So we already know the dangers of Arctic ice melting due to global warming - more storms, higher water levels, polar bears sadly treading water. But yesterday a new study was released that gives us one more reason to worry. It turns out that underneath all that ice, Arctic soil contains extremely high levels of carbon dioxide that would be released into the environment if the ice melts, thus creating a cycle of more global warming, more ice melting, and so forth and so on. And it seems that this much carbon was not taken into account when doing studies and forecasting models of the effects of global warming.
The AFP reports “that the stock of organic carbon ‘is considerably higher than previously thought’ — 60 percent more than the previously estimated.” This accounts for approximately one sixth the entire amount of carbon in the atmosphere today. It’s not a stretch to imagine that if all that carbon were unloaded on the environment all at once, or even in a steady stream, the implications to the climate would be huge.
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In what is apparently a first for the judicial system (that means courts and stuff), a judge has rejected an air pollution permit issued by the 
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Naysayers be forewarned - your top 10 global warming myths are about to be debunked! Climate change and global warming are anything BUT simple concepts, with tons of different factors interacting and influencing one another. One thing that we (or at least most of us) can agree upon is that the world is getting warmer due to human action, and there will be serious consequences if we don’t do something about it soon.
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On St. Patrick’s Day, nothing could be greener than a little green beer. The 
