A panel of extraordinary military leaders—16 men and women generals and admirals, including prior commanders, commandants, and members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff—came to a pretty devastating conclusion recently … [Read full article]
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The Arctic's 'Ticking Carbon Bomb' – State of Thawing Permafrost: 'Actual Situation is Worse'
New analyses of stored carbon in permafrost presented at last week’s annual American Geophysical Union (AGU) meeting are causing greater concern amongst climate scientists. One of the new analyses (Hugelius … [Read full article]
Greenland Melting Record Broken with Four Weeks to Spare
Most years would see us waiting until early September before we received notification of any record of Greenlandic melting being broken or not, but this year we get the news … [Read full article]
Greenland Ice Sheet more Dynamic than Previously Thought
The Greenland Ice Sheet is of major concern to scientists the world over in a world that is warming rapidly and causing massive ice melt to occur. However, recent research … [Read full article]
Arctic Ocean Could be Source of Massive Amounts of Methane
A new report has shown that the Arctic Ocean could be a significant contributor of methane to the atmosphere. The study, published in the journal Nature Geoscience, looked at … [Read full article]
Anthropogenic Global Warming Will Delay Natural Glaciation
The massive levels of greenhouse gasses left in the atmosphere as a result of human burning of fossil fuels is liable to disrupt normal patterns of glaciation say scientists in … [Read full article]
The Glaciers are Shrinking and the Water is Disappearing
Glaciers across the planet are shrinking at a remarkable rate, a rate that is expected to increase as the years continue to pass by. However, conversely, water runoff from glaciers … [Read full article]
Earth's Glaciers Are Unilaterally Shrinking
In a release featuring scientific findings concerning the activity of glaciers across the planet during 2008 and 09, the World Glacier Monitoring Service (WGMS) released it’s Glacier Mass Balance Bulletin … [Read full article]
Extreme Ice Sheet Melting Does Not Need Extreme Heat
New research has provided evidence to suggest that massive melting of ice sheets like the Greenland ice sheet does not need corresponding record temperature highs, rather, just persistent warm weather … [Read full article]
Melting Snow and Ice Warm Northern Hemisphere
The NASA Earth Observatory Image of the Day for the 24th of February showcases just how much energy is reflected back into space by the planet’s chryosphere, and how much … [Read full article]
This Icy World Showcases Greenlands Glaciers
Cambridge University has released another film in their ‘Cambridge Ideas’ series entitled ‘This Icy World’ shown below. The small film looks at the contribution of Greenland to global sea level … [Read full article]
Record Melting in Greenland during 2010
2010 was an exceptional year for Greenland’s ice cap. Melting started early and stretched later in the year than usual. Little snow fell to replenish the losses. By the end … [Read full article]
Sea Level Rise Will Affect Major US Cities
New research which has focused solely on the continental United States of America has found that by 2100, 9 percent of the land within 180 coastal cities could be threatened … [Read full article]