Arctic Amplification - Maybe It Just Heats Up Easier Than Other Places
Friday, January 16, 2009 - 19:28
in Earth & Climate
With record low temperatures, winter blizzards and warming that isn't really global, people aren't taking climate change very seriously these days, but that doesn't mean pollution gets a free pass if we want to continue to enjoy nature as we know it. Temperature change in the Arctic can still happen regardless of what is happening in cold spots of the world and it may be happening at a greater rate there than other places in the Northern Hemisphere. As a result, glacier and ice-sheet melting, sea-ice retreat, coastal erosion and sea level rise could continue even if it doesn't feel warmer in Chicago. read more
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