Climate Change’s Growing Threats

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Arctic sea ice reached a new record low in the summer of 2012, raising concerns that arctic methane emissions could accelerate as a result of warmer ocean temperatures. (Photo: USGS)

Arctic sea ice reached a new record low in the summer of 2012, raising concerns that arctic methane emissions could accelerate as a result of warmer ocean temperatures. (Photo: USGS)

“Superstorm” Sandy might’ve been the loudest, but the warnings about the growing threats from climate change having been coming fast and furious this fall. As part of our collaboration with the PBS program NOVA, Sam Eaton files this series of three reports examining some of the latest research and most pressing concerns.

Months before both this year’s record Arctic ice melt and Hurricane Sandy, a climatologist identified changing weather patterns that suggest links between the two seemingly separate events. Sam Eaton reports from New Jersey. Read more>>

In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, debate is again raging in the US about the dangers of climate change. Read more>>

An Arctic Climate Catastrophe?

USGS scientists have been measuring methane levels in surface waters in the arctic to look for signs of increased methane hydrate releases. (Photo: USGS)As international climate negotiators meet in Doha, Qatar, scientists are issuing a stark warning of possibly huge emissions of the greenhouse gas methane from the warming Arctic. Read More>>


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  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_3BP2E5XS2STMDCKFIFHD45WBG4 NetSurfer

    More liberal hysteria from people who think the world revolves around them and every little thing they do.  Yes, polar ice is melting, but it’s also increasing at the other pole.