The mass of the Greenland ice sheet has rapidly declined in the last several years due to surface melting and iceberg calving. Research based on observations from the NASA/German Aerospace Center’s twin Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellites indicates that between 2002 and 2016, Greenland shed approximately 280 gigatons of ice per year, causing…
The mass of the Antarctic ice sheet has changed over the last several years. Research based on observations from NASA’s twin NASA/German Aerospace Center’s twin Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellites indicates that between 2002 and 2016, Antarctica shed approximately 125 gigatons of ice per year, causing global sea level to rise by 0.35…
No seeds were lost but the ability of the rock vault to provide failsafe protection against all disasters is now threatened by climate change. Read the story https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/may/19/arctic-stronghold-of-worlds-seeds-flooded-after-permafrost-melts
Historian James R Fleming, author of Fixing the Sky: The Checkered History of Weather and Climate Control, spoke at the University of New England 3/8/2017 on climate engineering. James Rodger Fleming is a historian of science and technology and professor of science, technology, and society at Colby College. He is a fellow of the American…