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
Study Says Warming Poses Peril to Asia By THOMAS FULLER Published: April 26, 2009 With diminished rice harvests, seawater seeping into aquifers and islands vanishing into rising oceans, Southeast Asia will be among the regions worst affected by global warming, according to a report scheduled for release on Monday by the Asian Development Bank. Continue Reading →
Op-Ed Columnist Moore’s Law and the Law of More By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN Published: April 25, 2009 It is not an exaggeration to say that the team that President Obama appointed to promote his green agenda is nothing short of outstanding — a great combination of scientists and policy makers committed to building an Continue Reading →
Nicholas Stern: We must not give in to pessimism The author of the Stern Review was upbeat in a talk given to promote his new book, A Blueprint for a Safer Planet. Lord Nicholas Stern urged people to be optimistic. “The one way of guaranteeing to fail is to assume that we will.” Photograph: Continue Reading →
Threat to European biodiversity ‘as serious as climate change’ Most of Europe’s species and habitats are in poor condition and the risk of extinction continues to rise, environment chiefs are to warn at a major biodiversity conference in Athens this week Juliette Jowit guardian.co.uk, Friday 24 April 2009 16.53 BST Article history The Continue Reading →
Groups See Added Risks From Change in Climate By CORNELIA DEAN Published: April 24, 2009 The effects of climate change, especially rising seas, threaten trillions of dollars’ worth of coastal property, and flood-hazard maps, zoning laws, building codes and insurance rates in the United States do not accurately reflect the risk, an unusual coalition of Continue Reading →
The sun’s cooling down – so what does that mean for us? Digg it Laura Spinney The Guardian, Thursday 23 April 2009 Article history Region 486 that unleashed a record flare on the sun. Photograph: NASA/Getty Images The sun’s activity is winding down, triggering fevered debate among scientists about how low it will go, and Continue Reading →