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Arctic: September Ice Volume was 67% below its 1979 maximum.

søndag, 3. oktober 2010

Total Arctic Ice Volume for March 2010 is 20,300 km^3, the lowest over the 1979-2010 period and 38% below the…

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Record Hot Summer Wreaks Havoc

torsdag, 16. september 2010

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Record-breaking summer temperatures and the warmest year to date in 131 years are wreaking havoc on the global environment, say…

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Arctic sea ice reaches annual minimum extent

onsdag, 15. september 2010

Arctic sea ice appears to have reached its annual minimum extent on 10 September. The minimum ice extent was the…

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Video update on Arctic sea ice in 2010

tirsdag, 14. september 2010

The latest Crock of the Week from Peter Sinclair, featuring a great overview from NASA’s Tom Wagner and a compelling…

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Fighting for Argentina’s Glaciers as They Retreat

tirsdag, 14. september 2010

Argentina’s glaciers, along with Chile’s the most extensive of South America, manifest the damage caused by climate change, while they…

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Giant ice island breaks in two

mandag, 13. september 2010

A massive ice island four times the size of Manhattan that broke off the Petermann Glacier early last month has…

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USGS: Glaciers Retreating in Asia

torsdag, 26. august 2010

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Many of Asia’s glaciers are retreating as a result of climate change.

This retreat impacts water supplies to millions of people,…

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Borehole network confirms, permafrost is thawing worldwide

lørdag, 14. august 2010

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An expanded network of boreholes across the northern hemisphere has confirmed that permafrost throughout polar and sub-polar regions is thawing,…

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Greenland glacier gives birth to giant iceberg

torsdag, 12. august 2010

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Envisat has been observing a rare event in the Arctic since early August – a giant iceberg breaking off the…

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Google Earth zooms in on dangerous climate change

onsdag, 14. juli 2010

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A new interactive Google Earth map showing the impacts of a 4 °C warmer world was launched today by the…

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Danske isforskere når bunden af indlandsisen

tirsdag, 6. juli 2010

Grønland neem iskerneboringer

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I juli 2010 når NEEM-boringen bunden efter tre sæsoners boring. På bunden findes is fra den sidste mellemisperiode, hvor klimaet…

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70 Percent of Himalayan Glaciers Gone by Next Century

mandag, 5. juli 2010

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In January, when the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change acknowledged that it was wrong in predicting that the…

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The Himalayas, A Special Report

fredag, 2. juli 2010

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Floods, droughts, wildfires, windstorms, water contamination and illnesses plague the 1.3 billion people who live in the watersheds directly supplied…

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Arctic sea ice extent declines rapidly in May

tirsdag, 29. juni 2010

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In May, Arctic air temperatures remained above average, and sea ice extent declined at a rapid pace. At the end…

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NASA: Decline in Arctic ice cover

søndag, 16. maj 2010

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The polar ice caps have been shrinking in summer and expanding in winter for millions of years. But in the…

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Sea ice loss driving Arctic warming cycle

torsdag, 29. april 2010

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The Arctic is locked into a destructive cycle that could see its icy cover rapidly disappear, scientists have confirmed. A…

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A visual depiction of how much ice Greenland is losing

tirsdag, 27. april 2010

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When scientists talk about ice loss from the Greenland ice sheet, they refer to gigatonnes of ice. One gigatonne is…

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The complete guide to modern day climate change

fredag, 16. april 2010

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All the data you need to show that the world is warming

April 14, 2010: Posted by: Scott A. Mandia, Professor…

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Canadian Ice Sheet Is Melting Rapidly

onsdag, 14. april 2010

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One of the largest ice sheets in Canada’s high Arctic has been swiftly shrinking in recent decades as a result…

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Glacier breaks in Peru, causing tsunami in Andes

tirsdag, 13. april 2010

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A huge glacier broke off and plunged into a lake in Peru, causing a 75-foot (23-meter) tsunami wave that swept…

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Successful launch for ESA’s CryoSat-2 ice satellite

torsdag, 8. april 2010

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ESA PR 07-2010. Europe’s first mission dedicated to studying the Earth’s ice was launched today from Kazakhstan. From its polar…

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Canada’s ‘Arctic Summit’ highlights global tensions, competing interests

onsdag, 7. april 2010

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With the melting Arctic Ocean emerging as “a new Mediterranean” in the minds of many, the five nations sharing its…

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Global-change trends for the public and policymakers

torsdag, 1. april 2010

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The IGBP Climate-Change Index brings together key indicators of global change: atmospheric carbon dioxide, temperature, sea level and sea ice.

About…

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- We are facing interconnected challenges

tirsdag, 30. marts 2010

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Stockholm Resilience Center: Centre director Johan Rockström among prominent list of speakers at State of the Planet 2010.

Rockström was among…

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Climate of Conflict in Arctic

mandag, 29. marts 2010

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Arctic circle: Flickr

New developments in the north reveal that Arctic states are training for a future arctic resource race, Jody…

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Study: Greenlands icesheet to collapse between 400-560ppm CO2

onsdag, 24. marts 2010

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A new study has lowered the carbon pollution threshold or “tipping point” for collapse of the Greenland ice sheet to…

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High Arctic species on thin ice

onsdag, 17. marts 2010

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A new assessment of the Arctic’s biodiversity reports a 26 per cent decline in species populations in the high Arctic.

Populations…

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Key climate change reports

onsdag, 10. marts 2010

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Violent Backlash Against Climate Scientists

onsdag, 10. marts 2010

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UXBRIDGE, Canada, Mar 9, 2010 (Tierramérica) – Climate change science has come under full-scale attack in a last-ditch effort to…

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ESA: Radar images: B-9B iceberg ramming into the Mertz Glacier Tongue

fredag, 5. marts 2010

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credit: ESA

5 March 2010

This animation, made up of eight Envisat radar images, shows the 97-km long B-9B iceberg (right) ramming…

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Climate change human link evidence ’stronger’

fredag, 5. marts 2010

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A review from the UK Met Office says it is becoming clearer that human activities are causing climate change.

It says…

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Arctic seabed methane stores destabilizing, venting

torsdag, 4. marts 2010

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A section of the Arctic Ocean seafloor that holds vast stores of frozen methane is showing signs of instability and…

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Settling the science on Himalayan glaciers

onsdag, 3. marts 2010

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Compared with other mountainous regions worldwide, Himalayan glaciers are losing mass faster than European glaciers but slower than those in…

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The new world order

tirsdag, 2. marts 2010

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Global Warring: How Environmental, Economic, and Political Crises Will Redraw the World Map

Cleo Paskal must be cursing the publishing gods.…

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China prepares for an ice-free Arctic

mandag, 1. marts 2010

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China is preparing for the Arctic being navigable during summer months. An ice-free Arctic would provide China shorter shipping routes,…

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Massive Iceberg is Calved in Antarctica, With Implications for Local Ocean Circulation and Wildlife

søndag, 28. februar 2010

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Until earlier this month, the “tongue” of the Mertz Glacier extended 160 km into the Southern Ocean from the…

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Collision Calves Iceberg from Mertz Glacier Tongue, Antarctica

lørdag, 27. februar 2010

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At 94 kilometers (58 miles) by 39 kilometers (24 miles) in size, the B-09B iceberg is comparable to the state…

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Antarctic: Massive iceberg calves from the Mertz Glacier

fredag, 26. februar 2010

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credit: Barbara Wienecke

26 February 2010

A massive iceberg, measuring 78 kilometres long and 39 kilometres wide, has calved from the Mertz…

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AMS Feb. 2010: Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation

torsdag, 25. februar 2010

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Program Summary: Human caused climate change is well underway and almost certain to continue in the decades ahead. Comprehensive risk…

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Ice Shelves Disappearing on Antarctic Peninsula

mandag, 22. februar 2010

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Ice shelves are retreating in the southern section of the Antarctic Peninsula due to climate change. This could result in…

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UN to host extra climate talks in April

mandag, 22. februar 2010

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Warm Ocean Waters are Speeding Greenland Glacier Melt

søndag, 21. februar 2010

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According to newly published letter from NASA and university researchers in Nature Geoscience (Rapid submarine melting of the calving faces…

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Climate sceptics are recycled critics of controls on tobacco and acid rain

fredag, 19. februar 2010

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We must not be distracted from science’s urgent message: we are fuelling dangerous changes in Earth’s climate.

* Jeffrey Sachs *…

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Permafrost Line in Quebec Retreats 80 Miles in 50 Years

torsdag, 18. februar 2010

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The southern limit of permafrost around the James Bay region in Quebec has moved 80 miles to the north since…

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Bill Gates on energy: Innovating to zero!

torsdag, 18. februar 2010

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At TED2010, Bill Gates unveils his vision for the world’s energy future, describing the need for “miracles” to avoid planetary…

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2004-2010 World Newspaper Coverage of Climate Change or Global Warming

torsdag, 18. februar 2010

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This figure tracks newspaper coverage of climate change or global warming in 50 newspapers across 20 countries and 6 continents.

Max…

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Who’s On Board With The Copenhagen Accord?

torsdag, 18. februar 2010

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January 31, 2010 marked the deadline for parties to the Copenhagen Accord to submit their respective plans for reducing greenhouse…

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