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What's An Environmental Activist To Do?

Posted by plantitfilm on Friday, 04 November 2011 in Climate Change

It's been more than 40 years since the first Earth Day and the founding of the modern environmental movement -- an awakening to the notion that human beings can, and do, have a profound impact on the planet. If Republicans in Congress and on the presidential campaign trail have their way, the nation...

Temperatures Rising found to be Real by Skeptic

Posted by plantitfilm on Sunday, 30 October 2011 in Climate Change

WASHINGTON — A prominent physicist and skeptic of global warming spent two years trying to find out if mainstream climate scientists were wrong. In the end, he determined they were right: Temperatures really are rising rapidly. One of the most prominent global warming skeptics is...

Thoughts of Boris 'Bo' Jr. – A new video blog series from the bloomtrigger project

Posted by bloomtrigger on Tuesday, 25 October 2011 in Climate Change

Thoughts of Boris ‘Bo’ Jr. is a new video blog series from the bloomtrigger project. Juan and Boris will give us regular snippets of information about climate change and deforestation. Not to be missed! http://www.earthprotect.com/animals/bugs/viewvideo/2218/climate-change/thoughts-of-boris-bo-jr-s...

Shifting Attitudes on Global Warming-response

Posted by Wolf on Monday, 24 October 2011 in Climate Change

“Where Did Global Warming Go?” (Sunday Review, Oct. 16) notes that Europe, Australia, China, India and Brazil are all moving ahead with policies to reduce heat-trapping pollution, while most American politicians duck the issue or actively question the reality of the problem. Unfortunately, the arti...

Attenborough's Global Warming Fears

Posted by amir on Monday, 17 October 2011 in Climate Change

Sir David Attenborough has warned that life will get tougher for future generations as they battle the effects of global warming - and revealed how the "natural world" had helped him cope with grief. The natural history presenter, 85, who is back on-screen presenting a BBC1 seven-part ser...

Geek Farmers Gamble on Global Warming

Posted by bchristo on Tuesday, 11 October 2011 in Climate Change

An alliance of data fanatics, geek farmers and high-priests of advanced computing are attempting to crack the code on the business of bad weather. Originally established by a group of Google veterans as WeatherBill, the effort is now known the Climate Corporation and is growing by leaps and bo...

Climate Change A Concern For European Citizens

Posted by Wolf on Saturday, 08 October 2011 in Climate Change

Those who doubt the earth's climate is changing are a diminishing breed in Europe, according to a new survey released Friday. It shows large majorities in the European Union see climate change as a very serious problem – and fighting it as an opportunity to create jobs and boost the economy. ...

Engineers: We have all the tech we need to cut carbon

Posted by CindyJennings on Tuesday, 27 September 2011 in Climate Change

Grist.com article: BY JESS ZIMMERMAN on 26 SEP 2011 1:04 PM Apparently the world's engineers are getting sick of being told that cutting emissions is an engineering problem. Eleven of the biggest engineering organizations have re...

Avoiding Global Warming

Posted by Wolf on Monday, 26 September 2011 in Climate Change

I got a call the other day from some producers I very much admire. They wanted to talk about a series next year on global warming and I thought, why does this subject make me instantly tired? Global warming is important, yes; controversial, certainly; complicated (OK by me); but somehow, even broach...

Canada faces huge global warming costs

Posted by plantitfilm on Friday, 09 September 2011 in Climate Change

OTTAWA — The economic impact of climate change on Canada could climb to billions of dollars per year, according to a study published Thursday by a policy group that advises the Canadian government. The report "Paying the Price: The Economic Impacts of Climate Change for Canada" by the National Round...

Outlook gloomy on global warming

Posted by EarthDude on Monday, 29 August 2011 in Climate Change

Deutsche Bank's head of carbon emissions research Mark Lewis can't see how the world can avoid dangerous global warming - judged as greater than two degrees Celsius - based on the targets agreed at climate change summits in Copenhagen and Cancun. Mr Lewis said a target to restrict global warming to...

Time to Start Work on a Panic Button?

Posted by Aaron on Thursday, 25 August 2011 in Climate Change

For two decades, the world’s governments have failed to meet their own commitment to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide, the main heat-trapping gas. As frustration builds among scientists, some of them have begun to argue for research on a potential last-ditch option in case global warming starts to...

Al Gore Calls BS on Climate Change Doubters

Posted by plantitfilm on Tuesday, 09 August 2011 in Climate Change

The ice caps are still melting, the ozone layer is still disappearing and Al Gore is getting pissed. In a speech at the Aspen Institute last week the former Vice President hid no emotion when he disputed claims that global warming was not happening by repeatedly shouting “bullsh*t.” “They pay ...

US Economy and Rising Seas

Posted by EarthDude on Tuesday, 09 August 2011 in Climate Change

As many of this column’s readers know, I am from the U.S. and have lived in Europe and most recently Canada for the 10 years since getting my Ph.D. at the University of Colorado. While I am no economist (my Ph.D. is in business), I believe that the recent U.S. debt crisis and the complete and ...

Himalaya glaciers shrinking, some may disappear

Posted by amir on Tuesday, 02 August 2011 in Climate Change

Three Himalaya glaciers have been shrinking over the last 40 years due to global warming and two of them, located in humid regions and on lower altitudes in central and east Nepal, may disappear in time to come, researchers in Japan said on Tuesday. Using gl...

Heat Waves Around the US

Posted by EarthDude on Tuesday, 26 July 2011 in Climate Change

Americans withered under yet another day of searing sun Friday as a heat wave spread in earnest into the urban core of the Northeast, while excessive heat warnings stretched from Kansas to Maine and the Carolinas.Temperatures were forecast near or into the triple digits Friday and into the weekend. ...

Northeast Bakes Under Blistering Heat

Posted by kenk on Monday, 25 July 2011 in Climate Change

The ungodly weather that scorched the Midwest of the USA has travelled east, giving the large population centers along the Atlantic coast a chance to experience the skin-frying joy. Temperatures exceeding 100 degrees F (38 C) have lingered for several days. When factoring in humidity and other condi...

Global Warming Panel to Earth's Rescue, on the UN's Dime?

Posted by plantitfilm on Sunday, 24 July 2011 in Climate Change

Hundreds of United Nations global warming scientists have just met in France via Earth-destroying air travel, ironically at a time of unseasonably cool temperatures across France, to once again justify their funding. Apparently the overall temperature of Earth is set to maybe rise 4 degrees Fa...

New research reveals soil microbes accelerate global warming

Posted by bchristo on Monday, 18 July 2011 in Climate Change

More carbon dioxide in the atmosphere causes soil to release the potent greenhouse gases methane and nitrous oxide, new research published in this week's edition of Nature reveals. "This feedback to our changing atmosphere means that nature is not as efficient in slowing global warming as we previou...

Global Warming is a Global Problem

Posted by EarthDude on Wednesday, 13 July 2011 in Climate Change

Citizens of developed economies are used to being shielded from the environmental or human impacts of the products and services they use every day. We have "clever" marketing people to thank for this ignorance. We don't think about a coalmine or gas plant when we flick a light switch. All we s...