Category Archives: climate change

Antarctic as World Park

Antarctica constitutes a large polar desert, characterized by year round below zero temperatures, scarce precipitations and strong winds. The continent is around 14 million km2, of which less than 2% is ice-free. The ice sheet rises to over 4000 meters … Continue reading

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Global warming isn’t the only reason why Antarctic ice shelves are falling apart

Slow tsunami-like waves are rolling into the waters off Antarctica. Generated by storms churning as near as the Patagonia coast and as far away as the Gulf of Alaska, these waves jostle the continent’s giant floating ice shelves.According to a … Continue reading

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Climate Change:Record-breaking snow across the US Record-breaking snow across the US

Over the past few weeks the United States has been pounded by a number of big snow storms. A week ago Washington DC received 18 inches of snow, setting a number of records.Oklahoma City hit a record with 14 inches … Continue reading

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Black Carbon and Himalayan Warming

A new modeling study from NASA confirms that when tiny air pollution particles we commonly call soot — also known as black carbon — travel along wind currents from densely populated south Asian cities and accumulate over a climate hotspot … Continue reading

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