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Yes, the Arctic’s Freakishly Warm Winter is Due to Humans’ Climate Influence
Yes, the Arctic’s Freakishly Warm Winter is Due to Humans’ Climate Influence For the Arctic, like the globe as a whole, 2016 has been exceptionally warm. For much of the year, Arctic temperatures have been much higher than normal, and sea ice concentrations have been at record low levels. The Arctic’s seasonal cycle means that the lowest […]
Ice free Arctic could occur this year, warns expert
Ice free Arctic could occur this year, warns expert The last time the Arctic was ice-free was 100,000 years ago. © Svebor Kranjc / Reuters Sea ice in the Arctic could be a thing of the past, a leading scientist has warned. For the first time in 100,000 years the chilling landscape known for its snow-capped […]
UK Govt Report: Oil Companies Drilling in the Arctic Will Find It’s Unprofitable
UK Govt Report: Oil Companies Drilling in the Arctic Will Find It’s Unprofitable Major oil companies from the US, UK, Norway, Sweden, and Russia are all set to drill in the Arctic, but a report from the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) suggests they may be setting themselves up for failure. Drilling in the Arctic […]
Arctic methane emissions persist in winter
Arctic methane emissions persist in winter Summer and winter, wet and dry, high and low, the Arctic tundra continues to emit methane. Image: Bureau of Land Management (Delta WSR) via Wikimedia Commons Methane, a key greenhouse gas, is released from Arctic soils not only in the short summer period but during the bitterly cold winters […]
Militarizing the Arctic: Is Canada Ready for a Literal Cold War with Russia?
Militarizing the Arctic: Is Canada Ready for a Literal Cold War with Russia? Over the past decade, Moscow has been projecting its power, and boldly testing the cohesion and determination of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the European Union (EU), and their closest allies in many different regions either considered unstable or […]
Obama Slams The Door On Future U.S. Arctic Drilling
Obama Slams The Door On Future U.S. Arctic Drilling The Obama administration officially shut the door on Arctic drilling, a move that could prevent any new drilling for years to come. The U.S. Department of Interior announced on October 16 that it would cancel two lease sales for offshore acreage, which had been scheduled to take place […]
More Evidence We’ve Reached a “Peak Water” Tipping Point in California
More Evidence We’ve Reached a “Peak Water” Tipping Point in California March in Yosemite, four years running (source; click to enlarge) It may be a see-saw course, but it’s riding an uphill train. A bit ago I wrote, regarding climate and tipping points: The concept of “tipping point” — a change beyond which there’s no turning […]
With Shell’s Failure, U.S. Arctic Drilling Is Dead
With Shell’s Failure, U.S. Arctic Drilling Is Dead Arctic Drilling in the U.S. is dead. After more than eight years of planning and drilling, costing more than $7 billion, Royal Dutch Shell announced that it is shutting down its plans to drill for oil in the Arctic. The bombshell announcement dooms any chance of offshore oil development […]
Shell ends exploration in Arctic near Alaska ‘for the foreseeable future’
Shell ends exploration in Arctic near Alaska ‘for the foreseeable future’ Shell spent upward of $7 billion US on offshore development in Chukchi, Beaufort seas Royal Dutch Shell will cease exploration in Arctic waters off Alaska’s coast following disappointing results from an exploratory well it just completed. Shell found indications of oil and gas in […]
Arctic thaw would cost half of world’s annual earnings
Arctic thaw would cost half of world’s annual earnings If Arctic soils melt and release frozen carbon, the impact would cost almost half the world’s annual gross domestic product, researchers say. LONDON, 22 September, 2015 – The melting permafrost in the Arctic could cost the world dearly. New research calculates that the economic damage that would […]
Hundreds Rally in Alaska to Tell Obama ‘Climate Leaders Don’t Drill the Arctic’
Hundreds Rally in Alaska to Tell Obama ‘Climate Leaders Don’t Drill the Arctic’ Climate groups rallied in Anchorage, Alaska yesterday to demand that the U.S. government, President Obama and Alaskan leaders take the urgent action needed to stop climate change. The “Rally to Confront the Glacial Pace of Political Action” took place as President Obama met with ministers from around the world […]
Does Arctic Drilling Have A Future With Sub $50 Oil?
Does Arctic Drilling Have A Future With Sub $50 Oil? Italian oil group ENI is expected to begin production from the Goliat Field off Norway in a few short weeks. The project, which has cost $5.6 billion, is expected to produce 34 million barrels of oil per year by the second year of production. Yet […]
Senators Call For End To Arctic Drilling As Shell Gets Permits To Begin Work In Chukchi Sea
Senators Call For End To Arctic Drilling As Shell Gets Permits To Begin Work In Chukchi Sea Shell received the final permits it needed to begin drilling exploratory wells in the Chukchi Sea last Wednesday, but a group of Senators led by Oregon’s Jeff Merkley is calling for a ban on Arctic drilling altogether. According […]
We May Have Already Committed Ourselves to 6-Meter Sea-Level Rise
We May Have Already Committed Ourselves to 6-Meter Sea-Level Rise Even if humanity were to stop throwing carbon dioxide and methane into the atmosphere today, a catastrophic rise in sea levels of six meters may be inevitable. Two previous prehistoric interglacial periods, in which the carbon dioxide content of the atmosphere was believed to be […]
Greenwash: Shell May Remove “Oil” From Name as it Moves to Tap Arctic, Gulf of Mexico
Greenwash: Shell May Remove “Oil” From Name as it Moves to Tap Arctic, Gulf of Mexico Shell Oil has announced it may take a page out of the BP “Beyond Petroleum” greenwashing book, rebranding itself as something other than an oil company for its United States-based unit. Marvin Odum, director of Shell Oil’s upstream subsidiary companies in the Americas, told Bloomberg the name Shell […]
