We all know we’ve got thousands and thousands of nuclear bombs, that we can choose whether or not to detonate. The problem about the methane bomb is we don’t get to make that decision. The above is the current map of permafrost areas in the Arctic and further south in the Northern Hemisphere. Most of …
Monthly Archives: February 2019
Annual Average Sea Ice Extent
2018 was the 2nd lowest (start of green graph) calendar year on record for annual average sea ice extent in the Arctic. After 2016, but before 2017. Since New Year we’ve climbed back up to 4th lowest, and per now it even seems likely we’ll leave this chart at the high end, by averaging higher …
Permafrost Wars
Talking South s02e02 with Jennifer Hynes Due to the ongoing Permafrost Propaganda Wars, initiated by Yale University, episode s02e02 of my ‘Talking South’ talk show is the longest ever, at 79 minutes. Enjoy! Permafrost Propaganda Wars playlist, in chronological order:
Yale University goes out of its way to say Nothing To See Here! on Permafrost
More Arctic Methane Shenanigans: Ivy League university Yale in the United States of America is worried that their January 2019 propaganda video on methane hydrates wasn’t swallowed hook, line and sinker by human beings connected to the Internet. The first sign that you are reading a political propaganda piece and not science communication, is when …
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Schätzing to Werminghausen 2007–19
Prague, May 2007: I’m enjoying this ancient, Central European city and its parks, food and people with my dad and his buddy, but most of all I am reading The Swarm by Frank Schätzing ten or maybe 15 hours a day. Because it’s such a fascinating novel. Frank tells a fabulous story, as you can …
First 1–Week Melt in the Arctic
January 28th to February 3rd saw the first 1–week melt or compaction of sea ice in the 2019 Arctic. That is, the sea ice extent reported by JAXA was lower than 7 days before for the first time this year, be it primarily due to wind or actual melting of ice. Arguably, every single day …