Study: Antarctic ice melting from warm water below

Antarctica's massive ice shelves are shrinking because they are being eaten away from below by warm water, a new study finds. That suggests that future sea levels could rise faster than many scientists have been predicting.

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More Than Two Hiroshima Bombs Per Second: Global Warming Continues to Heat the Oceans

Levitus et al. (2012) is now in press... Figure 2... breaks out the data to show the OHC [ocean heat content] contribution from the 700 to 2000 meter ocean layer. ...The amount of global warming which has gone into the oceans over the past 55 years is quite impressive.

Ocean acidification definitively linked to larval oyster failure - PhysOrg

Researchers at Oregon State University have definitively linked an increase in ocean acidification to the collapse of oyster seed production at a commercial oyster hatchery in Oregon, where larval growth had declined to a level considered by the owners to be "non-economically via …

Global Warming Close to Becoming Irreversible: Scientific American

Deniers putting their own kids and yours live's at risk.

NASA: Arctic Ocean Could Be Ice Free Next Summer

Jay Zwally, NASA scientist, says that the Arctic has probably reached a 'tipping point'.

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Dow closes above 13,000, first time since crisis

The Dow Jones industrial average on Tuesday reclaimed the last of the ground it held before the carnage of the Great Recession — bailouts, bank failures, layoffs by the million and a stock market plunge that cut retirement savings in half.

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Poll: US belief in warming rises with thermometer

Americans' belief in global warming is on the rise, along with temperatures and surprising weather changes, according to a new university poll.

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Infographic: The idea of a climate change hoax makes no $)%*@ sense | Grist

If you’re capable of critical thought, your first response when you hear about green nonprofits and climate scientists engaging in a vast worldwide conspiracy is probably not “oh no!” but “why in the world would they bother?”

How despots and conquerors changed the genetic makeup of the world

Despots and tyrants may have changed the course of human evolution by using their power to force hundreds of women to bear their children, new research says.

"Scared to Death": The Anti Science Lobby and "a new Dark Era"

Most scientists, on achieving high office, keep their public remarks to the bland and reassuring. Last week Nina Fedoroff, the president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), broke ranks in a spectacular manner. She confessed that she was now &ldquo …

NASA: Earth Is Losing Half A Trillion Tons Of Ice A Year

Global Ice Loss from 2003-2010 Could “Cover the Entire United States in One and Half Feet of Water”

How Did Human Brains Get to Be so Big?

In the 8 to 6 million years since the ancestors of humans and chimps went their separate ways, the human brain more than tripled in size.

Scientist admits taking, leaking think-tank papers

In the field of climate science, when someone — especially skeptics — did something ethically questionable or misrepresented facts, scientist Peter Gleick was usually among the first and loudest to cry foul. He chaired a prominent scientific society's ethics committee. He created an award for what he considered lies about global warming.

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In Heartland Institute Leak, a Plan to Discredit Climate Teaching

Leaked documents suggest that an organization known for attacking climate science is planning a new push to undermine the teaching of global warming in public schools, the latest indication that climate change is becoming a part of the nation’s culture wars. The documents, …

Three Simple Facts About Carbon Dioxide

Fact #1: A small concentration of CO2 is a big deal. How can so little CO2 have a significant effect? ...It’s like your mouth.  Your taste buds are designed to detect particular tastes, and most things you put in your mouth don’t have those tastes.  E …

Study: Land-based glaciers, ice caps, shedding 230 billion tons of ice annually - PhysOrg

Earth's glaciers and ice caps outside of the regions of Greenland and Antarctica are shedding roughly 150 billion tons of ice annually,  according to a new study led by the University of Colorado Boulder. The research effort is the first comprehensive satellite study of the …

The Science Behind The 'Big Freeze'

The bitterly cold weather sweeping Britain and the rest of Europe has been linked by scientists with the ice-free seas of the Arctic, where global warming is exerting its greatest influence. A growing number of experts believe complex wind patterns are being changed because melt …

NASA Report: Greenhouse Gases, Not Sun, Driving Warming | Global Warming & Solar Cycles | LiveScience

A recent, prolonged lull in the sun's activity did not prevent the Earth from absorbing more solar energy than it let escape back into space, a NASA analysis of the Earth's recent energy budget indicates. An imbalance like this drives global warming — since more energy is  …

Study: Gingrich tax plan would worsen deficit

The tax plan by GOP presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich would provide big tax breaks to the rich and blow a huge hole in the federal budget deficit, according to an independent study released Monday.

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Texas' most destructive wildfire season ever closes

Nov 15, 2011 10:58am EST DALLAS (Reuters) - The most destructive wildfire season in Texas history officially ends on Tuesday, but experts caution that the fire threat is far from over. "We see no real changes in the climate ahead," state climatologist John Nielsen-Gammon told …

Federal report: Arctic much worse since 2006

Federal officials say the Arctic region has changed dramatically in the past five years — for the worse.

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Thawing permafrost vents gases to worsen warming

Massive amounts of greenhouse gases trapped below thawing permafrost will likely seep into the air over the next several decades, accelerating and amplifying global warming, scientists warn.

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November Warmth Still Breaking Records - WSJ

Monday’s hot spot was Newark, N.J., which made it to 72 — tying a record set in 1973. Central Park, New York City’s official weather observation site, hit 70 and toppled a record set in 1896.

Climate change and the acidifying, freshening, warming Southern Ocean

Report author Dr Steve Rintoul, Oceans Program Leader, Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre The oceans as a whole are really important for climate because they can absorb huge amounts of heat and carbon dioxide.

Scientists sound alarm over Southern Ocean warming - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

New research shows the Southern Ocean is storing more heat than any other ocean in the world. The study, carried out by Tasmania's Antarctic Climate and Ecosystem centre, has found that carbon dioxide levels in the Southern Ocean will be corrosive to some shellfish by 2030 if  …

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