by faster | Jul 20, 2020 | Blog
SOURCE: The Guardian DATE: July 20, 2020 SNIP: Scientists have predicted for the first time when, where and how polar bears are likely to disappear, warning that if greenhouse gas emissions stay on their current trajectory all but a few polar bear populations in the...
by faster | Apr 20, 2020 | Blog
SOURCE: The Independent DATE: April 20, 2020 SNIP: The Arctic Ocean will likely be ice-free during summers before 2050, researchers say. Amid rapid global warming – with average Arctic temperatures already 2C above what they were in the pre-industrial era – the extent...
by faster | Nov 7, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: National Geographic DATE: November 7, 2019 SNIP: When sea otters in Alaska were diagnosed with phocine distemper virus (PDV) in 2004, scientists were confused. The pathogen in the Morbillivirus genus that contains viruses like measles had then only been found...
by faster | Sep 15, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: Seattle Times DATE: September 15, 2019 SNIP: For two years, the Bering Sea has been largely without winter ice, a development scientists modeling the warming impacts of greenhouse-gas pollution from fossil fuels once forecast would not occur until 2050. This...
by faster | Jul 2, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: The Guardian DATE: July 2, 2019 SNIP: The vast expanse of sea ice around Antarctica has suffered a “precipitous” fall since 2014, satellite data shows, and fell at a faster rate than seen in the Arctic. The plunge in the average annual extent means Antarctica...
