Self supported sea kayaking expeditions share many similarities to long distance bike trips. Participants have the ability to transport with “relative” ease all that they need and have the opportunity to explore over quite large distances. In 2008 Alan Brook and Kobi Sade spent 4 weeks exploring the North West coast of Greenland. An amazing kayaking trip which has a great balance between extreme conditions, beautiful surroundings and interesting local people.
I hope you enjoy this sea kayaking video of Alan Brook and Kobi Sade paddling the Greenland coast over 1000 miles inside the Arctic circle – Please take a moment to comment afterwards and give your thoughts on the film does it inspire you to plan your own sea kayaking trip, exploring the wilderness of Greenland’s coast yourself ?Self supported sea kayaking expeditions share many similarities to long distance bike... more
SHOCKING NEW NASA DATA / NEW PREDICTION = "3 TO 5 YEARS NO ICE IN ARCTIC"
THE PERMAFROST = IS NOW THAWING....
3-5 years All Arctic Ice will be gone. Five years after that... no ice on either pole!
Watch Video as prehistoric methane gas is released under the ice from the thawing permafrost below is ignited.
NEW DATA: The original time to reach the permafrost thawing tipping point wasn't predicted to happen until 2050.
We need to understand what is happening and how the effects of what is now taking place... will change all our lives in the "months and few years ahead".SHOCKING NEW NASA DATA / NEW PREDICTION = "3 TO 5 YEARS NO ICE IN ARCTIC"
THE... more
Dan Miller's presentation focuses on why the UN IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) reports are actually best case scenarios. For example, IPCC climate models do not include the effect of melting permafrost releasing greenhouse gases, even though the permafrost is melting now and it holds more greenhouse gases than all that mankind has ever released.
Another example is that IPCC predictions of sea level rise only take into account thermal expansion of the oceans and melting of glaciers; the largest factor, disintegration of glaciers, was not included because it is hard to model. The result is that sea level rise will likely be substantially higher this century than the IPCC predicts.
Miller discusses several other potential catastrophes that are not included in IPCC predictions and also discusses tipping points that could put climate change solutions out of our reach in years or decades, the psychology of climate change, and why it is difficult for people to respond to the threat posed by a warming earth.
His talk concludes with a discussion of ways to address climate change and the risks and opportunities that companies face due to the climate crisis.
An international team of climate scientists, working on the NEEM research project, has just completed their first season toward drilling a 1.6-mile deep vertical core of solid ice in Greenland, looking for clues about ancient and future climates. In July of 2009, Dr. Heidi Cullen traveled to Greenland with a production team from StormCenter Communications to visit the team, and discuss their findings.An international team of climate scientists, working on the NEEM research project, has... more
The Air Force National Guard is a vital part of climate research in the far north of Greenland. Dr. Heidi Cullen, with a production team from StormCenter Communications, met with the pilots of the 109th Airlift Wing to talk about what it’s like to fly in extreme weather conditions, and their dangerous job – getting people and equipment into Greenland's harsh interior and back.The Air Force National Guard is a vital part of climate research in the far north of... more
In July of 2009, Climate Central senior research scientist Heidi Cullen traveled to Greenland with a production team from StormCenter Communications to visit the North Greenland Eemian Ice Drilling Project, or NEEM. Scientists from 14 nations gather together each summer in northern Greenland, where they work to drill a core of solid ice, looking into the past for clues to future climate change.In July of 2009, Climate Central senior research scientist Heidi Cullen traveled to... more
When modern climatologists want temperature data farther back in time than the first globally-distributed temperature measurements, they have to use a proxy that, when calibrated properly, indirectly measures temperature.
A new study in the journal Nature corrects a previously uncorrected error in the Greenland ice sheet temperature proxy and, at the same time, determines that the Greenland ice sheet responds to temperature increases more than previously believed.
More at the link.When modern climatologists want temperature data farther back in time than the first... more
In various parts of the world Christmas is celebrated differently, but the Christmas tree in some form or fashion is quite popular; examining differences and similarities.In various parts of the world Christmas is celebrated differently, but the Christmas... more
Numbers of Reindeer and caribou numbers are plummeting around the world.
A global review of their numbers has found that populations are declining almost everywhere they live, from Alaska and Canada, to Greenland, Scandinavia and Russia.
The deer is vital to the lives indigenous peoples around the circumpolar north.
Yet it is increasingly difficult for the deer to survive in a world warmed by climate change and altered by industrial development, say scientists. Worldwide, there are seven sub-species which are recognised. Each are genetically, morphologically and behaviourally a little different, though capable of interbreeding with one another.Numbers of Reindeer and caribou numbers are plummeting around the world.
A global... more
"The Greenland ice sheet is melting faster than expected, according to a new study led by a University of Alaska Fairbanks researcher and published in the journal Hydrological Processes.
Study results indicate that the ice sheet may be responsible for nearly 25 percent of global sea rise in the past 13 years. The study also shows that seas now are rising by more than 3 millimeters a year--more than 50 percent faster than the average for the 20th century.
The Greenland ice sheet has been of considerable interest to researchers over the last few years as one of the major indicators of climate change. In late 2000/early 2001 and in 2007, major glacier calving events sent up to 44 square miles of ice into the sea at a time. Researchers are studying these major events as well as the less dramatic ongoing melting of the ice sheet through runoff and surface processes.
Ice melt from a warming Arctic has two major effects on the ocean. First, increased water contributes to global sea-level rise, which in turn affects coastlines across the globe. Second, fresh water from melting ice changes the salinity of the world’s oceans, which can affect ocean ecosystems and deep water mixing.
“Increasing sea level rise will be a problem in the future for people living in coastal regions around the globe,” said Mernild. “Even a small sea level rise can be a problem for these communities. It is our hope that this research can provide people with accurate information needed to plan for protecting people and communities.""The Greenland ice sheet is melting faster than expected, according to a new study led... more
Greenland has one of the highest suicide rates in the world, with suicides often increasing during the summer season.
Research conducted by Karin Sparring Björkstén from the Karolinska Institutet, Sweden, and her team revealed that suicides in Greenland from 1968-2002, were most common during the summer period, most notably in the northern region of the country – an area where the sun doesn't set between the end of April and the end of August.
It is believed that the specific catalyst for such activity is the insomnia caused by constant daylight.Greenland has one of the highest suicide rates in the world, with suicides often... more
this is another picture of the west coast of Greenland taken on a spectacular day from roughly 35,000 feet up, as I was returning to NYC from a visit to Helsinki, Finland.this is another picture of the west coast of Greenland taken on a spectacular day from... more
While flying from Helsinki to NYC the weather was glorious, so I snapped some pictures from my airplane window to share with you. This is a picture of the west coast of Greenland.While flying from Helsinki to NYC the weather was glorious, so I snapped some pictures... more
And yet, world leaders sit on their hands at all of these meetings saying they can put off emission targets to the next year and then the next, or making up excuses for why we do not have real action to curb greenhouse gas emissions such as a financial downturn. This is not a political issue! This is a matter of the survival of the human species and the climate balance of this planet. When will they and all of the partisan political Al Gore haters, and all of these flatearthers GET IT! This is not about perpetuating some global slave system. We are already slaves. Conspiracy theorists need to get a grip about this and actually read what NASA and other scientific organizations are seeing WITH THEIR OWN EYES. And yes, some of that melted ice came back in the positive feedback loop, but winter ice which is the key to global warming/climate change is becoming less and less as well. THAT is your canary in the coal mine.
And this media including CURRENT needs to have a greater sense of urgency in reporting these findings. This is not a game or a joke or something we can continue to just talk about on a blog. Blogging is necessary, but we also need concerted action to DEMAND that politicians do the right thing, and the right thing is not 20-20-20 like the EU, or even Obama telling us he is going to invest 15 billion dollars a year in solar energy for the next ten years(way below that 700 billion dollar bailout he voted for BTW) and the standard 80% by 2050 emissions cut line. WE do not have that kind of time. All you need to do is do the math. We need to stop the cause AT ITS SOURCES: the smokestacks, the deforested rainforests, the cars, the meat industry, overpopulation, and human apathy and waste. And if the politicians of this world do not have the guts to do what must now be done, then the people need to do it. I personally am sick and tired of sitting here and watching this all unfold while political leaders drag their feet. Stop pussyfooting around and caring more for your bank accounts and poll numbers than this planet!And yet, world leaders sit on their hands at all of these meetings saying they can put... more
The people of Greenland have voted decisively in favour of a plan to give it greater autonomy from Denmark.
Officials said just over 75% of voters had supported the plan, which would see Greenland take a greater share of its annual oil revenues.
It will also take control of police, courts and coast guard, and have some say in foreign policy.The people of Greenland have voted decisively in favour of a plan to give it greater... more
Greenland, a home-governing Danish territory, decided in a referendum to increase independence from its former colonial master as it attempts to create an economy based on natural resources.
A total of 75.54 percent voted “yes” to the proposal, which was drafted jointly by Danish and Greenlandic politicians, Greenland’s Nuuk-based home rule office said on its Web site. The referendum, held yesterday, drew 28,268 voters for a turnout of 71.96 percent.
Under the proposal, the population of 56,000 will keep annual subsidies from Denmark that account for half of public spending, while receiving almost full control of natural resources, including oil, gold, zinc and lead. The vote, which also recognized Greenlandic Inuit natives as a people, will lead to a future referendum on complete independence from Denmark, Greenland Premier Hans Enoksen has said.
“Our forefathers are in my thoughts on this historic day,” he said in a statement today. “Their indomitable spirit has moved me so deeply that tears of joy are running down my cheeks.”Greenland, a home-governing Danish territory, decided in a referendum to increase... more
Scientists unveiled Sunday the first direct evidence that massive floods deep below Antarctica's ice cover are accelerating the flow of glaciers into the sea. How quickly these huge bodies of ice slide off the Antarctic and Greenland land masses into the ocean help determine the speed at which sea levels rise.
The stakes are enormous: an increase measured in tens of centimetres (inches) could wreak havoc for hundreds of millions of people living in low-lying deltas and island nations around the world.
Researchers discovered only recently that inaccessible subglacial lakes in Antarctica periodically shed huge quantities of water.
Data collected by a satellite launched in 2003 -- the Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite, or ICESat -- revealed a complex network of subglacial plumbing in which water periodically cascades from one hidden reservoir to another.
But the new study, published online in the journal Nature Geoscience, is the first to measure the potential impact of this invisible flooding on sea-bound glaciers.
A trio of scientists led by Leigh Stearns of the Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine matched ICESat data against a nearly 50-year record of how fast the Byrd Glacier in East Antarctica has moved toward the sea.
They discovered that during the same 14-month period that 1.7 cubic kilometres (0.4 cubic miles) of water cascaded through subglacial waterways, the 75-kilometre (45-mile) long glacier downstream pick up speed, moving about 10 percent faster.
"Our findings provide direct evidence that an active lake drainage system can cause large and rapid changes in glacier dynamics," the researchers concluded.
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Two forces -- both driven by global warming -- cause sea levels to rise. One is thermal expansion of sea water.
The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warned last year that thermal expansion will push sea levels up 18 to 59 centimetres (7.2 to 23.2 inches) by 2100, enough to wipe out several small island nations and severely disrupt low-lying mega deltas in Asia and Africa.
But the report failed to take into account the impact of the second force: additional water from melting sources of ice.
The ice sheet that sits atop Greenland, for example, contains enough water to raise world ocean levels by seven metres (23 feet).
Even the gloomiest global warming predictions do not include such a scenario.
But recent studies suggest that runoff from the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets could drive sea levels higher than once thought, one reason the IPCC decided to remove the upward bracket from its forecast.Scientists unveiled Sunday the first direct evidence that massive floods deep below... more
Check out the beautiful trailer to Mikisog Lynge's film, Nuumioq, as featured in I Heart Global Warming.
Mikisoq and his team have finished production on the film, and are in post now.Check out the beautiful trailer to Mikisog Lynge's film, Nuumioq, as featured in I... more
Global warming is having a greater impact in the Arctic than anywhere else in the world. Greenland, the cold, harsh land that defeated the mighty Vikings is now facing a force that may destroy its defining feature -- ice. But while Greenland's melting ice sheet may mean chaos for the rest of the world, Adam Yamaguchi finds Greenlanders have some surprising reactions to this climatic upheaval.Global warming is having a greater impact in the Arctic than anywhere else in the... more
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