The Life In Orkney's Shipwreck Graveyard

The Life In Orkney's Shipwreck Graveyard

Across the North Atlantic, shipwrecks scatter the seabed like the carcasses of prehistoric creatures. Bygone relics of sea exploration, trade, migration and conflict, these historical monuments are…
Head Fake: Lake Methane Is Worse Than CO2

Head Fake: Lake Methane Is Worse Than CO2

A new paper is proposing that methane due to lakes is scarier than carbon dioxide, but it tells only one sider of the story: methane has much greater warming impact, they rightly note, but leave out…
The Amery Zig-Zags

The Amery Zig-Zags

The Amery Zig-Zags Cracks in the Amery Ice Shelf show a prominent zig-zag form.  This is a type of crack which forms in a laminated material which is deformed under pressure.   As the…
Something is wrong in the Arctic

Something is wrong in the Arctic

Something is wrong in the Arctic It has long been predicted that as the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere climbs, so too will the average global temperature, with the greatest temperature increases…
Antarctic Sea Ice Extent Changes Are Natural

Antarctic Sea Ice Extent Changes Are Natural

Declining Antarctic sea ice extents were a cornerstone of climate models - unless they began increasing. It may be that both are just natural fluctuation according to a new paper which shows…
El Niño Was A Nuisance Again In 2015

El Niño Was A Nuisance Again In 2015

The frequency of nuisance tidal flooding in many U.S. cities was predicted for the 2015 meteorological year, from May 2015 to April 2016, according to a new NOAA report. Sure, records can be broken,…