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Worse floods ahead for UK as climate warms, say scientists

2013-07-24 14:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Heavy and prolonged rainfall will cause both more frequent and more severe flooding across the UK and the rest of north-west Europe as the atmosphere continues to warm, say British and American scientists The study of these "atmospheric rivers", published in Environmental Research Letters, pins the blame for the increasing flood risk firmly on man-made climate change and says the same problem will afflict other parts of the planet. The researchers describe how atmospheric rivers carry vast...

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Antarctica Melted in the Past, and As the Climate Warms, It's Poised to Melt Again

2013-07-24 11:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Time: When it comes to polar melting, the Arctic hogs all the attention. And not without reason--last summer Arctic sea ice melted to its smallest extent on record, 49% below the 1979-2000 average. During the first two weeks of July, sea ice declined 61% faster than the 1981-2000 average, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center. As sea ice melted, Arctic shipping set a record, with trips quadrupling in 2013 from the year before. The Arctic permafrost--the frozen soil that covers much of the...

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Canada Warms to Energy Storage

2013-06-21 18:10:00| Transmission & Distribution World

By Helen Whittaker, BC Hydro BC Hydro tackles the challenges of building battery energy storage in remote mountainous terrain. read more

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Mount Everest region glaciers retreating as climate warms

2013-05-30 09:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Washington Post: he worlds tallest mountain -- first conquered by man 60 years ago today -- cannot escape climate change. A recent study led by a graduate student at the University of Milan in Italy reveals declining snow amounts and retreating glaciers in the Mount Everest region, reaffirming fears that many scientists hold -- increasing global temperatures could cause irreversible damage. The research presented at an American Geophysical Union (AGU) conference in Mexico earlier this month, shows that the...

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