Environment

The UN-requested review of the work of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is to beheaded by Harold T. Shapiro, former president of Princeton. Shapiro, along with 11 others, will analyse “…

Trees help keep the planet cool, but rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere are preventing them from performing this very important function. According to a new study in PNAS, in some…

Oil Spills And Troubled Waters The ongoing environmental disaster in the Gulf of Mexico has much of the anti-environmentalist bloggersphere ducking its collective head beneath the parapet. …

Arctic Tipping Points - #6: Are We There Yet? What might cause the Arctic sea ice to have a tipping point? Are we about to reach, or have we already reached a tipping point? This series is a follow-…

Interpreting Arctic Satellite Images And Data #2 - AnimationsNow that NASA's MODIS rapid response system is back online I am able to present some animations which I hope you will find interesting.…

Interpreting Arctic Satellite Images And Data Science writers and media reporters owe a duty of care to their readers: a duty to present facts undistorted by personal opinion or agenda.That duty of…

Sermeq Kujalleq - Jakobshavn Isbrae RetreatThe Jakobshavn Isbrae, or Jakobshavn glacier, now becoming known by its local name - Sermeq Kujalleq - has been observed retreating since about 1851. Near…

Mountains And Climate When air masses move across mountains they lose moisture.  On the other side of the mountain range you tend to find desert. I thought I'd share this MODIS image which shows…

Arctic Tipping Points - #5: Where Warm Water Meets Ice The flows of meltwater and ocean currents in the Arctic make Niagara Falls look like a kitchen tap. This series is a follow-on to my 3-part…

The future effects of global warming could be significantly altered over very small distances by local air movements in complex or mountainous terrain, according to a new paper in the International…