The West Antarctic Ice Sheet is warming at twice the rate previously thought, say scientists who have teased the information from more than 50 years of temperature data at Byrd Station, in the center of the ice. The average temperature at that station has risen Read more…
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West Antarctica Warming in Triple Time
December 26, 2012
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The study by Bromwich and colleagues suggests that such exceptional melting events as in January 2005 could become more frequent in the future. Top: Map of Antarctica showing the extent of surface melting in January 2005 observed from space. Bottom: Time series of mean January temperature at Byrd Station from 1957 to 2011 with the warm January 2005 highlighted with a yellow circle. Credit: background map from Google Earth; satellite observations of surface melting courtesy of G. Picard (LGGE)
Categories: Antarctica
Antarctica, glaciers, snowmelt
Magnetic North Pole Rapidly Moving Towards Russia
December 26, 2012
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The coldest ever December has rolled through Russia causing the evacuation of hundreds of people in Siberia, where temperatures hit below -50C, and plunging Moscow into its coldest night in the season. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HPfUOID85Q
Forget global warming, Alaska is headed for an ice age http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/forget-global-warming-alaska-headed-ice…
Earth’s Equator after 20 degree Axis Shift (The white line on the video marks the new line of the equator with a Read more…
Categories: Earth changes, Pole Shift, Russia
global warming, magnetic north, Moscow, North Pole, record breakers, Russia, Severe cold, Siberia