The headline “Earth May Be Headed Into a Mini Ice Age within a Decade” was published on June 14th by the UK-based The Register; picked up by other media, as well as popping up in the Google News digest. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/06/14/ice_age/ To be sure we are ...
June 20th, 2011 Category: Sea Level Rise
AMAP is the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program based in Norway. It is a continuing scientific study organized by the Arctic Council––the 8 nations that border the Arctic: Canada, Denmark/Greenland, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russia, Sweden, and the United States. They recently released the Executive Summary ...
May 21st, 2011 Category: Sea Level Rise
UPDATED April 7 – There is a lot to be concerned about regarding the Tsunami / nuclear disaster last month in Japan. In fact it is hard to overstate the concern for the survivors, and for the long term impacts on the Japanese people, including ...
April 5th, 2011 Category: Sea Level Rise
One of the reasons that rising sea level may not concern most people is that “a few feet” doesn't sound like much. What they probably don't realize is that for every foot that sea level rises, the coastline can move hundreds of feet inland; in ...
March 18th, 2011 Category: Sea Level Rise
This morning’s devastating 8.9 earthquake off Japan reminds us again of the mysterious tsunamis. This time there was high quality real time television coverage; even better than the Indonesian event in 2004. Tsunamis are unique among the ocean phenomena and crises. Everything else, pollution, overfishing, ...
March 11th, 2011 Category: Sea Level Rise
Admiral David Titley is the Oceanographer of the US Navy. Not only does he have an advanced degree in Oceanography, but also in meteorology and climatology. ADM Titley heads the Navy’s Task Force on Climate Change. He is extremely aware of the implications for the ...
March 6th, 2011 Category: Sea Level Rise
The startling events in Egypt over the last month are widely seen as a fight for democracy. Certainly, the frustration with the 30 year autocratic Mubarak regime was the focus of the demands. The analysis that many have overlooked, is the underlying pressure may have ...
February 15th, 2011 Category: Sea Level Rise
As explained in the previous post-Part 1-, a warming planet means more evaporation from the oceans. More moisture in the air turns into more rain (like the recent deluges) or more snow (the recent record snowfall, or blizzards) depending on whether the temperature is below ...
February 11th, 2011 Category: Sea Level Rise
Record snowfalls again this winter provoke the jabs at global warming, also known as Climate Change. It is funny and rather counterintuitive. There has been so much weird weather, often with catastrophic effects, that it may prevent us from seeing the bigger picture. The reality ...
February 9th, 2011 Category: Sea Level Rise