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Study: What Greenland’s ‘unprecedented’ ice loss means for Earth
This article discusses what Greenland’s ‘unprecedented’ ice loss means for Earth. The ice sheet is melting faster than in the last 350 years—and driving sea levels up around the world. The study shows that we are in trouble.
For a few days in July of 2012, it was so hot […]
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Study: Why These Changes in Winter Climate May Indicate More Damage to Come. Winter Is Coming!
This article discusses Why These Changes in Winter Climate May Indicate More Damage to Come. Winter Is Coming!
Climate change often conjures up images of heat, drought, and hurricanes. But according to the latest US National Climate Assessment, released on Nov. 23, 2018, winters have warmed three times faster than […]
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Climate change clobbers Colorado and the West, unfurling fire, drought, insects and heat
This article discusses how the West will be affected by climate change – it will not be good. As U.S. government steps out, Colorado scientists and Gov.-elect Jared Polis aim to aid adaptation scramble.
Fires burn more frequently and uncontrollably, ravaging the West’s pines, firs and spruces, destroying lives and buildings.
Multiplying […]
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In Mount Everest Region, World’s Highest Glaciers Are Melting, Receding
This article discusses how, In the Mount Everest Region, the World’s Highest Glaciers Are Melting, Receding. In this photo essay, the editor of the Nepali Times describes the dramatic changes underway in the ice and snow of the Himalayan Mountains.
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Study: Scientists Find Large Amounts of Methane Being Released From Icelandic Glacier
This article discusses how Scientists Find Large Amounts of Methane Being Released From Icelandic Glacier.
The research, published this week in the journal Scientific Reports, is the first major examination into whether melting glaciers could be a potential major source for methane as the climate warms, particularly those situated on or next to […]
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Antarctic scientists begin hunt for sky’s ‘detergent’
This article discusses how scientists in Antarctica are hunting for sky’s ‘detergent’. Ice records pre-industrial levels of chemical that scrubs the atmosphere of greenhouses gases.
To understand how the sky cleanses itself, a team of Australian and US researchers is heading to Antarctica to track down the atmosphere’s main detergent. By
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As Sea Ice Disappears, Why Narwhals Are More at Risk Than Ever Before
This article discusses how, As Sea Ice Disappears, Why Narwhals Are More at Risk Than Ever Before. Arctic seas are home to creatures found nowhere else on Earth.
Most Americans associate fall with football and raking leaves, but in the Arctic this season is about ice. Every year, […]
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Studies: Greenland’s Melting Ice Sheets: The Beautiful but Harrowing Changes Seen from Above
This article discusses how Greenland’s Ice Sheets are melting, including showing The Beautiful but Harrowing Changes Seen from Above.
Greenland’s ice sheet lost up to 270 billion tons of ice every year between 2012 and 2014, according to a study in Geophysical Research Letters. Currently, it’s losing ice at a […]
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Landslides and less snow. Climate change is altering the Bavarian Alps
This article discusses how Climate change is altering the Bavarian Alps – Landslides and less snow. Germany’s Alps are already contending with climate change and locals are feeling the effects. Jennifer Collins reports from the country’s highest peak on disappearing glaciers, less snowfall and increased landslides.
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Are unknowingly on edge of a climate ‘precipice’?
This article discusses whether we are unknowingly on edge of a climate ‘precipice’. Scientists are keeping an eye on the prospects for abrupt climate change, with some findings prompting increasing concerns.
On September 17, a short paper in the journal Nature Climate Change caught the attention of Penn State University glaciologist Richard Alley. […]
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