Arctic Sea Ice Collapse Threatens Quoctrung 7/10/2015The image below compares the Arctic sea ice thickness on July 14, 2012 (left panel) and on July 14, 2015 (right panel), using Naval Research... Read more
Accelerated Warming in the Arctic Quoctrung 6/25/2015Warming in the Arctic is accelerating. On June 25, 2015, high temperatures hit North America. Temperatures as high as 30.3°C (86.54°F) were ... Read more
Smoke Blankets North America Quoctrung 7/18/2014A thick layer of smoke blankets large parts of North America, as also illustrated by the animation below based on images from July 15 to 18,... Read more
How many deaths could result from failure to act on climate change? Quoctrung 5/31/2014A recent OECD study concludes that outdoor air pollution is killing more than 3.5 million people a year globally. The OECD estimates that p... Read more
More extreme weather can be expected Quoctrung 5/16/2014The heaviest rains and floods in 120 years have hit Serbia and Bosnia this week, Reuters and Deutsche Welle report. The animation below sh... Read more
Escalating extreme weather events to hammer humanity Quoctrung 4/05/2014By Paul Beckwith Extreme weather events are rocketing upwards in their frequency of occurrence, intensity, and duration and are impacting ne... Read more