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Life found in the sediments of an Antarctic subglacial lake for the first time
This is the first instrument ever to explore a subglacial lake outside of a borehole.
Meet the NASA computer used for most climate simulations
The system architecture is made up of multiple scalable units.
A shift in priorities for the biggest single climate action blocker?
Koch Industries, the holding firm for David Koch and his brother, will buy Molex, which sells interconnection systems to automakers, mobile-phone companies and military customers. That includes Apple, which uses some Molex connectors for the iPhone 5, the top-selling smartphone. Source Billionaire Koch brothers latest bet: Spending US$7.2 billion to buy an Apple iPhone supplier […]
Bio-energy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS)
Bio-energy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) is a greenhouse gas mitigation technology which produces negative carbon dioxide emissions by combining biomass use with geologic carbon capture and storage. […]
Tipping points: Can scientists overcome the huge uncertainties?
Source A 2007 Royal Society paper by NASA scientist Drew Shindell: “… the rarity of palaeoclimate evidence for hydrate-induced climate changes argues that this is a fairly unlikely candidate for near-term sudden climate change. Unlike the others, however, anthropogenic climate change may alter the probability of hydrate release when compared with the past, making the overall probability of near-term release extremely difficult to estimate… Massive methane release by hydrates or from peats also seems to have been extremely rare in [...]
Methane hydrate destabilization a potential scenario
Excerpts from an episode of History Channel's "Mega Disasters" series.
Estimating northern polar CH4 flux
A compilation of related science with some commentary.
World ocean heat content and sea level change
The World Ocean accounts for approximately 93% of the warming of the earth system that has occurred since 1955.