Methane rising through fractures

by Harold Hensel Methane is colorless and odorless and it is right above us in the atmosphere. In addition to other sources, methane has tr...

Permafrost thawing could accelerate global warming

"If the permafrost melts entirely, there would be 5x the amount of carbon in the atmosphere than there is now" - Jeff Chanton Jeff...

Methane emerges from warmer areas

As the year draws to a close, it's time to review where warming has occured most strongly in 2013. Surface temperature anomalies in Nove...

CLIMATE REPORT'S HUGE OMISSION OBSCURES FULL DANGER

by Gary Houser CLIMATE REPORT'S HUGE OMISSION OBSCURES FULL DANGER: Grassroots Must Insist IPCC Include Massive Permafrost Carbon ...

Methane and the risk of runaway global warming

By Andrew Glikson A satellite picture reveals permafrost melting around Liverpool Bay in Canada’s northwest territories.  NASA Goddard Space...

Is the permafrost's integrity breaking down?

The chart below shows very high methane levels over Antarctica in April and May 2013. High levels of methane over Antarctica were recorded b...

The worst-case and - unfortunately - looking almost certain to happen scenario

Aaron Franklin By Aaron Franklin I have asked for the world leading climate and arctic scientists I have been working with at AMEG, and Arct...

Call for High-Level Risk Assessment

There is a rapid and accelerating decline of Arctic and Far North snow and summer albedo cooling, with the Arctic summer sea ice past tippi...

Expedition to study methane gas bubbling out of the Arctic seafloor

The black rectangle on this map shows the general region where Paull and his collaborators have been studying methane releases in the Beaufo...