Chronicle of the end of the world as we know it. Arctic Ice Collapse in the Heart of Winter. Today, on Sunday February 25, 2018 at 0900 UTC temperatures rose to above freezing at the North Pole, 34 F. What would typically be a summer-time temperature for this furthest north location of our world happening during February. Over the past 72 hours, gale force warm, southerly winds gathered in the Atlantic, then blasted north.

Methane releases in the Arctic can lead to abrupt local warming that triggers further methane releases. The amount of methane stored in hydrates is huge and release of even a small part of the methane in hydrates could lead to runaway global warming. Sunday, May 20, 2012. The potential impact of large abrupt release of methane in the Arctic. The image featured in a video and poster produced by Sam Carana. Furthermore, low water temperatures and long sea current.

Wednesday, April 20, 2011. 1 Methane releases in the Arctic. Will set off on its 26th arctic expedition. According to the press release. The East Siberian Arctic Shelf is a region about 2,000,000 km. Large that, due to polar amplification.

Climate Denial Crock of the Week. One of the key indicators of what may happen in the future with higher co2 levels, is the paleo record. We can look at the Paleocene Eocene thermal maximum as a model for what our current pulse of co2 could do to the planet.