The Mechanism

What is the mechanism behind accelerated warming of the Arctic Ocean, huge abrupt methane eruptions from the seafloor of the Arctic Ocean and skyrocketing temperatures?1. Potential for Methane Release in ArcticVast amounts of methane are stored in hydrates under the seafloor of the Arctic Ocean. Furthermore, vast amounts of...

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Multiple Benefits Of Ocean Tunnels

By Sam Carana and Patrick McNultyComprehensive climate action will do more than just cutting emissions, it will also take further action, as pictured in the image below.Comprehensive and effective action is discussed at the Climate Plan blogTaking a broad perspective makes it easier for proposed projects...

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Climate Changed

Our climate has changed, as illustrated by the image below (Forecast for Feb. 23, 2015, 1200 UTC, run on Feb. 16, 2015).The left map shows temperatures of 40 degrees below zero moving down into North America from the Arctic, while temperatures in much of Alaska are above freezing point. The right map shows temperature anomalies...

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Something had to give - Baffin Island hit by M4.6 earthquake

An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.6 on the Richter scale hit Baffin Island on February 12, 2015, at 02:11:40 (UTC). The image below, from the United States Geological Survey (USGS), shows the epicenter of the quake.The earthquake occurred at a time when surface temperature anomalies over parts of North America and...

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Two degrees of warming closer than you may think

by David SprattIt has taken a hundred years of human-caused greenhouse emissions to push the global temperature up almost one degree Celsius (1C°), so another degree is still some time away. Right? And there seems to have been a "pause" in warming over the last two decades, so getting to 2C° is going to take a good while, and...

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Watch where the wind blows

The Arctic looks set to be pummeled by strong winds on February 5, 2015, as shown by the Climate Reanalyzer forecast below.The video below, based on Climate Reanalyzer images, watch the situation unfold over a period of 9 daysStrong winds can increase the transport of warm water into the Arctic Ocean by the Gulf Stream. The...

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