The Arctic Sea Ice Collapse Is Happening Before Our Eyes — And It’s A Worrisome Sign Of What’s To Come
Source: Business Insider A member of a team of Cambridge scientists trying to find out why Arctic sea ice is melting so fast, walks on some drift ice 500 miles (800 km) from the North Pole September 3, 2011. Reuters/Stuart McDill As 2016 wound down and winter kicked into gear in the Northern Hemisphere, an ominous trend began in the Arctic: sea ice dipped to levels far below normal.
Huge Antarctic Iceberg About To Break Off And Slide Into The Sea
Source: Independent It isn’t clear what damage the huge iceberg will do to the surrounding landscape
Earth On The Edge: Record Breaking 2016 Was Close To 1.5°C Warming
Source: Copernicus Climate Change Service Reading, 05 January 2017 2016 confirmed as the warmest year on record, warmer than 2015 by close to 0.2°C Global temperatures reached a peak in February 2016 around 1.5°C higher than at the start of the Industrial Revolution Extreme conditions impacting several regions across the Earth The first global analysis of the whole of 2016 has confirmed last year as the warmest on record and saw the planet near a 1.5°C warming, according to the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S).