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60 results for “Arctic”
September 12, 2026Transitions Often Brings Out Creativity, New Ideas and Solutions
July 9, 2026The Arctic: Climate Change is Changing the Chemistry … and More
April 12, 2026Stable Climate: In Balance; Today: Imbalanced
March 14, 2026Renewables and Electrification: Still Going Strong Everywhere
February 14, 2026Climate Science: “Rise of the Renewables”
January 14, 2026The Arctic Is Changing: The John Franklin Expedition
October 11, 2025And The Renewable Energy Story Continues: It is Unstoppable
July 12, 2025Extreme Weather, Climate Change, Global Warming: It is Here
May 17, 2025With Warming Climate, Planting Zones Are Changing: Animals Are Noticing Too
March 15, 2025Climate News and Weather Forecasts, but Climate Data May Be Hard to Find
February 25, 2025The Data Still Stands: Unlike Ice It Will Not Melt Away
December 15, 2024NOAA's 2024 Arctic Report Card says tundra is now a net source of carbon to the atmosphere
October 15, 2024Warmer Ocean Waters, Climate Tidbits, Renewables and More
December 15, 2022Antarctica: A Birthday of Sorts, The Antarctic Treaty
November 12, 2022Permafrost Regions: What is Happening There?
May 12, 2022PPM Means a Lot in Climate Science: Just Like in Wine or Cooking
March 14, 2022Doomsday Vault, the Black Box and Renewables: Quite A Mix
September 12, 2021Weather Happenings and Some Peoples Response
August 15, 2021Domes, the Climate Crises and the Energy Transition
March 13, 2021Greenland: A World Apart is Changing
December 15, 2020Climate Change: Banks Are a Major Source of the Problem ... and the Solution
October 15, 2020The Science of Climate Change and the Role of Greenhouse Gases
January 16, 2020Renewable Energy: Coming of Age, Here and Now, and Perhaps Just in Time [?]
December 13, 2019Tuktoyaktuk: An Inuvialuit Town at the Frontline of Climate Change
November 15, 2019Yes, Carbon Dioxide is really the Problem
February 15, 2019Climate Change: “The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly”
May 13, 2018“Extra! Extra! Read All About It!”
March 1, 2018Coal: Are We Beating a Dead Horse?
February 1, 2018Artists Engage the Science of Climate Change
November 15, 2017Climate Change and the Great Disruption
July 2, 2017Climate Change: Let’s Cool it and Talk About Ice
June 15, 2017Climate Science: Step Forward and Half Step Back
May 7, 2017Climate Change and Earth’s Carbon Budget
February 5, 2017Climate Change: Strawberry or Watermelon Ice?
December 6, 2016Climate Change: Our Children’s Trust
November 6, 2016Climate Change Changes Everything
August 15, 2016Climate Change: The Story Continues
July 15, 2016Climate Change: A story With Many Characters
April 3, 2016In Climate Science “Little Things Mean a Lot”
March 6, 2016Climate Change: Wit, Whimsy and Sea Level Rise
November 1, 2015A Tale of Three Dimes and Climate Change
October 4, 2015Climate Change, What Me Worry?
August 15, 2015“Laudato Si” (Praise Be to You); Pope Francis Sides With Climate Change
July 15, 2015Permanent Press and Permafrost: Are They Really Permanent?
June 15, 2015Climate Change: “Death by a Thousand Cuts”?
April 30, 2015The Arctic: Still Revealing Its Mystery
November 15, 2014War on Coal? Absolutely Not, But We must Stop Burning It
March 15, 2014Climate Change: Challenges in Getting the Big Picture
February 12, 2014With Climate Change Will Extreme Weather Become the Norm?
October 7, 2013Heat Transport to the Arctic and Corresponding Changes in Climate and Ecology
August 5, 2013Changing Climate, Changes the Jet Stream, which Changes the Weather
June 8, 2013Climate Change: New Milestone Has Been Set
April 8, 2013Climate Change: A Clear and Present Danger
March 15, 2013We May Ignore or Deny It, But Climate Change is Occurring
February 15, 2013Three Numbers That Will Define Our Climate Future
January 15, 2013Climate Change Consensus and a Call to “Photovoltaic” Arms
December 15, 2012Climate Change: Recent Past to Present
November 15, 2012Recent Data Continue to Support Climate Change
February 15, 2012Billions of Dead Trees: the New Canary in a Cage?
December 15, 2011Climate Legacies, Past, Present and Future