As the earth warms, the melting of the earth’s two massive ice sheets—Antarctica and Greenland—could raise sea level enormously. If the Greenland ice sheet were … Melting of IceRead more
Global Warming
Posted inCO2 / Global Warming / USA Empire
U.S. emissions of carbon dioxide
Since the mid-1800s, U.S. emissions of carbon dioxide, the primary human-caused greenhouse gas, accounted for 29% of the global total. Those 328,000 million metric tons … U.S. emissions of carbon dioxideRead more
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Growing Himalayan Glaciers
Among legendary peaks of Mt. Everest like K2 and Nanga Parbat, glaciers with a penthouse view of the world are growing, and have been for … Growing Himalayan GlaciersRead more
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Global warming What you believe
This chart, adopted from a very interesting new survey (.pdf) of 2,164 American adults on climate policy, reveals part of the problem that advocates of … Global warming What you believeRead more
Posted inAutomobiles / Climate Disaster / Economics / Global Warming / Oil
Hidden truth
For more than a decade the Global Climate Coalition, a group representing industries with profits tied to fossil fuels, led an aggressive lobbying and public … Hidden truthRead more
Posted inCO2 / Global Warming / Greenhouse gas
Increasing CO2
Emissions in the US keep on risin’, according to the EPA’s new Greenhouse Gas Inventory Report. Greenhouse gas emissions totaled 7,150,000,000 tons in 2007, showing … Increasing CO2Read more
Posted inArctic / Global Warming
Aerosols warming the Arctic
Though greenhouse gases are invariably at the center of discussions about global climate change, new NASA research suggests that much of the atmospheric warming observed … Aerosols warming the ArcticRead more
Posted inAntarctica / Global Warming
Keeping an eye on Wilkins Ice Shelf
As the Wilkins Ice Shelf is at risk of breaking away from the Antarctic Peninsula, ESA’s Envisat satellite is observing the area on a daily … Keeping an eye on Wilkins Ice ShelfRead more
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Disappearing from map
An ice bridge which had apparently held a vast Antarctic ice shelf in place during recorded history shattered on Saturday and could herald a wider … Disappearing from mapRead more
Posted inClimate Disaster / Global Warming / Rhetoric / Science
Denier’s talk. Why scientists fail in public debate
In 2007, NPR broadcast a now-infamous climate debate on the proposition “Global warming is not a crisis.” scientists are lousy at rhetoric, the art of … Denier’s talk. Why scientists fail in public debateRead more