Melting Canadian Glaciers

A new study published in the Geophysical Research Letters indicates that about 20 percent of all the ice contained in Canada's glaciers could melt by the end of this century if global average temperatures increased by 3 degrees Celsius (5.4 F) and by 8 Celsius (14.4 F) in the Canadian Arctic.

Previous studies still anticipated a heavy melt of Canada's glaciers resulting in an increase in global sea levels of around 2 centimeters. However, the new study indicates that we can expect a sea level rise of 3.5 centimeters, almost double the previous finding. That is 75 percent more water than previously thought,

This data applies only to Canadian glaciers. When other melting glaciers (ie Greenland, Russia, South-America, etc...) are factored into the equation, sea level rises are considerably higher.

Satellite Animation: Review of Extreme Weather in 2012 (Video)

Watch the nearly year-long satellite animation as Weather Underground calls out the most significant weather events of the past year, including Superstorm Sandy and Hurricane Isaac.

Pakistan's Sustainable Development Strategy

As announced at the Rio+20 summit, Pakistan has a new national sustainable development strategy (NSDS) that will see the creation of a knowledge management system that is based on science, technology and innovation. As reported by SciDev, the knowledge management system will support key economic, environmental and social goals through academic research and foster solution-driven innovation for policy, information gathering, and technology development.

Floods in the Philipines Underscore the Deadly Toll from Climate Change

The deadly floods and landslides in the Philippines are but the latest example of the catastrophic impacts of extreme weather from climate change. There are almost one thousand people missing after flash floods and landslides swept houses into rivers and out to sea, killing more than 650 people in the southern Mindanao region on Friday December 16 and Saturday December 17.