Great Explanation about the 2011 Arctic Sea Ice Minimum
NASA Cryosphere Program Manager Tom Wagner shares his insights on the 2011 sea ice minimum in the Arctic and answers some common questions. The video, which was taped early in the month is less than 4...
View ArticleSurprise Findings about Deforestation Impacts
Scientists from Yale University have determined that act of removing forests from the land (deforestation) in areas north of 45 degrees latitude will have a net cooling effect. Current scientific...
View ArticleShould We be Concerned about Rising CO2 Levels?
A common argument that we hear is that the Earth’s climate is always changing and that it has been warm before with higher carbon dioxide (CO2) levels. So why should be be concerned about it now? Image...
View ArticleWhat about the Antarctic Sea Ice?
While it is true that the overall sea ice extent surrounding Antarctica has been trending slightly upward since 1979 it is not all that unexpected despite global warming. I have been getting a number...
View ArticleExpert Commentary about 2012 Global Temperatures
Dr. James Hansen, who is the director of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) recently wrote a summary about the global temperature anomalies for 2012 with assistance from Dr. Makiko Sato...
View ArticleNew Insight about the History of the Greenland Ice Sheet
Using a new technique that involves Arctic fossil records, scientists from the University of Buffalo have determined that over the last 10,000 ears, the Greenland Ice Sheet was actually at its smallest...
View ArticleNew Publication answers Key Questions about Climate Change
Two of the world’s leading scientific bodies released a joint publication on climate change last week which addresses several common questions about the subject and explains the evidence that humans...
View ArticleMore Answers to Common Questions about Climate Change
Our coverage of the recent overview ‘Climate Change Evidence and Causes’ which was recently published by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and the Royal Society continues….. Below is an excerpt...
View ArticleWhat the Satellite Temperature Data says about July 2011
According to Remote Sensing Systems, which measures global temperature anomalies using microwave sounding data on board satellites, July 2011 was the 6th warmest July on record globally going back to...
View ArticleNew Clues about the History of Arctic Sea Ice
Researchers using a new method to measure variations and extent in sea ice in the far past have determined that there was probably less than half the amount of sea ice in the Arctic between 8,000 and...
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