Welcome news out of the Arctic-New declaration binds Arctic coastal states to...
Some rare and very good news coming from the Arctic. The Arctic Council were able to come together and pass a binding agreement on members to a fishing ban in the open waters of the Arctic. Life in the...
View ArticleNASA-Greenland’s undercut glaciers melting faster than thought
“Come quickly – look at the glacier!” urges UC Irvine researcher Isabella Velicogna, running to the bow of the Cape Race to gaze at the massive, crumbling face of Eqip Sermia. She’s stunned by what she...
View ArticleWH gives Shell the green light to drill in the Chukchi even after recent...
“The Obama Administration should put Shell out of its misery. They have wasted billions on the hunt for unburnable carbon and wreaked havoc on everything they come in contact with in their Arctic...
View ArticleNY, LA, Houston, San Francisco, San Diego and Boston likely to flood quicker...
Cleanup after Hurricane Sandy has proven costly for New York City – and climate change increases the odds of future flooding, say scientists. Photograph: Justin Lane/EPAA new study published in the...
View ArticleHillary Clinton has "doubts" about Arctic Drilling
Unfortunately, I need to say this up front, at this moment I have not chosen a candidate for the primary battles. In fact, I avoid the Bernie and Hillary diaries like the plague. Since I am a "glass...
View ArticleCranky Users MetaFestival-Surfing the basics with DK5
Image Credit DJ Struntz. Surfers in the surf film "Strange Rumblings in Shangri La," walk past small icebergs on the coast of Iceland.I am a visual person so I really like how simple the image diary...
View ArticleFrom a Million Miles Away, NASA Camera Shows the Far Side of the Moon...
This image shows the far side of the moon, illuminated by the sun, as it crosses between the DSCOVR spacecraft's Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC) camera and telescope, and the Earth - one...
View ArticleHRC's DoS Played Major Role in opening Mexico to International Oil and Gas...
Well, well, well! How will Hillary wiggle her way out of this one? I believe that her silence and refusal to be opine on key environmental issues, such as Keystone XL, drilling in our oceans and...
View ArticleNational Geographic Map Shows the Retreat of Arctic Ice that Climate Science...
"Shrinking ice caps forced National Geographic to make the biggest change in its atlas since the Soviet Union broke apart." President Obama.So said President Obama after the debut of his most...
View ArticleBeneath the Wildfires in Alaska, Thawing Permafrost is Releasing Massive...
"The atmosphere thought it lost that carbon and all of a sudden it's being returned to the atmosphere after a prolonged period of time. That's the kind of carbon pulse to the atmosphere that actually...
View ArticlePacRim wants to Dewater Salmon Rich Chuitna River to Mine and Ship Coal to China
"Never. ever in the history of restoration has anyone ever dug down 300 feet to the geology and the hydrology of a salmon system and put it back together. And experts have not been able to find any...
View ArticleNew Antarctic Research ups Sea Level Rise While Pine Island Glacier Calves...
An iceberg breaks off of Pine Island Glacier's calving front. Credit: NASA ICE/flickrThe Pine Island Glacier (PIG) in West Antarctica, is a large ice stream that drains the West Antarctic Ice Sheet....
View ArticleHigh Wind and Enormous Waves Force Shell To Stop Drilling in the...
Royal Dutch Shell PLC spokesman, Curtis Smith, announced in an email stating “Due to high wind and sea states, we have paused all critical operations in the Chukchi Sea,” . On 7-31-15, the...
View ArticleYou ain't seen nothing yet! Northeast’s Next Winter Is Going to Be Freakishly...
"When it comes to the global climate, what happens in the Arctic does not stay in the Arctic. The latest proof comes in new research connecting the unusually brutal winter of 2014–15 along the East...
View ArticleMitigate, Adapt and Suffer - The Longer We Wait The More Painful It Will Be.
The NSIDC reported in August. The surge in surface melt extent for the Greenland Ice Sheet that began in late June continued through much of July, with melt extent through mid-month not far from two...
View ArticleDust Storms Linked to Climate Change Becoming More Frequent in Iraq and...
On August 31, 2015, a massive wall of dust formed and moved across Iraq and Iran. The storm caused chaos in Tehran with 80mph winds felling tress, utility lines and shattering windows. This storm had...
View ArticleIn thawing Siberian Permafrost - A 4th Type of Pre-historic Virus Found That...
French researchers reported in the US National Academy of Sciences the discovery of Mollivirus Sibericum, the fourth type of pre-historic virus found since 2003. Giant viruses are considered "giant" if...
View ArticleSudden drainage, via massive chasm, of Subglacial lakes in Greenland...
Streams and rivers that form on top of the Greenland ice sheet during spring and summer are the main agent transporting melt runoff from the ice sheet to the ocean. Credits: NASA’s Goddard Space...
View ArticleNo longer considered an extreme event! Mega Icebergs are wreaking havoc in...
Mega-icebergs dump billions of gallons of freshwater into the oceans. Image credit: Merco PressScientists have sent out an urgent message to the world. We need to study West Antarctica's glaciers, and...
View ArticleRubio's GHG lie. The truth is, we're treading water now. When we drown, we...
"Senator Rubio's energy policies may impress the Koch brothers,". But American voters are growing tired of his kind of slavish devotion to old, dirty energy sources that threaten our kids' futures."...
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