Global climate change is causing temperatures to rise sharply, especially in the Arctic. Among other things, higher temperatures are causing more and more permafrost soils, … Thawing permafrost can accelerate global warmingRead more
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Ozone Treaty Delayed Arctic Melting by 15 Years
The 1987 Montreal Protocol is known best for saving the ozone layer. Now scientists say it also delayed the disappearance of Arctic sea ice. The … Ozone Treaty Delayed Arctic Melting by 15 YearsRead more
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Link between global warming and locally unstable weather
Climate change gives rise to more unstable weather, local droughts and extreme temperature records, but a coherent theory relating local and global climate is still … Link between global warming and locally unstable weatherRead more
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World’s ocean is losing its ‘memory’ under global warming
Compared with the fast weather fluctuations of the atmosphere, the slowly varying ocean exhibits strong persistence, or “memory,” meaning the ocean temperature tomorrow is likely … World’s ocean is losing its ‘memory’ under global warmingRead more
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Capitalism equals global warming
I used the image: “IASI CH4 zonal mean anomaly for 45° N – 60° N referred to 2015-2017” by Leonid Yurganov, of the methane concentration … Capitalism equals global warmingRead more
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Carl Sagan testifying about climate change in 1985
Carl Sagan testifying before Congress in 1985 on climate change
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Oceans Break Heat Record for Third Year in a Row
The world’s oceans reached their hottest levels on record in 2021. It’s the third year in a row it’s happened, and it’s driven almost entirely … Oceans Break Heat Record for Third Year in a RowRead more
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Atmospheric Carbon at Level Unseen in 3 Million Years
Carbon dioxide concentrations reached a new record high in 2020, with comparable levels not seen for roughly 3 million years, the United Nations weather agency … Atmospheric Carbon at Level Unseen in 3 Million YearsRead more
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Oceans absorb 90% of human-induced planet warming
Human-induced climate change is skewing Earth’s energy balance and oceans are bearing the brunt of the heat accumulation, according to a new study. About 89 … Oceans absorb 90% of human-induced planet warmingRead more
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Melting Arctic sea ice is changing bowhead whale migrations
Research has found that some bowhead whales in the Bering–Chukchi–Beaufort (BCB) population are no longer migrating to the northwestern Bering Sea in the winter but … Melting Arctic sea ice is changing bowhead whale migrationsRead more