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No laughing matter: Nitrous oxide rose at end of last ice age
2014-12-10 13:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld
[NEWS] mark.floyd@oregonstate.edu 541-737-0788 Oregon State University @oregonstateuniv CORVALLIS, Ore. - Nitrous oxide (N2O) is an important greenhouse gas that doesn't receive as much notoriety as carbon dioxide or methane, but a new study confirms that atmospheric levels…
If global warming is reality why is Antarctic ice growing?
2014-12-08 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Business Times: It is one of the greatest puzzles in the science of climate change, and has been used by skeptics to cast doubt on global warming: Why, when the world is getting hotter, is the Antarctic getting colder? Now, a scientist thinks she may have uncovered the answer. Cecilia Bitz, an atmospheric scientist from the University of Washington in Seattle, believes that oceanic currents are taking heat away from Antarctica and carrying it north, reports the Sunday Times. As scientists predicted the Arctic,...
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With sea ice melting, Coast Guard proposing new shipping lanes to the Arctic
2014-12-07 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: With global warming leading to increased traffic to a vulnerable Arctic, the U.S. Coast Guard is proposing a 4.6-mile wide shipping route through the Bering Strait to try to protect the region. Any accident in the sensitive area can be a major problem and traffic has increased tremendously, so the Coast Guard mapped out a voluntary two-way route -- akin to a highway for ships -- said agency project officer Lt. Kody Stitz. "We see more traffic and envision more traffic to continue," Stitz said....
Warm water undermining Antarctica's ice shelves
2014-12-06 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New Scientist: The seemingly inevitable collapse of the West Antarctic ice sheet and the associated sea-level rise are happening faster than previously thought. Earlier this year, two papers revealed that several glaciers on the West Antarctic ice sheet seemed to be on an unstoppable retreat into the sea and will collapse completely in the next 200 to 1000 years, raising sea levels by about 60 centimetres. Because the glaciers help to stabilise the ice sheet, that could mean the whole sheet is doomed, causing...
Regulators Order Changes after 2013 Ice Storm
2014-12-05 17:59:30| Energy - Topix.net
Michigan regulators are ordering the state's biggest utilities to trim trees more aggressively, provide the state with more detailed explanations for major outages and make it easier for customers to get credits on utility bills when they suffer losses due to outages. The Detroit Free Press reports the orders follow a yearlong investigation by the Michigan Public Service Commission following last winter's ice storm.
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