Sea level rise: Antarctica doubles the trouble
On the trail in Marie Byrd Land. Photo © Bruce Luyendyk Sea level has been rising for decades, now at an increasing rate. Mostly we don’t notice this except in …
ExxonMobil, the Rockefellers and Antarctic climate change
FORCE team members at Mt. Bitgood. Photo © Steve Tucker Now that we are getting a new U.S. president, it’s worth asking how Trump sees the science of climate change. …
Mount Luyendyk, Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica
Faithful Followers. I have been absent for quite a while now working on revisions to my book White Ocean. One of the interesting things that happened in the last year …
What is happening to Antarctic ice shelves and why should we care?
Antarctic ice shelves are thinning. What are ice shelves and are they important in any way? These massive floating sheets of ice border over a third of the Antarctic coast. …
Two Degrees Global Warming, Geoengineering, West Antarctic Ice Sheet collapse!
Is Earth headed towards warming of two degrees Celsius this century? If yes, can it be reversed? Should it be? How would it be done? Two recent publications offer some …
DoD, IPCC, GOP – all spell out trouble
Over the last two weeks significant news has occurred on the Climate Change front. First was the report from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) on the security threat posed …
Antarctic Snow School, German style
[Scene. Bruce and Christine are part of a German Antarctic expedition. Before departure for the Antarctic the GANOVEX expedition trained for snow and ice safety at Mount Cook National Park …
Antarctica, Sea Level and Santa Barbara
In prior posts (June 9; May 20) I presented some of the factors of predicted global sea level rise and Antarctica’s role in it. If a reader were to accept …
Antarctic sea ice cover is increasing. Is Global Warming over?
Recent news items have drawn attention to Antarctic sea ice, the floating ice a meter or so thick that forms from freezing of the oceans surrounding Antarctica. Sea ice coverage …
Antarctica, the Ozone Hole, and Global Warming
Are Global Warming and the Antarctic Ozone Hole related? Yes. Before I explain that, some basic facts. We live in the lower part of the atmosphere called the troposphere where …