February 23, 2017 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – The climate impact from the waste industry comes primarily from methane, which is produced from the anaerobic decomposition of organic materials in a landfill. Methane is short lived in the atmosphere, but its impacts are great. In 20 years, methane is 84 times more ...
Read More...February 22, 2017 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – Canada currently possesses around 25% of the Arctic’s total ice reserves. During the time period of 2005 through 2015, the surface melt of glaciers and ice caps associated with the Queen Elizabeth Islands in Northern Canada grew by around 900%. Surface melt from increased ...
Read More...February 21, 2017 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – A massive crack in an Antarctic ice shelf — 110 miles long and 1,500 feet wide — appears set to create a gigantic iceberg larger than Rhode Island, potentially leaving an “unstable configuration,” according to researchers. The key question will then become whether Larsen ...
Read More...February 20, 2017 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – In Greenland, the great melt is on. Satellite data and modeling has shown that surface melt, not calving, is now the major contributor to ice loss. Glaciologists are striving to understand the complex feedbacks that are speeding up surface melting. Although the Arctic ...
Read More...February 18, 2017 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – According NASA satellite images, a massive, 1-mile-long chunk of ice has broken off Antarctica’s fast-changing Pine Island Glacier. The Pine Island Glacier is one of the largest glaciers within the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, accounting for about 20 percent of the ice sheet’s ...
Read More...February 17, 2017 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – In an effort to combat climate change, a group of researchers has proposed using wind-powered pumps to refreeze the Arctic. This would involve 10 million devices deployed over 10 per cent of the Arctic, at a cost of $500 billion. So far in 2017, ...
Read More...February 16, 2017 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – Infectious-disease specialists are concerned that climate change is contributing to the spread of certain diseases. Pathogens are spreading to new ecological niches, and the pathogens that live in water are the most concerning to researchers. In many cases, as waters warm, pathogens will be ...
Read More...February 15, 2017 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article synopsis – According to researchers, climate change is expected to affect the world’s food supply. There will be impacts on the quantity, quality and location of the food we produce, which will make it even more difficult to keep up with increasing global demand. ...
Read More...February 14, 2017 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – New findings from the University of Michigan explain an Ice Age paradox and add to the mounting evidence that climate change could bring higher seas than most models predict. The study shows how small spikes in the temperature of the ocean, rather than ...
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