Science on the Polar Vortex and Jet Stream
The polar vortex phenomenon was described as early as 1853. In recent years studies linked changes in the cryosphere to the polar vortex.
Jon Stewart Rips Fox on Global Warming: Your F*cking Opinion Is Not as Valid as Scientific Fact!
Jon Stewart kicked off the first Daily Show of 2014 by going after a number of Fox News personalities for using the current insanely cold weather to mock global warming.
Kevin Anderson: Radical Emissions Planning
Professor Kevin Anderson of the Tyndall Centre UK talks about the "Radical Emissions Reductions Conference" December 2013 at the Royal Society in London.
Polar Vortex, Jet Stream and Climate Change
Fast-moving winds build up around a calm center. Unlike a hurricane, these are frigid polar winds, circling the Arctic at more than 100 miles per hour.
Antarctica’s ice loss on the rise (December 2013)
Three years of observations by ESA’s CryoSat satellite show that the West Antarctic Ice Sheet is losing over 150 cubic kilometres of ice each year – considerably more than when last surveyed.
Extensive ice in Antarctica
Sea ice is anomalously extensive across the Peninsula, the Amundsen Sea, and the Wilkes Land sectors.
Lou Dobbs (FOX News) and Climate Scientist Ken Caldeira
What’s happening with climate change? Climate scientist Ken Caldeira on what’s really going on with climate change and record temperatures.
USGS: Climate-Hydrate Interactions
On the stability of methane hydrate deposits, the goal is to determine how much, if any, methane hydrate is currently dissociating on Earth in response to climate change.
NRC: Abrupt Impacts of Climate Change (2013)
Changes in climate that can trigger abrupt changes in other physical, biological, and human systems present possible threats to nature and society.