Global warming Archives

Measuring Earth’s Extreme Temperatures and Their Implications for Our Future

January 17, 2025April 25, 2023 by Saša Zidar

Air temperature is the most commonly measured temperature parameter, and it has significant implications for human comfort, agriculture, and industry. Air temperature measurement has come … Read more

As a Result of an Impressive Cold Blob Anomaly in the North Atlantic, Glaciers in Parts of Greenland, Iceland, and Norway are now Slowing Down From Melting

December 18, 2022December 18, 2022 by Renato R. Colucci

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An impressive cold water anomaly in the North Atlantic called “The Cold Blob” is something likely caused by the weakening of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning … Read more

Methane Explosions Strike the Frozen Ground in Siberia Sparking Wild Theories About their Origins

September 10, 2022 by Renato R. Colucci

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Massive craters in the frozen ground of Siberia strike the Russian landscape of Yamal and Gydan Peninsula. The origin of such incredible morphologies is due … Read more

New Data on Earth’s Youngest Glacier Reveals a Healthy Fellow, while Earth’s Ice Elsewhere is Losing its Battle Against Global Warming

December 26, 2021 by Renato R. Colucci

Geomorphological map of the Tulutsa glacier and rock glaciers in the Mount Saint Helens crater

No one in the world has seen a glacier grow from virtually the very first snowflake. The 25-year-old Tulutsa Glacier is the fastest growing new … Read more

The Very Last Thick Sea Ice of the Arctic Breaks while Severe Storms reach the Arctic, eventually supported by Sudden Stratospheric Warming

October 19, 2021October 17, 2021 by Renato R. Colucci

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While Arctic sea-ice declines, huge holes are opening in the so-called Last Ice Area north of Greenland and Ellesmere with increased frequency. Here, the oldest … Read more

In Siberia, Giant Craters Sparked Dozens of Wild Theories About their Origins. Thawing Permafrost has Shaped the Largest of its Kind, The Batagaika Crater

October 2, 2021 by Renato R. Colucci

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A dramatic hole in the ground dominates the landscape of Yakutia, North-East Siberia, and keep growing at an accelerated rate. The Batagaika Crater is the … Read more

Increasing Extreme Snowfalls in Future Winters in the Alps? It Seems so According to Few Glaciers of the Southeastern Alps Challenging Global Warming with Several Years of Positive Mass Balance

September 20, 2021 by Renato R. Colucci

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Among the possible causes of winters with extreme snow amount at high altitudes in few sectors of the Southern Alps, there are Arctic Amplification and … Read more

Alarming climate change: Earth heads for its tipping point as it could reach +1.5 °C over the next 5 years, WMO finds in the latest study

May 30, 2021 by Marko Korosec

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Last year, 2020, the global average surface temperature was the warmest on record. But it could get even warmer until 2025. According to the latest … Read more