Ellen Baum

• Ice and Oil; Oil and Ice

  Last month, U.S. scientists confirmed that the Arctic has lost the second highest annual amount of ice since monitoring began. Of the remaining ice, much more is thinner, single-year ice resulting from melting and refreezing during the year. Older, thicker multi-year ice has declined by 60% over the past 30…

  Climate October 17, 2011

• Live from Hanoi: Brick Kilns and Black Carbon, Up Close and Personal

  We got off to a slower than expected start – or at least slower than expected by me. This is my first kiln, but the veteran team I met up with has been measuring since early March. When we rendezvoused in Hanoi a couple of days ago, they already had…

  Climate May 11, 2011