Global Warming Reverses Long-Term Cooling Trend, Is “Overwhelming” Arctic Climate System
A recent study published in the September 4 issue of Science magazine is yet another indicator that the Arctic is in crisis. A team of scientists found that temperatures in the Earth’s vast northernmost region – which includes the Arctic Ocean and parts of Alaska, Canada, Russia, Greenland, and the Scandinavian countries in Northern Europe – have reversed a long-term cooling trend and are now the warmest they’ve been in at least 2,000 years. The... Read More
What Happens at the End of the Hockey Stick?
The “hockey stick” was a name given to a graph that depicted the rapid rise in atmospheric CO2 concentrations and global temperature over the past 1000 years. While CO2 and temperature have not remained constant during this time (due to natural variation in the earth’s climate) the dramatic rise since the industrial revolution is clear and abnormal. While the initial graph has some controversy surrounding it, similar graphs show more or... Read More
