Author Archives: Planet In Distress

Record Ice Loss, Record Rains, Record Drought: These Things Go Together

posted by

Back on May 13 (which seems like a really, really, long time ago), I posted this article about the likelihood of seeing record disasters in 2015 because of the confluence of accelerating ice loss in the arctic and the emerging El Nino.  For Texans, the article would have been prescient had it not been so general. The […]

»»

Sea Level Rise: Exponentially Increasing

posted by

I have written a number of posts on this blog about sea level rise and failing glacier systems in the Arctic, in Greenland, and in the Antarctic.  I have taken care to point out that each and every study that comes out on glacier failure is more grim than that last, and that every new time-line is […]

»»

Adaptation, Desalination, Depopulation

posted by

The world is facing an array of crises and, in almost all cases, the crises are of the creeping kind.  That is to say, the crises gradually and inexorably marches along as opposed to a sudden event like an earthquake.  When there is a creeping crisis (and drought in California and Brazil and so many […]

»»

Around The World, A Frantic Search For Water

posted by

California has entered its fourth  year of epic drought.   The vast number of people living in California are not immediately threatened–they actually don’t use all that much water–but California agriculture may be well down the road to all but disappearing (and that is a really big deal–California feeds the US).  California may also be entering […]

»»

Arctic Ice – Two Weeks Of Record Lows

posted by

Is it possible to have an Arctic ice record low during the height of the ice season?  Yes.  The arctic ice field, which used to grow well over 16 million square kilometers at the peak of the season (which basically falls somewhere in the first week of March), this year did not exceed 14 million […]

»»

Arctic Ice Cap: A New Record Low

posted by

Right about now is the time of year when the Arctic ice field reaches its maximum extent – its largest size.  Forty years ago that meant that it reached a size of well over 16 million square kilometers.  Since that time (and since we have had accurate satellite measurement), the arctic ice field has steadily gotten smaller and […]

»»

This is What “Accelerating Decline” Means

posted by

So, a new study is out regarding sea-level rise and its impact on New York.  Reports are that the study is a very exhaustive one that was carried out with diligence by experts in an array of fields.  What the report is saying is that New York City can expect sea level increases to be […]

»»

More Thoughts On Daniel 2:41-43

posted by

The EU is primarily a monetary union, with a dash of coordinated defense and police action thrown in for good measure.  As such, the EU will live or die on the basis of its economic success.  Presently and for much of  the last decade, it has been dying.  For what this means in terms of […]

»»

All That Heat….

posted by

Chances are pretty good that you have not been obsessively tracking the profound amount of  heat that has built up in the Arctic Ocean over the past few seasons.  That being the case, it is almost a certainty that you have not been looking at how all that anomalous heat is interacting with the atmosphere and affecting things such […]

»»

5000 Acres A Day

posted by

A new study out this week looks at the loss of agricultural soil around the world due to the build-up of salt in the soil.  Reading the article, it was not at all clear to me if the researchers looked at just salt (sodium chloride) or if they also looked at “salts” or chemical residues broadly included […]

»»