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Climate Change Daily Vid August 3, 2017: Corals, Climate and Time -Dr. Manuel Aranda

2017-08-03T11:52:00.001-06:00

Professor Aranda gives an overview of the challenges coral reefs are facing due to rapidly
changing climate. He explains the importance of coral reefs and the current loss
of ecosystems.

A major point of his talk is that technology can be developed, in time, to
save coral reef ecosystems, but he draws upon each individual to help slow the pace
of climate change.

Dr. Aranda's main research interests lie in the development of functional genetic tools for reef building corals and other cnidarian model organisms that will allow the systematic analysis of the molecular processes governing symbiosis and coral bleaching.

The coral-algal symbiosis hereby serves as a model system to address questions regarding the molecular basis of symbiosis in order to extend our knowledge on the mechanisms and factors determining the nature of symbiotic relationships i.e. mutualistic, commensalistic or parasitic.

Central part of this research is the elucidation of the function of key proteins involved in the initiation, maintenance and breakdown of the symbiotic relationship in both partners.

Climate Change Daily Vid Aug 2 2017:Climate change in the Pacific: Enabling early warning systems in Tuvalu

2017-08-02T17:01:00.002-06:00

The short documentary “Linking the Islands” looks at concrete ways Tuvalu is addressing the challenges communities face, including the installation of a disaster early warning system.

Challenges Tuvalu faces as a result of climate change
As low-lying islands lacking a surrounding shallow shelf, the communities of Tuvalu are especially susceptible to changes in sea level and undissipated storms.

At its highest, Tuvalu is only 4.6 metres (15 ft) above sea level, and Tuvaluan leaders have been concerned about the effects of rising sea levels for a few years.

It is estimated that a sea level rise of 20–40 centimetres (8–16 inches) in the next 100 years could make Tuvalu uninhabitable.

Whether there are measurable changes in the sea level relative to the islands of Tuvalu is a contentious issue. There were problems associated with the pre-1993 sea level records from Funafuti which resulted in improvements in the recording technology to provide more reliable data for analysis.

The degree of uncertainty as to estimates of sea level change relative to the islands of Tuvalu was reflected in the conclusions made in 2002 from the available data. The uncertainty as to the accuracy of the data from this tide gauge resulted in a modern Aquatrak acoustic gauge being installed in 1993 by the Australian National Tidal Facility (NTF) as part of the AusAID-sponsored South Pacific Sea Level and Climate Monitoring Project. The 2011 report of the Pacific Climate Change Science Program published by the Australian Government, concludes:

"The sea-level rise near Tuvalu measured by satellite altimeters since 1993 is about 5 mm (0.2 in) per year."

Tuvalu has adopted a national plan of action as the observable transformations over the last ten to fifteen years show Tuvaluans that there have been changes to the sea levels. These include sea water bubbling up through the porous coral rock to form pools at high tide and the flooding of low-lying areas including the airport during spring tides and king tides.

The atolls have shown resilience to gradual sea-level rise, with atolls and reef islands being able to grow under current climate conditions by generating sufficient sand and coral debris that accumulates and gets dumped on the islands during cyclones. Gradual sea-level rise also allows for coral polyp activity to increase the reefs.

However, if the increase in sea level occurs at faster rate as compared to coral growth,[280] or if polyp activity is damaged by ocean acidification, then the resilience of the atolls and reef islands is less certain.

The 2011 report of Pacific Climate Change Science Program of Australia concludes, in relation to Tuvalu, states the conclusions that over the course of the 21st century:

Surface air temperatures and sea‑surface temperatures are projected to continually increase
Annual and seasonal mean rainfalls are projected to increase
The intensity and frequency of extreme heat days are projected to increase
The intensity and frequency of extreme rainfall days are projected to increase
The incidence of drought is projected to decrease
Tropical cyclone numbers are projected to decline in the south-east Pacific Ocean basin
Ocean acidification is projected to continue
Mean sea-level rise is projected to continue wiki

Climate Change Daily Vid Aug 1, 2017: How silence can lead us to a sustainable world Laura Storm

2017-08-01T15:10:00.000-06:00

Laura Storm has spent the past decade bringing together individual consumers and activists with businesses, NGO’s, and policy makers around sustainable solutions. An entrepreneurial mind-set and a visionary leader, Laura most recently co-built SUSTAINIA, the global mega-brand for sustainable solutions that has helped expose hundreds of sustainable solutions to investors and millions of consumers across the world.

Sustainia is an international sustainability think tank and consultancy working to accelerate action towards a sustainable future. In order to realize this, we work with companies, cities, and organizations to map their position, navigate the changing landscape, and communicate with impact.

They can help you:

-Map and identify sustainable solutions
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Climate Change Daily Vid July 31, 2017:The impact of global warming on societies in the Arctic

2017-07-31T15:37:00.002-06:00

A Finnish icebreaker has completed the Northwest Sea passage, which links the Atlantic and Pacific oceans across the Arctic. The trip, from Vancouver to Greenland’s capital city Nuuk, took 24 days -- a new record, in part because climate change has melted sea ice, making the journey easier. Frank Jordans, an Associated Press reporter who took the trip, joins Hari Sreenivasan from Greenland.

SREENIVASAN: There were several researchers on board this vessel. What were they studying?

JORDANS: The impact of global warming on societies in the Arctic, some were taking records of the marine animals that we were encountering. And some were looking at the Northwest Passage from an economic point of view.

Climate Change Daily Vid July 30, 2017:Why Data and Forecasting are so important to avoid climate crises

2017-07-31T15:32:00.000-06:00

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adelphi's mission is to improve global governance through research, dialogue and consultation. They offer demand-driven, tailor-made services for sustainable development, helping governments, international organizations, businesses and nonprofits design strategies for addressing global challenges.

Climate Change Daily VId July 29, 2012:Extreme weather hits Europe - scientists blame climate change

2017-07-29T14:35:00.000-06:00

From intense heat waves to severe flooding, Europe is a continent of extremes at the moment. Severe weather conditions have caused mayhem and destruction in many countries.

Climate Change Daily VId July 28 2017:KIDS REACT TO CLIMATE CHANGE

2017-07-29T14:26:00.000-06:00

Fine Brothers Entertainment brings you the stuff you want to talk more about, from our award-winning REACT series, to shows across scripted, unscripted, animation, interactive, sketch comedy, and more.

Dear Future Generations: Sorry

Climate Change Daily VId July 27, 2017: US climate scientist: I was pushed out

2017-07-27T10:35:00.002-06:00

Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience government scientist Joel Clement, who was reassigned to the accounting department after speaking out on climate change, talks to Christiane Amanpour.CNN

Clement believes reassignments are meant to compel people to quit as an effort to cut the department’s staff. Now, he’s calling himself a whistle-blower.

“Silencing civil servants, stifling science, squandering taxpayer money, and spurning communities in the face of imminent danger have never made America great,” Clement writes.

Climate Change Daily Vid July 26, 2017: A professional climate denier, Taylor is now an advocate for addressing climate change.

2017-07-26T13:43:00.000-06:00

Jerry Taylor is the president of the Niskanen Center. Prior to founding the Center in 2014, Mr. Taylor spent 23 years at the Cato Institute.

“I was an enthusiastic and convinced champion of the idea that climate change is an overblown problem. A growing number of conservative leaders and intellectuals have come to terms with climate science and begun casting about for solutions. Led mainly by libertarians and libertarian-leaning economists, they’ve begun to coalesce behind a carbon tax, which they consider the most market-friendly of the available alternatives." Jerry Taylor

Further Reading...
IN DEFENSE OF CARBON TAXES: MANHATTAN INSTITUTE EDITION

Climate Change Daily Vid July 25, 2017: Al Gore Answers the Web's Most Searched Questions on Climate Change

2017-07-26T13:00:00.002-06:00

Al Gore Answers the Web's Most Searched Questions on Climate Change

Al Gore appears in the new documentary 'An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power.'

Climate Change Daily Vid July 24, 2017:Al Gore calls Trudeau a ‘breath of fresh air’ in climate fight

2017-07-24T12:01:00.000-06:00

Al Gore calls Trudeau a ‘breath of fresh air’ in climate fight

Gore was in Toronto Friday promoting a new documentary.

Climate Change Daily Vid July 23 2017:Climate change challenges sinking city of Venice

2017-07-24T11:52:00.003-06:00

Climate change challenges sinking city of Venice

Acqua alta - Is Venice Sinking? "Less than the sea is rising."

Climate Change Daily Vid July 22, 2017: Climate Change: NASS Supports Need For Govt To Have Clear, United Response

2017-07-22T12:16:00.002-06:00

Climate Change: NASS Supports Need For Govt To Have Clear, United Response

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Climate Change Daily VId: July 20 2017:Introducing: NextGen America

2017-07-21T15:11:00.000-06:00

NextGen America acts politically to prevent climate disaster, promote prosperity, and protect the fundamental rights of every American.

Learn more at nextgenamerica.org

Climate Change Daily Vid July 21 2017:Are Indians indifferent to climate change? - Varun Hemachandran - TEDxMLRIT

2017-07-21T10:56:00.002-06:00

Mr. Varun Hemachandran talks about his invention and other steps that he has taken to stop the government from spreading misinformation about deforestation in Bangalore, India in this talk. He explains how humans are more prone to lose their livelihoods than most of the plants or animals.

Climate Change Daily Vid July 21 2017: Climate Change becomes SEXY on the Kelly and Ryan Show

2017-07-21T10:54:00.000-06:00

Al Gore on the Effects of Climate Change

Climate Change Daily Video July 19 2017:Senator Warren DOUBLE SHOT Asks About Climate Change as a National Security Threat and Addresses Children's Climate Change Concerns

2017-07-19T13:11:00.002-06:00

Senator Warren DOUBLE SHOT

Asks About Climate Change as a National Security Threat

Elizabeth Warren Addresses Children's Climate Change Concerns

New From James Hansen: Young People’s Burden: Requirement of Negative CO2 Emissions

2017-07-18T12:33:00.003-06:00

Conclusions include:
1. Global warming in the past 50 years has raised global temperature (Fig. 1) well above the prior
range in the Holocene (the current interglacial period, approximately the past 11,700 years) to the level of the Eemian period (130,000 to 115,000 years ago), when sea level was 6-9 meters (20-30 feet) higher than today.

2. Global warming can be held below 1.5°C (the aspirational goal of the Paris Agreement) if rapid
reductions of global CO2 emission (at least 3%/year) begin by 2021 and if there is no net growth of
other climate forcings (Fig. 2). However, 1.5°C global warming exceeds estimated Eemian
temperature and is not an appropriate goal.

3. The growth rate of greenhouse gas climate forcing has accelerated markedly in the past several
years (Fig. 3), a conclusion starkly at odds with the common narrative that the world has recently
turned the corner toward a solution of the global warming problem.

4. An appropriate goal is to return global temperature to the Holocene range with a century. Such
a goal was still achievable in 2013 if rapid emission reductions had begun at that time and if there
were a global program for reforestation and improved agricultural and forestry practices. Now
climate restoration this century would also require substantial technological extraction of CO2 from
the air. If rapid emission reductions do not begin soon, the burden placed on young people to
extract CO2 emitted by prior generations may become implausibly difficult and costly.
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Climate Change Daily Vid July 18, 2017: Al Gore Received Illegal Campaign Materials In 2000 (And Reported It)

2017-07-18T11:27:00.000-06:00

Al Gore Received Illegal Campaign Materials In 2000 (And Reported It)

Al Gore Bonus:

In his latest TED talk, Al Gore, founder and chairman of The Climate Reality Project, poses three questions that will determine the future of our planet – and why there’s good reason to be optimistic.

Climate Change Daily Vid July 17 2017 Green-Win Conference 2017

2017-07-17T12:32:00.000-06:00

Oxford University's Environmental Change Institute (ECI) was established in 1991 'to organize and promote interdisciplinary research on the nature, causes and impact of environmental change and to contribute to the development of management strategies for coping with future environmental change.

Dr Friederike Otto, Deputy Director, Environmental Change Institute (ECI), Oxford
Introduction of the theoretical and empirical rationale for the workshop: Dr Thomas Thornton, ECI, Oxford.

Climate Change Daily Vid July 16 2017:Climate change is ‘great opportunity’

2017-07-17T12:25:00.002-06:00

Climate change is ‘great opportunity’ Sir Richard Branson

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Here's a bonus link for what his Virgin Earth Challenged has been up to...

Climeworks has launched the world’s first commercial plant that captures atmospheric CO2 for supply and sale to a customer.

Climate Change Daily Vid July 15 2017 Controlling the Climate: Can we refreeze the Arctic?

2017-07-15T13:08:00.003-06:00

Dr Hugh Hunt, CUED Friday 05 May 2017, Cambridge University Engineering Department. Thanks to Nick Breeze Productions

Part 1

Part 2

part2 is a discussion of related points. The audience includes people involved in climate change research, engineers from Cambridge University Engineering Department, Sir David King, former Chief Scientific Advisor to the UK government and Baroness Bryony Worthington, co-author of the Climate Change Act.

Climate Change Daily Vid July 14 2017 Larsen C Ice Sheet Breaks Off What Next?

2017-07-14T12:01:00.001-06:00

Larsen C Ice Sheet Breaks Off What Next?

Yale Climate Connections Bonus

When an adaptation effort no longer suffices

Climate Change Daily Video July 13 2017 Gov. Brown gets heated over climate change initiative

2017-07-14T11:43:00.001-06:00

Climate Change Daily Video July 13 2017 Gov. Brown gets heated over climate change initiative

Jerry Brown Bonus
Michael Bloomberg and California Governor Jerry Brown Pledge To Fight Climate Change

Climate Change Daily Vid July12 2017 Paul Beckwith: Main-Stream-Media Awakens to Perils of Abrupt Climate Change?

2017-07-12T12:33:00.000-06:00

Paul Beckwith:

Physicist, Engineer, and now a part-time professor at the University of Ottawa. He is in a Ph.D. program, with a focus on Abrupt Climate System Change (atmosphere, oceans, Arctic, methane…). He has earned a Masters in Science (M.Sc.) in Laser Optics/Physics. He also earned his undergraduate, with a Bachelors of Engineering (B.Eng.) in Engineering Physics.