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How do Individuals and Society think about RISK

Posted on October 7, 2022 by paulbeckwith

Oct 6, 2022 As individuals, and as a society, our track record on assessing risk and responding to reduce risk appropriately is dismal. There are numerous examples of this inadequacy, but one of the worst is our lack of understanding … Continue reading →

Posted in Risk | Tagged a Aerosols, Marine Cloud Brightening, Risks, z ECS-Equilibrium Climate Sensitivity | Leave a comment

Asteroids: Risk and Impacts, or Air Conditioning Demand?

Posted on July 24, 2019 by paulbeckwith

[ Addenda by dk, 2 am Fri, 25 July: ‘City Killer Sized Asteroid Aptly Named “Asteroid 2019 OK” Barely Missed Earth this Morning‘ // Jul 25, 2019 What a crazy coincidence. Last night I uploaded three videos on asteroid and … Continue reading →

Posted in a Climate, a Climate Change, a Global Warming, a Rapid Climate Change, a Science, a Weather, Catastrophe, Uncategorized, Warnings | Tagged a Climate, Risks, z Asteroid, z Chelyabinsk Fireball, z Chicxulub Asteroid, z Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9, z IEA- International Energy Agency, z Impact Earth, z Tunguska Event, zz Planetary Defense Coordination Office | Leave a comment

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

Posted on July 8, 2019 by paulbeckwith

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 →

Posted in a Climate, a Climate Change, a Global Warming, a Rapid Climate Change, a Science, a Weather, Basic Science, Catastrophe, Collapse, Major Climate Reports, Warnings | Tagged a Arctic, a Climate Casino, Antarctic, Arctic Sea Ice Extent, Heatwaves, Risks, Rossby Waves, z Antarctic Sea Ice Extent, z Blue Ocean Zero, z Eco-Anxiety, z Europe, z Guadalajara Hail, z Irkutsk, z Mexico, z SAM-Southern Annular Mode, z Sea Ice Collapsing, z Washington DC Flooding, zz Africa, zz Hail | Leave a comment

Ever Greater Risks to Nuclear Power Plants, From Extreme Weather Events

Posted on April 24, 2018 by paulbeckwith

Ongoing Chernobyl and Fukushima Disasters // Published on Apr 26, 2018 Thirty two years ago the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the Ukraine melted down. Huge radiation releases occurred; estimates are 10x higher than Fukushima. Official deaths are ridiculously low (9,000 … Continue reading →

Posted in a Climate, a Climate Change, a Global Warming, a New Video, a Rapid Climate Change, a Science, a Weather, Catastrophe, Uncategorized, Warnings, zz Videos | Tagged a Aerosols, a Altitude, a AMOC, a Arctic, a Arctic Amplification, a Arctic Sea Ice, a Atmospheric Rivers, a Carbon Dioxide, a CDR, a Climate, a Climate Casino, a Climate Change, a Climate Mayhem, a Cloud Condensation Nuclei, a Clouds, a CO2, a Coastlines, a Contrails, a Convection, a Erosion, a Feedbacks, a Ferrel Cell, a Fractured, a Geoengineering, a Geography, a Geology, a Geomorphology, a GHG, a Global Warming, a Grand Solar Minimum, a Greenland, a GSM, a Hadley Cell, a Jet Streaks, a Jet Streams, a Latent Heat, a Negative Vorticity, a Ocean Currents, a Paul Beckwith, a Polar Cell, a Polar Vortex, a Positive Vorticity, a Pressure, a Radiative Forcing, a Salinity, a Sensible Heat, a Siberia, a Siberian, a Siberian Atmospheric Rivers, a Solar, a Solar Cycle, a SRM, a SSW, a Storms, a Stratosphere, a Streaks, a Sudden Stratospheric Warming, a Sun, a Sunspots, a Superstorms, a Temperature, a THC, a Thermohaline circulation, a Tropopause, a Troposphere, a Water Vapour, a Weather, a Weather Extremes, a Weather Weirding, a Weather Whiplashing, a Weather Wilding, Risks, z Chernobyl, z Electricity, z Fukushima, z Meltdowns, z Nuclear Power Plants, z Radiation, z Reactors, zz Density, zz Geoengineering Watch | 1 Comment

Climate Interventions. Role of Comedy in Science

Posted on January 22, 2018 by paulbeckwith

Climate Interventions. Role of Comedy in Science // Published on Jan 19, 2018 Is it time for climate intervention? I discuss topics from the last day of AGU2017, such as Solar Radiation Management, Arctic Ice Management, and Carbon Dioxide Removal. … Continue reading →

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Wild Gyrations in Winter Temperatures. Why?

Posted on January 14, 2018 by paulbeckwith

Wild Gyrations in Winter Temperatures. Why? // Published on Jan 14, 2018 Winter temperatures seem to gyrate from extreme cold to extreme warmth, and back again, in an endless repeating cycle. When this gyration passes through the freezing point there … Continue reading →

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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 →

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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 →

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How do Individuals and Society think about RISK

Asteroids: Risk and Impacts, or Air Conditioning Demand?

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

Ever Greater Risks to Nuclear Power Plants, From Extreme Weather Events

Climate Interventions. Role of Comedy in Science

Wild Gyrations in Winter Temperatures. Why?

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

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