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
James Hansen jimehansen@gmail.com via mail111.us2.mcsv.net 7:03 AM (3 hours ago) to me Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. The New Climate Dice Public Perception of Climate Change: the New Climate Dice A paper Perception of Climate Change will be published next week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and is available to Continue Reading →
News Releases Text Size Grow Text SizeShrink Text Size Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Kathryn Hansen Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-1046 kathryn.h.hansen@nasa.gov Nicole Ruediger University of Maryland, Baltimore County 410-455-5791 nruedige@umbc.edu Aug. 2, 2012 RELEASE : 12-262 Dust Dominates Foreign Aerosol Imports to North America WASHINGTON — NASA and university scientists have made the first measurement-based estimate of the amount and Continue Reading →
Green news roundup: Greenland, bike-friendly airlines and threatened manta rays The week’s top environment news stories and green events • If you’re not already receiving this roundup, sign up here to get the briefing delivered to your inbox Environment editor guardian.co.uk, Thursday 2 August 2012 05.53 EDT Environment news • Europe looks to open up Greenland for natural Continue Reading →
FEATURED ON CHANNEL 7 NEWS THIS AFTERNOON/GRAPHIC PICTURES OF DAMAGE FROM SURGING TIDES THREATENING DWELLINGS. Impact of storms on beach erosion: Broadbeach (Gold Coast … Journal of Coastal Research. SI 50. 534 – 539. ICS2007 (Proceedings). Australia. ISSN 0749.0208. Impact of storms on beach erosion: Broadbeach (Gold Coast, … www.griffith.edu.au/conference/ics2007/pdf/ICS102.pdf
Climate change the cause of summer’s extreme weather, Congress told IPCC scientists tell Senate committee drought, wildfires and hurricanes are becoming normal because of climate change Share114 Email Suzanne Goldenberg, US environment correspondent guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 1 August 2012 17.21 BST Oklahoma senator Jim Inhofe, a prominent climate sceptic, told the committe: ‘The global warming movement Continue Reading →
Europe looks to open up Greenland for natural resources extraction Melting of icy surface opens up possibility of extracting rare earth metals and gemstones, but many fear it could destroy the Arctic Share245 Email Fiona Harvey, environment correspondent guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 31 July 2012 11.00 BST Jump to comments (165) European commission chairman, Jose Manuel Barroso, Continue Reading →