October 2020 Copernicus Update – #climate
The monthly Copernicus updates on our global #climate have been published and are available. I’ve highlighted a few key details. #climate
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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
Room-temperature superconductivity – Is a new age here?
Have we really finally achieved room-temperature superconductivity? Yes we have, but there is a bit of a catch to how it was achieved.
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.