // Nov 1st, 2018
Presently, global average temperature is rising 0.25C per decade. However nonlinear, tipping points can greatly increase this rate of warming. Atmospheric circulation (jetstreams) and ocean circulation (currents like the AMOC, or Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation) can switch state behaviour and quickly rocket us up to a much different, chaotic world. In this video, the first of two parts, I chat about the risks of these tipping points being triggered.
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Global Circulation Tipping Points in the Atmosphere and Oceans // Oct 30, 2018
In this second video, I continue to chat about the risks of these tipping points being triggered.
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A review of the IPCC report and updates on the status of global climate change, The Gary Null Show – 10.17.18. Replay at link, or Podbean download here. While the entire episode is 59:13 long, Paul’s segment starts at the 41:10 mark.
Key segment at 56:10: Paul talks about impact, four to ten years out of BOE, ‘blue ocean event’, shift of center of gravity of extreme cold to Greenland, global food shortages, and urgency of declaring then acting on our global climate emergency.
Dr. Null’s patently conceived show introductions–where he outlines what to expect–are impeccably clear. By all means, listen to the entire show, but those on short shift can zone in on the part framing Paul, by going to the 1:04 mark.
It was a great honor for Paul to be on Gary Null’s show again. For those of you in Canada perchance unfamiliar, or in Europe who might not know him at all, Dr. Null has for decades helped listeners with diet and nutrition, in all aspects of holistic or clean, correct living. His reputation is of the highest standard in the USA and has been heard probably by over 20M–or more–listeners, maybe 50M…
He is a sound voice of clear-eyed reason in all aspect of healing. This must necessarily now include our home, planet earth. To be clear: how can it be that a widely regarded show focused on nutrition again hosts a climate system scientist? Because ‘as it is above (outside), so it is below (inside, dk):
Paul ‘chats about the latest scientific developments on “faster than expected” climate change, and ineffectual human responses rather lack of responses’.
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Here is a link for the Lo-Fi version of the show (Paul is the whole show)
‘Welcome to a stormy world. Canadian climate scientist Paul Beckwith and I cover the breaking science news behind the big storms and strange times. It’s not just you: the record weather on the outside, with a climate shift behind it all. From a hot Arctic to the hurricanes we investigate the big picture, while Billionaires tell us to “get used to it”‘.
As Alex goes on to say: ‘When we need the big picture on continuing extreme weather, I call Paul Beckwith. He’s got the cutting science behind the scenes. Next up on Radio Ecoshock we travel to the atmosphere with specialist scientists like John Lin from Utah and from the UK, Edward Hanna.
Famous American scientistMichael Mannis coming up – plus two interviews with lead scientists on that alarming news about way more heat in the ocean! Along the way, we discover why all the computing power behind Bit Coin can – all by itself – take us to the two degree C. danger zone. When scientists are on edge, they talk directly and fully to you on Radio Ecoshock‘.
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Artifacts of a colder Canada, soon to only appear in memories and museums.
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Cornel West: on fighting fascism; Lee Gelernt: on child separation; Paul Beckwith: on climate emergency
Choices of links to show, here and here: It is delightful to be on Dougie Hanson, The Abolitionist’s show, Voices of Dissent again: ‘One Person, One Vote: anything less diminishes democracy‘.
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Clip from a few weeks ago: CTV News Channel Interview: Hurricane Michael. ‘Recent weather events are certainly sounding the alarm on climate change. Climate system scientist, Paul Beckwith, joins us for his insight’.
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Abandoned car on an island connected with a bridge
to the mainland; bridge was removed in 1950s…
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Methane (CH₄) is a potent greenhouse gas. Here are the latest observations now updated through July 2018.
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A key point of misunderstanding in #climatechange science is how much of the observed changes are caused by humans. The best answer is ALL of it. Here is an excellent graphic (with full scientific references) showing this:https://t.co/twZ5zoBVHI
Freakishly Slow Sea Ice Regrowth: 1 of 2 // Oct 26, 2018
Arctic sea ice regrowth in October is freakishly slow. We are at record low ice extent for late October; even lower than the 2012 minimum. In this video, and the next, I chat about:
Beaufort Gyre stalling and reversal,
atmospheric and ocean circulation changes,
sea-surface and water column temperatures,
salinities,
heat transport, and much more.
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Freakishly Slow Sea Ice Regrowth: 2 of 2 // Oct 26, 2018
Second video continues as before. And since formation in 2015, there have been two permanent hot spots in the oceans off Svalbard, with water temperatures at 78 degrees latitude North of 18.5 degrees Celsius in late October.
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The Case for Declaring a Climate Emergency, Paul was a guest on Nature Bats Last three weeks ago, here. He was interviewed by super activist, spokesperson for the earth, and good friend and supporter of Dr. Guy McPherson, Mr. Kevin Hester–himself quite a person in his own right! Not to be missed! 57:25 long.
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Many areas of above average temperatures projected during the next 7-days…
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100 years of September sea surface temperature anomalies (SST –> departure from average)
Abrupt Cryospheric Tipping Elements in Climate System // Oct 18, 2018
Computer modelling simulations of climate change have a very difficult time accounting for abrupt, nonlinear state changes, also known as tipping points. Since IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) reports, including the sr15_ts (download PDF of sr15_ts here):
Rely too much on computer models,
They tend to understate the urgency and emergency state of ongoing abrupt climate change.
In this video I discuss the main broad-brush tipping points in the climate system, with a focus on the cryosphere (frozen regions).
More On Abrupt Cryospheric Tipping Elements in Climate System // Oct 19, 2018
Continuation of Thursday’s video on how computer modelling simulations of climate change have a very difficult time accounting for abrupt, nonlinear state changes, also known as tipping point, relying too much on computer models, understating urgency of climate change.
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What are the chances of seeing a month or year with global temperatures crossing the 1.5C above pre-industrial threshold in the next few years?
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I visited the Mosaica exhibit in Gatineau; huge plant displays; amazing art!!
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If you care about security, you should care about climate change
If you care about the economy you should care about climate change
If you care about health you should care about climate change
"The key thing to remember about the report is that it’s clear that the best time to have reduced emissions was 25 years ago, but the second best time to reduce emissions is right now.” — Gavin Schmidt on the recent @IPCC_CH report. https://t.co/AyZtW605lIpic.twitter.com/8w5oCfZtMZ
Jet Stream Shift 17 degrees Southward to Greenland
Summary
Well known and respected creator of entertaining and comprehensible videos of sometimes daunting subjects, especially in climate system science, meteorology, oceanography and Earth Sciences at YouTube.
Frequently called upon for commentary by fellow educators, activists, and public. Physicist, Engineer, and part-time professor at the University of Ottawa. His primary interest is joining-the-dots on Abrupt Climate System Change to determine where we are heading, and how fast, and what it all means for us and our amazing planet.
