Podcast appearances and mentions of peter wadhams

Ulyana Horodyskyj Pena was recently in the Arctic and the Andes looking at glaciers, which have turned dark from falling soot and fabric particulates. She shares experiences with two senior Arctic scientists, Maria Pia Casarini and her distinguished husband Peter Wadhams. For the video, audio podcast see https://tosavetheworld.ca/episode-673-black-glaciers.

Climate scientists Tom Goreau and Peter Wadhams are puzzled about two new events in the Arctic: On February 2, the North Pole was melting. And earlier there was a sharp increase in a number of gases and aerosols -- all except methane, which you might expect. For the video, audio podcast, and comments: https:/tosavetheworld.ca/episode-657-arctic-climate-puzzles

Metta forgot to record the first 25 minutes. Then discus insurance and wildfires in LA, AI, climate, and the use of AI to control weapons, especially nuclear ones. Peter Wadhams, Marilyn Krieger, Brian von Herzen, Peter Wadhams. For the video, audio podcast, comments: https://tosavetheworld.ca/episode-654-global-town-hall-jan-2025.

Climate experts Peter Wadhams and Brian von Herzen discuss hydrogen energy and kelp with Katia Emami and Mohammed Haque, who worry about brutal governments in their homeland, and Sandy Greer, who worries about the rights of indigenous Canadians.

Lou Kriesberg, Peter Wadhams, Richard Denton, Charles Tauber, Sandy Greer, John German and Alexey Prokhorenko are alarmed by the US Supreme Court's Chevron decision, the infirmity of Joe Biden, and the continuing war crimes against the Palestinians. But Wadhams finds joy in extreme hydrogen car races and lots of people like the idea of creating committees for Project Save the World activism. We'll do a survey. For the video, audio podcast, summary and comments, https://tosavetheworld.ca/episode-613-global-town-hall-june-2024.

Louis Kriesberg mentioned the protest movement at US universities, and Peter Wadhams commented rom the view in Italy. Bil Leikam and Marilyn Krieger told us about opossums and Alexey Prokhorenko lamented the deteriorating state of affairs in Russia. We talked about how to enforce international law.

News: Franz Oeste has found several other aerosols that can demolish methane in the atmosphere even faster. Clive Elsworth explains with slides to Peter Wadhams and Adele Buckley For the vieo, audio pocast, transcript and comments: https://tosavetheworld,ca/episode-591-new-aerosol-discoveries.

Brian von Herzen, Paul Beckwith, and Peter Wadhams are climate scientists who generally favor the rapid deployment of marine cloud brightening to the Arctic to cool the planet by increasing albedo. Adele Buckley does not favor that approach because it would be easier to do cloud brightening elsewhere. For the video, audio podcast, transcript and comments: https://tosavetheworld.ca/episode-5

Peter Wadhams is an expert on Arctic sea ice. He tells us about the extraordinary warming of the oceans this year. Scientists don't have an explanation. Andre Kamenshikov has been traveling in the post-Soviet countries, interviewing the men who fled from Russia to avoid being sent to war. Nivedita Das Kundi was recently in St. Petersburg for a conference and we talk about the war. For the video, audio podcast, transcript, comments: https://tosavetheworld.ca/episode-562-

Tariq Rauf describes the seriously worsening threat of nuclear war during this conflict between Russia and Ukraine. The consensus of opinion is still pro-NATO in Europe, but the nuclear arms control treaties have been abrogated and all sides are warning of their intentions to "keep up" in any race. This includes China, which is building up rapidly now, so that the superpowers will be three. Peter Wadhams describes the extraordinary heating of the Arctic ocean now -- up by 13 degrees! -- and the fact that the scientists cannot explain it, so they tend not to talk about it as much as the shocking facts would seem to require. For the video, audio podcast, transcript, summary, and comments: https://tosavetheworld.ca/episode-555-global-town-hall-apr-2023.

Peter Wadhams, an expert on Arctic sea ice, tells us that the Antarctic and Arctic are both losing ice at the same time instead of alternating by the seasons as usual. Alexey Prokhorenko, a Russian who fled to Poland in opposition to the war, tells us that all the Russian expatriates agree that the Russian government must be run by a strong parliament, not a strong presidency. Marilyn Krieger is concerned about the blizzards covering California now and the anxiety people feel about the mountain lions that she is trying to protect. For the video, audio podcast, transcript and comments, https://tosavetheworld.ca/episode-549-global-town-hall-feb-2023.

Lawrence Martin in a singer and Canadian politician of Cree heritage. Brian von Herzen is an expert on ocean permaculture - especially kelp farming. Peter Wadhams is an expert on Arctic sea ice and methane. These people discuss two potential projects -- to refreeze parts of Hudson Bay year-round, and to harvest kelp and manufacture such commodities from it as bio-stimulant for plants and fodder for ruminant animals to reduce their production of methane from enteric digestion. For the video, audio podcasts, transcript and public comments: https://tosavetheworld.ca/episode-540-kelp-and-ice-in-hudson-bay.

The Pugwash inquiry is concerned here with a proposal to brighten clouds over Hudson Bay, retaining some ice year round. The experts here are Alan Gadian, Stephen Salter, Michael Diamond, Paul Beckwith, Peter Wadhams. The consider the challenging problem of estimating the effectiveness of this intervention. Much of the complexity results from the dynamics of the multiple factors -- the way the clouds of different altitudes react differently, the impact of water vapor, altitude, temperature, the changing amount of light in different seasons, etc. Although the mathematical modeling gives a specific prediction, it may be necessary to check it with a real-life experiment, and we have to decide whether Hudson Bay is the best place to carry out such an experiment. For the video, audio podcast, transcript, and comments: https://tosavetheworld.ca/episode-529-clouds-and-climate.

Stephen Salter has been designing a nozzle to spray extremely tiny drops of sea water into the clouds, which they will whiten thereby and increase the amount of sunshine landing on the earth surface below. Peter Wadhams is an expert on Arctic sea ice and he and climatologist Paul Beckwith are enthusiastic about using this way of retaining some ice on Hudson Bay during the summer months. Adele Buckley questions them about this, and all four Arctic experts agree that it is a project worth more extensive exploration and, if Canadian indigenous people like it, the support of the Canadian government as a demonstration project for potentially more extensive application in refreezing the Arctic Ocean. For the video, audio podcast, transcript, and comments: https://tosavetheworld.ca/episode-509-hudson-bay-ice

Leonid Yurganov is a scientist who measures the methane emissions all around the world with spectrometry from satellites. He has twenty years' data on the subject by now. Peter Wadhams specializes in the study of sea ice and the methane being released in the Arctic. Yurganov shows some maps of the north pole area taken from his instruments at different times. Much more methane is being emitted lately than previously, and much more in the winter than the summer. We are worrying a lot now about the potential for bursts of methane from the sea. However, there is more methane being emitted gradually from permafrost on land. For the video, audio podcast, transcript and comments: https://tosavetheworld.ca/episode-507-arctic-methane.

Project Save the World hosts a town hall on the last Sunday of every month. Here we talk about beavers, wind, cooperation with Russian scientists, mental illness and suicide among youths, spirituality and consciousness, and the predicament of Russians who oppose the war but may be conscripted. Guests include Bill Liekam, Peter Wadhams, Franklyn Griffiths, Marilyn Krieger. For the video, audio podcast, transcript and comments: https://tosavetheworld.ca/episode-506-global-town-hall-sept-2022 . 

John Moore was responsible for China's geoengineeing work at a Beijing University. He explains to climatologists Peter Wadhams and Paul Beckwith his proposal to set up underwater panels of unwoven fabric in channels around Antarctica where warm water is flowing under the Thwaite Ice sheet. As a result, the glacier will melt and calve off as iceberg into the ocean. Placed properly in the channel, such panels can keep the warmer water out and hold the glacier in place. This technological project would take about thirty years to build. Moore would like the 29 nations that have pledged to protect Antarctica to contribute funds to create such an arrangement to prevent global sea rise. For the video, audio podcast, transcript and public comments: https://tosavetheworld.ca/episode-489-saving-antarcticas-ice.

Peter Wadhams specializes in ice and glaciers. We discuss ways of stopping the runoff of water from Greenland and Antarctica, and of insulating icebergs while towing them to places that need freshwater. We worry about whether Russia will continue to prevent the export of grain from Ukraine, despite having agreed to allow it. Alexey Prokhorenko answers questions about the effect of sanctions in Russia, where he lives. For the video, audio podcast, transcript and comments: https://tosavetheworld.ca/episode-484-global-town-hall-july-2022. Then you're invited to post comments on the website.

Peter Wadhams and Paul Beckwith, both climatologists, note that the IPCC has changed its attitude about the urgency of handling global warming, partly because the astonishingly rapid melting of ice in the Arctic and Antarctic. Some experts say they never expected to see warming in their lifetime like we've seen in the past week. Paul tells us about the stupendous amount of water in atmospheric rivers, which may turn north and melt the ice, revealing lower levels of volcanic debris from generations past. For the video, audio podcast, transcript, and comments: https://tosavetheworld.ca/episode-434-help-the-ice-is-melting/ .

Peter Wadhams, the sea ice expert, and Paul Beckwith, the Ottawa climatologist, both attended the COP26 meeting in Glasgow. They report on the continuing heating of the Arctic and the other global perturbations of climate resulting from that. "You cannot negotiate the melting point of ice," insists Wadhams, who describes the melting of Greenland's ice sheet. Even lagging scientists admit now that the Arctic is warming 3 times as fast as the rest of the world, but Beckwith claims that this is a great underestimate; he put it at 4 to 5 times as fast. The politicians are clueless, uninformed, and continuing to subsidize fossil fuels. That is the issue that must be stopped. For the video, audio podcast, transcript, and comments: https://tosavetheworld.ca/episode-389-the-hot-arctic/.

In this ClimateGenn episode, I am speaking to professor Peter Wadhams from the University of Cambridge about his recent research for a book he is writing on the viability of greenhouse gas removal from the atmosphere. Subscribe at https://Patreon.com/genncc Visit https://genn.cc for more information. Some of these proposals are also referred to as negative emissions technologies, or ‘nets' and are widely included in national emissions reduction plans despite none being proven at scale today. We discuss the viability of various proposed techniques including tree planting, bioenergy capture and storage as well as direct air capture and ocean proposals including farming kelp and the use of diatoms for large-scale sequestration. In the last segment we discuss the risks posed by Arctic methane releases and two proposed techniques for dealing with a potential methane emergency, whereby multiple billions of tonnes of the potent greenhouse gas are released at once. These are controversial proposals despite policymakers assuming they will work in the future. The danger of these suppositions is compounded by the fact that many research projects are embryonic and underfunded. Thank you for listening. In the next episode, I speak with author Professor Tom Rosenstiel about his new political thriller, The Days To Come. In this interview, we discuss fiction writing and journalism and how these both intersect with reality to shape our world. You can subscribe on all major podcast channels or Youtube and you can also support my work via https://Patreon.com/genncc Visit https://genn.cc for more information. Thanks for listening.

Peter Wadhams, a leading expert on sea ice, looks for solutions (e.g. cloud brightening and iron aerosols) to the release of methane from the shallow Siberian Sea. For the video, audio podcast, transcript, and comments: https://tosavetheworld.ca/351-methane/

Paul Beckwith, Peter Ward, Peter Wadhams, and Paul Werbos are climatologists who worry about the effects of changing ocean currents for humanity's future.

Peter Wadhams and Paul Beckwith say that thermohaline currents distribute heat around the world, starting from “chimneys” that pour cold water down the oceans. You can watch this series (or listen to them as audio podcasts) on our website – https://tosavetheworld.ca – then scroll down to discuss.

Peter Wadhams, Paul Beckwith, and Franklyn Griffiths all know each other for their work on the climate emergency. Doug Saunders and Metta Spencer are just learning about the gravity of our current situation. We discuss possible technical interventions that might save us, but agree that the public is ot sufficiently aware to adopt such rigorous changes. What can be done to wake up the public and our governments? You can watch this series (or listen to them as audio podcasts) on our website, then discuss here: https://tosavetheworld.ca/videos/#comments.

You‘re listening to the Arctic Circle Podcast. In this episode we learn more about the Ice911 Research (now Arctic Ice Project) and how they are already testing a way to restrore reflective Arctic Sea Ice a project that can make a significant difference in fighting Climate Change. We will hear from Ice911 experts: Leslie Field, Founter and CTO, Peter Wadhams, Emeritus Head of the Polar Ocean Physics Group in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics at the University of Cambridge, Stepanie Lapensee, Consultant at Ice911 Resarch and Steve Payne, Governing Board Chair at Ice911 Research. The Session originally took place at the 2019 Arctic Circle Assembly.

Resurrection The Nicene Creed reads “...For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate; he suffered death and was buried. On the third day he rose again in accordance with the Scriptures…”. Inspired by the Risen Christ, we planned episode seven of the Science and Faith series around the greatness of this Biblical event. We invited Prof. Sir Colin Humphreys who told us about the astronomical, historical and theological research he does in his spare time which allowed him to revisit the dating of the events surrounding Jesus' death and resurrection; in particular, The Last Supper. We felt very privileged as Prof. Humphreys shared with us a series of events from his professional career that he has never spoken about before. Despite the outstanding peer-reviews, he faced some opposition from within the infamous journal Nature, where his paper was finally published in 1983, but not allowed on the front cover of the Journal. Prof. Peter Wadhams and David Rolfe delighted us with an account of the historicity of The Shroud of Turin and how the scientific, as well as the Catholic, community received the initial evidence obtained from its study. We were able to discuss various controversies associated with The Shroud and critically analyse whether any insight can be gained from this relic about the events of the Resurrection or even the glorious body of the Risen Christ. Finally, they updated us on current investigations and plans for the future. If you were called to be involved in a research team with access to the shroud, and were able to take samples again, what questions would you want to answer? What experiments would you carry out? Shroud Event: On Saturday April 3rd 2021, there will be an extraordinary veneration of the Shroud in the Turin Cathedral, which will be broadcast live around the world on television and on social media platforms: https://www.shroud.com/latebrak.htm Shop: Prof. Colin Humphreys' The Mystery of the Last Supper: Reconstructing the Final Days of Jesus https://www.cambridge.org/gb/academic/subjects/religion/biblical-studies-new-testament/mystery-last-supper-reconstructing-final-days-jesus?format=PB Prof. Peter Wadhams' A Farewell to Ice https://www.penguin.co.uk/authors/118212/peter-wadhams.html Resources: Vatican Observatory Foundation https://www.vofoundation.org/faith-and-science/about/ Christians in Science https://www.cis.org.uk/resources/ Faraday Institute for Science and Religion https://www.faraday.cam.ac.uk Interactive Science and Faith workshops https://gatbb.co.uk

Welcome to Shaping The Future - this interview is with author and Cambridge polar ice scientist Professor Peter Wadhams. WE discuss the common exponential factors that exist between the COVID-19 pandemic and in the positive feedbacks of the changing climate system. WE also discuss the urgent need for carbon drawdown or greenhouse gas removal as it also known, to tackle the excess burden of 1 trillion tonnes of pollution that humanity has pumped into the biosphere. Professor Wadhams is a leading authority on polar ice climate and is currently guest lecturing in Turin Polytechnic in Italy. This interview was recorded in May 2020 during the lockdown but has relevant input from Peter about how we must consider action to shape a better future. Thanks for listening to this podcast series. We have many more interviews being recorded, discussing the most pressing challenges that humanity faces regarding our own survival. Subscribe on any major podcast channel or on Youtube to stay up to date.

Il 2020 è stato un anno di enormi cambiamenti globali, in buona parte ancora da comprendere fino in fondo. Quali sfide ci lancerà dunque “la vita che verrà” e in che modo la scienza ci aiuterà a superarle? L'edizione 2020 di Trieste Next l'ormai storica manifestazione internazionale della ricerca scientifica, che si terrà dal 25 al 27 settembre, è pronta ad affrontare questi e molti altri interrogativi. La crisi sanitaria globale innescata dall'epidemia di Covid-19 si inserisce infatti nel contesto del riscaldamento globale, che rimane la più grande delle emergenze del nuovo millennio. Sapremo sfruttare il progresso scientifico e tecnologico per affrontare questi problemi? “Science for the Planet: 100 idee per la vita che verrà” è il titolo della nona edizione della manifestazione, in cui non si parlerà solo di salute ma anche di inquinamento, energia, alimentazione, sviluppo industriale ed economico, gestione del territorio e molto altro. Un'edizione coraggiosa, che nel pieno rispetto delle norme anti-Covid, sarà dal vivo e in presenza. A integrare gli eventi che si svolgeranno negli spazi tradizionali del festival, la possibilità di seguire tutti gli appuntamenti della manifestazione anche in streaming. Novità di quest'anno infatti sarà la “versione digitale” del festival: un vero palinsesto online che unirà attraverso una conduzione giornalistica da studio gli appuntamenti e i relatori e li seguirà per l'intero corso di ogni giornata. In questo modo chi non potrà partecipare fisicamente, anche per via delle misure anti-Covid, potrà seguire piacevolmente interventi e altri avvenimenti. Come ogni anno, la partecipazione del pubblico è completamente gratuita. Per guardare le dirette video basterà collegarsi alla home page del sito di Trieste Next www.triestenext.it, dove saranno presenti anche i video degli appuntamenti già svolti. Il palinsesto digitale sarà fruibile anche dalla pagina Facebook  di Trieste Next. Fra gli ospiti di punta dell'edizione 2020 troviamo Jan Olof Lundqvist, dello Stockholm International Water Institute, Claudia Ringler, dell'International Food Policy Research Institute, Paolo Vineis docente di Epidemiologia ambientale dell'Imperial College di Londra, Pier Paolo Di Fiore, ricercatore AIRC e professore dell'Università degli Studi di Milano e Peter Wadhams, glaciologo dell'Università di Cambridge, autore del libro “Addio ai ghiacci” e molti altri ancora. Come sempre ampio spazio verrà dato al dialogo fra ricerca scientifica e mondo dell'impresa, con ospiti come Marco Alverà, amministratore delegato di SNAM (una delle maggiori società di infrastrutture energetiche al mondo), Renato Mazzoncini, amministratore delegato e direttore generale della multi-utility A2A, e Diana Bracco, amministratore delegato dell'azienda farmaceutica Bracco. Zeno D'Agostino, presidente dell'Autorità di Sistema Portuale dell'Adriatico Orientale, racconterà la svolta green di quello che oggi è già uno dei più importanti snodi della Nuova Via della Seta. A Trieste Next 2020 sarà inoltre presente il Ministro dello sviluppo economico Stefano Patuanelli. Come ogni anno gli istituti di ricerca di Trieste saranno presenti in Piazza Unità d'Italia negli stand del “Villaggio della scienza” che nel 2020 sarà rinnovato per garantire la piena fruizione in sicurezza. La cerimonia di apertura si terrà il 25 settembre alle ore 11, in Piazza dell'Unità d'Italia Tutti gli eventi sono a ingresso libero: data la disponibilità limitata di posti e per rispettare le norme anti-Covid, per la partecipazione fisica agli eventi è obbligatoria la prenotazione online sul sito di Trieste Next che garantisce l'accesso in sala e posto a sedere fino a 10 minuti prima dell'inizio ufficiale dell'evento. Il programma completo della manifestazione è disponibile sul sito www.triestenext.it A raccontarci di più su questa edizione 2020 di Trieste Next l'assessore del Comune di Trieste Angela Brandi:

Today's You've Been Warmed episode welcomes Dave Borlace - a growing YouTube star when it comes to the climate change conversation.Dave produces videos on his YouTube Channel - Just Have A Think - where he educates his over 50,000 subscribers on various topics related to climate change. The reason his content is so valuable is because he manages to condense heavy amounts of information into medium-sized videos - about 10-15 minutes long - which are easily digestible.Not everybody can read scientific papers and synthesize information, and not everybody has the time to research as much. I'm personally a big fan of his channel, having watched a lot of the content and found amazing insights in his videos detailing the IPCC 1.5 degree report, nuclear technology or the latest developments in battery tech.It was a pleasure to speak to Dave about his channel and his content creation process. We also dove deep into the individual changes he made to offset his own emissions, how important social movements are to creating lasting change, the difference between the Western world and developing countries when it comes to climate change, as well as the Nuclear vs Renewables debate.We also produced a video version of this episode which is available on Dave's YouTube channel - unfortunately I managed to only record his screen, so you won't be able to see me. Hopefully I'll learnt my lesson for the next video interview I do.I highly recommend watching or listening to the interview and definitely consider subscribing to Dave's channel and becoming a Patron - supporting high quality content around climate change will help him dedicate more time and educate more people about this crucial topic.DAVE'S RELEVANT LINKS'Just Have A Think' YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRBwLPbXGsI2cJe9W1zfSjQ'Just Have A Think' Patreon Page - https://www.patreon.com/justhaveathinkTIMECODES3:40 - Dave's Background, How He Learned About Climate Change & Started His YouTube Channel10:30 Dave's Content creation process17:40 - Individual Changes That Reduce Emissions - How Easy Are They To Implement?27:50 - What About Systemic Change From Collective Action?33:10 - Western Nations vs The Developing World38:25 - The Path To Net-Zero Emissions - How Do We Get There?44:24 - The Nuclear vs Renewables Debate55:04 - Business vs Science vs Politics vs SocietyRESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODEDave's DIY Videos - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1wsfciQMOM'A farewell to ice' by Peter Wadhams - https://www.amazon.com/Farewell-Ice-Peter-Wadhams/dp/0241009413Zack Labe - https://twitter.com/ZLabeUdemy - https://www.udemy.com/Triodos Bank - https://www.triodos.com/Impossible Foods - https://impossiblefoods.com/Roger Hallam - https://www.rogerhallam.com/Extinction Rebellion - https://rebellion.earth/Fridays For Future - https://www.fridaysforfuture.org/Sunrise Movement - https://www.sunrisemovement.org/Michael Gove - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_GoveIPCC 1.5 Degree Report - https://www.ipcc.ch/sr15/Kevin Anderson - https://twitter.com/KevinClimateJHAT Negative Emissions Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbbUDnk79G4Molten-Salt Reactors - https://www.world-nuclear.org/information-library/current-and-future-generation/molten-salt-reactors.aspxJoshua Rhodes Episode - https://www.youvebeenwarmed.com/episodes/10-improving-energy-infrastructure-and-transmission-for-better-renewables-adoption-joshua-rhodesMike Kirby Episode - https://www.youvebeenwarmed.com/episodes/15-the-evolution-of-residential-solar-mike-kirby-lumina-solarJyri Engestrom Episode - https://www.youvebeenwarmed.com/episodes/the-ww2-inspired-mobilization-to-decarbonize-our-economy-w-jyri-engestrom-co-founder-yes-vcZack Exley - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zack_ExleyCommitted Emissions - https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-019-1364-3

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The Arctic and the Antarctic are privileged locations for observers interested in understanding how our world is shaped by the forces of nature and the workings of history. These areas have inspired countless humans to undertake epic expeditions of discov

Gabe & Rick interview Dr. Peter Wadhams of Cambridge University on his latest book “A Farewell to Ice”.  Dr. Wadhams is the UK’s most experienced sea ice scientists. He was Director of the Scott Polar Institute in Carnbridge 1987–92 and Professor of Ocean Physics at Cambridge University 1992–2015 and currently at the Polytechnic University of the Marche, Ancona, Italy.He has made more than 50 expeditions to both polar regions.

In my view he is one of the leading scientists, who is engaged in the topic of abrupt climate change. But nobody knows who is behind this name, he prefers to remain anonymous. In this episode of the FasterThanExpected podcast we focus on the question: How is ice melting in the Arctic and methane influencing the global temperature? About the melting ice in the Arctic we had heard from Thorstein Viddal and Peter Wadhams in the first part of my Arctic series. The thickness and volume of the ice is at a record low. With Jennifer Hynes I have talked about the Methane Monster, that is out now. Sam Carana is the main writer onArctic News blog, that describes the situation in the Arctic, focusing especially on the threat of large abrupt methane eruptions from the Arctic Ocean seafloor. Sam Carana gives no audio or video interviews, but he has been so kind to give me a written interview. I am thankful, that Kevin Hester from New Zealand will take his part in this recording. Links * Arctic News blog http://arctic-news.blogspot.de/ * Sam Carana: Will humans be extinct by 2026? http://arctic-news.blogspot.de/p/extinction.html * Sam Carana: Climate Plan http://arctic-news.blogspot.de/p/climateplan.html

The Arctic Sea Ice Volume is 2017 at it’s ever recorded low. Maybe this sounds somehow special, but what‘s going on in the Arctic now has huge consequences for the climate of the planet. Finland‘s President Niinistö said in North Russia: ‘If We Lose the Arctic, We Lose the World’ (https://finlandtoday.fi/president-niinisto-in-north-russia-if-we-lose-the-arctic-we-lose-the-world/) In this episode I have an interview with Torstein Viddal from Norway, now living on Greenland. He is a novelist, has a master in information science and is an eco activist since decades. Torstein is following data of ice extent and volume in the Arctic very closely. Now in 2017 he has observed the lowest ice volume of millions of years. Torstein about the dire situation we are in: “Emotionally I think I will always be like – keeping it real. Accepting the situation we are in, is so much easier than denying it, because I suspect, that even the deniers fear what’s inside that box, but they are not looking into.” I have inserted a short introduction from THE Arctic expert in the world, Professor Peter Wadhams, from October 2016. Peter Wadhams, professor emeritus of ocean physics at Cambridge University, is a sea ice specialist with 46 years of research on sea ice and ocean processes in the Arctic and Antarctic. In more than 50 expeditions to both polar regions, he has worked from ice camps, icebreakers, and aircraft. He also has traveled six times on Royal Navy submarines under frozen north polar seas to conduct research. His book, highly recommended, is "A Farewell to Ice". http://xwer.de/fte21

Peter Wadhams, one of the world’s most experienced sea ice scientists, brings a report from the frontline of planetary change in his new book A Farewell to Ice. Wadhams shows how sea ice is the ‘canary in the mine’ of planetary climate change.  He describes how it forms and the vital role it plays in reflecting solar heat back into space and providing an ‘air conditioning’ system for the planet. He shows how a series of rapid feedbacks in the Arctic region are accelerating change there more rapidly than almost all scientists (and political authorities) have previously realized, and the dangers of further acceleration are very real. Wadhams will be joined onstage by interviewer Brady Piñero Walkinshaw, CEO of Seattle-based environmental media organization Grist. Together the two will explore Wadhams’ observations and the latest scientific research, revealing how dramatically sea ice has diminished over the past three decades, to the point at which, by the time of this event, the Arctic may be free of ice for the first time in 10,000 years. Wadhams will be joined onstage by Brady Piñero Walkinshaw. Walkinshaw is a former state representative and, currently, the CEO of Grist, a Seattle-based online magazine focusing on environmental news. Presented by Town Hall Seattle and PATH as part of the Science & Town Green series. The views and opinions expressed by speakers are entirely their own. PATH nor Town Hall Seattle take no position on event content. Recorded live at PATH by Town Hall Seattle Wednesday, October 4, 2017

Thom is wondering today why Trump is going after football players - but not White Supremacists? Dr. Trita Parsi is on the show today about Trump's Muslim Ban 3.0. Prof. Peter Wadhams is here - Farewell to Ice and hello to extinction.

I am honored to have the opportunity to present five great personalities, who share their knowledge about a burning issue, the melting of the Arctic sea ice and consequential a massive change of the global climate. We may listen to Sam Carana, Guy McPherson, Jennifer Hynes, Peter Wadhams and Kevin Hester, all short and condensed interviews or statements.