-
Study: Warming Greenland ice sheet passes point of no return
Phys.org discusses how the warming Greenland ice sheet has passed point of no return.
Nearly 40 years of satellite data from Greenland shows that glaciers on the island have shrunk so much that even if global warming were to stop today, the ice sheet would continue shrinking.
The finding, published today, […]
Continue reading -
Study: Arctic ‘shorefast’ sea ice used by residents for hunting and fishing will be reduced by global heating
Oceanographic discusses how the Arctic ‘shorefast’ sea ice used by residents for hunting and fishing will be reduced by global heating.
A team of Brown University researchers has discovered that climate change could significantly reduce ‘shorefast ice’ – the sea ice that forms along shorelines – across Northern Canada and […]
Continue reading -
Study: Climate change: Blue skies pushed Greenland ‘into the red’
BBC discusses how blue skies have pushed Greenland ‘into the red’.
While high temperatures were critical to the melting seen in Greenland last year, scientists say that clear blue skies also played a key role.
In a study, they found that a record number of cloud free days saw more […]
Continue reading -
Polar ice caps melting six times faster than in 1990s
The Guardian discusses the fact that polar ice caps are melting six times faster than in 1990s. Losses of ice from Greenland and Antarctica are tracking the worst-case climate scenario, scientists warn. The polar ice caps are melting six times faster than in the 1990s, according to the most complete […]
Continue reading -
The Atlantic Ocean’s ‘Conveyor Belt’ Stirs Up a Science Fight
Wired discusses the Atlantic Ocean’s ‘Conveyor Belt’. Researchers are debating the best way to monitor the ocean currents that sweep through the Labrador Sea—and may foretell the planet’s climate future.
Smack dab between eastern Canada’s Misery Point and Greenland’s Cape Desolation is a place where the thrashing of the Atlantic […]
Continue reading -
These Are the Biggest Climate Questions for the New Decade
This Scientific American article discusses the biggest climate questions of the next decade. The 2010s brought major climate science advances, but researchers still want to pin down estimates of Arctic melt and sea-level rise.
The 2010s were almost certainly the hottest decade on record — and it showed. The world burned, […]
Continue reading -
Study: Greenland’s Nearing a Climate Tipping Point.
This Inside Climate News article discusses why Greenland is nearing a climate tipping point. How long warming lasts will decide its fate. Past meltdowns occurred with temperatures only slightly higher than today’s, suggesting the world is overestimating the ice sheet’s stability, scientists say.
There’s new evidence that, in […]
Continue reading -
Newly spotted lakes on Greenland ice sheet are speeding up its demise
This National Geographic article discusses how newly spotted lakes on Greenland ice sheet are speeding up its demise. Satellite sleuthing reveals that Greenland summers now are warm enough to create 27 percent more lakes than 20 years ago, and at higher elevations. [The study has not yet been published.]
The […]
Continue reading -
Greenland’s melting ice may affect everyone’s future
This National Geographic article discusses how Greenland’s melting ice may affect everyone’s future. NASA scientists are trying to understand how this region is responding to climate change—and how that will influence sea levels around the world.
Greenland’s ice is shrinking, this we’ve known for a while, since the science of global […]
Continue reading