Category: Climate Change

Methane Time Bomb

from the Independent, and Worldchanging Exclusive: The methane time bomb Arctic scientists discover new global warming threat as melting permafrost releases millions of tons of a gas 20 times more damaging than carbon dioxide...

Rising seas threaten west Antarctic

A sea level rise of 50 to 100 centimetres above the 1920 level may be enough to ‘unpin’ the west Antarctic ice sheets, says an Australian researcher. (Source: iStockphoto) Wednesday, 25 June 2008 Cat...

Melting Ice

FRESH evidence of melting came from both poles this week. Until recently, conflicting results have meant estimates of ice loss at the poles vary widely. Now an international team has used satellite data and...