The atmosphere is to the earth as a layer of varnish is to a desktop globe. It is thin, fragile and essential for preserving the items on the surface.150 years of burning fossil fuel have overloaded the atmosphere to the point where the earth is ill. It now has a fever. Read the detailed article, Soothing Gaia’s Fever for an evocative account of that analogy. The items listed here detail progress on coordinating 6.5 billion people in the most critical project undertaken by humanity.Â
Climate change deniers claim they’re censored. What hypocrites Anthony Watts, sceptic and scourge of climate change science, has used copyright laws to censor an opponent One of the allegations made repeatedly by climate change deniers is that they are being censored. There’s just one problem with this claim: they have yet to produce a single Continue Reading →
Global poll finds 73% want higher priority for climate change Britons among the most enthusiastic about action to stop global warming, while Americans among least willing to put environment first, according to global public opinion poll Suzanne Goldenberg, US environment correspondent guardian.co.uk, Thursday 30 July 2009 10.49 BST Article history Residents walk down a Continue Reading →
Human activity is driving Earth’s ‘sixth great extinction event’ Population growth, pollution and invasive species are having a disastrous effect on species in the southern hemisphere, a major review by conservationists warns Ian Sample, science correspondent guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 28 July 2009 19.24 BST Article history The leatherback turtle is endangered – but scientific reports expose Continue Reading →
Climate change clouds fate of ancient Polish woods Reuters July 29, 2009, 10:16 am BIALOWIEZA, Poland (Reuters) – Europe’s last ancient forest, home to its largest herd of bison, faces an uncertain future because of climate change, but residents worry that tougher conservation efforts will damage the local economy. The 150,000-hectare (380,000-acre) Bialowieza Primeval Continue Reading →
A force of nature: our influential Anthropocene period What humanity does has important consequences, so we must manage our global life-support system Simon Lewis guardian.co.uk, Thursday 23 July 2009 20.00 BST larger | smaller Article history We live in epoch-making times. I mean this literally, rather than as a tool to dramatise the Continue Reading →
China’s three biggest power firms emit more carbon than Britain, says report Greenpeace report names top three polluters and calls for tax on coal to improve efficiency and encourage switch to renewables Tania Branigan in Beijing guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 28 July 2009 10.38 BST Article history A cyclist rides past a China Huaneng Group power plant Continue Reading →