Nature Helps With the Arctic Meltdown — We Could Never Have Done It Alone!

onJan 3, 2008 @ 08:55 PST

There’s more to the recent dramatic and alarming thawing of the Arctic region than can be explained by man-made global warming alone, a new study found.

Nature is pushing the Arctic to the edge, too.

But that energy transfer, which comes with storms that head north because of ocean currents, is not acting alone either, scientists say.

Another upcoming study concludes that the combination of both that natural energy transfer increase and man-made global warming serve as a one-two punch that is pushing the Arctic over the edge.

By Ross Gelbspan

us/Developers Eye Louisiana, Texas Coasts for Offshore Carbon Storage

ByPam Radtke / Floodlight

onDec 30, 2024 @ 03:01 PST

Is the Gulf of Mexico the "single best opportunity" to store climate-warming gas — or an existential threat to wildlife and people?

us/Photos: 2024 Was the LNG Export Boom’s Wild Year

ByAshley Braun and Julie Dermansky

onDec 27, 2024 @ 03:00 PST

DeSmog reflects on some of the major moments in U.S. LNG policy, the courts, and protest in a turbulent year for this fossil fuel.

Analysis

A DeSmog Guide to How the World Changed in 2024

ByDeSmog Staff

onDec 26, 2024 @ 03:01 PST

Our editors and reporters weigh in on a year of seismic political events, and what they’re paying close attention to in 2025.

Whistleblower Demands PA’s Gov. Fix ‘Completely Unregulated’ Fracking Wastewater Network

ByJustin Nobel

onDec 23, 2024 @ 03:00 PST

A new lawsuit alleges toxic, radioactive waste leaked into a PA family’s water well, uncovering a regulatory abyss for miles of fracking pipelines in the state.