TagsTagsI'm seeing news reports like this nearly every day, as the Republican Party sinks ever deeper into nihilistic science-denial: Pair of NASA studies reaffirm impact of global warming. In recent research, Mr. Hansen and co-author Makiko Sato, also of Goddard Institute for Space Studies, compared the climate of today, the ...
Global Warming, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Methane, glaciers, Anti-Science
Here's some very troubling news from the world of climate science: there is evidence that the deep oceans may have been "warehousing" large amounts of excess heat -- and now they're beginning to release it: Antarctic Melting as Deep Ocean Heat Rises. And if it's true, we may be locked into ...
Global Warming, Science, AGW, Climate Change, Antarctica, glaciers, ICE, Oceanography
A disturbing story about recent scientific findings in Greenland and Antarctica: As Glaciers Melt, Science Seeks Data on Rising Seas. TASIILAQ, Greenland — With a tense pilot gripping the stick, the helicopter hovered above the water, a red speck of machinery lost in a wilderness of rock and ice. To the ...
Global Warming, Science, AGW, Climate Change, Greenland, Antarctica, glaciers, ICE
Greenland glacier calves island four times the size of Manhattan. ScienceDaily (Aug. 7, 2010) — A University of Delaware researcher reports that an "ice island" four times the size of Manhattan has calved from Greenland's Petermann Glacier. The last time the Arctic lost such a large chunk of ice was ...
Global Warming, Science, AGW, Climate Change, Greenland, glaciers, ICE
Apparently the moving mountains of ice in the Rocky Mountains haven’t gotten the right wing message that global warming is a hoax, because Glacier National Park may soon need to change its name to “Ex-Glacier National Park:” Two More Glaciers Melt in Rockies. Glacier National Park has lost two more ...
Global Warming, Science, AGW, Climate Change, Glacier National Park, glaciers
Apparently, there are people who deny that global climate change is having drastic effects on the world’s ice caps and glaciers. Who knew? If your mind isn’t closed, here’s a site that will open it even further: Extreme Ice Survey. It’s run by award-winning nature photographer James Balog, who uses time-lapse ...
Global Warming, Science, AGW, Climate Change, glaciers, Ice Caps, Video
The Chacaltaya glacier in Bolivia was once the highest glacier ski run in the world — and in the next few months it’s going to disappear completely, five years ahead of the most pessimistic prediction by climate scientists. [Video] (Hat tip: KT.)
Global Warming, Science, AGW, Climate Change, glaciers, Ice Caps, Video
There’s an interesting debate going on about the extent to which melting glaciers contribute to the rise of sea levels; here’s an article at Scientific American that tries to make sense of the conflicting opinions: A Deep Thaw: How Much Will Vanishing Glaciers Raise Sea Levels?