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Arctic

Dragon’s Mouths, Permafrost and Earth Systems Collapse Blindness

By Abrupt changes, Alaska, Arctic, Arctic warming, climate, climate emergency, Climate Policy, climate restoration, Emissions flip, evolutionary boundaries, frozen ground, Impacts, irreversible, Permafrost, permafrost collapse, permafrost melt, point of no return, Scenarios, tipping

Permafrost thaw, Glenn Highway, Southeastern Alaska I am continually amazed that scientists consistently find that ecological collapses have been activated, but do not connect that existing warming today, that activated…

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Permafrost Collapse Ongoing – Completes With No Further Warming

By Abrupt changes, Arctic, Arctic warming, carbon dioxide removal, climate emergency, climate restoration, Earth systems, Emissions flip, feedback, frozen ground, irreversible, Negative emissions, net zero, Permafrost, permafrost collpase, permafrost melt, permafrost thaw

Background: Permafrost Collapse is Underway With Emission Plausibly Rivaling All of Global Transportation… Across the Northern Hemisphere, permafrost melt emitted 630 TgC, or 2.3 gigatons (Gt) CO2 (not including methane)…

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Rag Radio Podcast, Melton Interview on Covid-19 and Permafrost Collapse

By Abrupt changes, Alaska, Arctic, Arctic Flip, Arctic warming, climate emergency, climate warming, collapse, contagion, Covid-19, Earth systems, Emissions flip, feedback, frozen ground, Impacts, in-depth and Popular Press, melt, Methane, pathogen, Permafrost, permafrost melt, preservation, reanimation, thaw, The Unexpected

Melton talks with Rag Radio host Thorne Dreyer about ongoing massive permafrost collapse and the science showing the Covid-19 origina debate is ongoing, with compelling findings on pathogen reanimation from…

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Climate Change 2017: What Happened and What It Means

By 1.5 C, 2017 review, Abrupt changes, Amazon, Antarctica, Arctic, Arctic Amplification, Climate Catastrophes, Extreme Weather, extremes, Fire, Flooding, floods, havey, Impacts, jet stream, polar vortex, precipitation, rainfall, Sea Level Rise, The Unexpected, West Antarctic Ice Sheet, West Antarctica

The Thomas Fire, viewed from Via Real, just east of Lambert Road and the Bella Vista Polo Club, in Summerland, California, on December 11, 2017. (Photo: Doc Searls) By Bruce…

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Trump on Global Warming: What’s so Bad About A Little Warming

By A little bit of warming, Arctic, climate change, cold, Deniers and Delayers, Extreme Weather, Forest Mortality, global warming, Impacts, Myths, polar vortex, Shifting Ecology, Temperature, The Unexpected, Trump, warming is good, why is it cold with global warming

Average temperature in the far north has warmed double the rest of the planet because snow reflects almost all of the sun’s energy back into space. When snow melts, that…

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