Guy McPherson on NZ television

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Guy McPherson - Human Extinction within 10 years

Guy McPherson: "I can't imagine there will be a human on the planet in 10 years"

Humans are heading for mass extinction. Mankind has less then 10 years left according to climate change scientist Guy McPherson on World Newshub.

There's no point trying to fight climate change - we'll all be dead in the next decade and there's nothing we can do to stop it, a visiting scientist claims.

Guy McPherson, a biology professor at the University of Arizona, says the human destruction of our own habitat is leading towards the world's sixth mass extinction.

Instead of fighting, he says we should just embrace it and live life while we can.

"It's locked down, it's been locked in for a long time - we're in the midst of our sixth mass extinction," he told Paul Henry on Thursday.

But Professor James Renwick, a climate scientist at Victoria University, says people should not use his words more as an excuse to give up.

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While he agrees that climate change is possibly the "biggest issue humanity has ever faced", he says "giving up is not really helpful".

Instead, Prof Renwick says he hopes Prof McPherson's 10-year claim will encourage people to take action.

"This is a really big issue and the consequences could be catastrophic," Prof Renwick says. "Though certainly [humans won't all die off] in 10 years or even 1000 years."

The effects of climate change were first noticed 30 years ago and Prof Renwick says the sooner we get onto working against it, the less there will be to do.

"I'd love to see [people] take it on board as it is a very serious issue."

Prof McPherson's comments come just days after Climate Change Issues Minister Paula Bennett appointed a 10-strong team to advise the Government on how New Zealand can adapt to climate change.

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But if the visiting professor is right, it could all be a waste of time.

"I can't imagine there will be a human on the planet in 10 years," he says.

"We don't have 10 years. The problem is when I give a number like that, people think it's going to be business as usual until nine years [and] 364 days."

He says part of the reason he's given up while other scientists fight on is because they're looking at individual parts, such as methane emissions and the melting ice in the Arctic, instead of the entire picture.

"We're heading for a temperature within that span that is at or near the highest temperature experienced on Earth in the last 2 billion years."

Instead of trying to fix the climate, Prof McPherson says we should focus on living while we can.

"I think hope is a horrible idea. Hope is wishful thinking. Hope is a bad idea - let's abandon that and get on with reality instead. Let's get on with living instead of wishing for the future that never comes.

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"I encourage people to pursue excellence, to pursue love, to pursue what they love to do. I don't think these are crazy ideas, actually - and I also encourage people to remain calm because nothing is under control, certainly not under our control anyway."

New Zealand has been criticised by the international community for not doing enough to fight climate change - this month being awarded two Fossil of the Day awards at the UN Climate Change Conference in Marrakech.

The awards are for the country's failure to live up to climate promises and the continued use of "dodgy" carbon credits.

Podcast discussing abrupt climate change as in NZ reflected in the media

I have recorded a podcast in which I discuss weather conditions in New Zealand and contradictory statements by NIWA scentist, Chris Brandolino to the media and what this might mean

Drought conditions in NZ softpeddled

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Here is my summary of figures supplied by NIWA reflecting an increase in temperatures from the late 90's. In particular the average maximum temperatures in the last 3 years, especially in autumn, have exceeded those during the el-Nino year of 1998.

Mean Daily Maximum Temperature

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1998	20	22.4	17.9	15.9	15.2	12.4	13.1	11.9	114.5	15.8	17.1	19.2
2013	21	20.9	20.1	17.3	14.6	11.5	11.8	13	14.1	15.3	16.1	19.7
2014	19.6	20.5	18.7	17.2	15	11.6	12.5	13.7	13.8	15.5	17.8	19.9
2015	22	20.4	19.9	17	14.7	14.1	11.6	12	14.5	16.2	16.8	18.6
2016	20.7	23.3	20.6	18.3	-

Here is an article reflecting the reality echoing NIWA

Summer temperatures into the mid 20s, but in May around midnight?

Weather Watch.co.nz,

4 May, 2016

Updated 10:52pm -- New Zealand's sub-tropical air flow continues, with temperatures tonight not just several degrees above average but getting closer to 15 degrees above average.  As of 10pm it was still a stunning 25 degrees in Kaikoura - typically in May overnight lows are dipping down into single digits.

It's not just the small centres - Christchurch has 21 degrees with a northerly breeze. Right across Canterbury the temperature is hovering around the low 20s as we head towards 10m.

Wellington has 19 degrees along with a fairly brisk northerly.

Meanwhile, Auckland has 19 degrees.  Incredibly it comes with mostly clear, calm conditions in Auckland. Just down the road in Hamilton, it's only 11 degrees with 100% humidity. in Auckland humidity levels are around 90%.  The higher humidity in the north means the air is damper and may feel colder to some people, especially if there's a brдeze.

Dunedin was mild earlier this evening, but a southerly has seen the temperature drop there.

Overall the airflow across New Zealand is tumbling down from the sub-tropics - caused by a large high pressure system centred to our northeast.  With the high being north of New Zealand it means the air flow surrounding it is 'reaching' much further north, closer to Fiji and New Caledonia.

WeatherWatch.co.nz says the sub-tropical airflow will continue until May 10th for many areas - after that winds turn westerly (which is more Autumn-like). It may still remain mild though.  For northern New Zealand, conditions may remain warmer than average for the first three weeks of May.

While it's mild in many regions tonight - light winds and nights that are longer than days mean we'll still have colder mornings, however WeatherWatch.co.nz says the warm spell around the country at the moment may prove to be record-challenging for a number of places, if not record breaking.

Below -- The current temperature map at 9:25pm (data collected from hundreds of community weather stations across the country) shows that New Zealand is 'glowing'. The orange areas are low to mid-20s, which is something we'd see during daytime in summer, rather than late evening in May / WUNDERGROUND

Below - CURRENT WIND MAP shows the big stream of sub-tropical air coming down over New Zealand at the moment / earth.nullschool.net

Here are some photos taken just yesterday in rural Wellington reflecting the drought conditions

On the road between Ohariu and Takawau Gorge

This photo shows how low the stream is. During flood events it has reached road level

A close-up photo showing grass and soil conditions on the farm

This is the way the horses come down from the hills

This is the complete inteview with Paul Henry on TV3 in March

The complete Morning Report interview with Chris Bandolino is HERE

Climate change on Radio New Zealand - 03/26/2016

Climate change discussed on Radio New Zealand

Finally climate change is discussed on New Zealand’s public broadcaster which acknowledges the IPPC version but either ignores the true situation or tells anything BUT the truth.

Now, of course the true situation is becoming impossible to deny so listen to the incredulous abrupt climate change denier, Kim Hill call the world’s most eminent climate scientist an “alarmist”.

Jonathan Bamber: ice sheets and sea level rise

Jonathan Bamber is Professor of Physical Geography at the University of Bristol, President Elect of the European Geo Sciences Union, and an international expert on the thinning polar ice sheets and projections on sea level rise. He is visiting New Zealand as a guest of The Antarctic Report, and is keynote conference speaker at Managing the Impact of Sea Level Rise in New Zealand - Implementing Adaptation Strategies (8 April, AUT University). During the interview Professor Bamber refers to the work of New Zealand scientist Tim Naish - Kim Hill spoke with him last year.

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or listen HERE

James Hansen on sea level rise

Or listen HERE

Compare the sophisticated, but agressive denial of Kim Hill with the unsophisticated response of Paul Henry on TV3 a few weeks ago

Climate Denier Paul Henry shocked at climate change – laughs it off anyway

Our total denial of the realities we face if we do not make significant changes now is as bewildering as our blind ignorance. We deserve political leaders who will lead, not make excuses. The very existence of us as a species demands it.

To watch the Paul Henry interview GO HERE

Guy McPherson was interviewed by the very same Paul Henry back in October, 2014 on his visit to New Zealand.

To watch an October, 2014 interview with Guy McPherson GO HERE

The bad climate news makes it onto New Zealand television

Well, catastrophic climate change has made it onto the soundwaves of mainstream television in the form of an interview with the infamous Paul Henry.

You can see that NIWA scientist Chris Brandolino is more than slightly anxious to get his message out. To be fair Paul hears him out until a certain point where he collapses into nervous laughter and the interview is more or less complete.

What is really revealing is Paul Henry himself.

Like Donald Trump in the US Paul Henry is a perfect representation of the average “civilised” New Zealander who would (literally) rather destroy his own nest and die rather than make any changes to his/her lifestyle.

So is the perfect person to help deliver the message.

He is 'Mr. Average' climate change denier and his response is that that I have encountered time after time after time.

Change the station and move on.

I encountered a quote that said something like – I do not fear the fascist as fascist. What is dangerous is the fascist dressed up like a democrat.

In this context, far more dangerous than Paul Henry (who in his own way allows the message to get out) are the Kim Hills and Guyon Espiners – the civilised fascists of Radio New Zealand - who will try every sophisticated trick in the book to stop educated New Zealanders from knowing the truth.

On this one at least. I would rather have Paul Henry who,if nothing else, is straightforward.

Here is Martyn Bradbury on the same item.

Climate Denier Paul Henry shocked at climate change – laughs it off anyway

Our total denial of the realities we face if we do not make significant changes now is as bewildering as our blind ignorance. We deserve political leaders who will lead, not make excuses. The very existence of us as a species demands it.

the Daily News,

15 March, 2016

The simple, brutal truth is that man made pollution has passed a tipping point where the feedback loops built into the biosphere are now beyond our ability to control. We are facing catastrophic climate change now – which makes the Green Parties and NGOs celebrations at Paris so galling…

February breaks global temperature records by ‘shocking’ amount

February smashed a century of global temperature records by “stunning” margin, according to data released by Nasa.

The unprecedented leap led scientists, usually wary of highlighting a single month’s temperature, to label the new record a “shocker” and warn of a “climate emergency”

The Nasa data shows the average global surface temperature in February was 1.35C warmer than the average temperature for the month between 1951-1980, a far bigger margin than ever seen before. The previous record, set just one month earlier in January, was 1.15C above the long-term average for that month.

“Nasa dropped a bombshell of a climate report,” said Jeff Masters and Bob Henson, who analysed the data on the Weather Underground website. “February dispensed with the one-month-old record by a full 0.21C – an extraordinary margin to beat a monthly world temperature record by.”

“This result is a true shocker, and yet another reminder of the incessant long-term rise in global temperature resulting from human-produced greenhouse gases,” said Masters and Henson. “We are now hurtling at a frightening pace toward the globally agreed maximum of 2C warming over pre-industrial levels.

…climate deniers like far right hate speech blogger Cameron Slater and climate minimalists like David Farrar have been allowed to dominate the debate – they need to be held accountable for their lies and muddying of the waters. Well known climate denier Paul Henry on his one hand clapping show this morning was confronted by the facts by a Scientist and then laughed them off.

The speed of the climate meltdown has shocked scientists and has highlighted how ineffective the IPCC has really been by not including the worst case scenarios as likelihood.

When the Arctic is 50 degrees hotter than average, the time for action is now.

As the planet super heats because of the CO2 we pump into the atmosphere, more and more heat is trapped. That heat pushes temperatures up, those temperatures melt ice at the polar caps. This melting ice does two things. Firstly it reduces the amount of white space on the planet that simply bounces heat back into space so it ends up quickening the heating process and more importantly it puts more fresh water into the oceans. As heat build, frozen methane trapped on the ocean floor and in Siberia is released in massive amounts, this rapidly melts remaining glaciers desalinating ocean conveyor pumps, particularly in the Labrador and Irminger Seas around southern Greenland which shut down the flow of heat from the tropics north which in turn plunges the Northern hemisphere into a new ice age.

Within the space of a decade we can go from a 7 degree hike in temperatures to a frozen snowball.

The ability for most species to adapt to that kind of climate extreme will see many become extinct and the ability for Governments and civilisations to function crumble.

We need to be on a war footing to cope with the changes we need to implement, not some foot dragging irrelevancy.

Our total denial of the realities we face if we do not make significant changes now is as bewildering as our blind ignorance. We deserve political leaders who will lead, not make excuses. The very existence of us as a species demands it.

Next week the oil conference on Monday will be held at Sky City Casino. The only response now is civil disobedience.

To watch the Paul Henry interview GO HERE

Guy McPherson was interviewed by the very same Paul Henry back in October, 2014 on his visit to New Zealand.

To watch an October, 2014 interview with Guy McPherson GO HERE