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Arctic weirding goes into overdrive, with shattered ice and temperature records

sudshr47 January 26, 2018

You won’t find many climate deniers in the Arctic. From Sitka, Alaska to Svalbard, Norway, people are living through a period of extraordinarily rapid changes that are altering their ways of life.

Alaska just had its warmest December on record, with a staggering statewide average temperature anomaly of 15.7 degrees Fahrenheit above average for the month.

“To have an entire state that is a quarter the size, almost, of the Lower 48 [states], 15 degrees Fahrenheit above normal for an entire month is extraordinary,” said Brian Brettschneider, a climate scientist at the University of Alaska at Fairbanks, said in an interview. Read more…

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The polar bear in this video is dying from starvation. Fortunately, most aren’t…yet

sudshr47 December 9, 2017

After landing on Baffin Island, Canada, wildlife photographer and environmental activist Paul Nicklen captured video of a frail polar bear — dying and foaming from the mouth — as the weak animal collapsed to the ground. The bear will soon be dead — if it isn’t already.

On Dec. 5, Nicklen posted the grim video to his Instagram account, and since then, it’s been stirring emotions around the web. Polar bears are, for better or worse, a symbolic species when it comes to global warming, and many are seeing this video as a new warning sign.

Fortunately, however, the condition of this bear is not representative of most polar bear populations — at least not yet. Read more…

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Major federal climate report rebuts everything Trump administration has said about climate change

sudshr47 November 3, 2017

Global warming is real. It’s happening because of human activities, and it’s on the cusp of pushing the climate toward tipping points or other “unforeseen consequences” that could reshape the planet as we know it, warns a new federal report released on Friday.

The report, part of the Fourth National Climate Assessment, is mandated by Congress, and has undergone extensive peer review by the National Academy of Sciences, various federal agencies, and the public. It’s the most up-to-date climate science report since the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s last report was issued in 2013, and it paints an increasingly dire picture of where the planet — and the U.S. in particular, is headed. Read more…

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