Andes’ Tropical Glaciers Going Fast, May Soon Be Gone
The glaciers of the tropical Andes have shrunk by between 30 and 50 percent in 30 years and many will soon disappear altogether, cutting off the summer water supply for millions of people, according to scientists studying the region’s climate. Their findings are particularly significant because glaciers in the tropics, 99 percent of which are in … Read More
High-altitude Ice Reveals a Climate on the Rocks
The story was tucked on the bottom of page A4 in last week's New York Times. Most readers probably passed on it. Another piece about how fast the ice is melting. So what's new. And few would have reacted to the name of the scientist behind the study, which found the world's largest tropical glacier is retreating at a geologic sprint. Among … Read More
China Confirms Their Warming is Human Caused
Chinese scientists have just confirmed that greenhouse gas emissions have sent the thermometer soaring in one country — China. This is, they say, the first study to directly link warmer daily minimum and maximum temperatures with climate change in one single nation, rather than on a global or hemispheric scale. “Actually seeing a warming trend in… Read More
Six to See: Slideshow of Week’s Top Climate News
Crazy, unseasonable weather, air travel, and Obama's budget request all in this week's slideshow of top climate news. … Read More
Study: Arctic Summers Warmest in 600 Years
Scientists have already shown that a warming climate will automatically generate more high-temperature records than a stable one. That’s because individual temperature measurements in a given location form a bell curve, with the greatest number of readings falling into the “normal” range for that location.… Read More
Study: Climate Change Will Threaten Wine Production
Bid adieu to Bordeaux, but also, quite possibly, a hello to Chateau Yellowstone. Researchers predict a two-thirds fall in production in the world's premier wine regions because of climate change. The study forecasts sharp declines in wine production from Bordeaux and Rhone regions in France, Tuscany in Italy, and Napa Valley in California and … Read More
In Warming, Northern Hemisphere is Outpacing the South
According to one of the studies, by a group of researchers based at U.C. Berkeley and the University of Washington, the Northern Hemisphere has long led the Southern Hemisphere in its rate of warming, largely because the Northern Hemisphere has more land and less ocean than the Southern Hemisphere… Read More
Charting the Arctic’s Future With Logbooks from the Past
Figuring out the future of the rapidly warming Arctic is crucial for climate scientists, largely because changes in the region’s ice — both on land and at sea — can have major consequences for the rest of the planet. Sea ice declined to a record low in September 2012, and scientists have projected that the region will become seasonally ice-free by … Read More
