“The retreat of the planet’s glaciers is one of the most visible and dramatic indicators of the far-reaching impact of climate change on world’s ecosystems.” “Now a new paper published in Nature Reviews Biodiversity has shed further light on how glacial retreat drives unmitigated…
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The Multi-Pronged Relentless Attacks on Our Oceans.
In short, ocean acidification is proceeding at a rate unparalleled during the last 300 million years, according to a peer-reviewed paper in the renowned journal, Science. An article at Phys.Org published 12 March 2025 is titled Eukaryotic phytoplankton decline due to ocean acidification could significantly impact…
Reducing Air Pollution Increases Methane: Catch 22
“In this Climate Chat episode, we interview Dr. Vincent Gauci on how reducing air pollution results in increased atmospheric methane concentrations. Vincent Gauci is professor of Geography and Environmental Sciences and a Birmingham Professorial Fellow at the University of Birmingham…
Responding to Persistent Methane Sources
Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas. Each molecule of methane—CH4—is equivalent to 84 molecules of carbon dioxide, according to Climate Change Connection.An article at Phys.Org published on 3 February 2025 is titled Satellite data analysis uncovers top 10 persistent methane sources. Here’s the lede: “A…
Methane Clathrates Erupting in Antarctica
“Frozen, solid methane is turning into methane gas. “These phenomena have already been recorded in the Arctic, but this is the first time they have been detected in Antarctica,” says León, from the Geological and Mining Institute of Spain. His…
The influence of climatic change on the Late Bronze Age Collapse and the Greek Dark Ages
Ignoring thousands of years of Anthropogenic emissions sealed our fate.A microcosm of “our collapsing civilization”, which is now unfolding in a non-linear, exponential fashion, as the six-dozen feedback loops we have triggered and ignored, kick in and kick us and…
Tagged with: Dr. Guy McPherson
Posted in Climate Science, Feedback loops, Nature Bats Last, Near Term Human Extinction--NTHE, Peak Oil, Professor Guy McPherson, Sam Carana
Posted in Climate Science, Feedback loops, Nature Bats Last, Near Term Human Extinction--NTHE, Peak Oil, Professor Guy McPherson, Sam Carana
Microplastics Changing Earth’s Climate from the depths of the Oceans, across Fertile lands and Forests & High up into the Atmosphere
No where on the planet has been spared! “Microplastics exert tremendous influence over the living planet. I can hardly read a headline at a corporate media outlet without learning more about the enormous influence of microplastics. They’re in our water.…
Tagged with: Dr. Guy McPherson, environment, health, microplastics, plastic, Plastic pollution
Posted in Feedback loops, George Carlin, Oceans, Plastic pollution
Posted in Feedback loops, George Carlin, Oceans, Plastic pollution
AMOC or Not ?
“A new study published Tuesday in the journal Nature found that the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Current – of which the Gulf Stream in a part – could collapse around the middle of the century, or even as early as 2025.”It could shut…
Tagged with: Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation-AMOC, Collapse, Dr. Guy McPherson, Nature Bats Last
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The Aerosol Masking Effect, a Deep Dive into Our “Faustian Bargain”
I first wrote about “The Best Kept Secret in Climate Science”, in my 2016 article titled: “Global Dimming Keeping the Planet Habitable”. That blog has many more relevant links in the comments section for the inquisitive. The embedded video on “Global…
Nobel Prize Winning Economist William Nordhaus Sealed Our Collective Fate
Clearly neither the 1.5C nor the 2C Rubicon’s of anthropogenic warming were ever safe. Nor was 350ppm of CO2 in the Atmosphere for that matter. How did we get ourselves into this nightmare? Nobel Laurate William Nordhaus is quite possibly…
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