Category Archives: Global Warming

Penguin Population Dropping Fast Due to Shortage of Food

Posted on April 12, 2011 by Rashid Faridi

Discovery reports that Chinstrap and Adélie penguins have declined by more than 50 percent since 1980.This is because their main food source — krill — have declined by up to 80 percent.Krill rely on sea ice to reproduce, and sea … Continue reading →

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Arctic sea ice ties for smallest ever

Posted on March 26, 2011 by Rashid Faridi

Even at its biggest, Arctic sea ice extent this winter was among the smallest ever seen, apparently tying with 2006 for the least amount of ice covering the region around the North Pole, U.S. researchers reported. Sea ice on the … Continue reading →

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Earth is Committed to a Warmer Climate

Posted on February 16, 2011 by Rashid Faridi

University of Washington research shows that the world is already committed to a warmer climate because of emissions that have occurred up to now. Even if all emissions were stopped now, temperatures would remain higher than pre-Industrial Revolution levels because … Continue reading →

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NASA releases global warming map

Posted on December 17, 2010 by Rashid Faridi

NASA has released a new analysis of temperature change. 2000-2009   1970-1979 The map shows temperature anomalies for 2000-2009 and 1970-1979 relative to a 1951-1980 baseline. To conduct the analysis, NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) uses “publicly available … Continue reading →

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