At the ever-entertaining Watts Up With That, well-known global warming skeptic Roger Pielke Sr. links to the following graph: In a challenge to a NASA/GRL study released last week that shows a sharp decline in Arctic sea ice coverage, Pielke Sr. writes: Since 2008, the anomalies have actually decreased. No, I'm not kidding! That's hisContinue reading “Denier “Science”: How to Miss the Forest for the Trees”
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Arctic Ice Trends Sharply Downward: Few Notice or Care
It's frankly shocking to me how many people I encounter who still cling to the idea that the globe is not warming, despite vast scientific libraries of evidence to the contrary. Here's the latest example, from data compiled by NASA and ICESAT: For more, see NASA's story New NASA Satellite Survey Reveals Dramatic Arctic SeaContinue reading “Arctic Ice Trends Sharply Downward: Few Notice or Care”
Arctic Ice-Free in Summer of 2013?
According to a Canadian expert who has spent the last ten summers on a remote island in the once-frozen north with his research team, the Arctic could be ice-free by the summer of 2013: OTTAWA (Reuters) – The Arctic is warming up so quickly that the region's sea ice cover in summer could vanish asContinue reading “Arctic Ice-Free in Summer of 2013?”
Bad News: Methane Release Threatens Planet — Good News: LA Times Still on the Climate Beat
Here's a strange good news/bad news story. This Sunday the top story on the front pages of the Los Angeles Times was a full-scale feature, complete with excellent graphics, on methane released by the softening of the permafrost. The good news is that the newspaper is still covering the climate beat in a serious way.Continue reading “Bad News: Methane Release Threatens Planet — Good News: LA Times Still on the Climate Beat”
Seeing the Ice Melt — And Remembering It
A great graphic from ABC News. Don’t know if the idea came from the scientists or from the reporter Clayton Sandell, but the resulting story was excellent. And look at that pic! Er, image. (h/t: Sierra Club Compass)
Spring Comes to the Arctic — Two Weeks Early
In a gently-written article from Greenland, Nature reports that spring is coming two weeks early in the Arctic. The discovery adds to the litany of changes to ecosystems that are occurring in response to changing climates around the world. But the rate at which changes are occurring in the high Arctic far outstrips that seenContinue reading “Spring Comes to the Arctic — Two Weeks Early”
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