published December 13, 2010 and has No Comments
Photo: alancleaver_2000 , Flickr, CC You may remember a few of the more unfortunate extreme weather events of 2010: There was the terrible heat wave that hit Russia, and lead to deaths by heat exhaustion in Moscow. Shortly after, there was tragic, unprecedented flooding in Pakistan. Those were but two weather-related events in what is apparently a record-breaking year ...
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published December 10, 2010 and has No Comments
Photo credit: Jim Dougherty, Sierra Club This week, I'm happy to introduce Justin Guay of the Sierra Club's International Climate Program, who is in Cancun at the international climate negotiations. He helped write this post to explain more of the important work happening over the past two weeks. The Sierra Club has been busy building the momentum, and pressure ...
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published December 10, 2010 and has No Comments
The blue areas in this image represent changes in elevation of the ice sheet from 2003-2006; the grey areas represent no change in elevation. Image: NASA Goddard Photo and Video / Creative Commons . We've all heard that the Greenland Ice Sheet is melting and that should it disappear completely some really dr... Read the full story on TreeHugger ...
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published December 10, 2010 and has No Comments
It's a predictable cycle that goes something like this: Scientists' research unearths new findings about ecology or human health that prove inconvenient to corporate interests. Industry ignores it. The body of research grows. Corporations bankroll (directly or indirectly) 'experts' to attempt to discredit research in Congressional hearings and other public venues. Conf... Read the full story on TreeHugger
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published December 10, 2010 and has No Comments
Image credit: Friends of the Earth UK While some see it as the only viable way to curb our carbon emissions, and there is evidence that the EU's carbon trading scheme has helped reduce emissions , the fact that the global carbon market has grown to over $136 billion has some people worried. Very worried. Given the ongoing fall ...
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published December 10, 2010 and has No Comments
Image courtesy of Practical Action Ninety years from now, your London-going grandchildren may be jealous that you didn't have to strap on a snorkel to visit Big Ben, Parliament, London Bridge, and Canary Wharf. That's the forecast from Practical Action , the development charity behind the London Underground Map 2100 . Any area in blue is predicted to be ...
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published December 9, 2010 and has No Comments
Photo: Abeeeer , Flickr I present to you the United States of America -- the wealthiest, most prosperous nation on the planet. It is a nation whose storied tradition of embracing science -- we put the first man on the moon, dammit -- that has helped foster its prosperity. Now, this great nation, which has revolutionized information and clean ...
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published December 7, 2010 and has No Comments
At the moment, I can't think of a profession I'm less envious of than that of the American climate scientist. Consider: The climate science community's years of meticulous study, research, data collection and modeling -- not to mention its cautious, much-deliberated-over policy guidelines -- are met with what? Certainly not our thanks. Nope, instead, climate scientists... Read the full story ...
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published December 7, 2010 and has No Comments
As you're likely aware, man-caused climate change is already well underway, and its impacts are being felt by individuals around the world right now. But one of the problems we have in galvanizing action to address the issue here in the US is just that: The wor... Read the full story on TreeHugger
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published December 7, 2010 and has No Comments
Image credit: Matthew McDermott , used under Creative Commons license. (This photo was taken in Copenhagen, not Cancún.) From a point-by-point debunking of his slideshows , to the House of Lords telling him to stop using their emblem , Lord Monckton is one of ... Read the full story on TreeHugger
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