US 2011 summer second hottest summer on record

Posted on September 11, 2011 by Rolf Schuttenhelm

Meteorologists of NOAA conclude the high summer temperatures experienced in the US make the months of June, July and August 2011 the second hottest summer in recorded history.

Arctic closing in on 2007 melting record

Posted on September 2, 2011 by Rolf Schuttenhelm

It´s September and we have about two weeks to go till the annual Arctic sea ice minimum. As far as we can tell it´s going to be a close call – with a good chance that this year will beat … Continue reading →

NOAA’s analysis of climate records 2010: trend consistent with climate change

Posted on June 30, 2011 by Rolf Schuttenhelm

Here on Bitsofscience.org we hope to be your climate records reference point, so we try not to miss any of the major reports on temperature trends or Arctic melting records. That means we definitely could not ignore yesterday’s release by … Continue reading →

Thermohaline turbulence may increase West European warming

Posted on May 13, 2011 by Rolf Schuttenhelm

Two weeks ago scientists from NOAA reported in Nature they had discovered unexpected behaviour of an ocean current in the Indian Ocean, known as the Agulhas Current.

New organic aerosol science on the horizon

Posted on March 27, 2011 by Cat Scott

An estimated 68,000 barrels of oil were released to the sea surface every day during the five month long leak – in addition to large amounts of methane. The environmental disaster that was the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil spill in … Continue reading →

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.

NOAA: 2010 hottest year on record

Posted on January 12, 2011 by Rolf Schuttenhelm

Indeed. Last year’s land surface temperature record is shared down to the second decimal with the year 2005, today’s NOAA report states.

Cancún starts, Greenland thaws

Posted on November 29, 2010 by Rolf Schuttenhelm

Today COP16, the follow-up to last years UN climate conference in Copenhagen, starts in the Mexican city of Cancún. Also today Greenland sees record high temperatures.

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