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
World will warm faster than predicted in next five years, study warns New estimate based on the forthcoming upturn in solar activity and El Niño southern oscillation cycles is expected to silence global warming sceptics Duncan Clark guardian.co.uk, Monday 27 July 2009 15.39 BST larger | smaller Article history The world faces record-breaking temperatures Continue Reading →
Community will pay so polluters keep pollutingTuesday 28 July 2009The proposed doubling of handouts to the coal sector under the ContinuePolluting Regardless Scheme will see householders and small businessesface higher costs and a worse climate crisis so that polluters can keeppolluting, the Australian Greens said today.“Mr Rudd’s climate plans are already a polluter’s paradise, but Continue Reading →
Act now on climate change or pay later: expert Posted 7 hours 48 minutes ago The Climate Change Institute in Canberra has warned that Australia must think beyond the emissions trading scheme, if it wants to have an impact on global warming. Climate change experts are meeting at a summit at the Australian National University Continue Reading →
Rudd won’t assist Pacific climate issue Updated: 09:55, Monday July 27, 2009 The Rudd government has been accused of running incoherent policy by refusing to assist Pacific nations in dealing with the dire consequences of climate change. Two reports are scathing about Australia’s attitude towards neighbours who face the dislocation of millions of people by Continue Reading →
Meltdown is a warning the world can’t afford to ignore Robin McKie, science editor The Observer, Sunday 26 July 2009 Article history The release of America’s spy satellite images of Arctic sea ice provides unexpected, dramatic new evidence about the dangers of global warming. These visions of dwindling ice cover confirm that changes in Continue Reading →
July 22, 2009, 5:03 pm Caribbean Reefs Face Severe Summer Threat By Andrew C. Revkin Apture™ Coral reefs in a broad swath of the Caribbean face a substantial risk of severe bleaching and die-offs through October, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said on Wednesday in its latest Coral Reef Watch report. Similar conditions may Continue Reading →