Arctic permafrost thawing faster than ever, US climate study finds
Sea ice also melting at fastest past in 1,500 years, US government scientists find ‘The Arctic is a very different place than it was even a decade ago’ – author … Continue reading
Russian tanker sails through Arctic without icebreaker for first time
Climate change has thawed Arctic enough for $300m gas tanker to travel at record speed through northern sea route The Christophe de Margerie carried a cargo of liquefied natural gas … Continue reading
Melting glaciers in Swiss Alps could reveal hundreds of mummified corpses
Frozen bodies of couple who vanished 75 years ago among those uncovered recently as global warming forces ice to retreat The remains of a Swiss couple found preserved in a … Continue reading
World has three years left to stop dangerous climate change, warn experts (and I may only have 3 years left to stop dangerous debt)
Former UN climate chief Christiana Figueres among signatories of letter warning that the next three years will be crucial to stopping the worst effects of global warming Former UN climate … Continue reading
The latest threat to Antarctica: an insect and plant invasion
Rise in tourism and warmer climate bring house flies – and the growth of mosses in which they can live An Adélie penguin near the Antarctic’s McMurdo research station. Rising … Continue reading
Giant Antarctic iceberg ‘hanging by a thread’, say scientists
Split in the Larsen C ice shelf will release an iceberg a quarter of the size of Wales, changing the landscape of the Antarctic peninsula An aerial view of the … Continue reading
Drastic cooling in North Atlantic beyond worst fears, scientists warn
Climatologists say Labrador Sea could cool within a decade before end of this century, leading to unprecedented disruption, reports Climate News Network Ice covering the ocean surface along lower Baffin … Continue reading
Alpine ski resorts could lose up to 70% of snow cover by 2100 – experts
New study says global warming likely to see snowfall replaced by rain across the Alps, with knock-on effects for tourism-dependent villages Skiers at the French Alps resort of Courchevel. The … Continue reading
Europe faces droughts, floods and storms as climate change accelerates
Europe and northern hemisphere are warming at faster pace than the global average and ‘multiple climatic hazards’ are expected, says study Arthur Neslen Guardian, Wednesday 25 January 2017 Europe’s Atlantic-facing … Continue reading
Ice-melting temperatures forecast for Arctic midwinter
Temperatures in parts of the Arctic are expected to rise above 0C for the second winter in a row A large pool of meltwater over sea ice in the Beaufort … Continue reading
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