Tag: Greenland ice sheet

Here’s a conversation between me and the climate denier I mentioned yesterday in my post: Fringe Belief on Climate Change. Reader: “Climate change is a totalitarian position.” (He concluded this from someone who said that the science of climate change …

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From Gizmodo: Last week, the Greenland ice sheet underwent a major melting event—its second in two weeks. This time around, the melting was quickened by a wholly unexpected and unwelcome visitor: rain.

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As we head into summer in the Northern Hemisphere, this may be a good time to look at the melting ice.  Greenland lost 2 billion tons of ice….yesterday alone.  For those wanting to know what this looks like, here’s the approximate …

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This fabulous video presents the melting of the Arctic sea ice in a totally accessible way, while maintaining enough scientific rigor to leave no doubt as to its validity.

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Each day we watch the slow grind of the forces that shape our world in terms of environmental justice.  We ask ourselves questions that have no answers currently: How much of the Amazon rain forest will we be able to …

A Few Individuals Can Make a Huge Difference in Environmental Justice Read More »

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Reader David Stout sent me this excellent article on the intelligent rebuilding of the New Jersey and New York seaboards after Hurricane Sandy.  It contains a great number of terrific points about applying common sense in re-establishing housing, commercial buildings, …

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I had a chat with a friend the other day on the likely future for humankind vis-à-vis global climate change.  He asked, “What do you think it will take, Craig, for us to muster the will to do something?  If …

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