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Arctic Report Card 2024: How Did the Region Fare? Ask the Caribou

Union of Concerned Scientists

Moreover, changes in the Arctic have a huge impact on weather patterns north of the equator, including polar vortex disturbances, changes to ocean currents, and extreme heat domes. Shrinking Greenland ice sheet and mountain glaciers also contribute to accelerating sea level rise. in Arc2024 ). in Arc2024 ).

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The most recent climate status

Real Climate

Fjords and mountains in Northern Norway The Arctic Councils Arctic Monitoring and assessment Programme ( AMAP ) recently released a Summary for PolicyMakers Arctic Climate Change Update 2024. Melting land ice contributes to a higher global sea level. So why bother with several similar assessments?

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We need NOAA now more than ever

Real Climate

Guest commentary by Robert Hart, Kerry Emanuel , & Lance Bosart The National Weather Service (NWS) and its parent agency, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), delivers remarkable value to the taxpayers. American Meteorological Society Policy Program Study, September 2024.

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Twenty years of blogging in hindsight

Real Climate

It shows the atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) and tells a story about the carbon cycle, involving Earth’s crust, the atmosphere, land surface, the biosphere, and the oceans. The Keeling curve, highlighted with the release of important climate reports and climate summits. Lussana, and A.

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SCOTUS Rules in Favor of Sewage: You Can’t Make This Sh** Up

Union of Concerned Scientists

Whats the point of a beach adventure if you cant even go into the ocean? In 2022, ninety of Texas beaches tested positive for unsafe levels of fecal bacteria (poop!), How does raw sewage end up in our oceans and rivers? miles into the Pacific Ocean near Ocean Beach. San Francisco City and County v.

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Our New Research Says the Solid Earth Can Help Protect the Antarctic Ice Sheet—Only if We Cut Emissions Now

Union of Concerned Scientists

This post was co-authored with Natalya Gomez , Associate Professor, Canada Research Chair in Geodynamics of Ice sheet – Sea level interactions at McGill University. As the Earth’s air and oceans warm, the ice sheet is starting to melt at an ever-faster rate.

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Saltwater Intrusion, a “Slow Poison” to East Coast Drinking Water

Circle of Blue

Summer tourism, sea level rise, and storm surges threaten East Coast wells. Saltwater is poised to intrude and render five more wells unusable by 2024, said the Hilton Head Public Service District. At a rate of 400 feet per year, saltwater is migrating west from the ocean to once-secure inland groundwater reserves.

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