Bill McKibben questions whether Joplin tornadoes in Missouri of April 2011 are related to the tornado outbreak three weeks before it in Tuscaloosa, Alabama or the enormous outbreak three weeks before that, which together comprised of the most active April for tornadoes in US history. He critiques our tendency not to connect seemingly related events,…Continue Reading A Link Between Climate Change and the Joplin tornadoes? (4:00)
While water covers approximately 70% of the world’s surface, approximately 97.5% of it is salt water, which leaves only 2.5% of that freshwater– most of which is in glaciers, icebergs, and snow– leaving just 1% of earth’s water for human consumption….Continue Reading UN Water Video (11:00)
“SWIPA: A Changing Environment” This is the three minute version. For download of longer, fifteen minute version, click here. An assessment of climate change’s impact on snow, water, ice, and permafrost in the arctic (SWIPA). Video explains climate change occurring in the arctic: warming increases, which thaws permafrost, which then releases carbon (CO2 or methane),…Continue Reading Thawing Permafrost, Releasing Carbon: Climate Change (3:00 or 15:00)