Warming of the Arctic Fueling Extreme Weather

Extreme weather Heavy rains and floods hit Serbia and Bosnia in May 2014, as discussed in an earlier post . Later in May, further flooding h...

Permafrost thawing could accelerate global warming

"If the permafrost melts entirely, there would be 5x the amount of carbon in the atmosphere than there is now" - Jeff Chanton Jeff...

High methane levels over the Arctic Ocean on February 17, 2014

Above image shows IASI methane readings over the last day or so, when levels as high as 2223 ppb were recorded. Where does the methane come ...

High methane levels over the Arctic Ocean on January 14, 2014

[ click on image to enlarge - note that 'level' is the peak reading for the respective altitude ] Above image shows IASI methane lev...

Methane levels remain very high around the globe

The image below shows methane levels over 1950 in yellow for both hemispheres, on the morning of August 8, 2013. [ click on image to enlarge...

Arctic sea ice area already shrank by over 81 percent this year

Arctic sea ice area already shrank by over 81% this year. Arctic sea ice area was 13.70851 million square km on the 88th day of 2012, as ill...

Greenland is melting at incredible rate

The combination-image below shows how much the ice on Greenland melted between July 8 (left) and July 12 (right). On July 8, about 40% of th...