by faster | Aug 19, 2021 | Blog
SOURCE: CNN DATE: August 19, 2021 SNIP: For the first time on record, precipitation on Saturday at the summit of Greenland — roughly two miles above sea level — fell as rain and not snow. Temperatures at the Greenland summit over the weekend rose above freezing for...
by faster | Jul 30, 2021 | Blog
SOURCE: The Guardian DATE: July 30, 2021 SNIP: Greenland’s vast ice sheet is undergoing a surge in melting, with the amount of ice vanishing in a single day this week enough to cover the whole of Florida in two inches of water, researchers have found. The deluge of...
by faster | May 24, 2021 | Blog
SOURCE: The Independent DATE: May 24, 2021 SNIP: A “mind-boggling” heat wave in the Arctic has broken temperature records in north-west Russia, meteorologists have said. Last Wednesday, the mercury rose above 30C in parts of the Arctic, significantly above the average...
by faster | Dec 3, 2020 | Blog
SOURCE: The Guardian DATE: December 3, 2020 SNIP: The Trump administration has formally announced the go-ahead for the fiercely opposed sale of controversial gas and oil drilling licences in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The refuge is a pristine wilderness...
by faster | Nov 16, 2020 | Blog
SOURCE: Seattle Times, Washington Post DATE: November 16, 2020 SNIP: The Trump administration has called for oil and gas firms to pick spots where they want to drill in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as it races to open the pristine wilderness to development...
