Climate Change: Changing our World
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Cut Carbon Output, Save Money, Help Save Planet, Simple Concept!
Mar 8, 2010 7:58am
Obama's Homestar Plan Would Pay for Home Energy Efficiency RetrofitsSAVANNAH, Georgia, March 2, 2010 (ENS) - President Barack Obama today outlined the details of a new "Homestar" program that would help create jobs by encouraging American families to invest in energy saving home improvements. The...
Fears of Undersea Methane Leaks Already Coming True
Mar 4, 2010 4:38pm
Though immense amounts of carbon are known to be trapped in the peatlands of Siberia, a larger, often unrecognized carbon reservoir lies hidden just north of that frigid region, says Natalia Shakhova, a biogeochemist at the University of Alaska in Fairbanks. The East Siberian Arctic Shelf...
Collision Calves Iceberg from Mertz Glacier Tongue, Antarctica
Feb 28, 2010 6:14am
At 94 kilometers (58 miles) by 39 kilometers (24 miles) in size, the B-09B iceberg is comparable to the state of Rhode Island, which is wider but not quite so long. After lingering near the Mertz Glacier in Eastern Antarctica for several years, the massive iceberg collided with the glacier...
Gates of Delusion
Feb 22, 2010 8:44am
MEDIA ALERT: GATES OF DELUSION Media Distortions And +Real+ Climate ScandalsSince November last year, the public has been bombarded with the story of stolen emails from the Climatic Research Unit at the University of East Anglia, revealing a supposed "scandal" of scientific malpractice, stupidly and lazily named "climategate". Further...
Sea Caves Reveal Rapid Rise in Ancient Ocean Levels
Feb 12, 2010 9:52pm
Sea levels can rise and fall fast, even during an ice age, according to new researchMallorca, February 12, 2010 - Spain's largest island, is not just a desirable place for a Mediterranean vacation; it's also a treasure trove of the geologic record. That's because of coastal caves that precisely record...
The Bigger Kahuna: Are More Frequent and Higher Extreme Waves a By-Product of Global Warming?
Feb 3, 2010 3:47am
Increasing maximum wave heights off the Pacific Northwest coast may pose a greater threat than rising sea levelsArmand Thibault looked out over the Pacific's rumbling winter waves from his balcony in Neskowin, Ore. "The predicted high tide today is a 10.1 [feet]," he relayed via YouTube...
CLIMATE CHANGE: Small Islands Await Haitian-Type Disaster
Jan 27, 2010 5:16pm
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 19, 2010 (IPS) - The devastation caused by the earthquake in Haiti last week has brought into sharp focus the threat of another natural disaster waiting to happen: a sea-level rise that could obliterate the world's small island states, triggering fears of mass migration.But contrary to initial...
Global warming could lead to rise in powerful hurricane.
Jan 22, 2010 5:23pm
London, January 22 (ANI): A new study has determined that the number of major Atlantic hurricanes per year may almost double by the end of the century in response to global warming.In 2008, a group led by Thomas Knutson of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Geophysical Fluid Dynamics...
Climate Wizard Makes Large Databases of Climate Information Visual, Accessible
Jan 3, 2010 10:36am
(Dec. 29, 2009) — A Web tool that generates color maps of projected temperature and precipitation changes using 16 of the world's most prominent climate-change models is being used to consider such things as habitat shifts that will affect endangered species, places around the world where crops could be at...
Copenhagen agreement fails UN processes and the planet
Dec 20, 2009 10:00am
Climate Shame: Saturday Dec 19th, 2009 - Climate negotiations in Copenhagen ended with a whimper and some chaos in the final plenary. About 115 national leaders attended the Copenhagen climate talks but the final 'agreement' announced by the US, India, China and South Africa, was drafted...
Dec 18, 2009 1:10am
A deal appears to be in sight for the final day of the UN climate change talks, but there are fears it may not prevent a 3C (5.4F) temperature rise.Denmark's prime minister spoke of "very fruitful" talks as Copenhagen prepared to receive US President Barack Obama and 118 other world...
Mortal Combat: Tuvalu versus China
Dec 10, 2009 12:14pm
Low-lying island nations demand dramatic action on climate change. The big boys shrug. Low-lying island nations demand dramatic action on climate change. The big boys shrug. If I were to guess which group of people currently living on the planet cared least about the ClimateGate hacked e-mail controversy, I'd...
'Fourteen days to seal history's judgment on this generation'
Dec 7, 2009 3:38pm
Today 56 newspapers in 45 countries take the unprecedented step of speaking with one voice through a common editorial. We do so because humanity faces a profound emergency.Unless we combine to take decisive action, climate change will ravage our planet, and with it our prosperity and security. The dangers have...
Small Islands, Rising Seas
Dec 5, 2009 1:12am
Small Islands, Rising Seas Bad News for Low Lying Islands ...
Antarctic melt may push sea levels to 1.4 metres: study
Dec 1, 2009 12:00am
PARIS — Quickening ice loss in West Antarctica will likely contribute heavily to a projected sea level rise of up to 1.4 metres (4.5 feet) by 2100, according to a major scientific report released Tuesday. Scientists long held that most of Antarctica's continent-sized ice sheet was highly resistant...
Is there any real chance of averting the climate crisis?
Nov 29, 2009 1:23pm
NASA’s James Hansen was the first to point out the perils of climate change to the US Congress. Here, he begins a heated debate with experts from around the world, from China to the threatened Maldives, and argues that our leaders must be shaken out of their complacency. But will...
Seychelles and small islands remind the world that Copenhagen is about survival
Nov 28, 2009 5:15am
VICTORIA, Mahé, November 12, 2009/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Republic of Seychelles, as a member of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) -a Climate Change negotiating bloc of 43 island nations, has urged leaders of the world’s industrial nations to double efforts toward concluding an ambitious and legally...
Climate change to hit Pacific islands food security
Nov 26, 2009 1:02pm
MILAN (Reuters) Nov 26, 2009 - Rising sea levels, ocean warming, cyclones and droughts caused by climate change is set to hit hard food security in the Pacific islands, the United Nations' food agency said, urging governments to take immediate actions.Climate change is expected to act as a "threat...
Rising CO2 could cause catastrophic sea level rise finds Antarctic study
Nov 19, 2009 2:35pm
Sea levels could rise by up to 20ft (6m) if the world fails to get pollution under control, according to the latest study in the Antarctic.19 Nov 2009 - The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) found that during past periods of high carbon dioxide, temperatures in Antarctica were up to 6C...
Seychelles struggles to adapt to climate change in a losing battle
Nov 17, 2009 4:06am
UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) -- This season Jacques Matombehad to burn 14,300 U.S. dollars worth of pumpkin that he spent months growing on his farm in Seychelles. There was no other way to stop the disease spreading to his crop."It was out of control," he said, standing in a...
Poor nations vow low-carbon path
Nov 13, 2009 2:47am
Poor countries considered vulnerable to climate change have pledged to embark on moves to a low-carbon future, and challenge richer states to match them.The declaration from the first meeting of a new 11-nation forum calls on rich countries to give 1.5% of their GDP for climate action in the developing...
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