The East Antarctic ice sheet has been losing mass for the last three years, according to an analysis of data from a gravity-measuring satellite mission. The scientists involved say they are “surprised” by the finding, because the giant East Antarctic sheet, unlike the west, has been thought to be stable. Other scientists say ice loss [...]

Katey Walter Anthony, Aquatic Ecologist and Biogeochemist I have been watching the work of this young scientist for sometime. Much of her research into methane releases presently being emitted from the thawing permafrost and bubbling from lakes in the far north of Alaska has passed under the radar of climate change discussions. This is very [...]

Sixty-five world leaders have said they will attend the Copenhagen climate summit in December, and several more have responded positively to invitations, Danish officials say. But the world’s top three carbon polluters – the United States, China and India – have not indicated whether their leaders will attend the meeting, and that could have a [...]

The strongest evidence yet that the rise in atmospheric CO2 emissions continues to outstrip the ability of the world’s natural ‘sinks’ to absorb carbon is published November 17 in the journal Nature Geoscience. An international team of researchers under the umbrella of the Global Carbon Project reports that over the last 50 years the average [...]

A new study from Norwegian and New Zealand scientists provides updated numbers for CO2 emissions from fossil fuels. While the global financial crisis may have slowed down the emission growth, it has not been sufficient to stop it: From 2007 to 2008 global emissions from fossil fuels increased by 2.2 percent. From 2003 to 2007, [...]

A new study of Antarctica’s past climate reveals that temperatures during the warm periods between ice ages (interglacials) may have been higher than previously thought. The latest analysis of ice core records suggests that Antarctic temperatures may have been up to 6°C warmer than the present day. The findings, recently reported by scientists from the British [...]

The news that world leaders have abandoned hope for a comprehensive, legally binding climate change treaty in Copenhagen next month inspired no end of finger-pointing. Environmentalists blamed eight years of inaction under George W. Bush. The Europeans noted that the Chinese and several other big developing nations had done little to move the ball forward. [...]

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