14 min. video. Introduction to the permafrost climate feedback
This is a short lecture on how climate change is affecting Arctic and Boreal Ecosystems, and how the response of those ecosystems is starting to influence the global climate system. Reminds me of Walter Jen and his talks about soil and hydrology. The most important point you raised there was how not all models have the data or possibilities considered, I've long held the view that serious "super computer power" be tasked with the most comprehensive modelling to ensure we are getting the best possible predictions. If we have under stated serious climate shift then the consequences could be devastating if the rate of change is too great for our food agriculture systems. Imagine food and water shortages on a global scale just because we underestimated the size of the problem. To clue people in, the entire jetstream circulation has changed from oceans too warm to allow Siberian cold to cross the N.Pacific turns it north with heat & moisture near BeringStrait a low point i...