NSIDC Monthly Arctic Update – Nov 2020
Once a month the NSIDC National Snow and Ice Data Center. issues an Arctic update. The latest update is not Business as Usual #climate #arctic
Climate Change
The Arctic hasn’t been this warm for 3 million years – and that foreshadows big changes for the rest of the planet
Ice floe drifting in Svalbard, Norway. Sven-Erik Arndt/Arterra/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Julie Brigham-Grette, University of Massachusetts Amherst and Steve Petsch, University of Massachusetts Amherst Every year, sea ice cover in the Arctic Ocean shrinks to a low point in mid-September. This year it measures just 1.44 million square miles (3.74 million square kilometers) … Read more
Worrying trends in the Arctic – #Arctic
A Historic event is ongoing in the #Arctic. We should be paying attention to these climate change indicators. No #SeaIce in Laptov Arctic sea
What caused largest ever mass extinction?
New study provides comprehensive reconstruction of the Permian-Triassic extinction event that wiped out 96% of species 252 million years ago.
Study into COVID-19 Deaths in the US
Excess mortality gives a more complete picture of the death toll of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) than official daily estimates. A research letter published in JAMA estimates that between March and July 2020, there were 225,530 excess deaths in the US. If the trend continues, the US could see more than 400,000 excess deaths by the end of 2020.
Solar is now ‘cheapest electricity in history’
The era of global oil demand growth will come to an end in the next decade, solar is the cheapest energy source ever seen in human history.