Thousands of little Volcano like Hills form in Arctic!

2018, Abrupt Climate Change, Arctic Amplification, Climate Change, Climate Feedbacks, Communication, Cryosphere, Deglaciation, Environment, Erosion, Geodynamics, Geosphere, Impacts, Methane (CH4), Permafrost, Polar Amplification, Russia, Siberia, Soil1 Comment

Scientist speculated that pingos may erupt and lead to the creation of craters – small lakes, thaw ponds. New satellite observations reveal continuous trend. The Siberian Times article, Pingo in Arctic goo.gl/mwNnEF / http://siberiantimes.com/other/others/news/crater-formed-by-exploding-pingo-in-arctic-erupts-a-second-time-from-methane-emissions/ The trend from frozen tundra soils shifting to thermokarst erosion and thaw ponds, may in the future be exacerbated by increased…

The New Record Low Arctic Sea Ice and Our Weather

2018, Arctic Amplification, Climate Change, Communication, Cryosphere, Deglaciation, Jet Stream / Polar Vortex, Polar Amplification, Sea Ice, Stratosphere, TemperatureLeave a comment

Arctic sea ice decline has long been projected to occur. 2018 and 2017 are the two lowest winter time Arctic sea ice records observed. Disappearing sea ice and moisture transport into the Arctic are believed to cause something called Arctic amplification, which in turn has been linked to two effects (weaker westerly winds, and intensified…

Researchers Talk Permafrost Carbon Feedback Models #Methanogenesis

2018, Arctic, Arctic Circle, Climate Change, Climate Feedbacks, Communication, Cryosphere, Deglaciation, Impacts, Model, Science, StudyLeave a comment

Can we model permafrost dynamics adequately in Earth System models? Researcher present and discuss recent climate carbon cycle modelling efforts, and reply to questions. Speakers Dave Lawrence, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)Charlie Koven, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab Release via IARPC Collaborations https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDyGrkFYPA4

Waking the Climate Giant

2018, Climate Change, Communication, Cryosphere, Deglaciation, Geodynamics, Geomorphology, Geosphere, Global, Impacts, Landslides, Paleoclimatology, Permafrost, Seismicity, VolcanologyLeave a comment

Bill McGuire (University College London) speaks about responses from the Earth crust in this 2016 lecture. He wrote a book on the subject, available at https://www.geolsoc.org.uk/Publications/Bookshop/Search?k=waking&sortexpr=Publication%20Date%20Desc An astonishing transformation over the last 20,000 years has seen our planet flip from a frigid wasteland into the temperate world upon which our civilization has grown and thrived.…

Scientist Reveals 7% More Water Vapor Fuels Storms Today

2017, 2018, Arctic, Arctic Amplification, Arctic Circle, Atmosphere, Climate Change, Climate Feedbacks, Communication, Cryosphere, Jet Stream / Polar Vortex, Lecture, Polar Amplification, Science Talk, Sea Ice, TemperatureLeave a comment

Jennifer Francis, Ph.D., Research Professor I, Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, speaks about extreme weather changes. And how are those related to climate change? In this presentation, Dr. Francis will explain new research that links increasing extreme weather events with the rapidly warming and melting Arctic during recent decades. Evidence suggests that…

Polar Bears hunting Seals

2018, Alaska, Arctic Circle, Biosphere, Cryosphere, Life forms, Project, Sea Ice, WildlifeLeave a comment

Exciting polar bear cam b-roll USGS footage from the bear’s perspective from 2014, 2015, and 2016. The USGS Alaska Science Center Polar Bear Research Project conducts long-term research on polar bears to inform, local, state, national and international policy makers regarding conservation and management of the species and its habitat. The USGS’s studies are primarily…