As did the Dodo, so shall we go-go
The consequences of the disappearance of sea ice from the Arctic ocean, however briefly, at the end of a summer melt season some time in the not too distant future, are potentially very ominous for the way we organize our human socioeconomic structures today.
The Great Ocean Conveyor, The Thermohaline Circulation, The Gulf Stream, AMOC…all terms we hear quite a lot these days. And they all seem to be linked with climate change, or even abrupt climate change according to some. The circulation
Talk by Dahr Jamail author of “The End of Ice: Bearing Witness and Finding Meaning in the Path of Climate Disruption” recorded March 26, 2019 at the Summit on Pike, Seattle, WA. After nearly a decade overseas as a
Naomi OreskesMarch 22, 2019Presented by: The Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities
All around the world, insect species are dying at alarming rates. It’s being called the Insect Apocalypse, and a new study looks at why this is happening, what can be done about it, and what would happen if the
After nearly a decade overseas as a war reporter, the acclaimed journalist Dahr Jamail returned to America to renew his passion for mountaineering, only to find that the slopes he had once climbed have been irrevocably changed by climate
Climate and Environmental Crisis. That’s the message of a new report published this week by the Institute of Public Policy Research in the UK. The report doesn’t pull many punches in its description of our environmental predicament. This week
NOAA released their 2018 Arctic Report Card back in December with some fairly stark warnings about the status of that region. Since then we’ve had further updates suggesting that this year could be one of the most precarious for
They sound like science fiction — and I’d say wishful thinking — but could radical remedies to slow global warming really work? Eric Campbell goes in search of crazy brave ideas to save the world.
“The Uninhabitable Earth” isn’t just a book title, it’s a warning. A new study and a new book both argue that the worst-case scenario for global warming would literally render the planet uninhabitable. The book is entitled “The Uninhabitable
If you live in the northern hemisphere at the moment, you may be asking “why is it so cold?”, and you might have heard of something called the “stratospheric polar vortex” splitting apart in something called a “sudden stratospheric
Recently the media has been abuzz with talk of the “polar vortex” which they describe as being an outbreak of cold air over the United States and Canada. In this video I break down what the polar vortex is