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Melting Arctic Ice Caps Release Carbon

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George Orwell Predicted Our Current Dystopia

Tom Engelhardt / TomDispatch Aug 19, 2019 In the real-life version of the dystopian novel "1984" we seem to be caught in, Trump is our very own idiosyncratic version of Big Brother. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

We Are Entering a World Without Ice

Dharna Noor / The Real News Network Jul 9, 2019 Author Dahr Jamail reflects on Alaska's unprecedented heat wave and a climate crisis that will only grow more dire in the coming decades. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Rising Rocks in West Antarctica May Slow Ice Melt

Tim Radford / Climate News Network Aug 22, 2018 In a dramatic demonstration of geology’s in-depth response to surface change, the submerged bedrock of that part of the southern continent is springing up at a rate of nearly 2 inches a year. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Seaweed Discovery Challenges Theory on Antarctica

Tim Radford / Climate News Network Jul 19, 2018 For more than a century, scientists believed that only humans could cross the hostile oceans to reach the frozen continent, but some strands of alien kelp tell another story. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Antarctica’s Melting Is Speeding Up

Tim Radford / Climate News Network Jun 14, 2018 Scientists complete the most detailed mass observation of the southern continent so far, and deliver ominous findings. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Sticking to Climate Accord Could Save $20 Trillion

Tim Radford / Climate News Network May 28, 2018 Holding further warming to just half a degree Celsius would avoid the calamitous global economic damage that higher temperatures would bring, researchers say. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Polar Ice Is Melting Fast in Both Hemispheres

Tim Radford / Climate News Network Apr 10, 2018 Two new British studies deliver ominous evidence of the long-term consequences of climate change due to the profligate use of fossil fuels. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

King Penguins Face a Shrinking Realm

Tim Radford / Climate News Network Mar 5, 2018 When an ecosystem changes, those creatures most precisely adapted become the most vulnerable—and that is bad news for king penguins. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Slight Warming May Have Huge Effect in Antarctic

By Tim Radford / Climate News Network Sep 12, 2017 A rise of 2 degrees Celsius could change the pattern of seafloor diversity in unpredictable ways, experiment suggests. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Giant Iceberg Is Poised to Break Off Antarctica, Scientists Say

By Nika Knight / Common Dreams Jan 7, 2017 A chunk the size of Delaware is expected to produce an event that could cause the collapse of the continent's northern ice shelf. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

New Threat From Antarctic Glacier Could Raise Sea Levels by Nearly 10 Feet

By Tim Radford / Climate News Network May 21, 2016 A huge glacier in the frozen wastes of East Antarctica, a region previously thought stable, could melt much faster than expected, scientists say. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )