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Trapped in Ice: Methane and Permafrost
Everyone has heard of carbon dioxide. In fact, CO2 has become almost synonymous with climate change. As more CO2 is released to the atmosphere, more of the Sun’s heat is trapped within the greenhouse...
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Snowball Earth
If you ever catch yourself complaining about winter – the wind, the ice, the snow – just remember that it could always be worse. Much, much worse. For one thing, as our favorite Game of Thrones...
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I’m Dreaming of a Salty Christmas
Every winter, when the road salt hits the streets, I can’t help but wonder about its environmental consequences. In the US alone, approximately 35 billion pounds of salt are used each year to melt ice...
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Climate And History
So, it’s the first of January, 2014. I didn’t quite make it to the my 50 posts/5000 hits goal, but 45 and ~4700 is pretty close. I’m incredibly excited to move forward with Mostly Harmless Science in...
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The Lost Squadron
In 1942, at the height of the Second World War, treacherous weather and low fuel forced six US fighter jets and two bombers to make an emergency landing on a Greenland glacier. Within days, a rescue...
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Terminus
“The terminus of the glacier is an instructive place. Ceaselessly changing, and yet always the same, like the seashore. Ice streams becoming rivers, mountains wearing down into valleys. The transition...
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