Arctic climate crisis

In this episode of Shaping The Future, I am speaking with former UK Government Chief Science Advisor, Sir David King. Sir David has recently set up the Climate Crisis Advisory Group (CCAG) to respond with agility to the real-time climate crisis. The first report is linked in the notes and focuses on the Arctic as a key regulator of global climate stability and more recently, chaotic disruption. Key points: Jet Stream Omega Event Johanne Rockstrum: Arctic tipping point has passed. Are accelerating impacts at risk of outpacing action? Scientists have mismanaged the modelling of climate change events. Greenland ice sheet is sitting in warm air and losing ice rapidly. We are not prepared for what we are currently seeing! We need a UN Security Council For Climate Change. Our future as a civilisation depends on a rapid response to the situation. UK Policy on China: Timing-wise it could not be worse! The EU, China and US are all talking together. Greenhouse Gas Removal: Build up oc...

Expanses of Russia's permafrost in the Arctic Circle is thawing - revealing fascinating prehistoric artefacts but also releasing carbon into the atmosphere in the form of greenhouse gases. If the ground can swallow buildings like this, imagine what cities are lost to time like this. "He has a solution: return the arctic to how it was many thousands of years ago. Bring back the millions of animals..." Yeah. I am sure it can be done.

The July 2021 meeting of the Permafrost Collaboration Team included a presentation from Louise Farquharson (University of Alaska Fairbanks) on "Not so permanent permafrost? Novel sub-aerial talik development across the discontinuous permafrost zone of Alaska." Want to join future IARPC meetings or webinars? Request an account on our member space where U.S. federal government program managers, scientists, and community members from state, academic, Indigenous, NGO, and industry organizations team up to solve hard problems to carry out the research laid out in the Arctic Research Plan. Visit » https://www.iarpccollaborations.org If methane emissions are 40x worse than Co2 shouldn’t we be harvesting this methane? We call it Dying Permafrost. Absolutely zero sense of urgency ! Was that the objective I wonder!