Things have gotten worse more rapidly than previously thought, says Guy McPherson, emeritus professor of conservation biology from Arizona University on his recent tour of New Zealand. "Humans are a mere blip in geological time." Here is the video of that interview for you to make up your own mind: "Temperatures over much of the Arctic will increase as much as 54 … [Read more...]
Small Arctic water bodies emit greenhouse gasses
Carbon and hot gaseous emissions from small water bodies in the Arctic continental shelf have emerged as a major cause of concern, more worrying than the speed of thawing Arctic glaciers. Having spent 20 years studying water bodies formed when permafrost thaws, a team of Russian scientists have found that these thermokarst lakes are sources of carbon dioxide and hot methane … [Read more...]
Arctic sea ice reaches lowest annual maximum on record
This year's maximum Arctic sea ice extent was the lowest in the satellite record and occurred 15 days earlier than the average date for the period from 1981 to 2010, reported NASA and NSIDC. The sea ice cap of the Arctic appeared to reach its annual maximum winter extent on Feb. 25, according to data from the NASA-supported National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) at the … [Read more...]
