Monthly Archives: December 2018

A new Arctic Report Card from NOAA has been presented, with information more disturbing than ever.  NOAA has packed its story into a 4-minute video which is available at this link and very worth watching.  There are written summaries and … Continue reading →

New information about significant melting activity in glaciers of East Antarctica.  The fast-flowing Totten Glacier was already well-studied.  Now, according to NASA, there are four more identifiedin hand  in the same coastal region that are stirring.  “If this trend continues, … Continue reading →

A revealing breakdown of global fossil fuel emission trends (The Daily Galaxy).  Key facts are displayed here in a most interesting manner.  Note how India plus ROW, which together have almost half of the world’s emissions, are at the low … Continue reading →

The worst drought in memory is ravaging western Afghanistan.  More than 250,000 people have been forced to leave their homes.  At least three million across the country face famine, because of drought, if they do not receive help.  Afghanistan is … Continue reading →

Carbon Brief provides a thorough analysis of carbon emissions in 2018.  It starts by showing this to be a record high year and growing at the fastest rate in seven years, with China leading the parade.  There are many more … Continue reading →

Spotlight on Indonesia and its carbon emissions (Vox).  Indonesia has the fourth largest population on the globe, behind China, India and the US, at 268 million, growing just a bit more than 1% per year.  It is only the fifth … Continue reading →

A new theory explains the recent weird behavior of Antarctic sea ice.  Prior to 2016 its maximum extent was steadily growing, exactly the reverse of the sea ice trend in the Arctic Ocean, a matter that was widely observed and … Continue reading →

A prize-winning author gives us his latest views on the battle against climate change.  Mark Lynas was the author of “Six Degrees: Our future on a hotter planet,” published in 2008 and used as the basis of a TV documentary … Continue reading →