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
Methane from Arctic permafrost is the most feared tipping point Published September 1, 2012 | By John James These reports on thawing Siberian permafrost are signs that the tipping point may have been reached. This is when through feedback there is no stopping runaway global heating. They are chilling because methane is more than twenty Continue Reading →
More severe weather events/ severe flooding in England , heat and wildfires in the US. Our turn will come next summer. Hundreds battle fires threatening coastal Spain By Europe correspondent Rachael Brown, wires Updated 18 minutes ago Photo: About 800 emergency workers, assisted by 31 planes and helicopters, are battling the blaze near Marbella. Continue Reading →
Carbon release from collapsing coastal permafrost in Arctic Siberia Posted: 30 Aug 2012 07:53 AM PDT A new study shows that an ancient and large carbon pool held in a less-studied form of permafrost (“Yedoma”) is thaw-released along the approximately 7000-kilometer desolate coast of northernmost Siberian Arctic.
Heavy rain causes chaos as summer confirmed as wettest in 100 years Train derailed and people forced from homes by latest instances of bad weather in extraordinarily damp year Share63 Email Helen Nugent guardian.co.uk, Thursday 30 August 2012 17.54 BST Jump to comments (96) A commuter train on its way to Sellafield nuclear plant was Continue Reading →
Climate News Posted: 11 Aug 2012 08:13 PM PDT Week ending 12 August 2012 Extensive melt over the Greenland Ice Sheet. This figure shows the daily, cumulative area of the Greenland ice sheet showing surface melt for 2012, 2011, 2010 and for the 1980 to 1999 mean. While melt was unusually extensive through May and Continue Reading →
Greenpeace head urges climate consensus Daniel Fogarty, AAPAugust 12, 2012, 2:40 pm tweet0 Email Print Australia faces serious trouble from climate change unless our politicians can reach consensus on the issue and lead the global fight to reduce emissions, the new CEO of Greenpeace says. David Ritter has urged Opposition Leader Tony Abbott to Continue Reading →