Stephen Leahy

Trillions of tons of ice have kept our home comfortable

Blame it on the sea ice....

The Arctic Ocean will be ice-free in the summer of 2030, the director of the US National Snow and Ice Data Center told me nearly 14 years ago. It was a bold statement from a conservative scientist. At the time, the scientific consensus was ice-free…

Heat levels not expected until 2050 already here Europe’s recent record-breaking heatwave led to thousands of heat-related deaths. This is the result of climate change. Period. Here’s why the heatwave was so bad and how Europe has become a heatwave…

Biodiversity, Climate Change, Editors' Choice, Energy, Featured, Global, Global Governance, Headlines, North America, TerraViva United Nations Climate Change UXBRIDGE, Canada, Mar 11 2013 (IPS) - “Canada is not a country, it’s winter,” Canadians say…

Climate Change, Energy, Global, Global Governance, Headlines, Natural Resources, TerraViva United Nations Climate Change Arctic sea ice extent. Area of ocean with at least 15 percent sea ice as of Aug. 21, 2012. Credit: National Snow and Ice Data…

Climate Change, Combating Desertification and Drought, Energy, Featured, Global, Global Governance, Headlines, TerraViva United Nations Climate Change UXBRIDGE, Canada, Feb 27 2013 (IPS) - Killer heat waves, floods and storms are increasingly caused…

Climate Change, Energy, Global, Global Governance, Headlines, Natural Resources, TerraViva United Nations Climate Change UXBRIDGE, Canada, Sep 20 2012 (IPS) - The melt of Arctic sea ice has reached its lowest point this year, shrinking 18 percent…

Climate Change, Combating Desertification and Drought, Energy, Featured, Global, Global Governance, Headlines, TerraViva United Nations Climate Change UXBRIDGE, Canada, Feb 27 2013 (IPS) - Killer heat waves, floods and storms are increasingly caused…

Biodiversity, Climate Change, Editors' Choice, Energy, Featured, Global, Global Governance, Headlines, North America, TerraViva United Nations Climate Change UXBRIDGE, Canada, Mar 11 2013 (IPS) - “Canada is not a country, it’s winter,” Canadians say…

Another deadly heat wave has Europe in its sweaty grip this week. Record temperatures topped 100 degrees Fahrenheit (37.8 degrees Celsius) in parts of France, Germany, Poland and Spain, with hotter days to come. The same thing happened last…

Last summer’s unprecedented droughts, heat waves, wildfires, and flooding events in the northern hemisphere have been linked to atmospheric conditions resulting from a rapidly warming Arctic. With continued global warming the conditions that spawn…

Impacts are already being felt across the entire northern hemisphere. UXBRIDGE, Canada, September, 20 2012 (IPS) –– The melt of Arctic sea ice has reached its lowest point this year, shrinking 18 percent from last year’s near-record low. Summer ice…

Arctic sea ice extent. Area of ocean with at least 15 percent sea ice as of Aug. 21, 2012. (Credit: National Snow and Ice Data Center)UXBRIDGE, Canada - The melt of Arctic sea ice has reached its lowest point this year, shrinking 18 percent from last…

Climate Change, Environment, Global, Global Geopolitics, Headlines, North America Climate change has warmed the entire Arctic region, melting 2.5 million square kilometres of sea ice, and that, paradoxically, is producing colder and snowier winters…

Climate Change, Environment, Global, Global Geopolitics, Headlines, North America Stephen Leahy Arctic sea ice is the cooling mechanism for the global climate system. As it declines and the region warms – already three to five degrees Celsius warmer…