Tagged: svalbard

The gas almost works (more methane) - Hot Topic

Gareth Renowden • Nov 27, 2010 •

• arctic,
• Climate Science,
• GNS Science,
• methane,
• nz,
• Russia,
• svalbard,
• VUW

Atmospheric methane levels continued to increase in 2009, the World Meteorological Organisation’s annual Greenhouse Gas Bulletin (summary PDF) confirmed this week. Methane averaged 1803 ppb over the year, up 5 ppb on 2008, and now contributes 18.1% of the radiative forcing caused by current greenhouse gas levels. The Bulletin suggests that “likely causes were above [...] … Read More

Arctic takes a Turney for the worse - Hot Topic

Bryan Walker • Sep 25, 2009 •

• arctic,
• bryan walker,
• Chris Turney,
• Climate Science,
• Copenhagen,
• sea ice,
• svalbard

British geologist Chris Turney is just back from fieldwork in Svalbard, the island archipelago situated halfway between Norway and the North Pole. He has written about it in his popular science blog, under the title A Warning From the North. I’ll draw attention to some of his main points here, but first a reminder [...] … Read More