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
ScienceDaily: Earth Science News Tiny airborne pollutants lead double life 250 years of global warming: Berkeley Earth releases new analysis Cooling, not population loss, led to fewer fires after 1500 in New World Tiny airborne pollutants lead double life Posted: 30 Jul 2012 12:50 PM PDT Researchers have provided visual evidence that atmospheric particles separate into Continue Reading →
ScienceDaily: Severe Weather News Chronic 2000-04 drought, worst in 800 years, may be the ‘new normal’ Posted: 29 Jul 2012 11:21 AM PDT The chronic drought that hit western North America from 2000 to 2004 left dying forests and depleted river basins in its wake and was the strongest in 800 years, but those conditions will Continue Reading →
climate code red Climate News Posted: 29 Jul 2012 07:33 PM PDT Week ending 29 July 2012 Global Drought Monitor July 2012 Source: http://drought.mssl.ucl.ac.uk/drought.html Erratic Weather Across Globe Fueling Impending Food Crisishttp://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/07/23-0Common Dreams, July 23, 2012In addition to the ongoing drought in the United States, experts warn that the potential for a worldwide food crisis is heightened Continue Reading →
RE: Climate results turn sceptic: ‘let the evidence change our minds’ 10:17 AM Reply ▼ Andrew Glikson To ‘NEVILLE GILLMORE’ Hotmail Active View 2 attachments (total 977.9 KB) A FIRE SP…pdf Download(566.3 KB) THE GEOLO…pdf Download(411.7 KB) Download all as zip That’s in the laps of the Gods Neville. I append 2 relevant papers reflecting on Continue Reading →
Ocean study reveals carbon not sinking ABCJuly 30, 2012, 9:47 am tweet0 Email Print British and Australian researchers have found that one of the world’s largest carbon sinks, the Southern Ocean, stores carbon differently to first thought. The Southern Ocean contains about 40 per cent of all carbon dioxide emissions absorbed by the Continue Reading →
Climate results turn sceptic: ‘let the evidence change our minds’ Date July 30, 2012 294 reading now 358 Comments 74 Read later Leo Hickman inShare Pin It Email article Print The study found that the Earth’s land has warmed by 1.5 degrees Celsius in the past 250 years. Photo: Justin McManus THE Earth’s land has Continue Reading →