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breakingnews:

Western Antarctica Ice Sheet warming faster than thought

BBC: The Western Antarctic Ice Sheet is warming nearly twice as fast as previously thought, according to a new analysis of temperature records. US researchers say they found the first evidence of warming during the southern hemisphere’s summer months. They’re worried the increased melting of ice could contribute to sea-level rise.

The study has been released by the journal “Nature Geoscience.”

Image: The data from Byrd Station shows rapid warming on the west Antarctic ice sheet. (Julien Nicolas)

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kateoplis:

For those who might be keeping score, we just passed the 333rd consecutive month of global temperatures above the 20th-century average.

November 2012 was the fifth-warmest November since records began in 1880, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said in its monthly climate report. The agency calculated that the 10 warmest Novembers on record have all occurred within the past 12 years.

the apocalypse begins…

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canisfamiliaris:

Denial of Climate Change Appears to be Stupid

I was thinking of writing a lengthy post about climate change denial being completely unscientific nonsense, but then geochemist and National Science Board member James Lawrence Powell wrote a post that is basically a slam-dunk of debunking. His premise was simple: If global warming isn’t real and there’s an actual scientific debate about it, that should be reflected in the scientific journals.

He looked up how many peer-reviewed scientific papers were published in professional journals about global warming, and compared the ones supporting the idea that we’re heating up compared to those that don’t.

What did he find? Check out the pie chart above. That pretty much sums it up….

ecocides:

Ice sheets covering Greenland and Antarctica are melting three times faster today than they were in the 1990s, according to a ‘definitive’ study of satellite data. These pictures show the different ways that melting occurs | images: Ian Joughin

jtotheizzoe:

birdandmoon:

Some quotes about climate change from a growing collection I keep.

If we don’t listen to the scientists, at least we can listen to the animals?!?

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discoverynews:

Greenland Loses 200 Million Tons of Ice Per Year:

“Just how much is 200 million tons of ice? Roughly, it’s the amount needed to fill enough railroad coal cars to encircle the Earth.”

that analogy does not make things any clearer…

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jtotheizzoe:

If you’re 27 or younger, you’ve never experienced a colder-than-average month

With the average temperature on Earth in October becoming the 332nd consecutive month at a higher-than-normal mark, we’re defining the new normal for a whole generation.

And that’s not a “new normal” that we should be okay with. Because a warming Earth with frequent droughts and supercharged storms could make Hurricane Sandy look like an afternoon sprinkle.

(via Grist)

well huh

climateadaptation:

Dazzling slide show of glaciers from various view points. That second one (fragments in muddy water) is great.

vanityfair:

Chasing Ice | Horrifying—yet undeniably beautiful—photos of vanishing glaciers

Photographs by James Balog

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mothernaturenetwork:

Why our seas are collapsing
Our oceans are threatened every day. Here’s a look at the biggest problems and what we can do about them.

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shit, I thought it was the gays. 

(via veronicahhh)