Pam Pearson

South Pole Warming Three Times the Global Average

Nature Climate Change, June 29. Surface air temperatures at the South Pole over the past 30 years, as measured at…

6 years ago

East Antarctic Ice Sheet Vulnerable to Melting Within Paris 2°C Goal

Nature, July 22 Large sections of the massive Wilkes Basin ice sheet of East Antarctica, holding 3-4 meters of SLR collapsed…

6 years ago

Climate Sensitivity to CO2 Emissions: More Accurate and Higher Level

AGU, July 21, 2020 Earth's global “climate sensitivity” to CO2 emissions remains a fundamental question in predicting the future climate. …

6 years ago

Global Methane Emissions Reach ‘Record High’ Levels

Global Methane Budget, 2000-2017 (2020), July 15, 2020. A new consensus update to global methane emissions reveals that atmospheric methane…

6 years ago

World Temperatures Projected to Reach 1.5°C by 2024

Global Annual to Decadal Climate Update, WMO, July 9, 2020. A new report by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) finds…

6 years ago

Burning the High Arctic: 2020 Spring and Summer Fire Season in Sakha Republic. A Precursor of Fire Seasons to Come?

2020 has been an exceptionally hot year for the Arctic, especially in High Arctic Russia. Beginning in January, an extended…

6 years ago