“Scientists say this year’s record declines in Arctic sea ice extent and volume are powerful evidence that the giant cap of ice at the top of the planet is on a trajectory to largely disappear in summer within a decade or two, with profound global consequences. “This extreme melting offers
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Drive-by Planet: Arctic ice cap melt: record low in 2012
Since satellite tracking began in 1979 the lowest readings of Arctic sea-ice have all been within the last six years. This year has seen a record breaking retreat of sea-ice with weeks of summer still ahead and more melt likely on the way. Independent: The US National Snow and Ice
Continue readingLeDaro: Stephen Harper: Great News
Stephen Harper has acquired a house in the Canadian Arctic and he is moving there permanently. 🙂 Arctic deserves him and he deserves Arctic and being there he will be keeping an eye on the Arctic and its sovereignty.
Continue readingImpolitical: On great national dreams
Aw, is Harp making the inspiration meter go thud again? “Those who want to see the future of this country should look north,” the prime minister told a gathering of Conservative supporters. “Because that great national dream — the development of northern resources — no longer sleeps. It is not
Continue reading350 or bust: Arctic Sends Clear Message: Act Now To Reduce Carbon Dioxide Pollution
There’s not much good news to write about today, as a bubble of cold air from the Arctic moves into central North America. Brace yourself for some record-breaking cold if you (like me) live in that region. But that’s not the worst of it by a long shot; unfortunately this
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: Arctic Ice Decline Much Worse Than Expected
August 2012, Arctic ice extent models.png As the extent of Arctic sea ice declines to levels unrecorded since satellite monitoring began, the National Snow and Ice Data Center has released a new analysis that shows the situation to be worse by far than even the most pessimistic models predicted. It's a
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ENVIRONMENT: A TASTE OF SHELL GAMES TO COME IN THE ARTIC: Shell Loses Control Of Arctic Drilling Rig In Alaskan Harbor By Climate Guest Blogger on Jul 16, 2012 at 12:23 pm Photo: Teresa Derrick-Laxfoss by Kiley KrohRoyal Dutch Shell’s preparedness to drill offshore in the harsh and remote
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: 400 PPM Carbon Dioxide Concentrations Breach The Arctic
Mauna_Loa_Carbon_Dioxide.png There's a saying that trouble comes in threes. Earlier this week, the International Energy Administration announced that emissions reached a record high last year, increasing by 1 Gt worldwide. At the Bonn climate talks, experts have warned that the window to curb a global temperature rise of more than
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: Shrinking Arctic Ice May Cause Mercury Poisoning
Arctic-MultiYear-Ice-1980-150×150 (1).jpg NASA has shown repeatedly that the Actic icecap is melting, and melting faster than climate models predict. This new visualization is stark and should be of obvious concern, simply because of the impact on sea levels. Now there is a potentially new threat. The process of shrinkage may
Continue readingImpolitical: Arctic drilling on the horizon
About this: “Ottawa to auction exploration rights in massive area in the North.” Looks like it’s go time in the Arctic: “…the sheer magnitude of what is on the block is a clear signal that some in the oil patch are contemplating a return north, because parcels aren’t made available
Continue readingImpolitical: On the lighter side
This story isn’t funny: “Army struggles with shortage of Arctic parkas, tents…” But the photo accompanying it certainly is! Maybe Harp can lend his parka out to the army, he sure looks warm in that shot. Nice find by Canadian Press. The Arctic is supposed to be a pet project
Continue readingImpolitical: Late night
Who knew a video of an Arctic research station, the Polar Environment Atmospheric Research Laboratory (PEARL) in Eureka, Nunavut, could be so oddly compelling. Maybe it’s the music. Maybe it’s the circumstances where a key Canadian scientific research asset in the Arctic is denied the $1.5 million it needs to
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: American Petroleum Institute’s Jack Gerard Fact Checked By Activists During Speech
Vote 4 Oil.png Guest post by Connor Gibson, cross-posted from Polluterwatch. Two days ago, President Obama denied the permit for the destructive Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, much to the dismay of Big Oil's top lobbyist and propagandist. Speaking at the National Press Club to an audience dominated by oil, coal and nuclear representatives and
Continue readingImpolitical: Cuts with consequences
The Harper government’s cuts to Environment Canada and their tinkering with our ozone monitoring systems deserve lots of ongoing attention. Note this from Climate Progress Saturday, the giant ozone hole that was detected and reported on recently may ha…
Continue readingTrashy's World: Holy ozone, Batman!
So the ozone layer over the Arctic wasn’t really, uh, “there” earlier this year. And that’s a bad thing, boys and girls, because this very thin layer of our atmosphere protects we mere humans from harmful solar radiation. And maybe even aliens. The mean kind. With ray guns. Of course, the Harper Government is all […]
Continue readingImpolitical: Ozone monitoring cuts backlash
Let’s check in on how it’s going since government cuts to Canada’s long time ozone monitoring program made news and the international scientific community took note. Karen Dodds, the assistant deputy minister in the Environment department is claiming t…
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: New Record or Not, the Arctic Sea Ice Alarm Bells Keep Ringing
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Last week, the National Snow and Ice Data Center came out with the estimate that we did not quite ​set a record for the minimum extent of Arctic sea this year. Rat…
Continue readingImpolitical: The anti-science government at work
Great post on the Harper government’s latest anti-science move: “What We Don’t Know Will Hurt Us.” They’re axing an ozone monitoring project in the Arctic that has been in place for 45 years, providing continuous data. The international scientific co…
Continue readingDeSmogBlog - Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds Climate Science: The Annual Arctic Sea Ice Drama Begins
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In my last post, I discussed how the increasing risk of devastating heat waves—unlike the worsening of tornadoes—is definitely a phenomenon we can link to glo…
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