Source: Radio Canada Int'l For some time studies have indicated that polar regions, especially the Arctic, is warming at a faster rate than those regions closer to the equator. A new international study appears to indicate that a similar phenomenon is happening to layers of air, such that higher elevations are warming at a faster […]

Source: The Daily Sheeple The picture above is not Photoshopped. This is what is happening to roads in India under the killer heatwave now passing through the country. The heat is so blistering hot in India in recent weeks, that over 1,100 people have died in it and the roads in some places are literally […]

Source: ThinkProgress / ClimateProgress, article by Joe Romm This was by far the hottest four-month start (January to April) of any year on record. CREDIT: NOAA Last week NASA reported that this has been the Earth’s hottest January-April on record. This week, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) confirmed that finding with its latest […]

Photo Credit: Dr. Alba Martin-Español   Source: ScienceDaily and Phys.org   A glacier system on Livingstone Island located near the Antarctic Peninsula, discharging ice into the ocean.   Date: May 21, 2015 Source: University of Bristol Summary: Scientists have observed a sudden increase of ice loss in a previously stable region of Antarctica. The ice […]

Source: Arctic News On May 20, 2015, Arctic sea ice extent was only 12.425 million square km, a record low for the time of the year since satellite measurements began in 1979.   As the Arctic Sea Ice is at a historic low, Alaska faces temperatures as high as 31°C (87.8°F), as illustrated by the […]

Source: Robert Scribbler It’s abnormally warm today near Great Slave Lake, Northwest Territory. And the smell of smoke from massive fires to the west lingers in the air. Temperatures there yesterday afternoon read 80 degrees Fahrenheit. Where I sat typing this blog in Gaithersburg, Maryland, it was a somewhat cooler 67. A north-south temperature flip-flop […]

Source: Climate Central / The Guardian – written by Rose Hackman, The Guardian There was less ice in the Arctic this winter than in any other winter during the satellite era, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration scientists said on Tuesday. The Arctic is returning to a warm period and the trend continues to show temperatures getting hotter […]