On Deadline (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
Calling it a "tipping point" for global warming, scientists said today that Arctic Ocean ice has melted this summer to the second-lowest level in three decades. The low point was reached just last September. With three weeks to go in...
No Oil for Pacifists (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
The National Snow and Ice Data Center warned on August 11th that the North Pole is melting : The pace of sea ice loss sharply quickened in the past ten days, triggered by a series of strong storms that broke up thin ice in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas. Amundsen's historic Northwest Passage is opening up; the wider and deeper route through Parry Channel is currently still clogged with ice. source:...
Later On (Free subscription) | 08/21/2008
It looks as though the Greenland ice cap may be falling apart faster than predicted. The bad news is that if the whole ice cap melts, sea levels will rise around 6 feet—very bad news indeed for the state of Florida and all coastal cities. Here’s the report (with satellite images at the link): Researchers monitoring [...]
Green Car Congress (Free subscription) | 08/12/2008
Just several weeks ago it seemed as though the loss of Arctic sea ice would not be as extreme as last year’s, which shattered previous records. (Earlier post.) However, the rate of sea ice loss has accelerated during the past...
Random Jottings (Free subscription) | 08/18/2008
Thanks to Tim Blair, an interesting bit of news. Things may not be quite as we've been told... ....The National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) in Boulder, Colorado released an alarming graph on August 11, showing that Arctic...
An Inconvenient Blog (Free subscription) | 08/04/2008
THE vast Arctic sea ice which spreads across the North Pole could disappear during the summer within a decade or two - or even by 2013 - leading scientists are warning. The Canadian Coast Guard’s strongest icebreaker, the Louis S. St Laurent, took the Herald and an ABC Four Corners crew with a team of scientists [...]
EADT24 - News (Free subscription) | 07/29/2008
SUNSEEKERS hoping for sea views at Felixstowe promenade were left disappointed yesterday after giant piles of sands totally blocked the landscape.
Stoat (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
Eat your hearts out real scientists :-) See here . I think its hung off a trip in the icebreaker that QS got; see his blog I get to say Bets have already been laid on whether this summer's ice loss will be more than last year's. William Connolley, a software engineer who used to model sea-ice changes at the British Antarctic Survey, has taken in roughly €300 (US$470) so far in the informal online...
The Volokh Conspiracy (Free subscription) | yesterday
The loss of arctic sea ice is bad for walrus populations, which means the walrus may soon be listed under the Endangered Species Act (ESA)....
Climate Progress (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
I know we’re supposed to be going into a period of cooling, at least according to people who don’t believe in the scientific method, but for those who do, NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center reports in its “Climate of 2008 June in Historical Perspective“: Based on preliminary data, the globally averaged combined land and sea surface [...]
NWF View (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
Yesterday’s The Washington Post article Arctic sea ice drops to second lowest level on record highlights how important it is that we act now to confront the climate crisis. Arctic sea ice currently covers 2.03 million square miles, which is...
Stop the ACLU (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
This peer reviewed new study in the journal Science puts yet another fork into the man-made global warming fear machine. See also July 2007 U.S. Senate Report: Latest Scientific Studies Refute Fears of Greenland Melt I have a story coming tonight in print on a new paper tracking the impact over time of those iconic [...]
Watts Up With That? (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
This UC Irvine study with heat lamps on grass plots seems to be almost at a science fair level. Here’s the relevant quotes from the abstract and conclusion: Our results suggest that an increase in temperature caused by climate change as well as the urban heat island effect may result in increases in N2O emissions from [...]
The Island of Doubt (Free subscription) | 08/26/2008 | Sciences
We all make mistakes. And even the most humble among us can be a little self-righteous when it comes to our pet projects. But when was the last time you came across a self-righteous pseudo-skeptic who had the decency to admit to getting it completely wrong? Meet Steven Goddard of The Register , a peculiar little news outlet published in London. Sort of. Goddard wrote a piece that appeared on Aug....
Later On (Free subscription) | 08/26/2008
This is remarkable: We all make mistakes. And even the most humble among us can be a little self-righteous when it comes to our pet projects. But when was the last time you came across a self-righteous pseudo-skeptic who had the decency to admit to getting it completely wrong? Meet Steven Goddard of The Register, a [...]
