President Obama's Climate Change (yawn) ah, announcement

 

 

http://www.rappad.co/ 

"Obama Wants You to Think His Climate Plan Is Bold. It’s Not." http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2015/08/02/obama_climate_change_plan_the_clean_power_plan_is_supposed_to_be_bold_but.html

 On Point: "Tough new carbon restrictions. What the president is proposing, Germany’s already doing. Will the American people buy in?" http://onpoint.wbur.org/2015/08/04/obama-clean-power-plan-war-on-coal

Context Note

"Rate of temperature change today (red) and in the PETM (blue). Temperature rose steadily in the PETM due to the slow release of greenhouse gas (around 2 billion tons per year). Today, fossil fuel burning is leading to 30 billion tons of carbon released into the atmosphere every year, driving temperature up at an incredible rate. " http://www.wunderground.com/climate/PETM.asp?MR=1

 just sayin...

For an introduction to the fun filled days of the Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM), go here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleocene%E2%80%93Eocene_Thermal_Maximum

or watch a lecture  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81Zb0pJa3Hg

Another cool one, looking at the insects: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=un_E4hyekSs

And one on mantaining our support systems: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKxkacvztCA&list=PLCB90DB73D50ECC5D&index=13