Yesterday’s paradox: pine forests bad for climate

Posted on March 7, 2011 by Rolf Schuttenhelm

Crop albedo geoengineering: plant albino sugar beet and have a 1 degree cooler summer

Posted on March 6, 2011 by Rolf Schuttenhelm

But in order to save the climate it would be advised to first chop down that dark pine forest.

A bit of green on Antarctica to aid against global warming

Posted on March 2, 2011 by Jorn van Dooren

Brilliant green pools teeming with life have been found among remote Antarctic sea ice. The pools owe their colour to the high amounts of algae in the water. The pools were observed in the Amundsen Sea’s polynya, a region of seasonally … Continue reading →

Coral reefs threatened with extinction by 2050

Posted on February 24, 2011 by Rolf Schuttenhelm

1998: 58% coral reefs threatened 2011: 75% coral reefs threatened 2030: 90% coral reefs threatened 2050: 100% coral reefs threatened

Hansen: paleoclimate shows 2 degrees climate target leads to multiple meters of SLR

Posted on February 7, 2011 by Rolf Schuttenhelm

Comparing previous interglacial periods, like the Eemian, to the present geological epoch, the Holocene, shows slight average temperature rises are strongly magnified around the poles. Even under the 450 Scenario 21st century sea level rise could reach multiple meters. “Current … Continue reading →

2010 Amazon drought record: 8 Gt extra CO2

Posted on February 4, 2011 by Rolf Schuttenhelm

The 2005 Amazon drought was unprecedented. It was thought to occur just once in a century. But last year was even worse, leading to massive biomass degradation and CO2 emissions. And yet another 2010 climate record.

Arctic sea ice attacked from two sides

Posted on February 2, 2011 by Rolf Schuttenhelm

Climate change is not only causing the Arctic sea ice to melt because it heats the atmosphere above it, but also through heat advection, by warming ocean currents that make contact with the ice.

The UNFCCC train continues

Posted on January 28, 2011 by Jorn van Dooren

Next stop in six weeks time, was announced today.

Greenland lost record-breaking 0.5 trillion tons of ice in 2010 – to surface melting only

Posted on January 23, 2011 by Rolf Schuttenhelm

In 2010 Greenland lost more surface ice mass than in any other year since modern observations began, researchers of City College New York reported on Friday.

NASA GISS leading dataset shows 2010 temperature record

Posted on January 22, 2011 by Rolf Schuttenhelm

With all 2010 data collected and analysed, research groups are bombarding reports about climate record breaking year 2010.

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