WTF is the REAL Deal with Global Warming”, For Joe the Plumber Folk // Published on Jan 19, 2017
Many folk are struggling to put food on the table and a roof over the heads of themselves and their families. Things are getting worse for many. Thus, Trump was voted in for giving the finger to “the man” and by claiming a nostalgic return to greatness. Who has time to get the real scoop on global warming? Not you, or Joe (the plumber).
One day soon, your food costs will go through the roof. Or your city will be submerged. Or your crops will wilt and die. I will tell you the story of why this will happen, in layman’s terms.
It is just a matter of time. Not much time…
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Mike Ferrigan Interview With Paul Beckwith, Jan 2017, Paul Beckwith, Video by: Rick Siegenthaler:
Food Disruption, Climate Change, and Ocean Sources of Food: Part 1 of 3 // Published on Jan 18, 2017
I tell the story of how our global food supply, derived from land and ocean, is being severely stressed by climate change caused extreme weather events, ocean warming, acidification and stratification. Destructive farming practices, overfishing and poor aquaculture practices are also exacerbating the problem.
Abrupt climate change cannot be dismissed any longer.
We are in a global climate change emergency, and very soon it will severely stress large portions of our global food supply leading to global societal chaos.
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‘The IPCC results are very important to understand because it is only the IPCC assessment that is recognized by policy makers and governments.
There are already observed changes top crop yields, which have all been negative for all regions.
The results for the future from computer model projections do not capture the extent of many large adverse impacts- including prolonged drought, heat waves, floods,pests ground level ozone and climate variability.’
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Dr. Jake Rice, IPBES: Chief Scientist,-Emeritus, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, ‘served as a Chief Scientist at the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Canada. He is a renowned researcher in the field of marine ecosystem structure and function, impacts of human activities on ecosystems, and ecosystem approaches to integrated management of human activities in the sea.
He has served as the Chief advisor to Assistant Deputy Minister, Science, on all issues of science applied to departmental policy making, international science-policy issues, and strategic science planning and as a Senior National Advisor, Ecosystem Science; Department of Fisheries and Oceans Expert advisor to senior Ministry officials on all aspects of ecosystem science, ecosystem approaches to management, and related issues.‘
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Global Sea Level is Rising Faster and Faster, Paul Beckwith, Video by: Rick Siegenthaler:
Global Sea-Level is Rising Faster and Faster: Part 1 of 4 // Published on Jan 14, 2017
In discuss new science and impacts of quickly increasing global sea levels. This is not a problem for 2100, but for NOW.
Within the next few decades, we can expect to experience large upward lurches in sea level, with resulting increases in frequencies, severities and durations of coastal flooding events around the planet. Damage to coastline infrastructure will severely stress economies, and cause mass migrations to higher ground.
Global sea-level rise of 5 feet to 10 feet (1.5 to 3 meters) by 2050 are very possible; even likely.
Follows Part One, which includes potent episodes with no less than Dr. Guy McPherson, transformative thinker Carolyn Baker and spiritual teacher-religious scholar Andrew Harvey and ‘writer, translator & developer’ Torstein Viddal.
Story on Arctic Report Card 2016: Part 1 of 2 // Published on Jan 8, 2017
In this video I tell the story of the massive changes that are underway at the top of of planet, and how these changes are affecting all of us. I discuss temperatures, ice and snow conditions, permafrost, biosphere and where we are headed.
Story on Arctic Report Card 2016: Part 2 of 2 // Published on Jan 8, 2017
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Evil Twin of Climate Change; Ocean Acidification: Part 1 of 2 // Published on Jan 3, 2017
Engrained into human nature is a tendency to not think much about things we do not see. When we think about climate change we often overlook the ongoing destruction of our oceans. Without a viable ocean, it is not possible for life on land to survive.
The entire marine food chain is under attack by ocean acidification, stratification from rapid warming, oxygen free zones, overfishing and numerous other stresses; in this video set I tell the ocean acidification story.
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Evil Twin of Climate Change; Ocean Acidification: Part 2 of 2 // Published on Jan 4, 2017
Atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide are now over 400 ppm. Whenever it rains or snows, some of this CO2 in the air is dissolved into the water that falls, creating a weak acid called carbonic acid that enters the ocean making it more acidic.
The pH of the open ocean at the surface has dropped from an average of 8.2 to 8.05 over the last 3 or 4 decades. Since the scale is logarithmic, this is an increase in ocean acidity of 30%. When pH drops to 7.9 or 7.8 then much of the marine life will die.
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Climate System Rant in Snowstorm // Published on Jan 4, 2017
I was walking home from school late last night in a raging snowstorm, and I could not resist having a bit of silly fun. I filmed a selfio (selfie-video) of whatever thoughts came into my head. I recall discussing topics like how to slash fossil-fuelled emissions, how to take carbon out of the air, and how to block the sun to cool our planet.
Hopefully, I am at least semi-coherent. Enjoy..
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Climate Change: A Matter of Life or Death; Part 1 of 2 // Published on Jan 1, 2017
Sometimes, a field is dominated by a single man or women, who stands head-and-shoulders above everybody else.
In chess, that person in recent decades was Gary Kasparov; prior to him in the 1970s it was Bobby Fischer.
In climate change study that person is James Hansen [1]. From the 1980s to present day. In this video I tell you all about his latest landmark paper from Fall/2016 [2]. His ample CV is here.
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Climate Change: A Matter of Life or Death; Part 2 of 2 // Published on Jan 1, 2017
Abrupt Climate Disrupting Arctic Changes: Part 1 of 2 // Published on Dec 30, 2016
I discuss gut-wrenching disruptions presently underway in our Arctic.
These include: record high temperatures, near-record summer ice and spring snow cover loss, record low sea-ice winter growth, and how the Beaufort Gyre and other ocean currents will reverse when we get complete sea-ice loss.
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Abrupt Climate Disrupting Arctic Changes: Part 2 of 2
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“The first daylight of 2017 reaching the western Pacific (Himawari-8 satellite).” Tweeted by Zack Labe.
The first daylight of 2017 reaching the western Pacific (Himawari-8 satellite).
The first image of the entire Earth from space is a breathtaking reminder that humanity is on a solitary boulder hurtling through space. Even though we have numerous images now, they never cease to amaze and inspire me.
Happy New Year Earthlings!!
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Here is Paul on Extinction Radio Episode 62, 28th Dec 2016 titled: ‘Peter Wadhams, Paul Beckwith, Tim Garret‘. He is on Part Two, from 0:00 to 52:45, about 52:45 long. After discussing year end then President Elect Trump, he then talks about the year ahead and rapid change on tinderbox planet earth. The tendency to combust is driven both by political craze and the heat engine of industry framed by unprecedented changes in climate systems.
This is contrasted by the many ideas Paul is anxious to try, such as the CPR Party, Climate and Restoration Party. Finally he explicates the need for peer review publishing in climate, criteria of what we need to know, available data, questions we need to ask, and targeting a journal such as Nature or Science.
Extinction Radio was great to start. And it was great when Gene Gibson, Ivy Cone, and Peter Melton stepped in. And to the delight of us all, the show has been back up for several months, with show original founder Mike Ferrigan doing a fantastically good job, back at the helm visioning, leading, and employing. Doubly so, with most esteemed colleague and climate generalist Jennifer Hynes taking an active and progressively growing role on the show now (dk).
It is with great honor, that Paul is featured at the beginning of Part Two, ‘Paul Beckwith- The Donald and more!‘, following no less than Gail Tverberg at Part One, who writes cogently and eloquently on peak oil at Our Infinite World–also at wordpress. And consistently (dk).
Paul’s slot is easy is to find as it starts at 0:00 and goes to 34:43: ‘Extinction Radio Episode 61, 14th Dec 2016, Episode, Gail Tverberg, Paul Beckwith‘.
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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.
Paul Beckwith, Climate System Scientist 