Category Archives: climate change

Resolving the Paradox of the Antarctic Sea Ice

Posted on August 17, 2010 by Rashid Faridi

While Arctic sea ice has been diminishing in recent decades, the Antarctic sea ice extent has been increasing slightly. Researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology provide an explanation for the seeming paradox of increasing Antarctic sea ice in a … Continue reading →

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Asian Rice Production may Slow Down due to Higher Temperatures

Posted on August 11, 2010 by Rashid Faridi

Production of rice — the world’s most important crop for ensuring food security and addressing poverty — will be thwarted as temperatures increase in rice-growing areas with continued climate change, according to a new study by an international team of … Continue reading →

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U.K. layers climate shift on Google Earth

Posted on July 16, 2010 by Rashid Faridi

The U.K. government  launched a Google Earth layer that models what Earth might look like in the event of a significant worldwide rise in temperature. Specifically, the interactive map visually demonstrates what could happen if carbon emissions are not curbed, … Continue reading →

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Puncak Jaya is Dying

Posted on July 2, 2010 by Rashid Faridi

In Indonesia, one of the world’s last tropical glaciers is dying. Perched atop the 16,000-foot peak Puncak Jaya in Papua province, the glacier has shrunk in size by 80 percent since 1936, and most of that since the 1970s. The … Continue reading →

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