Heatwave to hit Greenland

A heatwave with temperature anomalies exceeding 36°F (20°C) is expected to hit Greenland between August 16 and 22, 2014, as illustrated by t...

More than 2.5m Sea Level Rise by 2040?

A warming period more than 400,000 years ago pushed the Greenland ice sheet past its stability threshold (which may have been no more than s...

River ice reveals new twist on Arctic melt

A new study led by Lance Lesack , a Simon Fraser University geographer and Faculty of Environment professor, has discovered unexpected clima...

Arctic Death Spiral - Evolution to July 2013

Image by Andy Lee Robinson, from  http://haveland.com/share/arctic-death-spiral.png The video below is a visualization of the Arctic Death ...

Arctic Sea ice Volume and Greenland Melt Update

Arctic Sea Ice Volume The image below, from the ArctischePinguin site , shows the current volume of Arctic sea ice, updated with PIOMAS data...

Albedo changes in the Arctic

How global warming and feedbacks are causing huge albedo changes in the Arctic. Snow cover decline Decline of the snow cover on land in the ...