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NY Times Climate Fwd, February 24, 2021
NY Times Climate Fwd: nationwide crises waiting to happen. Biden’s pick to lead DOI; Insurance costs going up; Rejoining the Paris Climate Accord; Arctic drilling; community wood banks.
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Climate change: West Antarctica’s Getz glaciers flowing faster
BBC: Climate change: West Antarctica’s Getz glaciers flowing faster.
Wherever you look in West Antarctica right now, the message is the same: Its marine-terminating glaciers are being melted by warm seawater.
Scientists have just taken a detailed look at the ice streams flowing into the ocean along a 1,000km-stretch of coastline known […]
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Arctic drilling plan in Alaska hits roadblock
Reuters: Arctic drilling plan in Alaska hits roadblock.
Plans for seismic surveys to help find oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge have fizzled due to a lack of protection for polar bears, according to a brief statement Saturday from the Department of the Interior.
The Kaktovik Inupiat […]
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They’re Arctic Survivors. How Will They Adapt to Climate Change?
New York Times: Wolverines – They’re Arctic Survivors. How Will They Adapt to Climate Change?
On Alaska’s North Slope, treeless and snow-shrouded for much of the year, it isn’t easy being a wolverine. The sinewy, solitary animals survive through a constant search for food, burrowing into snowdrifts to […]
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NY Times Climate Fwd: February 10, 2021
Articles include: Automakers and electric vehicles; mountains, ice and climate change; Allergy season; China emissions; Africa air quality; coal use falls; Antarctica; climate anxiety; and Venus.
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Study: Greenland’s ice sheet could begin losing more than it gains every year as soon as 2055, a new study says
Arctic Today: Greenland’s ice sheet could begin losing more than it gains every year as soon as 2055, a new study says. But if strong measures are taken to prevent the rise of global temperatures, the negative threshold could be avoided.
If global warming continues unabated, the surface of the
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How a US Arctic research initiative is pushing to connect science with Arctic communities
Arctic Today: How a US Arctic research initiative is pushing to connect science with Arctic communities. Three universities, including two in Alaska, will host the new Community Office of the National Science Foundation’s Navigating the New Arctic program.
A major U.S. research effort focused on the impacts of rapid climate change in […]
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Study: The Western United States Is a Hotspot for Snow Droughts
The Revelator: The Western United States Is a Hotspot for Snow Droughts. A new study compares snowpack across the world and offers a tool to help scientists pinpoint where this critical resource is waning — and what that means for ecosystems and economies.
Most of us know a bad drought when we […]
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Studies: Earth is now losing 1.2 trillion tons of ice each year. And it’s going to get worse
Washington Post: Earth is now losing 1.2 trillion tons of ice each year. And it’s going to get worse. Ice is melting faster worldwide, with greater sea-level rise anticipated, studies show.
Global ice loss has increased rapidly over the past two decades, and scientists […]
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