Melting Mendenhall Glacier Reveals Ancient Forest
An ancient forest has thawed from under a melting glacier in Alaska and is now exposed to the world for the first time in more than 1,000 years.
Climate change: IPCC Issues Stark Warning Over Global Warming
Scientists will this week issue their starkest warning yet about the mounting dangers of global warming. In a report to be handed to political leaders in Stockholm on Monday, they will say that the burning of fossil fuels and deforestation have now led to a warming of the entire globe…
2013 Arctic Sea Ice Minimum
Though less Arctic sea ice melted in 2013 compared to 2012, this year’s total is the sixth lowest in the satellite record. This year continues a long-term downward trend of about 12 percent Arctic sea ice loss per decade since the late 1970s, a decline that accelerated after 2007.
After the Storms, a Different Opinion On Climate Change
Extreme weather may lead people to think more seriously about climate change, according to new research, published in Psychological Science.
Surveying Ice and Fire: The First Map of All of Iceland’s Glaciers and Subglacier Volcanic Calderas Released
For the first time, all of Iceland’s glaciers are shown on a single map. Iceland has about 300 glaciers throughout the country, and altogether, 269 glaciers, outlet glaciers and internal ice caps are named. The glaciers that lack names are small and largely newly revealed, exposed by melting of snow pack due to warmer summer temperatures.
Arctic Sea Ice Shrinks To Sixth-Lowest Extent On Record
Sea ice cover in the Arctic has shrunk to one of its smallest extents on record, bringing the days of an entirely ice-free Arctic during the summer a step closer.
Federal Court Upholds California’s First-in-the-US Mandate Requiring Cleaner-Burning Fuels
A panel of federal judges on Wednesday upheld California’s first-in-the-U.S. mandate requiring fuels producers to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Measurements of Antarctic Ice-Shelf Melt Help to Refine Models of Global Climate Change
In a finding that is expected to vastly improve models of the global effects of climate change on sea-level rise, A NSF funded research team, working in one of Antarctica’s most challenging environments, has produced the first direct measurements of how relatively warm sea water undercuts a floating ice shelf.
New World Map for Overcoming Climate Change
Using data from the world’s ecosystems and predictions of how climate change will impact them, scientists from the Wildlife Conservation Society, the University of Queensland, and Stanford University have produced a roadmap that identifies the world’s most vulnerable and least vulnerable areas in the Age of Climate Change.