Yedoma, a highly organic, Pleistocene-age permafrost, contains 50 to 90 percent ice mixed with organic carbon. When Yedoma melts, it delivers a blast of potent greenhouse gases to the atmosphere.
Author: William House
William is an earth scientist and writer with an interest in providing the science "backstory" for breaking environmental, earth science, and climate change news.
Righting Climate Change
Based on Florida’s recent response to the masking controversy, we can assume the “left-wing stuff” probably includes listening to the advice of scientists and proactively cutting greenhouse emissions.
News Spotlight – Rain, Rain, and More Rain
Climate Change brings new weather patters and more rain to many areas
An Existential View of Climate Change
Realistically, we should be clear about Anthropocene climate change. It doesn’t pose a threat to the biosphere. Life goes on.
Building Blocks of Life
Life spontaneously developed and given another water-rich solar system with a planet in the optimal temperature range for liquid water, we would expect it to happen again.
Water Created by the Sun
Water arrived on earth from asteroids and the evidence is that oceans have been on Earth almost since the planet’s inception.
Post Industrial Environmental Blues
It’s not that we don’t have the technology to produce without pollution; we simply won’t or can’t pay the price for it. But there is no free lunch.
Earth, the Largest Ecosystem
We shouldn’t fear climate change. Instead, we should concentrate our energy on devising solutions for our largest ecosystem, Earth.
Ecosystems: A Hitchhiker’s Story
Changes in local ecosystems always mean adjustments somewhere else. It’s a reality we can’t ignore forever.
Phantom Forests of the Oregon Coast
Low-tide waters recede from the shoreline and expose the phantom forests of the Oregon Coast. Trees from 4,000 years ago rise out of the ocean.