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Ice Age Extinctions Could Predict Modern Die-Offs
2014-10-30 13:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LiveScience: During the last Ice Age, huge mammals roamed North America. Those mammoths, saber-toothed cats and giant sloths disappeared about 12,000 years ago -- the same time as humans arrived and Earth's climate warmed from its glacial chill. Scientists have long debated the cause of the mass extinction, whether humans or climate change. But now, researchers are beginning to turn from investigating the cause to better understanding its impact. The loss of so many of those large species, or megafauna, could...
PSC: Kentucky Utilities not at fault in deadly Ice Bucket Challenge
2014-10-30 10:43:35| Energy - Topix.net
The Kentucky Public Service Commission found no safety violations on the part of Kentucky Utilities in an August 21 accident that killed one Campbellsville firefighter and injured three others. Two of the firefighters, who were in an aerial truck bucket that came into direct contact with a transmission line, suffered severe burns.
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Melting Cave Ice Is Taking Ancient Climate Data with It
2014-10-28 19:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Scientific American: On a recent visit to Crystal Ice Cave in Idaho, climate and cave researchers had to wade through frigid, knee-deep water to reach the ice formations that give the cave its name. Cavers are good-humored about the hardships of underground exploration, but this water was chilling for more than one reason: it was carrying away some of the very clues they had come to study. Ice is an invaluable source of information about the earth's past. Pollen trapped in ice from polar ice caps and mountaintop glaciers...
Arctic ice melt doubles risk of frigid Eurasian winters, study finds
2014-10-28 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mashable: Global warming-related sea ice melt in a portion of the vast Arctic Ocean has doubled the risk of colder and snowier winters in Eurasia since 2004, a new study found. The study is the latest in a spate of recent research to examine the ties between rapid Arctic warming and the rest of the Northern Hemisphere. Much of that research is still highly contentious in the mainstream climate science community. Here is what scientists agree on: The Arctic is warming at a rate about twice as fast as...
Cold Winters in Europe, Asia Linked to Sea Ice Decline
2014-10-26 21:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: In the latest study to look at the possible connection between the precipitous decline of Arctic sea ice and extreme weather over the Northern Hemisphere, researchers found that cold winters over Europe and Asia were twice as likely thanks to sea ice decline in a particular part of the Arctic. The proposed connection between the precipitous decline of Arctic sea ice and extreme weather over North America, Europe and Asia has garnered a lot of public attention in recent years, particularly after...
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