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
Bird Behavior Indicates Impending Human DemisePatch.comAt Point Reyes Bird Observatory Conservation Science, scientists have modeled the effect of sea level rise on five tidal marsh birds: the clapper rail, black rail, common yellow wren, and john sparrow. Their research shows that the marshlands’ fate …See all stories on this topic »
Extreme Weather Watch: The Effects of Global Warming Are Here Right NowSan Diego Free PressThe National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) is the Nation’s Scorekeeper in terms of addressing severe weather/climate events. The NCDC tracks and evaluates climate events in the U.S. and globally that have great economic and societal impacts. The U.S. …See all stories Continue Reading →
Arctic Sunrise steams into sea ice melt – big picture The Greenpeace vessel has sailed to the furthest extent of the annual sea ice to document the melt. The ice cover has reached its lowest ever recorded extent Share4 Email guardian.co.uk, Friday 14 September 2012 16.30 BST Print this Share Contact us The Arctic Sunrise Continue Reading →
Google Alert – SEA LEVEL RISE Inbox x Google Alerts googlealerts-noreply@google.com 7:36 PM (6 minutes ago) to me News 5 new results for SEA LEVEL RISE Report Lists Costs to Protect Del. Bay Towns from Sea Level RiseWBOC TV 16The retreat methods, deemed the most expensive, involve purchasing property to build a dune and beach Continue Reading →
Vanishing Arctic ice is the planet’s white flag of surrender The planet’s last great global ice melt left a benign and balmy climate in which civilisation was cradled: the new great melting heralds a grave threat to civilisation Share25 Email A webcam at the north pole shows ice cap melting on 22 August 2012. Photograph: Continue Reading →
Arctic sea ice shrinks to smallest extent ever recorded Rate of summer ice melt smashes two previous record lows and prompts warnings of accelerated climate change Share236 Email John Vidal and Adam Vaughan guardian.co.uk, Friday 14 September 2012 16.36 BST Satellite images show that the rapid summer melt has reduced the area of Arctic sea Continue Reading →