Monthly Archives: April 2017

A fine article about the migration of species due to climate change (National Geographic).  About half of all species are on the move, everything from moose to microbes, and the trend is accelerating.  Many of the effects—mostly undesirable—are described in … Continue reading →

A report from Oxfam on the deteriorating climate conditions in the Horn of Africa.  Millions of people and livestock, dependent on rainfall that keeps getting more scarce, are running out of food and water.  The report clearly describes how climate … Continue reading →

The profound transformation of a vast wilderness area on the Alaska/Canadian border (Yale e360).  All of this is the result of a regional temperature increase of more than 2C in the past fifty years.  According to a scientist who has … Continue reading →

A new report provides critical evidence linking global warming to the expansion of toxic algae blooms.  According to the lead author, “An important implication of the study is that carbon emission and climate change-related policy decisions made today are likely … Continue reading →

A review of current heat and drought conditions across India.  Everything about this year’s peak season for temperature and dryness has so far been on the extreme side, and monsoon rains with attendant cooling are not expected until June.  The … Continue reading →

New studies show that surface meltwater in the summer is quite common around the edges of Antarctica’s ice sheet.  The extent of it has not been previously recognized.  In an interpretation of what this means, “Many of the newly mapped … Continue reading →

A report prepared in Germany on the connection between climate change and terrorism.  “Terrorist groups will exploit the natural disasters and water and food shortages expected to result from climate change and allow them to recruit more easily, operate more … Continue reading →

A new appraisal of the results of a fascinating paleoclimate study.  The study was made in 2009 by drilling at depth into the sediments of a Siberian lakebed, providing a flood of evidence about climate conditions in that region 3 … Continue reading →

A new study deals with the outlook fo wildfires in the US.  A bioclimatologist said the paper makes a valuable point: “Forest density and climate change have converged to vastly increase catastrophic wildfire frequency and size in a way a … Continue reading →

This March was the second warmest on record.  Unlike last year there was no El Nino effect that can be blamed for adding heat, meaning now it’s just about greenhouse gas.  Notice how different the hemispheric anomalies were, in both … Continue reading →