Undersea Methane Creating Craters

As with many things, it seems obvious in retrospect. Warmer land is creating craters in the arctic. (Siberian Craters Proliferate) Continue reading →

Data That Matters April 2017

Puerto Rico is facing bankruptcy because it is $70B in debt. Thanks to the service industry, the US gained 201,000 Continue reading →

Glacial Waves Accelerate Greenland Melt

As if the melting Greenland glaciers weren’t worrisome enough (accounting ~ 25% of total sea level rise), the acceleration is Continue reading →

Thaw Threatens Global Seed Vault

The Global Seed Vault was established in 2008 as a biological archive and backup in case of a disaster. If Continue reading →

Sea Level Rise Estimate Rises

It is easy to overlook the caveats applied to data in the news. Frequently, climate change data is reported as Continue reading →

Long Term View Of CO2

Many of the charts demonstrating CO2 rise show the trend since the Industrial Revolution. On such a scale, the rise Continue reading →

Iceberg Swarms

Climate change isn’t just about sea level rise. Within the last week, the number of icebergs in the North Atlantic Continue reading →

Data That Matters March 2017

About 827,000 people in the US have jobs as delivery drivers. Ford is planning to launch a fleet of driverless Continue reading →