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Arctic ice is in a death spiral and the implications are enormous

INTRODUCTORY CLIMATE BLOGBy John Bennett and Paul BeckwithI'm sharing my space this week with climatologist Paul Beckwith because an enormous cyclone blew over the North Pole all this month - an event...

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Vanishing Arctic sea ice is rapidly changing global climate

By Paul BeckwithAbout 5 million years ago continental drift pushed North and South America together, creating the Isthmus of Panama where the Central American Seaway ocean passage had previously...

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You are now entering the nonlinearity zone…

By Paul BeckwithPush something and it moves a little. Push it a little more and it moves a little more. This is called a “linearity” response. But sometimes a little push can lead to something totally...

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Hold on folks… the times they are a-changin’

Melting Arctic sea ice aims Frankenstorm Sandy directly at the Big AppleBy Paul BeckwithFrankenstorm Sandy is a scary beast. A hybridization between a tropical hurricane and a mid-latitude cyclone,...

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Time to leave Fantasy Island; Climate 2.0 is here

By Paul Beckwith (with input from Matthew Ladd)A few days ago in Ottawa, the temperature reached 21oC. The old record was 18oC and the average high for this time of year is 5oC. This is not a local...

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Bad news: Arctic icecap cracking up

UPDATE:NEW NASA SATELLITE IMAGERY By Paul Beckwith The Arctic region of our planet acts as a climatic air conditioner, and the air conditioner is conking out. We have a problem Houston.read more

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The tornado connection to climate change...

By Paul Beckwith  (May 25, 2013) As I write this blog in the aftermath of the massive tornado that passed through Oklahoma this week, I have multiple computer screens playing live feeds (like the one...

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Why Arctic sea ice will vanish in 2013

By Paul Beckwith On March 23, 2013, I made the following prediction:“For the record—I do not think that any sea ice will survive this summer. An event unprecedented in human history is today, this very...

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Are Alberta’s Tar Sands prepared for a torrential rain event?

In recent months we have endured incredible tropical-equatorial-like torrential rain events occurring at mid-latitudes across the planet. For example, in North America we experienced intense rainfall...

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Arctic ice is in a death spiral and the implications are enormous

INTRODUCTORY CLIMATE BLOGBy John Bennett and Paul BeckwithI'm sharing my space this week with climatologist Paul Beckwith because an enormous cyclone blew over the North Pole all this month - an event...

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Vanishing Arctic sea ice is rapidly changing global climate

By Paul BeckwithAbout 5 million years ago continental drift pushed North and South America together, creating the Isthmus of Panama where the Central American Seaway ocean passage had previously...

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You are now entering the nonlinearity zone…

By Paul BeckwithPush something and it moves a little. Push it a little more and it moves a little more. This is called a “linearity” response. But sometimes a little push can lead to something totally...

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Hold on folks… the times they are a-changin’

Melting Arctic sea ice aims Frankenstorm Sandy directly at the Big AppleBy Paul BeckwithFrankenstorm Sandy is a scary beast. A hybridization between a tropical hurricane and a mid-latitude cyclone,...

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Time to leave Fantasy Island; Climate 2.0 is here

By Paul Beckwith (with input from Matthew Ladd)A few days ago in Ottawa, the temperature reached 21oC. The old record was 18oC and the average high for this time of year is 5oC. This is not a local...

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Bad news: Arctic icecap cracking up

UPDATE:NEW NASA SATELLITE IMAGERY By Paul Beckwith The Arctic region of our planet acts as a climatic air conditioner, and the air conditioner is conking out. We have a problem Houston.read more

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The tornado connection to climate change...

By Paul Beckwith  (May 25, 2013) As I write this blog in the aftermath of the massive tornado that passed through Oklahoma this week, I have multiple computer screens playing live feeds (like the one...

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Why Arctic sea ice will vanish in 2013

By Paul Beckwith On March 23, 2013, I made the following prediction:“For the record—I do not think that any sea ice will survive this summer. An event unprecedented in human history is today, this very...

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Are Alberta’s Tar Sands prepared for a torrential rain event?

In recent months we have endured incredible tropical-equatorial-like torrential rain events occurring at mid-latitudes across the planet. For example, in North America we experienced intense rainfall...

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