Linda is still taking care of a family emergency, so I’m stepping in to keep things moving here at Forcedgreen until she returns and I’m about to tell you about Stormageddon.

The other night I watched Stormageddon on NatGeo. It is set to repeat itself on June 4 at 4:00 p.m. (eastern time most likely). I would highly recommend you take the time to watch this profound documentary!

Historic snows and bitter cold across North America. Massive floods in Australia and Pakistan. Deadly mudslides in Brazil. Epic drought and wildfires in Russia. 2010 was one of the most destructive years in history. Now, Explorer presents the dramatic images of this catastrophic weather year — and introduces the people who risked their lives to capture them on film. – Explorer, Stormageddon, National Geographic Channel

Stormageddon is unlike any program you’ve seen to date.

This documentary goes above and beyond the idea of “global warming” digging deep into the reasons why weather and climate changes are escalating at what many find an alarming pace.

CO2, Methane, Water Vapor and More Explored on Stormageddon

70 foot tall walls of water, Alabama’s “perfect storm” and the most recent series of tornados (double the highest record to date) are just a few of the moments explored in the topic of climate change and the impact of global warming.

You’ll be surprised, perhaps, to learn that while CO2 plays a part, it is by far only one tiny aspect of what is going on and why things are happening more and more frequently.

It is with hope that Linda returns soon (she’s so much better at this than I am), but in the meantime do not miss Stormageddon – this one’s a definite “must watch” for every planetary citizen!

Sometimes A Video Is Worth A Thousand Forced Green Words

NASA

With the post “The Green Rebirth Of An Old Naval Air Station” , it is no secret that Forced Green is always impressed with the goings on at NASA Ames Research Center. And it is also no secret that one of Forced Green’s favorite innovative subject’s is Unimodal’s amazing SkyTran .

This past January, Plum TV’s Masters Of Innovation series with host Jim Brasher presented an episode called “Space Age Green”. This episode covers how the cutting-edge technology designed for space travel at NASA Ames Research Center is being re-purposed to make life on this planet a whole lot greener. From carbon net-zero office buildings to more efficient air travel, SkyTran’s Jetson-like pods for commuters and mushroom’s that clean up oil spills. Proving that of all the corporations and government entities talking the green talk, NASA is actually walking the green walk with a plethora of environment-friendly game-changers.

NASA – Masters Of Innovation ….as the green future unfolds.

A Burst Of Positrons Emerged From An African Thunderstorm – Earth Created Antimatter – And Possibly An Avenue To Future Clean Energy

Clouds of antimatter have been observed in our home galaxy, the Milky Way, and antimatter is created in the Sun’s solar flares but with the exception of particle accelerators, the phenomenon has never before been seen on Earth – Until Now -

Unknown until the launch of NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray space telescope on June 11, 2008, designed to monitor gamma rays, (the highest energy form of light), from its orbit 350 miles above the Earth. Fermi was above Egypt on Dec. 14, 2009, when a thunderstorm was raging in Zambia, some 2,800 miles to the south. The distant storm was below Fermi’s horizon, so any gamma rays it produced could not have been detected. Even though Fermi was out of “the line of sight” of the storm, (more…)

A Reason For Fish Swimming In Schools Leads To Better Wind Efficiency AND Revisiting A Wind Catcher Start-up

Mariah: In November, 2008, Forced Green posted an article called “…And They Call The Wind Mariah…”   About a green start-up company called Mariah Power that was regonized as “Best of What’s New” by Popular Science in 2008, for their Windspire vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT).

Since then, they have hit the ground running and on April 5th, 2010 Mariah Power officially changed its name to Windspire Energy Inc. The change was made to clarify confusion in the marketplace between the corporate name – Mariah Power – and the product name – Windspire. (more…)