Arctic Sea Ice Trends: Down, Down Down

onNov 3, 2010 @ 10:16 PDT

Two graphs, inluding the brand new one to the left, show two (mutually affirming) analyses of the trajectory of Arctic sea ice over the last 30 years.

The National Snow and Ice Data Center graph (left) shows Average Monthly Sea Ice Extent. The figure below shows a Polar Science Center model-generated calculation of Sea Ice Volume. Notwithstanding that NSIDC reports Arctic temperatures in October were 4 to 6 degrees Celsius (7 to 10 degrees Fahrenheit) higher than normal, there is something chilling in the similarity of the two graphs.

By Richard Littlemore

us/Rio Grande LNG’s Developer Led Ghostwriting Campaign to Get Federal Approval

ByNick Cunningham

onJun 1, 2023 @ 13:32 PDT

NextDecade, a company hoping to build an $11 billion LNG project in south Texas, submitted letters to FERC on behalf of nearly two dozen public officials.

us/Effort to Give Oil Companies $97 Million Tax Break in Louisiana Halted

BySara Sneath

onMay 31, 2023 @ 12:53 PDT

The latest vote was postponed after state senators considered shoring up the budget with a natural gas tax.

Opinion

Princeton Maps Reveal US Plans for Massive CO2 Pipeline Buildout

ByKert Davies

onMay 31, 2023 @ 11:14 PDT

The amount and scale of new pipelines envisioned to transport CO2 to planned carbon storage sites is hard to fathom — let alone the environmental justice impacts they foretell.