Arctic Sea Ice News and Analysis

No record-breaker maximum (Tue, 24 Mar 2020)
Arctic sea ice appears to have reached its annual maximum extent on March 5. The 2020 maximum sea ice extent is the eleventh lowest in the 42-year satellite record, but the highest since 2013. The Antarctic minimum sea ice extent, which was … Continue reading →
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George Monbiot

The Roots of Fascism (Tue, 11 Feb 2020)
When political leaders brazenly flout the law, we are heading towards a very dark place. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 5th February 2020 It is not a sufficient…
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Grist

The ‘water is life’ movement just scored a big win against an oil pipeline (Sat, 28 Mar 2020)
Now they hope a Democratic president will deliver the final blow.
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RealClimate

Further perspectives on pandemics and climate change (Mon, 23 Mar 2020)
I have recently been asked whether the present corona pandemic will have any consequence on climate change. Gavin has already discussed the coronavirus and climate here on RealClimate, and I like to follow up on his post. Rather than emphasising analogies, I would highlight additional common denominators between the present world-wide Covid-19 pandemic and climate […]
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New Scientist - Home

The evolutionary mystery of flying may finally be cracked by genetics (Wed, 25 Mar 2020)
Finding out how flight evolved or animals moved onto land is all about a collision of palaeontology and genetics, argue two new books
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