Rapid Upper Ocean Warming Linked to Declining Aerosols July 23, 2013 — Australian scientists have identified causes of a rapid warming in the upper subtropical oceans of the Southern Hemisphere. Share This: They partly attribute the observed warming, and preceding cooling trends to ocean circulation changes induced by global greenhouse gas emissions and aerosols predominantly Continue Reading →
Coastal Antarctic Permafrost Melting Faster Than Expected: Arctic-Like Melt Rates Appearing in Coastal Antarctica July 24, 2013 — For the first time, scientists have documented an acceleration in the melt rate of permafrost, or ground ice, in a section of Antarctica where the ice had been considered stable. The melt rates are comparable with the Continue Reading →
(The dangers of fracking and Coal Mining) Major China coal plant drains lake, wells: Greenpeace AFP Updated July 23, 2013, 5:01 pm tweet2 Email Print AFP © Enlarge photo BEIJING (AFP) – A major Chinese state-owned coal producer has caused “drastic drops” in groundwater near one of its projects, the environmental group Greenpeace said in Continue Reading →
Polar Thaw Opens Shortcut for Russian Natural Gas Andrew Kramer for The New York Times A helicopter view of energy facilities in the Russian Arctic. The company Novatek controls natural gas fields there. By ANDREW E. KRAMER Published: July 24, 2013 Facebook Twitter Google+ Save E-mail Share Print Single Page Reprints YURKHAROVSKOYE GAS FIELD, Russia Continue Reading →
Ice-free Arctic in two years heralds methane catastrophe – scientist Professor Peter Wadhams, co-author of new Nature paper on costs of Arctic warming, explains the danger of inaction Share 386 inShare20 Email Leading Arctic expert Prof Wadhams warns that a summer ice free Arctic in 2 years could trigger dangerous methane release. Photograph: Jenny E Continue Reading →
Vast costs of Arctic change Methane released by melting permafrost will have global impacts that must be better modelled, say Gail Whiteman , Chris Hope and Peter Wadhams . U nlike the loss of sea ice, the vulner – ability of polar bears and the rising human population, the economic impacts of a warming Arctic Continue Reading →