Category Archives: Major Climate Reports

Climate Change Risk Assessment: Emissions, Heat Waves, Drought, and Cascading Impacts: Chatham House

Climate Change Risk Assessment: Emissions, Heat Waves, Drought, and Cascading Impacts: Chatham House // Mar 17, 2022 I chat in detail about the excellent Chatham House report on Climate Change Risks to our society. First I talk a bit about … Continue reading

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Abrupt Climate System Disruption Recap: Extreme Weather Around the Planet

Abrupt Climate System Disruption Recap: Extreme Weather Around the Planet // Oct 12, 2021 Extreme weather events around the planet are increasing rapidly in frequency, severity, and duration. They are also happening in places that have not experienced them before. … Continue reading

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A Smorgasbord of Abrupt Climate System Disruption Science and Dire Consequences to Humanity

A Smorgasbord of Abrupt Climate System Disruption Science and Dire Consequences to Humanity // May 22, 2021 In this sequence of new videos I chat about what I consider to be the most significant recent peer reviewed scientific studies on … Continue reading

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Game of Risk: DC Submersion, Guadalajara Hail, Planting Glorious Trees, Antarctic Regimens, Arctic Blues

Tiny Blip in Jet Stream Submerges Large Parts of Washington, DC // July 8, 2019 Only a few days ago, America celebrated its July 4th Independence Day, and the government whipped out tanks for Washington, DC festivities. I hope the … Continue reading

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Surprising Effects: Glacier Melt, Mayhem Down Under, Argentina Heat, Tasmanian Fires, Land vs. Water Temps

Non-Intuitive Consequences of Rapid Melt in Greenland and Antarctica: 1 of 2 // Feb 8, 2019 Glaciers on Greenland and Antarctica are rapidly melting due to Abrupt Climate Change, and melt rates are doubling with a period of roughly 7 … Continue reading

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Antarctica Needs a Dentist

  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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Christmas Tipping Points or Just Cascading Feedbacks, Destabilizing Systems?

   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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Plethora of Dire Climate Reports, Interview on Climate Matters TV

With Shackleton the Cat 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 … Continue reading

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