Happy Birthday To The Arctic Refuge
Just this week, the Trump administration set a date to auction off the heart of these lands. This will not stand.
Just this week, the Trump administration set a date to auction off the heart of these lands. This will not stand.
Persistent cold temperatures and strong circumpolar winds have supported the formation of a large and deep Antarctic ozone hole that will persist into November, NOAA and NASA scientists reported on Friday.
Many presidents have their legacies. Abraham Lincoln’s presidency saw us through the Civil War and he signed the Emancipation Proclamation that declared by law that the United States had to free all the slaves. We have Jimmy Carter, who focused on expanding human rights. What is Trump’s legacy?
Antarctica, it seems, has been simmering for some time now — much longer than we may have realized. It’s been a crazy year, and 2020 has been a little warmer than usual down in the south — way down in the south. As in, the bottom of the world, where it’s normally inhospitably cold.
The 4th edition of the Homeward Bound program, which promotes women in science diplomacy and climate action, was also the largest-ever all-women expedition to Antarctica, made of 112 other members from 33 different countries and 25 different disciplines.
Green snow in Antarctica is another sign that the temperature is warming there. The snow turned green due to blooming algae.
There’s a new way to see how much methane is being released from Arctic lakes. Using synthetic aperture radar (SAR), a research team at the University of Alaska Fairbanks was able to study satellite images differently.
A new paper has emerged with fresh data from NASA providing a visual of Antarctica’s rapidly melting ice.
The latest climate models suggest the Arctic could be ice free in summer by 2050 even if significant reductions in carbon dioxide occur.
“Why did you choose to come to Antarctica?” my fellow passengers asked shortly after we exchanged names. So many answers quickly surfaced in my mind: the wildlife; the icebergs; the history of exploration.