The figure shows the standardized melting index anomaly for the period 1979 – 2010. In simple words, each bar tells us by how many standard deviations melting in a particular year was above the average. For example, a value of...
Aerial view of the Ocean Cleanup project's plastic collecting boom at sea. Photo: CBS News By James Rainey 4 January 2019 (NBC News) – An ambitious project to clean up a vast tide of ocean pollution has been sidelined. The...
While industrial disturbances have to date been largely concentrated in the south, expansion northward continues. According to a new report by the Pew Environment Group, Canada’s boreal forest contains the world’s largest and most pristine freshwater ecosystem on Earth. A...
