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Temperature anomalies for June 2010 - courtesy NOAA

In their monthly analysis just released of global land and ocean surface temperature data, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reports that June 2010 was the hottest on record. The average combined land and ocean surface temperatures for the period from April to June was the warmest on record, and year-to-date (January to June) is the second warmest, behind 2007. The analysis from NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center is based on records dating back to 1880.

Continue Reading NOAA: Warmest June on Record – 2010 on Track for Hottest Year

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A World Without IceIce asks no questions, presents no arguments, reads no newspapers, listens to no debates. It is not burdened by ideology and carries no political baggage as it changes from solid to liquid. It just melts.”

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Continue Reading Book Review: A World Without Ice by Dr. Henry Pollack

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Genetic research shows elephant seals are a highly mobile species adaptable to climate change.

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Despite the setback of the failed mission of NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory, two other missions – Aquarius and Hydros – are planned that will provide scientists and researchers vital data into the state of Earth’s climate and the effects human activity has in climate change and global warming.

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The poles are warming at least twice as fast as the rest of the globe, what immediate and long-term actions must we take to mitigate the worst consequences of climate change?

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The Wilkins Ice Shelf along the Antarctic peninsula is poised for “imminent collapse”.

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British Columbia assesses the effects of climate change and changes in sea level in the coming century.

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Greenland pack iceNasa satellite data was presented today in San Francisco at the American Geophysical Union conference showing that up to two trillion tons of land ice has melted away since 2003.

Primarily impacted are Alaska, Antarctica, the Arctic, and Greenland, which lost almost half of the total ice melt measured by NASA’s Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE).

Continue Reading NASA Data Shows Rapid and Accelerating Ice Loss, 2008 10th Warmest Year on Record, 2000′s Warmest Decade on Record (Despite Insistence of Deniers)

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Antarctic warming linked to human activityThe rapid ice melt and temperature rise in the Arctic region has been widely reported, with a record summer ice melt occurring last year in the Arctic ocean, and a near-record this year (the volume of sea ice, if not the extent, did reach a record low this year, with autumn temperatures in the Arctic 9 degrees Fahrenheit above normal).

Continue Reading Antarctic Warming Shows “Human Fingerprints”