One reads a lot about Arctic ice melting, but not much about its causes. According to this article from McClatchy, a new study attributes about half the melting to the greenhouse gases and particulates produced by man, half to internal variability. Future climate warming will alter the variability, increasing volatility. GR


CONSEQUENCES
SCOTUS Poised to Handcuff the EPA
In the wake of reactionary rulings by the Supreme Court that seized a woman’s right to abortion after the Justices had unleashed potentially lethal freedoms to gun owners, one can only shudder at the prospect of the court’s upcoming decision on West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).