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About paulbeckwith

Well known climate science educator; Part-time Geography professor (climatology, oceanography, environmental issues), University of Ottawa. Physicist. Engineer. Master's Degree in Science in Laser Optics, Bachelors of Engineering, in Engineering Physics. Won Association of Professional Engineers of Ontario gold medal. Also interested in investment and start-ups in climate solutions, renewable energy and energy efficiency. Avid chess player, and likes restoring old homes. Married with children.

Storms of OUR Lives: Weather Bombs, Droughts, Wildfires, Floods, Landslides

Posted on January 10, 2018 by paulbeckwith

Unprecedented Storms of OUR Lives: Climate Bomb Mayhem // Published on Jan 8, 2018 Weather bomb. Bombogenesis. Cyclone Bomb. Terms for the beast that hammered North America’s East Coast, knocking iguanas out of trees in Florida, bringing ice floes from … Continue reading →

Posted in a Climate, a Climate Change, a Geography, a Global Warming, a New Video, a Rapid Climate Change, a Science, a Weather, Basic Science, Catastrophe, Interviews, News, Oceanography, Warnings | Tagged a Abrupt Climate Change, a Arctic, a Arctic Ocean, a CDR, a Climate, a Climate Casino, a Climate Change, a Drought, a Feedbacks, a Flood, a Geoengineering, a Global Warming, a Jet Streams, a Oceans, a Rain Forests, a Science, a Scientists, a Sea Ice, a Sea Ice Thickness, a SRM, a Storms, a Thresholds, a Tipping Points, a Weather, a Weather Weirding, a Weather Whiplashing, a Weather Wilding, AGU, AGU17, AGU2017, American Geophysical Union, Amplifying Feedback, Atmosphere, Bombogenesis, Bonn, Braking Feedback, Carbon Dioxide Reduction, Cascading Feedbacks, CE, Chemtrails, Climate Engineering, Climate Instability, Climate Stability, Communicating Science, Communication, Compound Events, COP21, COP23, Cyclone Bombs, Dangers, Droughts, Engineering, Engineers, Equatorial, Equatorial Feedback, Fake News, Floods, Geoengineers, IPCC, Journalism, Landslides, Negative Feedbacks, Nonlinear, Paris, Perilous, Positive Feedback, Risks, Sea, Solar Radiation Management, Tipping Elements, Weather Bombs, Wildfires | Leave a comment

Heat Transport Shifts From Arctic to Us: AGU Scoops, Humpty Dumpty Interviews

Posted on January 6, 2018 by paulbeckwith

Heat Transport Shifts from Arctic to Us: AGU scoops // Published on Jan 5, 2018 Arctic temperature amplification has catapulted sea-ice into a new phase, with much greater seasonality (range/average). Heat transported in both the atmosphere (moist and dry energy) and … Continue reading →

Posted in a Climate, a Climate Change, a Geography, a Global Warming, a Rapid Climate Change, a Weather, Basic Science, Oceanography, Warnings, zz Videos | Tagged a Abrupt Climate Change, a Arctic, a Arctic Ocean, a CDR, a Climate, a Climate Casino, a Climate Change, a Drought, a Feedbacks, a Flood, a Geoengineering, a Global Warming, a Jet Streams, a Oceans, a Rain Forests, a Science, a Scientists, a Sea Ice, a Sea Ice Thickness, a SRM, a Storms, a Thresholds, a Tipping Points, a Weather, a Weather Weirding, a Weather Whiplashing, a Weather Wilding, AGU, AGU17, AGU2017, American Geophysical Union, Amplifying Feedback, Atmosphere, Bonn, Braking Feedback, Carbon Dioxide Reduction, Cascading Feedbacks, CE, Chemtrails, Climate Engineering, Climate Instability, Climate Stability, Communicating Science, Communication, Compound Events, COP21, COP23, Dan Rather, Dangers, Engineering, Engineers, Equatorial, Equatorial Feedback, Fake News, Geoengineers, IPCC, Journalism, Keynote, Negative Feedback, New Orleans, Nonlinear, Paris, Perilous, Politics, Positive Feedback, Risks, Sea, Solar Radiation Management, Tipping Elements, z Dr. Andrew King, z Hambone Littletail, z James Overland, z Rosa Vargas-Martes, z Thomas Haine, zz Alexey Fedorov, zz Humpty Dumpty Tribe, zz Michael C. Mann | 1 Comment

Hot and Cold Blobs, Curvy Jet Streams, and Biblical Weather, all from our Busted Arctic

Posted on January 2, 2018 by paulbeckwith

Climate Denier Meets Spherical Earth Denier Hot Blobs, Cold Blobs, Biblical Downpours, and the Arctic: at AGU // Published on Jan 2, 2018 More AGU fun. Before 1990s: Arctic warming was 0.60 C per decade; Afterwards, it’s 1.67 C per … Continue reading →

Posted in a Climate, a Climate Change, a Geography, a Global Warming, a New Video, a Rapid Climate Change, a Science, a Weather, Basic Science, Collapse, Oceanography, Podcasts, Warnings, zz Videos | Tagged a Abrupt Climate Change, a Arctic, a Arctic Ocean, a CDR, a Climate, a Climate Casino, a Climate Change, a Drought, a Feedbacks, a Flood, a Geoengineering, a Global Warming, a Jet Streams, a Oceans, a Rain Forests, a Science, a Scientists, a Sea Ice, a Sea Ice Thickness, a SRM, a Storms, a Thresholds, a Tipping Points, a Weather, a Weather Weirding, a Weather Whiplashing, a Weather Wilding, AGU, AGU17, AGU2017, American Geophysical Union, Amplifying Feedback, Atmosphere, Bonn, Braking Feedback, Carbon Dioxide Reduction, Cascading Feedbacks, CE, Chemtrails, Climate Engineering, Climate Instability, Climate Stability, Communicating Science, Communication, Compound Events, COP21, COP23, Dan Rather, Dangers, Engineering, Engineers, Equatorial, Equatorial Feedback, Fake News, Geoengineers, IPCC, Journalism, Keynote, Negative Feedback, New Orleans, Nonlinear, Paris, Perilous, Politics, Positive Feedback, Risks, Sea, Solar Radiation Management, Tipping Elements | 1 Comment

Geoengineering Deployment Ongoing Near Ottawa, Canada

Posted on December 30, 2017 by paulbeckwith

Geoengineering Deployment Near Ottawa // Published on Dec 30, 2017 Thirty minutes north of Ottawa at this top-secret Geoengineering installation, I discuss ongoing albedo experiments and terraforming. Solar Radiation Management (SRM) techniques are generating clouds, and whitening the ground in … Continue reading →

Posted in a Climate, a Climate Change, a Global Warming, a New Video, a Rapid Climate Change, a Science, a Weather, Approaches, Basic Science, Collapse, Conferences, Outdoors, Recently Published, Warnings, z Solutions, zz Videos | Tagged a Abrupt Climate Change, a Arctic, a Arctic Ocean, a CDR, a Climate, a Climate Casino, a Climate Change, a Drought, a Feedbacks, a Flood, a Geoengineering, a Global Warming, a Jet Streams, a Oceans, a Rain Forests, a Science, a Scientists, a Sea Ice, a Sea Ice Thickness, a SRM, a Storms, a Three Legged Stool: Zero Emissions - CDR - SRM, a Thresholds, a Tipping Points, a Weather, a Weather Weirding, a Weather Whiplashing, a Weather Wilding, AGU, AGU17, AGU2017, American Geophysical Union, Amplifying Feedback, Atmosphere, Bonn, Braking Feedback, Carbon Dioxide Reduction, Cascading Feedbacks, CE, Chemtrails, Climate Engineering, Climate Instability, Climate Stability, Communicating Science, Communication, Compound Events, COP21, COP23, Dan Rather, Dangers, Engineering, Engineers, Equatorial, Equatorial Feedback, Fake News, Geoengineers, IPCC, Journalism, Keynote, Negative Feedback, New Orleans, Nonlinear, Paris, Perilous, Politics, Positive Feedback, Risks, Sea, Solar Radiation Management, Tipping Elements | 1 Comment

The Skinny on Selected AGU Science Talks

Posted on December 25, 2017 by paulbeckwith

Arctic and Antarctic Sea Ice Mayhem: AGU Mashup // Published on Dec 24, 2017 Early snow retreat on the West Siberian Plains warms air temperatures, amplifying Rossby waves, causing a ridge and warming over Laptev Sea (thus rapid Arctic ice loss). … Continue reading →

Posted in a Climate, a Climate Change, a Global Warming, a New Video, a Rapid Climate Change, a Science, a Weather, Basic Science, Catastrophe, Collapse, Conferences, New, News, Oceanography, Recently Published, Warnings, zz Videos | Tagged a Abrupt Climate Change, a Arctic, a Arctic Ocean, a Climate, a Climate Casino, a Climate Change, a Drought, a Feedbacks, a Flood, a Global Warming, a Jet Streams, a Oceans, a Rain Forests, a Science, a Scientists, a Sea Ice, a Sea Ice Thickness, a Storms, a Thresholds, a Tipping Points, a Weather, a Weather Weirding, a Weather Whiplashing, a Weather Wilding, AGU, AGU17, AGU2017, American Geophysical Union, Amplifying Feedback, Arctic Sea Ice Extent, Atmosphere, Bathymetry, Bonn, Braking Feedback, Cascading Feedbacks, Climate Instability, Climate Stability, Communicating Science, Communication, Compound Events, COP21, COP23, Dan Rather, Dangers, Equatorial, Equatorial Feedback, Fake News, IPCC, Journalism, Keynote, Laptev Sea, Negative Feedback, New Orleans, Nonlinear, Paris, Perilous, Politics, Positive Feedback, Risks, Rossby Waves, Sea, Tipping Elements, z Antarctic Circumpolar Ocean Currents, z Ice Properties, z Meridional Circulation Pattern, z Rheology, z West Siberian Plains | Leave a comment

Perilous Times for Science, Journalism, and Freedom

Posted on December 21, 2017 by paulbeckwith

Perilous Times for Science, Journalism, and Freedom // Published on Dec 20, 2017 Veteran journalist Dan Rather kicked off the 25,000 scientist New Orleans conference with his 2017 AGU Presidential Lecture. Link here, to his press conference, about 28 … Continue reading →

Posted in a Climate, a Climate Change, a Global Warming, a New Video, a Rapid Climate Change, a Science, Approaches, Basic Science, Catastrophe, Conferences, Events, Social Comment, Warnings, zz Videos | Tagged a Abrupt Climate Change, a Arctic, a Arctic Ocean, a Climate, a Climate Casino, a Climate Change, a Drought, a Feedbacks, a Flood, a Global Warming, a Jet Streams, a Oceans, a Rain Forests, a Science, a Scientists, a Sea Ice, a Sea Ice Thickness, a Storms, a Thresholds, a Tipping Points, a Weather, a Weather Weirding, a Weather Whiplashing, a Weather Wilding, AGU, AGU17, AGU2017, American Geophysical Union, Amplifying Feedback, Atmosphere, Bonn, Braking Feedback, Cascading Feedbacks, Climate Instability, Climate Stability, Communicating Science, Communication, Compound Events, COP21, COP23, Dan Rather, Dangers, Equatorial, Equatorial Feedback, Fake News, IPCC, Journalism, Keynote, Negative Feedback, New Orleans, Nonlinear, Paris, Perilous, Politics, Positive Feedback, Risks, Sea, Tipping Elements | Leave a comment

Unprecedented Collapse of the Arctic Beaufort Gyre

Posted on December 13, 2017 by paulbeckwith

Unprecedented Collapse of the Arctic Beaufort Gyre // Published on Dec 13, 2017 As I walk through the seemingly endless hallways filled with poster displays of scientific observations and analysis on geophysical Earth topics (climatology, oceanography, natural hazards, hydrology, soils, rocks, … Continue reading →

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Talk, Talk, Talk, Talking Up a Storm in New Orleans: AGU Rant

Posted on December 13, 2017 by paulbeckwith

Talking up a Storm in New Orleans: AGU Rant // Published on Dec 12, 2017 I give a video update (more accurately, a semi-incoherent rant) on the American Geophysical Union (AGU) conference in New Orleans, as I perform a random walk … Continue reading →

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Paul’s New BBC interview: Climate Mayhem Worsens California Wildfires; Hypocrisy of COP23 and AGU Climate Conferences

Posted on December 9, 2017 by paulbeckwith

I was interviewed live on BBC Radio 5 on Tuesday December 5th at 8:30 pm EST (Wednesday December 6th at 1:30 am London time): ‘Rhod Sharp presents news, interviews and stories from around the world’. Runs from 35:44 to 43:25. … Continue reading →

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About paulbeckwith

Storms of OUR Lives: Weather Bombs, Droughts, Wildfires, Floods, Landslides

Heat Transport Shifts From Arctic to Us: AGU Scoops, Humpty Dumpty Interviews

Hot and Cold Blobs, Curvy Jet Streams, and Biblical Weather, all from our Busted Arctic

Geoengineering Deployment Ongoing Near Ottawa, Canada

The Skinny on Selected AGU Science Talks

Unprecedented Collapse of the Arctic Beaufort Gyre

Talk, Talk, Talk, Talking Up a Storm in New Orleans: AGU Rant

Paul’s New BBC interview: Climate Mayhem Worsens California Wildfires; Hypocrisy of COP23 and AGU Climate Conferences

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