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Study: Fossil Fuels (Not Wildfires) Biggest Source of a Key Arctic Climate Pollutant
This article discusses a study that finds that fossil fuels are the biggest source of Arctic pollution, not wildfires. Five years of testing at sites across the Arctic tracked seasonal fluctuations and sources of black carbon, which contributes to global warming and ice melt.
When soot from fossil fuel combustion […]
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Maine is cashing in on a warming Arctic
This article discusses how Maine is cashing in on a warming Arctic. Some see the melting ice to the north as an opportunity.
A less icy Arctic is coming, and generally speaking, that’s not a good thing. Climate change is warming this region twice as fast as […]
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Studies: Antarctica, ice, and sea level rise
This article discusses what to take from the big new Antarctica studies.
Two new papers on melting Antarctic ice come just days after NASA scientists announced the discovery of a massive subterranean hole in West Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier, the Florida-sized hunk of ice which alone could unleash more than two […]
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5 Science Teams Racing Climate Change as the Ecosystems They Study Disappear
This article discusses the efforts of 5 different science teams racing to study how climate change effects the Ecosystems they study before the disappear. From mountain glaciers to coastal seabeds, five research projects to watch as scientists race to understand the human drivers of global warming.
The landscapes and climate in many […]
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Study: Doomsday Postponed? The Takeaway From the Big New Antarctica Studies
This article discusses whether doomsday has been postponed. The takeaways from the new Antarctica studies. Just days ago, NASA scientists announced the discovery of a massive hole in a Florida-sized glacier. There’s grim, mixed news out about Antarctica.
Two new papers on melting Antarctic ice come just days after NASA scientists announced the […]
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Study: Antarctica’s future contribution to sea level rise
This article discusses some studies that show how Antarctica’s melting will affect seam level rise.
A widely reported study in 2016 that suggested Antarctica could add more than a metre to sea levels by 2100 was likely an “overestimate”, new research says.
The original study, published in Nature, grabbed headlines with […]
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The climate crisis has arrived – so stop feeling guilty and start imagining your future
This article discusses how the climate crisis is here, suggesting that you stop feeling guilty and start imagining your future.
Evidence of the devastating impacts of anthropogenic climate change are stacking up, and it is becoming horrifyingly real. There can be no doubt that the climate crisis has arrived. Yet another […]
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Today’s Earth looks a lot like it did 115,000 years ago — all we’re missing is massive sea level rise
This article discusses how today’s Earth looks a lot like it did 115,000 years ago — all we’re missing is massive sea level rise.
Some 115,000 years ago, homo sapiens were still living in bands of hunter gatherers, largely confined to Africa. We still shared the globe with the Neanderthals, […]
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Report: Rising Temperatures Could Melt Most Himalayan Glaciers by 2100
This article discusses how most Himalayan Glaciers could melt by 2100.
Rising temperatures in the Himalayas, home to most of the world’s tallest mountains, will melt at least one-third of the region’s glaciers by the end of the century even if the world’s most ambitious climate change targets […]
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Study: Alpine Frogs Under Threat From Climate Change
This article discusses a study that shows that alpine frogs are under threat from climate change.
The Northwest is looking at another dry, low snowpack year. That’s bad news for the frogs, salamanders and newts that live at high elevation in Oregon and Washington.
A new study, published in […]
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