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Climate Destabilisation Level 4

Here lies all the nerdy material you can ask for. Talks, lectures and documentaries from a variety of sources often over an hour in length. There are many other shorter videos in here as well that cover various elements of the climate science and energy consumption. A kind of catch all for the worthwhile videos that didn’t make levels 1-3.

Click on each image to watch the corresponding video in a pop up box or alternatively click on the headline to go to the post that may contain a written explanation of the video in question. The grid at the bottom of the page works in much the same way but is also a representation of all the videos in this series. Just so you don’t miss out on anything.

  • The Crisis of Civilization

    The Crisis of Civilization

    This 77 min pseudo documentary “The Crisis of Civilization” is based on the Book by Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed of the same name. It goes through multiple parts each exploring various elements of our interconnected world, namely Climate Catastrophe; Peak Energy; Peak Food; Economic Instability; International Terrorism; and the Militarization Tendency with some final thoughts on […]

    James Balog on Capturing our Disappearing Glaciers – Bill Moyers

    James Balog on Capturing our Disappearing Glaciers – Bill Moyers

    James Balog, one of the world’s premier nature photographers, joins Bill Moyers and explains how “the earth is having a fever.” At tremendous risk to his own safety, Balog has been documenting the erosion of glaciers in Switzerland, Greenland, Iceland, and Alaska. In this interview he shares his amazing photos, discoveries, and self-discoveries – including […]

    Ever Heard of Climate Change? Over 40% of the world says “no”

    Ever Heard of Climate Change? Over 40% of the world says “no”

    This presentation entitled “Climate Literacy in Global Perspective” by Anthony Leiserowitz, Ph.D. was recorded at a side NOAA/NASA/NSF event at COP 15 Climate Summit in Copenhagen on December 9, 2009. He reports on the results from a global study of public climate change awareness, knowledge, and support for climate policy conducted with the Gallup World […]

    Global Warming’s Six Americas

    Global Warming’s Six Americas

    Anthony Leiserowitz, director of the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication, discusses the divergent views of Americans over climate change.

    Ending the Silence on Climate Change

    Ending the Silence on Climate Change

    In this truly excellent (46 min) interview Bill Moyers talks to climate change communication expert Anthony Leiserowitz (PhD) from the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication. He explains why climate change is largely ignored, and what we should do about it. More specifically he talks about how “You almost couldn’t design a problem that is […]

    PBS Frontline – Climate of Doubt

    PBS Frontline – Climate of Doubt

    Frontline in this 54 minute expose, talks directly with the groups and individuals who have helped shift the climate change debate in the US. It shines the light on the strategy these climate change skeptics have used to leverage members of the Republican party to reject the science of climate change and who has funded […]

    Coal Seam Methane Gas ABC TV Science Catalyst

    Coal Seam Methane Gas ABC TV Science Catalyst

    While slightly out of audio sync, this 8 min video covers the technologies of coal gas boom in SE Queensland, Australia.

    Stanford Uni – Evaluating Energy Solutions to Climate Change

    Stanford Uni – Evaluating Energy Solutions to Climate Change

    In this video Mark Jacobson, professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Stanford University, tries to objectively compare the main energy sources that could be used to fuel the current US vehicle fleet. In doing so he compares a variety of factors such as life cycle carbon emissions, air pollution, land and water use. He […]

    Does Civilization Have a Promising Energy Future?

    Does Civilization Have a Promising Energy Future?

    This video taken from Wonderfest 2008, Festival of Science poses the question “Does Civilization Have a Promising Energy Future?” to a series of speakers including the now US Secretary of Energy Steven Chu who moderates the panel. While there isn’t much new (at least for me) in this talk it is an excellent round up […]

  • Gwynne Dyer – Geopolitics in a Hotter World

    Gwynne Dyer – Geopolitics in a Hotter World

    This was a really interesting talk. Journalist and historian Gwynne Dyer is clearly a knowledgeable guy being able to speak ad lib for 90 minutes on the ramifications of what would happen in a world were we don’t make the changes necessary to avoid catastrophic climate change. In his research for his book – Climate […]

    Earth | A Time Lapse From Space

    Earth | A Time Lapse From Space

    This very cool video is an extended time lapse from the International Space Station. Always good to see the world from a different perspective. Have fun trying to pick out the countries. Copy and paste of the details of the video below. Time lapse sequences of photographs taken by Ron Garan, Satoshi Furukawa and the […]

    Man on Earth

    Man on Earth

    I discovered this brilliant Channel 4 documentary series late night on TV which tracks man’s struggle with a constantly evolving climate over our last 200,000 years of history. Climate change is not new and the show goes back in time to try and discover how various groups of humans dealt with the challenges of changing […]

    What the Green Movement Got Wrong

    What the Green Movement Got Wrong

    This hour long Channel 4 “documentary” contends that some of the positions that the green movement has taken in the past, particularly on nuclear power and genetically modified foods has been wrong and has actually not helped the general aims of the movement get where it wants to go. It suggests that parts of the […]

    Stanford Uni – Unconventional Gas Potential Boosted with Carbon Sequestration

    Stanford Uni – Unconventional Gas Potential Boosted with Carbon Sequestration

    Geophysics Professor Mark Zoback explores the potential of unconventional natural gas (shale gas, coal bed methane and tight gas) sources replacing coal as a step in transitioning the US economy towards zero carbon. He briefly describes the three different varieties and how they are produced. During his description of coal bed methane he talks about […]

    CSIS – IEA Medium Term Oil & Gas Market

    CSIS – IEA Medium Term Oil & Gas Market

    I would of liked to be able to post the 2011 version of this up but every version of CSIS.org recording of the event (youtube, www.csis.org, itunes) seems to end after 7 mins. Still the 2010 version is quite similar and should give you a decent summary of the shorter term issues and what is […]

    CSIS – International Energy Agency WEO 2010 Summary

    CSIS – International Energy Agency WEO 2010 Summary

    Definitely worth a watch. The big boys from the IEA give their take on the very important annual World Energy Outlook report which was released November 2010. Click the link for the csis.org page detailing the event, the speakers and the slides that go with the presentations.

    CSIS – Geopolitics of Clean Energy

    CSIS – Geopolitics of Clean Energy

    For more info on the event, including slides on the presentations at csis.org

    Adam Brandt – GHG Emissions from Oil Substitutes

    Adam Brandt – GHG Emissions from Oil Substitutes

    I have seen Adam Brandt’s name pop up a few times in some of the life cycle analysis literature I have seen so it was good to see him speak as part of the Stanford Uni series I am slowly making my way through. You can probably divide this talk up in to 2 parts. […]

  • Branson to Pilot New Low Carbon Aviation Fuel

    Branson to Pilot New Low Carbon Aviation Fuel

    Richard Branson announced that Virgin Atlantic in partnership with Kiwi LanzaTech and Swedish Biofuels would be teaming up to produce jet fuel from recycling waste gas from industrial steel production. They estimate that the process could be applied to 65% of the worlds steel mills potentially saving/recycling a lot of carbon dioxide that otherwise would […]

    Acid Test: The Global Challenge of Ocean Acidification

    Acid Test: The Global Challenge of Ocean Acidification

    This National Resource Defence Council 21 minute documentary explores the startling phenomenon of ocean acidification, which may soon challenge marine life on a scale not seen for tens of millions of years. The film, featuring Sigourney Weaver, originally aired on Discovery Planet Green.

    Interview – Prof. Naomi Oreskes – Merchants of Doubt

    Interview – Prof. Naomi Oreskes – Merchants of Doubt

    Interview with Prof. Naomi Oreskes co-author of the book “Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming”. The quality of the video isn’t so great but that is more than made up by the quality of Naomi as a speaker. Extremely knowledgable she answers […]

    The Real Story on Fuel Economy – Stanford Uni

    The Real Story on Fuel Economy – Stanford Uni

    January 7, 2009 lecture by Lee Schipper for the Woods Energy Seminar. In his talk “When the Rubber Hits the Road: The Real Story on Fuel Economy in the US and other Developed Countries, with Implications for Developing Asia,” Schipper discusses better and more realistic fuel economy options in the US and other industrialized nations.Lee […]

    Canada’s Oil Sands, Warts and All – Stanford Uni

    Canada’s Oil Sands, Warts and All – Stanford Uni

    February 14, 2011 – Bob Skinner, Advisor to Statoil in Canada, discusses the challenges facing the ever growing industry focused on extracting the vast oil sand resources of Canada touching on interwoven difficulties in economic, social and environmental terms. This talk made me appreciate the variability and reality of just how hard it is to […]

    Stanford Uni – Energy Course

    Stanford Uni – Energy Course

    Stanford University Energy Seminar Series by the Woods and Precourt Intitutes comprises of over 70 lectures of roughly an hour each. Plenty on offer here covering everything from energy types, efficiency measures, transportation, policy and climate change. I’ll have to see how many I get through myself. I will post any individual ones that I […]

    Gas Powered Everything

    Gas Powered Everything

    While I am not and do not want to get into the habit of promoting companies, this ad for the Nissan Leaf electric vehicle is so absurd yet far closer to the truth of how we power our lives that i just had to put it up.

  • The Crisis of Civilization
  • James Balog on Capturing our Disappearing Glaciers – Bill Moyers
  • Ever Heard of Climate Change? Over 40% of the world says “no”
  • Global Warming’s Six Americas
  • Ending the Silence on Climate Change
  • PBS Frontline – Climate of Doubt
  • Coal Seam Methane Gas ABC TV Science Catalyst
  • Stanford Uni – Evaluating Energy Solutions to Climate Change
  • Does Civilization Have a Promising Energy Future?
  • Gwynne Dyer – Geopolitics in a Hotter World
  • Earth | A Time Lapse From Space
  • Man on Earth
  • What the Green Movement Got Wrong
  • Stanford Uni – Unconventional Gas Potential Boosted with Carbon Sequestration
  • CSIS – IEA Medium Term Oil & Gas Market
  • CSIS – International Energy Agency WEO 2010 Summary
  • CSIS – Geopolitics of Clean Energy
  • Adam Brandt – GHG Emissions from Oil Substitutes
  • Branson to Pilot New Low Carbon Aviation Fuel
  • Acid Test: The Global Challenge of Ocean Acidification
  • Interview – Prof. Naomi Oreskes – Merchants of Doubt
  • The Real Story on Fuel Economy – Stanford Uni
  • Canada’s Oil Sands, Warts and All – Stanford Uni
  • Stanford Uni – Energy Course
  • Gas Powered Everything
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