Extreme Temperatures Are Melting The Arctic
Temperatures in the Arctic are soaring. leading to unprecedented ice melt and melting of the permafrost. The Earth may be heating faster then anyone ever imagined.
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84-Year Old Tesla Owner Perhaps 1st To Drive Electric Car To Arctic
Many still believe electric cars are incapable of road trips due to a lack of EV charging infrastructure. It turns out that an 84-year old Tesla owner, originally from Germany, would like to prove those naysayers wrong. Aaron Hemens reports (via NNSL Media) that George Teepe, a resident of Laguna Niguel, California, set out to become the first person to drive an electric car to the coastline of the Arctic Ocean.
Study Sets Economic Impact Of Melting Arctic Permafrost At $70 TRILLION!
Researchers at Lancaster University have studied the economic effect of melting ice cap and permafrost in the Arctic and set the number at $70 Trillion over the next two centuries. Surprisingly, that’s not as much as originally feared.
Arctic Sea Ice Ties For Seventh-Lowest Maximum
The Arctic sea ice appeared to have reached its likely maximum extent for the year on March 13, according to the National Snow & Ice Data Center, and in doing so tied for the seventh-lowest in the 40-year satellite record.
NOAA’s 2017–2018 Arctic Report Card: Arctic Air Temperatures Warming At 2× Global Rate
It’s the 13th year of NOAA’s brilliant, visually beautiful, and timely Arctic Report Card. (Full 2018 PDF here.)
How Is Climate Change Affecting Canada?
“The environmental threat to our world is greater than any time in human history. Just look around. We’re already seeing the impacts of climate change seared across the world.”
Mention Canada to anyone almost anywhere and several things spring immediately to mind. Famously polite people. Very, very good hockey players. A culture of inclusion. And Tim Horton’s.
Melting Arctic Seems To Mean Wild Winters For Humans In The North
The Atmospheric and Environmental Research saying that northern winters are becoming milder, showing yet another effect of global warming.
Arctic Has Warmest Winter On Record
The Arctic winter comes and goes — but ever so differently as warming trends prevail. Increasing temperatures and glacial caving continue as Mother Nature gets hotter — at the top of our world as elsewhere. James Balog has an immense range of visuals on this subject.
Arctic Permafrost Stores More Mercury Than The Rest Of The World’s Soils, The Oceans, &…
The permafrost soils of the Arctic and near-Arctic regions store more mercury than all of the rest of the world’s soils, the oceans, and the atmosphere combined, two times over.
Norwegian Finance Ministry Denies That Tax Rules Constitute State Aid For Oil Exploration
Following on the beginning of an investigation into Norway’s tax rules, as they relate to possibly being considered to be state aid for oil exploration, the country’s finance ministry has issued a public statement denying such a situation.
