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Means of Extinction: Antarctic “Super Vortex” is Accelerating
Means of Extinction: Antarctic “Super Vortex” is Accelerating From the Daily Mail in the UK comes an article titled Antarctica ‘super vortex’ is speeding up due to climate change – and it could melt thousands of square miles of sea ice, study reveals. The article was published on 27 March 2024. More sensationalist headlines appear in […]
Trillions of Tons of Carbon Are Missing from Climate Models
Trillions of Tons of Carbon Are Missing from Climate Models Draft script: From Popular Mechanics comes this headline on 22 April 2024: Trillions of Tons of Carbon Are Missing from Climate Models. The story begins with three bullet points: (1) While the world’s soils are home to lots of organic carbon—such as leaf litter and animal […]
Will AMOC Kill Us All?
Will AMOC Kill Us All? Draft script: You’ve probably heard a lot about the AMOC, which is short for the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Current. Based on my awkward pronunciation of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Current, you can understand why I prefer the acronym, AMOC. With this video, I will provide an overview of the AMOC, […]
The First Signs of Civilization’s Collapse?
The First Signs of Civilization’s Collapse? New Video Link! Sorry! Draft script: From Tom Dispatch on 17 August 2023 comes a story headlined Michael Klare, A World on the Edge of … Collapse? The article is short, and it introduces a much longer article by Michael Klare, professor emeritus of peace and world security studies at Hampshire College. I’ll […]
Science Snippets: “If We Start Right Now …”
Science Snippets: “If We Start Right Now …” Every day, I receive an email message from at least one person with this line, or something like it: “If we start right now …” The message then goes on to say that, if we start right now, we can fix the climate emergency. We can preserve […]
When the Bullseye is the Wrong Target
When the Bullseye is the Wrong Target Guy R. McPherson, Beril Kallfelz-Sirmacek, and William M. Kallfelz, 30 November 2022, The largest elephant in the room: aerosol masking. arXiv:2211.16115 Guy R. McPherson, Beril Kallfelz-Sirmacek, and William M. Kallfelz, 30 November 2022, Medium: The largest elephant in the room: aerosol masking. Relevant articles: Counterpunch, 25 November 2022: Harper’s, December 2022: (This […]
Science Snippets: Peak Fossil Fuels
Science Snippets: Peak Fossil Fuels Latest peer-reviewed journal article appears in the prestigious Elsevier series of journals: McPherson, Guy R., Beril Sirmack, and Ricardo Vinuesa. March 2022. Environmental thresholds for mass-extinction events. Results in Engineering (2022), doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rineng.2022.100342. Full text: When the head of the conservative International Energy Agency admits we are in the midst of the […]
Science Snippets: Peak Oil Has NOT Gone Away
Science Snippets: Peak Oil Has NOT Gone Away The video embedded below is scheduled to Premiere on YouTube at noon Eastern time on 13 June 2022. An online conversation will ensue shortly before, during, and slightly after the video is shown. Professor Guy McPherson’s AVID Audio Course Described and Available Here The Washington Post, 7 […]
