The melting of Antarctica was already really bad. It just got worse. http://wapo.st/19rU1xp Wow. Another area, like the west of antartcica, could result in massive ice melt from the ocean side up! Each shelf/sheet could add about 10 feet to ocean rise, maybe 25% more for the northern hemisphere. Ouch!
Why science is so hard to believe – The Washington Post: Joel Achenbach hit the nail on the head with this article. Ever wonder why you can talk with otherwise intelligent people and you suddenly drop into the twilight zone. They suddenly are totally convinced that the earth is flat, and there’s no arguing with them.Or they are totally convinced the fluoride in water is a horrible government conspiracy to … It is in the water. Or the Kool-Aid. Each group, tribe if you will, is drinking…
New Look at Oil Reserves, Renewables and Climate Change There is a long term energy competition battle ahead between renewables and fossil fuels. Just as the prices for renewable energy sources, mainly solar and wind, have fallen markedly, our irrepressable technolgy advances have enabled us to find vast new oil reserves under our feet. Check this out to see what we have in billions of barrels: http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/data-mine/2014/12/04/us-oil-reserves-hit-38-year-high So, this likely means the prices of gasoline…
NASA, NOAA Find 2014 Warmest Year in Modern Record | NASA This is a good recap of the tie in to record warming with human activity. It also give links the the raw data and the detailed methodology. Anybody want to play with the raw, unadulterated data, you will find a LOT of it; and no matter which way you look at it trend line appears. And the trend line is very depressing. BUT… This…
It’s Official: 2014 Was the Hottest Year on Record: This is a very cool — oops, hot, I mean — visual of the earth temperatures over recent decades. As you will see, the monthly averages and the annual averages spike up year after year. Only a few monthly numbers are higher now then in 1995 and almost no monthly numbers are higher than the 20th century average. 2014 was unusual as a hot year because…
Study: sea levels rising quicker than previously estimated – Blue and Green Tomorrow: This is a bit of good news which really is really bad news related to sea level rise. The good news, if you can call it that is sea levels appear to have been rising far slower during the first century of the industrial revolution than previously measured (estimated). Apparently the tidal measures that have been around for centuries didn’t represent some…
