Category: Climate Change

AGU FM11 – Paleoclimate record points toward potential rapid climate changes (54:17)

Even if we are able to limit global warming to two degrees Celsius above pre-industrial times, Earth could likely see drastic and rapid climate change this century, new research by NASA’s Jim Hansen suggests. Paleoclimate data paints a different picture than models about the sensitivity of the climate system. Detailed analysis of the Earth’s paleoclimate…Continue Reading AGU FM11 – Paleoclimate record points toward potential rapid climate changes (54:17)

The Tipping Point and Climate Feedback Loops – An Intro to the Environmental Crisis (11:30)

“Wake Up, Freak Out – then Get a Grip” Leo Murray‘s video outlines and explains the Tipping Point, the dangerously close point of catastrophe in our climate system. But, as the video points out, it is not inevitable—yet….Continue Reading The Tipping Point and Climate Feedback Loops – An Intro to the Environmental Crisis (11:30)

When The Water Ends: Africa’s Climate Conflicts (16:00)

For thousands of years, nomadic herdsmen have roamed the harsh, semi-arid lowlands that stretch across 80 percent of Kenya and 60 percent of Ethiopia. Descendants of the oldest tribal societies in the world, they survive thanks to the animals they raise and the crops they grow, their travels determined by the search for water and…Continue Reading When The Water Ends: Africa’s Climate Conflicts (16:00)