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EarthTalk: Understanding Climate Change – The Importance of the Arctic

Posted on January 29, 2016 by Earth Talk | 0 Comments

EarthTalk® is a weekly environmental column made available to our readers from the editors of E/The Environmental Magazine Dear EarthTalk: Why is the Arctic such a crucial area to focus on in efforts to stem global warming? – Joseph Constabile, Dedham, MA The image of a polar bear standing on a shrinking iceberg has become one of the most iconic symbols…

Video Friday: Misleading Claims of Arctic Sea Ice Rebound, The Daily Mail Lathers Up Deniers

Posted on September 13, 2013 by Thomas Schueneman | 3 Comments

The Daily Mail – Where space aliens and climate change are reported with equal knowledge and respect There have been many claims brought to my attention this week alleging the “final nail in the coffin” of anthropogenic global warming – the same nail that’s been fumbled around by deniers and the unfortunately misled for decades now. This time around it…

Reflections on a changing Arctic: Less Ice Means Faster Warming

Posted on August 12, 2013 by Thomas Schueneman | 0 Comments

Posted on 9 August 2013 by dana1981 This is a re-post of a Carbon Brief article by Roz Pidcock The Arctic is intricately linked to earth’s climate. As Arctic sea ice declines, the effects are being felt far beyond the Arctic region. Now a new study…

Video Friday: Arctic Ice Melt Update from Joe Romm

Posted on September 21, 2012 by Thomas Schueneman | 0 Comments

Joe Romm, editor of Climate Progress, talks to Viewpoint host Eliot Spitzer about the accelerating Arctic ice melt as a record-smashing melt season comes to a close.

Video Friday: Chasing Ice Movie Trailer

Posted on September 7, 2012 by Thomas Schueneman | 1 Comments

In 2005 National Geographic photographer James Balog traveled to the Arctic to capture a landscape under threat. Despite a scientific upbringing, Balog had been skeptical of climate change – until his experience in the Arctic. Due out in November of 2012, this Sundance Award-winning film Chasing Ice is the story of Balog’s new-found mission to “change the tide of history by gathering…

Warming Climate Brings Sea Level Rise, Land Loss and Marine Migrations to Europe’s Seas

Posted on September 20, 2011 by Andrew Burger | 1 Comments

Europe’s seas are changing at an unprecedented rate, much faster than climate scientists anticipated.
Seawater temperatures have been rising around 10-times faster than average over the past 25 years, while wind speeds have also been increasing. The combination of rising sea levels and stronger winds has resulted in the loss of 15% of Europe’s coasts, according to recently completed EU-sponsored marine research.

Arctic Sea Routes Free of Ice as NOAA, Oil Majors Agree to Share Data

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Andrew Burger | 0 Comments

Satellite images show the Northwest Passage and Russia’s Northern Sea Route free of ice for only the second time since 2008 as NOAA, Shell, ConocoPhillips and Statoil USA agree to share high-quality scientific data on climate change.