tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3046701423623795423.comments2024-03-10T00:59:44.185-08:00Arctic NewsSam Caranahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12376449209858411775noreply@blogger.comBlogger1797125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3046701423623795423.post-71419094779264171072021-01-21T16:30:27.758-08:002021-01-21T16:30:27.758-08:00Further discussions are at:
https://www.facebook....Further discussions are at: <br />https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10154493604440161Sam Caranahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12376449209858411775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3046701423623795423.post-34558400434189537272020-10-18T15:56:30.003-07:002020-10-18T15:56:30.003-07:00No comment or complaints from the trolls? Wow amaz...No comment or complaints from the trolls? Wow amazing! We will be functional extinct soon from our dysfunctional Ignorance as a species. Guyo Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10334439542725449246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3046701423623795423.post-30232394714455412442020-09-16T04:48:26.645-07:002020-09-16T04:48:26.645-07:00Thank you Sam for your contribution and for sharin...Thank you Sam for your contribution and for sharing this! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09790267615527899350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3046701423623795423.post-17771855649517388402018-10-16T15:16:08.591-07:002018-10-16T15:16:08.591-07:00The Climate Plan calls for comprehensive action th...The <a href="https://arctic-news.blogspot.com/p/climateplan.html" rel="nofollow">Climate Plan</a> calls for comprehensive action through multiple lines of action implemented across the world and in parallel, through effective policies such as local feebates. The Climate Plan calls for a global commitment to act, combined with implementation that is preferably local. In other words, while the Climate Plan calls for a global commitment to take comprehensive and effective action to reduce the danger of catastrophic climate change, and while it recommends specific policies and approaches how best to achieve this, it invites local communities to decide what each works best for them, provided they do indeed make the progress necessary to reach agreed targets. This makes that the Climate Plan optimizes flexibility for local communities and optimizes local job and investment opportunities. <br /><br />Click for more on multiple lines of <a href="https://arctic-news.blogspot.com/p/action.html" rel="nofollow">action</a>, on recommended <a href="https://arctic-news.blogspot.com/p/policies.html" rel="nofollow">policies</a>, and on the advantages of <a href="https://arctic-news.blogspot.com/p/feebates.html" rel="nofollow">local feebates</a>.Sam Caranahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12376449209858411775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3046701423623795423.post-78963978648297004132018-05-02T09:06:01.340-07:002018-05-02T09:06:01.340-07:00Democracy was hijacked?Democracy was hijacked?DaveWRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17853819213577458987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3046701423623795423.post-44814877473493954522018-05-01T18:21:56.675-07:002018-05-01T18:21:56.675-07:00Thank you to the contributors, creators and manage...Thank you to the contributors, creators and managers of this blog for all the effort put into this site. TheSwzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14657725993598737167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3046701423623795423.post-54444799476110847012018-04-30T01:54:03.920-07:002018-04-30T01:54:03.920-07:00It does not matter what people think. Democracy wa...It does not matter what people think. Democracy was hijacked. Capital dictates any colective action. And as always, serves only its own interests. Those interests are directly fueling climate change and our predicament. <br /><br />Stupid are lucky, not to understand it. I envy stupid.Jedrnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03467146008500241532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3046701423623795423.post-19411251916643236272018-04-25T22:47:30.755-07:002018-04-25T22:47:30.755-07:00Well with the billion dollar anti climate science ...Well with the billion dollar anti climate science propaganda campaign, paid for by fossil fuel interests,it' know wonder the general public have gone stupid on this issue and out right brainwashed. Citizen Residenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17872778887431600698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3046701423623795423.post-2856261831052157372018-04-24T19:35:24.814-07:002018-04-24T19:35:24.814-07:00It's phenomenal to me that the subject of clim...It's phenomenal to me that the subject of climate change still has millions of people that remain in denial. Are humans beings really that stupid? Wadhams talks about how many of the other countries decided to back off of their commitments due to Trump's position. That's really a sad commentary on US politics, because I still remember driving along and on the radio the news came over that Reagan had just gotten rid of the tax cuts for renewables Carter had put in place, and was removing the solar panels from the roof of the White House. At the time I thought we're going to pay a price in the future because of that decision (which was true and is happening now), without any realization history would repeat itself so many years later with Trump opting out of the Paris Accord. I'm still in shock, but maybe I'm just naïve still after all these years. What is it I don't understand?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08483654370697260517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3046701423623795423.post-75022434588113042462018-04-24T11:45:37.017-07:002018-04-24T11:45:37.017-07:00Consider this recent study about abrupt methane re...Consider this recent study about abrupt methane release in earth's geological record:<br /><br />Palaeoworld<br />Published on behalf of the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, CAS<br /><br />https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1871174X16300488<br /><br />From the Abstract<br />"The gas composition of the end Permian brachiopod-inclusions reflects dramatically higher seawater carbon dioxide and methane contents leading up to the biotic event. Initial global warming of 8–11 °C sourced by isotopically light carbon dioxide from volcanic emissions triggered the release of isotopically lighter methane from permafrost and shelf sediment methane hydrates. Consequently, the huge quantities of methane emitted into the atmosphere and the oceans accelerated global warming and marked the negative δ13C spike observed in marine carbonates, documenting the onset of the mass extinction period. The rapidity of the methane hydrate emission lasting from several years to thousands of years was tempered by the equally rapid oxidation of the atmospheric and oceanic methane that gradually reduced its warming potential but not before global warming had reached levels lethal to most life on land and in the oceans. Based on measurements of gases trapped in biogenic and abiogenic calcite, the release of methane (of ∼3–14% of total C stored) from permafrost and shelf sediment methane hydrate is deemed the ultimate source and cause for the dramatic life-changing global warming (GMAT > 34 °C) and oceanic negative-carbon isotope excursion observed at the end Permian. Global warming triggered by the massive release of carbon dioxide may be catastrophic, but the release of methane from hydrate may be apocalyptic. The end Permian holds an important lesson for humanity regarding the issue it faces today with greenhouse gas emissions, global warming, and climate change."<br /><br />Jhg19https://www.blogger.com/profile/03331743793036356332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3046701423623795423.post-20743164089719202832018-04-20T17:52:12.528-07:002018-04-20T17:52:12.528-07:00There is reason to hope that the world could snap ...There is reason to hope that the world could snap to awareness about Earth and aim enterprise at stopping Extinction Event. Otherwise, if hot quantum takes and we as individuals can't trigger this snap challenge to Corporate<br />- Well then the thing happens and it won't be measured in years but tears,Dale Lananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05409842680440987251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3046701423623795423.post-37314382015926872872018-04-11T08:31:24.866-07:002018-04-11T08:31:24.866-07:00Unknown..
Acting "right now" will solve ...Unknown..<br />Acting "right now" will solve nothing. Latency, lag time, feedbacks, ect, [label it as you wish] are in full force as evidenced by a rapid shift in our climate/weather. <br /><br />For those who 'get it', a sense of dread should be seeping in right about now. Especially if one notices that much of our food is imported now [SA] And toxic algae is destroying Earth's water. Also, local weather changes are reaking havoc on everyday life. http://floodlist.com/america/usa<br /><br />People such as Sam Carana & James Hansen are indispensable for the few who realize we are in a 6th mass extinction event..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3046701423623795423.post-76971584740019124782018-04-11T02:58:53.733-07:002018-04-11T02:58:53.733-07:00Bridge design @load average being used instead of ...Bridge design @load average being used instead of weight of Closed System Thermodynamic Force of Pecuniary System Isolation, isn't going to cut it.:<br />Crime of System Isolation of God's Good Work AKA Work of all life past for their children is crashed into Future for Children's Shield of Biosphere.:Dale Lananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05409842680440987251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3046701423623795423.post-15981886765493652722018-04-03T11:08:36.487-07:002018-04-03T11:08:36.487-07:00Dear Sam Carana, many thanks for your regular and ...Dear Sam Carana, many thanks for your regular and very clear informations about the climate situation.<br />May I add some thoughts ... the average is an important indicator, but even more the extremes are source of problems. If you have heat waves like we had in France for 2 or 3 weeks in 2003, we had 20000 dead in France and 70000 in Europe, despite the average temperature in 2003 was probably in the average of the increasing trend. <br /><br />Another important point is the influence on the soil for agriculture, once the soil is dead due to droughts for example, it is nearly impossible to go back to a situation where you can grow cereals.<br />Once a cake is "burned" you cannot go back, take the ingredients and bake a new cake. <br />Except of huge investments, tomatos will never again grow "naturally" in the sands of the Sahara.<br />South of Spain, for example, is already suffering from severe water shortage.<br /><br />It is difficult to imagine / to believe that the coming restricted living conditions might wipe out ... so many lives. <br /><br />Some days I just cannot believe it could happen, even if I know the figures.<br />When and how will it happen , I mean on a massive scale, so that even the "politicians" must admit it ?<br /><br />I am living in the center of France (wild mountains in Auvergne area), the birds are singing, I am gardening, it is raining enough (I save the water from the roof), fruits and vegetables are growing <br />fine ... <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3046701423623795423.post-78483125738945394862018-03-19T07:16:16.691-07:002018-03-19T07:16:16.691-07:00These Methane levels are the highest you have yet ...These Methane levels are the highest you have yet published. If this trend continues it will lead to catastrophic warming.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11991680196016804789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3046701423623795423.post-15167555599681331502018-03-19T00:28:51.185-07:002018-03-19T00:28:51.185-07:00@Sam @Dreistein
Thank you for the exchange.
“Sim...@Sam @Dreistein<br /><br />Thank you for the exchange.<br /><br />“Simplicity does not precede complexity but follows it.” <br /><br />No one likes to hear bad news but in the current reality we live in right now in regards to climate change, I think it’s time for the science to be translated into a simpler non-scientific language… sound bites the average person can understand (for example: ten commandments = ten lines = ten messages). As sad as this sounds, it’s about taking the product (the climate change scientific data/conclusions) to market (the masses). The focus should be on basic communications and marketing. <br /><br />A series of well timed and mindful messages can go a long way with those we need to talk to on a more personal and direct level. Try and simply say only what needs to be said and don’t mollify or sugar coat the messaging that is being shared, but also don’t make things worse than they already are with unnecessary dire language.<br /><br />If the messaging is transparent and totally genuine, then the general public will be much more receptive to the things that the scientists have to say. Remember, you have to respect who you’re talking to before they will respect you (and listen).<br /><br />The general public are also more inclined to support and respect those they trust, so it is important to develop rapport by building momentum in the relationship between the scientists and the general public with a series of basic understandable non-scientific messages.<br /><br />In the end, all the general public want is to understand the truth and know what they can do as individuals to help solve the bigger problem.<br />Doug Sneddenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05362444991248084856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3046701423623795423.post-1759654420051168932018-03-18T23:02:03.395-07:002018-03-18T23:02:03.395-07:00Its a sad irony that the Gulf Stream which once ga...Its a sad irony that the Gulf Stream which once gave Earth its temperate climate (in the words of Dennis Quaid), will instead conspire with Global Warming to guarantee our extinction. Our only hope might be a shutdown of the Gulf Stream.Craig Evanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04850863951582857614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3046701423623795423.post-22306956606205089702018-03-18T04:45:44.261-07:002018-03-18T04:45:44.261-07:00As the years go by the news about global warming j...As the years go by the news about global warming just gets worse and worse. We next be running out time now. There's no signs of any clean energy revolution or emergency remedies agaiant devastating global warming in sight.Craig Evanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04850863951582857614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3046701423623795423.post-72306475975441284412018-03-16T16:55:08.235-07:002018-03-16T16:55:08.235-07:00Yes Sam, I missed that connection, though I had se...Yes Sam, I missed that connection, though I had seen your much earlier work on methane releases in the Arctic due to siesmic activity along the fault, which Is why I mentioned it. This coupled with the perma frost thaw now well underway means that we are really screwed. However the point that I was making was that as sea level rise really gets underway and water transports to the equator under centrifical influence the bulging of the ocean has got to be squeezing the crust more around the equator to apply compressive forces for some considerable time into the future. Are these forces to small to create a difference? I don’t know.BilBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09307785495360797781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3046701423623795423.post-53053716674783812752018-03-16T09:59:25.002-07:002018-03-16T09:59:25.002-07:00Not sure if your comment was referring to me, but ...Not sure if your comment was referring to me, but just in case, I did not mean to complain about mentioning extinction. Quite the opposite, I think it's very important to make people aware of the enormous risks we are facing (IMHO, a lot of the estimates regarding when consequences will strike may well be too conservative by far).<br /><br />My point was that if people see a picture screaming extinction as the first thing, some may put the post in the same category as doomsday blogs without substance and not read further - which really would do the great posts here no justice.Dreisteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00859059190599694167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3046701423623795423.post-54802742093023053252018-03-16T03:41:24.280-07:002018-03-16T03:41:24.280-07:00Earthquakes are mentioned under one of the Ten Dan...Earthquakes are mentioned under one of the Ten Dangers of Global Warming, i.e. under <a href="http://arctic-news.blogspot.com.au/p/ten-dangers-of-global-warming.html#9_Tipping_points" rel="nofollow">Tipping Points</a>. For more on this also see the page <a href="http://arctic-news.blogspot.com/p/seismic-events.html" rel="nofollow">Seismic Events</a>. Sam Caranahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12376449209858411775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3046701423623795423.post-84844524599441103332018-03-15T11:55:13.108-07:002018-03-15T11:55:13.108-07:00Sam your 10 risks thread is almost prophetic in li...Sam your 10 risks thread is almost prophetic in light of so many recent events. One item not on the list is the possibility of increased compressive earth quakes triggerred by sea level rise global mass shift. Not proven but talked about by some. The proof will in the number and nature of the quake types, more convergent than divergent over a long period and one can start to argue that the Earths crust is reacting to the sqeeze of water pressure. Worst case would be divergent earth quakes under the Arctic Ocean triggered as mass is removed from Greenland, causing large dislodgements of Arctic clathrates. <br /><br />Recent compressive earthquake examples might be the New Zealand ones.<br /><br />https://www.carbonbrief.org/can-climate-change-cause-earthquakes-we-look-at-the-science-and-the-spin<br />BilBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09307785495360797781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3046701423623795423.post-73470111636999503042018-03-11T06:07:36.044-07:002018-03-11T06:07:36.044-07:00Yes, I can recommend reading the 2017 paper Biolog...Yes, I can recommend reading the 2017 paper <a href="http://www.pnas.org/content/114/30/E6089" rel="nofollow">Biological annihilation via the ongoing sixth mass extinction signaled by vertebrate population losses and declines</a> by Gerardo Ceballos, Paul R. Ehrlich and Rodolfo Dirzo.Sam Caranahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12376449209858411775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3046701423623795423.post-6211812478090719392018-03-11T05:11:11.609-07:002018-03-11T05:11:11.609-07:00How can people complain about mentioning extinctio...How can people complain about mentioning extinction when PNAS publishes papers entitled "Biological annihilation via the ongoing sixth mass extinction signaled by vertebrate population losses and declines"?lawrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03378498639952626344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3046701423623795423.post-63639434004361504692018-03-11T04:28:52.135-07:002018-03-11T04:28:52.135-07:00Thanks Dreistein, let me add that a lot of people ...Thanks Dreistein, let me add that a lot of people read such posts for the first time. An alarming image at the top of the post may be what makes them take notice in the first place and a link to the Climate Plan can be helpful in sorting out further questions. Sam Caranahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12376449209858411775noreply@blogger.com