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Mertz Glacier
Feb 26, 2010
About half the length of the tongue broke off as iceberg B-9B touched the Mertz glacier. While moving north both icebergs may have an impact on ocean circulation and therefore weather pattern.
Australian Antarctic Division: Massive iceberg calves from the ...>>
Demolition
Feb 23, 2010
March 2000: Iceberg B15 - former part of the Ross Sea Shelf - started its counter-clock-wise journey around Antarctica. Earlier this month subpart B15-K, 54 km long and 5 km wide, collided with Ekstrom Ice Shelf. The german Neumayer Station located nearby reco ...>>
Olympics
Feb 11, 2010
Facing a 10°C weekend with isolated showers the Olympics in Vancouver develop a need of snow cannons and other methods of replacing snow. Even the IOC discusses Climate Change as an issue off future games.
“Global warming is definitely a factor that mus ...>>
Records
Feb 3, 2010
Info note No.58:
Geneva, 22 January 2010 (WMO) - According to a recent review conducted by a panel of experts in charge of global weather and climate extremes within the WMO Commission for Climatology (CCl) the record of wind gusts not related to torn ...>>
Copenhagen Accord
Feb 3, 2010
The Copenhagen Accord asked the Annex I countries to define their emissions reduction goals for 2020 by 31 January 2010. Non-Annex I countries have been invited to send in their mitigation actions. Two major nations — Mexico and Russia - had not submitted pl ...>>
Cyber Attack
Feb 3, 2010
Fraudsters used fake emails to steal passwords of the German Emissions Trading Authority (DEHSt). Certificates were then transferred to other participating countries and then sold. Some sources report losses of millions of Euros.
The certificates have u ...>>
