Alex Kirby https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/contributor/alex-kirby/rss en Environment Wed, 06 Jan 2016 00:00:00 +0000 Alex Kirby https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/articles/2016/01/06/warming-fuels-rise-in-methane-threat https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/articles/2016/01/06/warming-fuels-rise-in-methane-threat CLIMATE NEWS NETWORK: Higher temperatures and permafrost thaw could cause an increase of up to 50 percent in emissions of methane from northern lakes and ponds by the end of the century. The greenhouse gas is many times more potent than carbon dioxide. Environment Thu, 10 Dec 2015 00:00:00 +0000 Alex Kirby https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/articles/2015/12/10/climate-heads-for-irreversible-change https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/articles/2015/12/10/climate-heads-for-irreversible-change CLIMATE NEWS NETWORK: With the U.N. climate conference still trying to agree on an effective way to tackle global warming, a scientific group warns that policy is ignoring the reality of the melting cryosphere, where change is happening faster and more dramatically than anywhere else on earth.