New science shows ocean acidification has already passed the safety limit set by the Planetary Boundary Framework. We reached a founder in the field, recently retired NOAA Senior Research Scientist Dr. Richard Feely. That is coming up, but first an introduction from Biological  …

With record extreme cold and heat – in December! – leading scientists finally admit: “The world lost the climate gamble.” What comes after failure? Hear the latest in a full-length talk by Professor James Dyke from the Global Systems Institute at the University  …

Music has a hole in it. The fires, killer heat, Arctic blasts they don’t make it. Global warming is not for popular music? Where are voices of ordinary folks suffering through the never-before-seen, calls for people power? Here we go: 21 songs for  …

Scientists find a control knob for climate feedbacks in the Southern Ocean. Two experts with years of research and publications: Dr. Zach Kaufman at Scripps Institute in San Diego, and Professor Richard Williams, University of Liverpool. The Southern Ocean stores most heat and  …

Are we ending this civilization? Climate warnings from 8 top scientists in the UK Emergency Briefing. First two new interviews: Prof. Brian Soden: phenomenal heat burst of 2023/24 NOT caused by change in ship pollution regs. Harvard’s Dr. Cheng He: “Escalated Heatwave Mortality  …

Expect weather whiplash – drought to floods in a predictable see-saw of disasters. Dr. Malte Stuecker’s team finds El Nino and La Nina get stronger – changing the North Atlantic and Indian Oceans. Over 50,000 Europeans died due to excess heat in 2023  …

Could a rapid change in microbes unbalance world systems? Biologist Trond Kristiansen. From Montreal, scientist Scott Sugden reviews “Current and projected effects of climate change in cryosphere microbial ecosystems”. From COP30 Brazil, permafrost thaw is NOW. Worrying news from scientists Gustaf Hugelius, Christina  …

Cosmic dust reveals a hidden history of past sea-ice – does it predict a crash of Arctic Ocean life? Stimulating new science with Dr. Frank Pavia, University of Washington. Then “The normalization of (almost) everything” with computational cognitive scientist Rachit Dubey.

Everybody pushing biofuels to save climate. Guest Cian Delaney from European NGO hub T&E finds these green alternatives could be worse than the fossil fuels they replace. With extreme wildfires, heatwaves, and hurricanes author and researcher Susannah Fisher on her new book “SINK  …

In the world of storms, there is before and after Melissa. Jamaica, insurance, hard times and lucky breaks this week on Radio Ecoshock. Hurricane Melissa with famous meteorologist John Morales in Miami and hurricane blogger Dr. Jeff Masters. Plus a short clip from  …