“Losing the remaining Arctic sea ice and its ability to reflect incoming solar energy back to space would be equivalent to adding one trillion tons of CO2 to the atmosphere, on top of the 2.4 trillion tons emitted since the…
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Climate tipping points: The Arctic is a Bellwether for Irreversible Change
“The Arctic is iconic for maintaining year-round ice and snow, but in the last decade, it has begun to transition to wetlands and open ocean. Emblematic of this change, in July 2020, the last intact ice shelf in the Canadian…
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The Soon to Erupt Climate Change Fuelled Wars
There are 195 countries in the world, and 148 of them emit a lot less hothouse gas than the U.S. Army alone.”
Tagged with: Climate Wars, Collapse, Dr. Guy McPherson, Kevin Lister, Nuclear War, Runaway Abrupt Climate Change
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CopOut26, B Grade Cabaret Not Science
Mercifully, the charade known as Cop 26 has drawn to it’s ignominious end.Almost all commentators are describing this latest Cop as a near total failure. As I have mentioned previously in this space it’s a near total success. The USA…
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It’s Time to Acknowledge the Spectacular Success of the IPCC.
“US support was probably critical to IPCC’s establishment. And why did the US government support it? Assistant Undersecretary of State Bill Nitze wrote to me a few years later saying that our group’s activities played a significant role. Among other…
Underestimating the Challenges of Avoiding a Ghastly Future
The February episode of Nature Bats Last featured a conversation with Professor Paul Ehrlich where we discussed his recent bomb shell paper titled “Underestimating the Challenges of Avoiding a Ghastly Future” co-written with two former guests on the show Corey…
Science Talk with Jim Massa on Nature Bats Last
The January 2021 episode of Nature Bats Last featured a discussion with Arctic research scientist Jim Massa. The episode is embedded here: From our pre-show emails:“Natalia and Igor have done an enormous amount of work studying the methane issue. They…
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The Event Horizon; Homo Prometheus and the Climate Catastrophe
The December episode of Nature Bats Last which featured an interview with Dr Andrew Glikson from the Australian National University is embedded here. We discussed the potential for the Arctic marine food web to collapse, more details on that aspect…
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Q & A between Nature Bats Last and Sam Carana author at the Arctic News Blog
The October episode of Nature Bats Last consists of a series of questions submitted to Sam Carana the author at the Arctic-NewsBlogspot.comThe audio of the episode is embedded here; Sam Carana has chosen to keep his or her identity secret…
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The Psychological Roller Coaster of Abrupt Climate Change featuring Peter Miller
Nature Bats Last co-hosts Kevin Hester and Guy McPherson were joined on this months show by Canadian psychologist Peter Miller. The discussion included our individual psychological responses to abrupt climate change and its outcome. Peter is a parent and combines…
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