Category Archives: Collapse

Antarctica Needs a Dentist

Posted on February 5, 2019 by paulbeckwith

  Thwaites Glacier. Credit: NASA/OIB/Jeremy Harbeck Huge Cavity Melted Out in Antarctic Glacier: Part 1 of 2 // Feb 4, 2019 A huge cavity–4 km wide by 10 km long by 300 meters high–has melted at the glacier base in … Continue reading →

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Climate Change Disruption, Ratio of Male-Female Babies

Posted on January 24, 2019 by paulbeckwith

Climate Change Disruption of Baby Male-Female Ratio // Jan 23, 2019 Two truisms on rapid climate change are that a) it affects just about everything, and b) it is happening much faster than expected. With a) in mind, it is … Continue reading →

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Christmas Tipping Points or Just Cascading Feedbacks, Destabilizing Systems?

Posted on December 25, 2018 by paulbeckwith

   Cascading Feedbacks Destabilizing Our Climate System: 2 of 2 // Dec 23, 2018 One global truth: the only constant is change. In the case of the climate system, this change is massive far-reaching abrupt change, highly nonlinear, much faster … Continue reading →

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Freakishly Slow Sea Ice Regrowth, Interviewed by Kevin Hester on NBL

Posted on October 27, 2018 by paulbeckwith

     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 … Continue reading →

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Abrupt Climate Change Will Rapidly Blow Past 1.5C and 2C

Posted on October 10, 2018 by paulbeckwith

Abrupt Climate Change Will Rapidly Blow Past 1.5C and 2C // Oct 10, 2018 As I filmed today, yet another massive hurricane has just come ashore in Florida’s panhandle. Hurricane Michael, at 155 mph (1 mph shy of Cat. 5) … Continue reading →

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Typhoon 台风 Mangkhut hits Philippines, Hong Kong on way to 中国 China

Posted on September 17, 2018 by paulbeckwith

Typhoon 台风 Mangkhut hits Philippines, Hong Kong on way to 中国 China, One // Sep 16, 2018 By all measures, Typhoon 台风 Mangkhut is a monster storm. While the eyes of the West have been preoccupied with Hurricane Florence, a … Continue reading →

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What Happens In The Arctic, Does NOT Stay In The Arctic

Posted on May 11, 2018 by paulbeckwith

  What Happens In The Arctic, Does NOT Stay In The Arctic // Published on May 11, 2018 The Arctic is NOT like Las Vegas.  What happens there, specifically the rapid darkening due to loss of sea-ice and snow cover is … Continue reading →

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Methane Venting Over Arctic Sea Ice — OSFAS Lecture, WBAI Live

Posted on April 28, 2018 by paulbeckwith

Methane Venting Into Air Over Arctic Sea Ice // Published on Apr 27, 2018 Humanity, we have a problem.  We are venting methane into the Arctic. Why?  How much?  How fast? What does it mean for abrupt climate change? What does it mean for … Continue reading →

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Everything that You Wanted to Know about Jet Streams but Were Afraid to Ask

Posted on February 6, 2018 by paulbeckwith

Everything that You Wanted to Know about Jet Streams but Were Afraid to Ask // Published on Feb 6, 2018 Why does the jet stream exist? How does if form? What controls it’s location and behaviour (latitude, length and amplitude … Continue reading →

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