For the last few weeks scientists have been warning about the record sea loss in the Arctic. Last Friday, in a great piece of journalism, John Vidal, the veteran environment correspondent from the Guardian, reported from the front line of climate change. Vidal is a few hundred miles from the north pole on board Greenpeace’s … Read More
Climate Change Impacts
Arctic Ice Heading for Record Loss
Sometime later this month, the sea ice in the Arctic Ocean is likely to shrink to its smallest ever size. “A new daily record … would be likely by the end of August,” Ted Scambos, lead scientist at National Snow and Ice Data Center in Boulder Colorado said yesterday. “Chances are it will cross the … Read More