The marriage of native Alaskan knowledge with traditional scientific climate modeling benefits everyone by giving a clearer picture of the impacts of climate change at a local level.
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Record ocean surface temperatures for July
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One planet, one climate. Can India, China, and the U.S. come to an agreement on reducing and capping carbon emissions? It’s a matter of global and national security.
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Satellite photos kept secret by the previous administration have just been released showing the rapid and stark retreat of the polar ice sheets. That the Arctic is the “canary in the coal mine” in regard to global warming (to use a rather ironic turn of phrase in this instance) isn’t new. Scientists have been reporting on the accelerated retreat of Arctic ice for some time now. What is curious to me that Bush tried to keep these photos from view. Why?
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Studies from NASA, NOAA, and the National Snow and Ice Data Center show a record June for global sea surface temperatures, as well as continued deterioration of Arctic sea ice.
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The amount of carbon frozen, stored and now thawing in northern permafrost is double previous estimates and double that contained in the atmosphere, heightening concerns that these regions will become major sources of carbon dioxide and methane emissions.
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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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With the decision from Interior Secratary Ken Salazar not to reverse his predecessors decision concerning full protection of the polar bear under the Endangered Species Act, the stage is set for the possible rapid decline and eventual extinction of the “King of the Arctic” by mid-century.
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Westerners instinctively think that the worst effect of global warming is the melting ice cap of the North Pole. We tend to reserve the other effects of global warming for developing nations.
Continue Reading Global Warming and the Spread of Disease
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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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