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 | Aug 3, 2021 | Blog
SOURCE: The Guardian DATE: August 3, 2021 SNIP: With climate change threatening the sea ice habitat of Emperor penguins, the US Fish and Wildlife Service today announced a proposal to list the species as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. “The...
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 | Dec 8, 2020 | Blog
SOURCE: CNN DATE: December 8, 2020 SNIP: Bitterly cold, frozen and inhospitable to nearly all wildlife apart from polar bears. This is the image of the Arctic that comes to mind for many. But in a matter of decades — a blink of an eye in the history of this...
by faster | Sep 21, 2020 | Blog
SOURCE: New York Times DATE: September 21, 2020 SNIP: A “crazy year” in the Arctic has resulted in the second-lowest extent of sea ice in the region, scientists said Monday. Researchers with the National Snow and Ice Data Center said the minimum was most likely...
