"The rate of increase of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) over the past 70 years is nearly 100 times larger than that at the end of the last ice age. As far as direct and proxy observations can tell, such abrupt changes in the atmospheric levels of CO2 have never before been seen." WMO GREENHOUSE GAS BULLETIN No. 13 | 30 October 2017Dr Oksana ( Read more... )

If you have the time today, Scientific Reticence and the Fate of Humanity is worth the read ( Read more... )

I'm studying for my exam on Monday. According to my Prof, one should take a break from the material every 20 or 30 min, to increase comprehension and retention. So I decided to read some papers.

If I'm reading this one right, we have about two years until we hit the point of no return (PNR) on climate change.

From: Brenda C. van Zalinge, ( Read more... )

Almost a decade ago, James Lovelock said that he thought climate change would be good for us in the way that WWII was good for Great Britain, that is, everyone will pull together and work toward the common good ( Read more... )

I was talking to one of my coworkers about climate change. It was an idle conversation, nothing too deep. I'm always surprised, though, about how people conceptualize it -- in this case, a kind of shruggy "yeah, that's gonna be a problem" kind of way ( Read more... )

What with my stressful schedule and all, I haven't been on LJ or DW much at all. I've also not been spending much time reading over the arctic news -- I just know that it's all bad. And fascinating -- it's really amazing to watch, how something as big as the whole Earth system can change so quickly, in a lifetime.

From this entry at Neven's ( Read more... )

"A simplified way to think of extent versus area is to imagine a slice of swiss cheese. Extent would be a measure of the edges of the slice of cheese and all of the space inside it. Area would be the measure of where there is cheese only, not including the holes. That is why if you compare extent and area in the same time period, extent is always ( Read more... )

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You have ever been a herald of woe. Troubles follow you like crows, and ever the oftener the worse. I will not deceive you: when I heard that Shadowfax had come back riderless, I rejoiced at the return of the horse, but still more at the lack of the rider; and when Eomer brought the tidings that you had gone at last to your long home, I did not ( Read more... )

From the Arctic Ice Blog ( Read more... )