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- US stops Arctic Council joint statement over climate change language Thu, 9 May 19, 5:30amOn May 7, the Arctic Council released a statement of various priorities, but for the first time it could not publish a joint declaration, reportedly due to push-back from the U.S. over climate change language. The Arctic...
- Can we humans save ourselves from self-destruction? | Letters Wed, 8 May 19, 2:59amRichard Middleton, Robin Russell-Jones, Judith Wright, Tom Fyans, Richard Aldwinckle, John Nissen, and Mayer Hillman respond to the latest dire warnings from scientists and policymakers on biodiversity and climate changeEduardo...
- Trump halts plans to expand offshore drilling after legal setback Fri, 26 Apr 19, 7:02amCourt decision blocking fossil fuel activity in swaths of the Arctic complicated administration plans to ramp up fossil fuel extraction
- Watch out for falling Walruses Wed, 10 Apr 19, 12:22amDavid Attenborough thinks fossil fuels cause scores of walruses to careen off cliffs. The ABC is crying as it advertises the latest Netflix tear-jerker and WWF fundraiser.
- Alaska judge blocks Trump on Arctic and Atlantic drilling Sun, 31 Mar 19, 8:44amApril 2017 executive order reversed Obama protectionsGreen groups celebrate, justice department declines commentDonald Trump exceeded his authority when he reversed bans on offshore drilling in vast parts of the Arctic ocean...
- New study reveals local drivers of amplified Arctic warming Mon, 21 Jan 19, 5:00pmPublic Release: 19-Jan-2019 New study reveals local drivers of amplified Arctic warming Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology(UNIST) IMAGE: An international team of researchers, including Professor Sarah Kang...
- Climate change is killing reindeer in the Arctic Sat, 15 Dec 18, 7:30amA new Arctic Report Card from the U.S. National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has revealed that the wild reindeer and caribou populations have plummeted by more than half over the last two decades. According...
- The Arctic: we don’t know as much about environmental change in the far north as we’d like to think Thu, 6 Dec 18, 9:00amFrom The Conversation December 4, 2018 9.58am EST The first International Polar Year, held over 1882–1883, was an important event for science. The year was the brainchild of Austrian explorer Karl Weyprecht who, after a...
- The Guardian view on climate change: too much, too soon | Editorial Thu, 6 Dec 18, 5:28amWe are losing the war against climate change; the use of fossil fuels is driving higher carbon emissions when they need to be coming downOutside of the desperate and the deluded, everyone knows that the world is in the early...
- US oil firm's bid to drill for oil in Arctic hits snag: a lack of sea ice Thu, 15 Nov 18, 5:00pmHilcorp’s plan to extract 70,000 barrels a day follows Trump’s reversal of an Obama-era ban on fossil fuel activity in the region
- UAH Arctic Temperature Profile Sun, 11 Nov 18, 2:10amGuest Essay by Kip Hansen Last week Dr. Roy Spencer treated us to the latest UAH Global Temperature Update. Overall, the ”global average lower tropospheric temperature (LT) anomaly for October, 2018 was +0.22 deg....
- Study: ‘Arctic sea ice loss in the last 37 years is not due to humans alone.’ Wed, 7 Nov 18, 5:30amModels show natural swings in the Earth’s climate contribute to Arctic sea ice loss Arctic sea ice loss in the last 37 years is not due to humans alone...
- Study suggests air pollution is a factor in Arctic ice melt Mon, 22 Oct 18, 7:39amFrom the “CO2 isn’t the master climate control knob after all” department and the AGU. Air pollution reduces Arctic cloud lifetime, study suggests WASHINGTON — Fossil fuel emissions from Asia and Europe...
- A close look at the arctic sea ice models that have launched the careers of a thousand polar bears Sat, 13 Oct 18, 4:19amThis is Expertise the UN can bank on In the GWPF 2018 Lecture, Richard Lindzen pointed out the genius of Arctic climate models First, for something to be evidence, it must have been unambiguously predicted...
- Arctic sea ice model spaghetti — Expertise the UN can bank on Sat, 13 Oct 18, 4:19amA close look at the arctic sea ice models that have launched the careers of a thousand polar bears Int he GWPF 2018 Lecture, Richard Lindzen pointed out the genius of Arctic climate models First, for something to be evidence,...