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by Gary Houser“Our greatest concern is that loss of Arctic sea ice creates a grave threat of passing two other tipping points – the potential instability of the Greenland ice sheet and methane hydrates....
Arctic sea ice currently acts as a shield, preventing methane from entering the atmosphere, concludes a study by researchers from two Chinese scientific institutes. The researchers observed more...
Image from the earlier post: Accelerated Arctic WarmingHow does the current situation in the Arctic compare to times back in history when temperatures were high, in particular the Eemian interglacial...
Screenshot showing the exponential decline of minimum Arctic sea ice volume at the bottom end of the annual graphsTo see a 3-D animation of the decline of Arctic sea ice volume over the years, click...
by Stephen Salter, University of Edinburgh, and Alan Gadian, University of Leeds.BackgroundIn 1990 John Latham [1] suggested that the Twomey effect [2] [3] could be used to slow or reverse global warming...
Below a combination of images produced by Dr. Leonid Yurganov, comparing methane levels between January 1-10, 2012 (below left), and January 1-10, 2013 (below right).The 2013 image shows worryingly...