Arctic and Antarctic

 

I have gathered this information to focus attention on these two danger areas and to enable us to understand the dangers better. The science of many of the processes at work is in its infancy and climate models have so far largely ignored the effects, like the potential for the disasterous release of methane, because they cannot yet be predicted accurately.

 

Please help us to gather this information and assess the dangers.

 

Evidence of Warming

Ice Free in 10 years WWF Catlin Study 15/10/09

Thicker Arctic Ice Summer 2009  A reprieve? 05/10/09 

Warmest Arctic for 2000 years 09/09/09

Less Arctic Ice But No More Warming ? 12/10/09

Ice Bridge Ruptures in Antarctic  07/04/09

Warming Outweighs Cooling in Antarctic 26/05/09

Greenland Melting Faster 03/07/09

Antarctic Warming Faster than global average 12/05/09

All Antarctica Now Warming 22/01/09

New Evidence to Predict Sea Level Rise 09/05/09

Black Carbon Responsible for Arctic Melt 05/04/09

Many Factors Contribute to Meltdown 2007 05/04/09

Antarctic Sink Full

Arctic Ice Leaving 30 years ahead of schedule

Next Decade May See No Warming 20/06/08

Smallest Arctic Icecap ever on 17/08/07 and getting smaller

Arctic Damage Surprising Experts 02/07/07

Warmer Arctic

Warmer Arctic Colder Antarctic 05/05/08

See video 2001 - 2006 [of loss of arctic ice.]

 

 

 

Glacier loss Leading to Sea Level Rise

Greenland Ancient Ice Collapse Evidence 19/06/08

Greenland Melt not Speeding Up 08/07/08

Surprisingly high Antarctic Sea Ice 29/06/08

Antarctic Glaciers Surge 2008 February 2008

 

 

 

 

Permafrost decay releasing methane

A pictorial overview http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-global-warming-methane22-2009feb22-f,0,1131179.flash

Discussion of the Arctic Dangers comparing releases in earlier periods of warming 15/03/09

A video demonstration http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-global-warming22-2009feb22,0,3336686,full.story

Sea Level Rise faster than models predict

Greenland Ice Surprise

 

 

 

 

Methane Hydrates

Increased Methane in Arctic

 

 

Species Loss

Polar Bears Defy Extinction Threat

 

 

 

 

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