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Maxwell Bernstein | January 27, 2021 British researchers have combined satellite data and numerical models to show that Earth is now losing 1.2 trillion tonnes of ice each year, according to the study and the Washington Post. Since the 1990s, ice loss has risen by 57%, from .8 to 1.2 trillion tonnes of ice each year due to the losses from mountain glaciers, Antarctic and Greenland ice shelves. Since 1994, Earth has lost a total of 28 trillion tonnes of ice.  To put this amount of energy int...

Share: With inauguration in the rear-view mirror, Wall Street returns today to the business at hand: A long list of earnings reports and the latest word on unemployment claims. We’ll get to earnings below. First off, weekly initial jobless claims offered a little good news and some bad. On the negative side, they’re still too high at 900,000, and above many Wall Street estimates. The good news is that last week’s big number got revised downward slightly. This metric just stubbornly refuse...

Bacteria may add to melting on the Greenland ice sheet, which covers 656,000 square miles. If it melted, global sea level would rise an estimated 20 feet.

Microbes in Meltwater Stream Sediment Responsible for Greenland Melting Written by AZoCleantechJan 15 2021 According to Rutgers researchers, bacteria are the reason behind greater melting on the Greenland ice sheet, probably increasing the contribution of the island to sea-level rise. A supraglacial stream and sediment floodplain in southwest Greenland. Image Credit: Sasha Leidman. As reported in a first-of-its-kind study under the guidance of Rutgers University, published in the journal Geoph...

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North America: 10th warmest As detailed in a January 12 post at this site by Bob Henson, 2020 for the U.S. was the fifth-warmest year in history going back to 1895. Ten states had their second-warmest year on record and four had their third-warmest year. None of the contiguous 48 states was below-average in temperature in 2020. Figure 1. Departure of temperature from average for 2020, the second-warmest year the globe has seen since record-keeping began in 1880, according to NOAA. Record-high a...

Reviewing the horrid global 2020 wildfire season The 2020 global wildfire season brought extreme fire activity to the western U.S., Australia, the Arctic, and Brazil, making it the fifth most expensive year for wildfire losses on record. The year began with an unprecedented fire event in Australia, where wildfire smoke in the capital city of Canberra registered the worst air quality readings in the world on January 1. The Canberra Times reported that smoke billowing through the city exceede...

01/07/2021 3 Minutes Read A new study of 40 years of satellite data shows that the Arctic sea ice cover is shrinking as the melting period gets longer. Arctic sea ice extent for December 2020 was 11.77 million sq km. Image courtesy NSIDC Year 2020 was extraordinary for the Arctic in many ways – from unprecedented wildfires to record breaking temperatures to one of the lowest sea ice in satellite record. And it ended the year with a similar grim news – the US National Snow and Ice Data...

Strange phenomenon at Dunbeath Strath By David G Scott  |  Updated: 08:38, 30 December 2020 Get the Northern Times sent to your inbox every week and swipe through an exact replica of the days newspaper It may not be on anyones festive menu but plummeting temperatures around Dunbeath Strath have whipped up the recipe for a very unique and strange phenomenon – ice pancakes. Cath Whittles from Roseleigh House in Latheronwheel was taking a stroll along the Strath on Monday when she observ...

Wild weather, warming planet 2020 Replay Published December 23, 2020 It’s been a year of extremes. Wildfires consumed vast areas of Australia, Siberia and the U.S. West. Flooding in Africa and southeast Asia pushed millions from their homes, while extreme heat and drought hit countries in South America. Cyclone Harold tore through the Pacific, and this year saw an exceptionally intense hurricane season in the Atlantic, including unprecedented back-to-back Category 4 hurricanes that devastat...