Category: Climate chaos
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
admin /8 August, 2012
ScienceDaily: Severe Weather News The economic cost of increased temperatures: Warming episodes hurt poor countries and limit long-term growth Posted: 07 Aug 2012 08:33 AM PDT Even temporary rises in local temperatures significantly damage long-term economic growth in the world’s developing nations, according to a new study. You are subscribed to email updates fromScienceDaily: Severe Weather Continue Reading →
admin /7 August, 2012
CLIMATE CHANGE??? Manila suffers severe flollowing torrential rainfall and flooding Monsoon rains in capital of Philippines worse than Typhoon Ketsana, which devastated region in 2009 Share50 Email Sunshine Lichauco de Leon in Manila guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 7 August 2012 18.21 BST Residents being evacuated from their homes in Marikina City, east of Manila, which has been Continue Reading →
admin /7 August, 2012
Here comes the sun: chilling verdict on a climate going to extremes James Hansen August 07, 2012 When I testified before the US Senate in the hot summer of 1988, I warned of the kind of future that climate change would bring to us and our planet. I painted a grim picture of the consequences Continue Reading →
admin /7 August, 2012
Scientists monitoring NZ volcano after eruption By New Zealand correspondent Dominique Schwartz, staff Updated August 07, 2012 15:41:25 Photo: Mount Tongariro, pictured prior to an eruption, has erupted, closing roads and disrupting flights in the North Island of New Zealand (www.geonet.org.nz) Audio: Volcanologist Michael Rosenberg discusses Mt Tongariro eruption(ABC News) Map: New Zealand Scientists in Continue Reading →
admin /7 August, 2012
CHRISTINE’S SPEECH TO SENATE Hide Details FROM: NEVILLE GILLMORE TO: Neville Gillmore Message flagged Tuesday, 7 August 2012 1:48 PM Govt votes down Greens’ move to investigate risk posed by rising sea levels 29 Mar 2007 | Christine Milne COMMITTEESEnvironment, Communications, Information Technology and the Arts CommitteeReferenceSpeechSenator MILNE (Tasmania) (10.44 a.m.)-I move: (1) That the Senate Continue Reading →
admin /4 August, 2012
Updating the Climate Science What Path is the Real World Following? Makiko Sato & James Hansen Columbia University web page maintained by Makiko Sato (mhs119@columbia.edu) Our aim is to help people understand global climate change — and how the factors that drive climate are changing. We start with climate diagnostics — people are usually most Continue Reading →
