An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 on the Richter scale hit the Greenland Sea on April 26, 2014, at 03:55:33 UTC at a depth of 10.00 km (6.21 mi). The epicenter of the earthquake is located right...
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Wednesday, 23 April 2014
M4.4 Earthquake hits Arctic Ocean north of Greenland
An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.4 on the Richter scale hit the Arctic Ocean north of Greenland on April 22, 2014, at 10:30:23 UTC at a depth of 10.00 km (6.2 mi).[ click on image to enlarge ]The...
Tuesday, 22 April 2014
Arctic Sea Ice in Steep Descent
Arctic sea ice area is in steep descent, as illustrated by the image below. Sea ice area was only smaller at this time of the year in 2007, for all years for which satellite data are available.[ click...
Wednesday, 16 April 2014
Near-Term Human Extinction
Global Warming and FeedbacksIs there a mechanism that could make humanity go extinct in the not-too-distant future, i.e. within a handful of decades?Most people will be aware that emissions due to human...
Tuesday, 15 April 2014
M4.5 Earthquake hits Arctic Ocean
An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.5 on the Richter scale hit the Arctic Ocean on April 13, 2014, at 02:12:19 UTC at a depth of 10.00 km (6.21 mi).The epicenter of the quake is located right on the...
Saturday, 12 April 2014
Methane buildup in the atmosphere
Levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere are now firmly above the 400 parts per million (ppm) level, as illustrated by the graph below, from keelingcurve.ucsd.edu.As above graph shows, levels...
Tuesday, 8 April 2014
March 2014 Arctic Sea Ice Volume 2nd lowest on Record
The March 2014 Arctic sea ice volume, as calculated by the Pan-Arctic Ice Ocean Modeling and Assimilation System (PIOMAS) at the Polar Science Center, was the 2nd lowest on record at 21.818...
Permafrost thawing could accelerate global warming
“If the permafrost melts entirely, there would be 5x the amount of carbon in the atmosphere than there is now” - Jeff ChantonJeff Chanton, the John Widmer Winchester Professor of Oceanography at Florida...
Sunday, 6 April 2014
River ice reveals new twist on Arctic melt
A new study led by Lance Lesack, a Simon Fraser University geographer and Faculty of Environment professor, has discovered unexpected climate-driven changes in the mighty Mackenzie River’s ice breakup....
Like a giant elevator to the stratosphere
Recent research results show that an atmospheric hole over the tropical West Pacific is reinforcing ozone depletion in the polar regions and could have a significant influence on the climate of the...
Escalating extreme weather events to hammer humanity
By Paul BeckwithExtreme weather events are rocketing upwards in their frequency of occurrence, intensity, and duration and are impacting new regions that are unprepared. These events, such as torrential...
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