By Dr. M, on  July 21st, 2010 Conservation & Environment, Environmental Sciences, Weather climat change, el nino, global warming, La Nina, NASA, solar iridescence, Temperature …in 2010 despite recent minimum of solar iridescence. “We conclude that global temperature continued to rise rapidly in the past decade” and “there has been no reduction in the global warming trend of 0.15-0.20°C/decade that began in the late 1970s.” Blue curve: 12-month running-mean global temperature. Note correlation with Nino index (red = El Nino, blue . . . → Read More: 12-month running mean global temperature reached new high…
By Dr. M, on  July 7th, 2010 Conservation & Environment, Environmental Sciences, Geology, Microbes, New Research Arctic, carbon cycle, climate change, global warming, methane, methane hydrates, Microbes, Sediment That’s pretty much the message of new study in Geophysical Research Letters. Large deposits of methane hydrates, i.e. methane ice, occur naturally in the seafloor sediments of the Arctic continental shelf between 300-600 meters. This is dominate reservoir for methane due to the large area and extremely low temperatures. The continued and predicted warming of the oceans would . . . → Read More: Ocean Warming Melts Methane Hydrates Which Screws Us All
Hell yes Graph from NASA: The continent of Antarctica has been losing more than 100 cubic kilometers (24 cubic miles) of ice per year since 2002. Broadcast Spawn!Tweet#call_to_action h4{padding:0px 5px;}Hell yes Broadcast Spawn!Tweet
By Kevin Zelnio, on  July 28th, 2009 Environmental Sciences Absolute Salinity, climate change, CSIRO, Frank Millero, global warming, heat Capacity, models, Salinity, seawater, Temperature, Thermodynamics Daytime CTD cast by Coolskipper on Flickr, CC licensed image. What do you think of when see the term “seawater”? Salty water? Perhaps fish-poo-covered-bacterial-ooze-slime-haven-so-salty-I-puke-in-my-snorkel-every-time-it-touches-my-tongue? Well, the definition of seawater has been limited by how we can measure it and what type of information that we wish to glean from knowing something about seawater. For over . . . → Read More: Seawater Redefined
From the New York Times… The House passed legislation on Friday intended to address global warming and transform the way the nation produces and uses energy. The vote was the first time either house of Congress had approved a bill meant to curb the heat-trapping gases scientists have linked to climate change. The legislation, which . . . → Read More: Moving forward too slowly?
By Dr. M, on  March 24th, 2009 Conservation & Environment, Dumping, Environmental Sciences, Expeditions, New Research, Weather Alfred Wegener Institute, algae, copepod, Environmental Issues, global warming, greenhouse gas, iron, iron fertilization, phytoplankton, plankton, Southern Ocean, zooplankton BERLIN (AFP) — Indian and German scientists have said that a controversial experiment has “dampened hopes” that dumping hundreds of tonnes of dissolved iron in the Southern Ocean can lessen global warming. The experiment involved “fertilising” a 300-square-kilometre (115-sqare-mile) area of ocean inside the core of an eddy — an immense rotating column of water . . . → Read More: Iron Fertilization Will Not Help Global Warming
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Flow velocities of ocean-ending outlet glaciers would have to be ~ 49 km/yr, 70 times faster than those glaciers move today for Greenland alone to raise sea level 2m. . . . → Read More: The glacial pace of sea-level rise
Spring is in the air. Spring Break is upon us, and the mind begins to wander… to the poles? Well, yes, because researchers are now predicting a seasonally ice-free Arctic by the year 2030. Break out the kayaks and sunscreen. It’s “Wild on, Nuuk.” . . . → Read More: Ice-free Arctic by the year 2030
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