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
US reels from worst drought in 50 years Date July 28, 2012 7 reading now 27 Read later Darryl Fears inShare Email article Print WASHINGTON: The worst drought in the US in a half-century has spread, and 76 counties in six Midwestern states have been declared disaster areas as the Obama administration added them to Continue Reading →
Meltwater from Greenland glacier wipes out key crossing Scientists in Kangerlussuaq on western edge of ice sheet film runoff from glacier washing out roads and taking out a tractor Share48 Email Suzanne Goldenberg, US environment correspondent guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 25 July 2012 23.05 BST Jump to comments (208) The gust of warm air that caused the Continue Reading →
ScienceDaily: Earth Science News Climate change linked to ozone loss: May result in more skin cancer Students discover methane seep ecosystem Methane measurements at low level flight: Detection of the greenhouse gas methane in the Arctic Climate change linked to ozone loss: May result in more skin cancer Posted: 26 Jul 2012 11:22 AM PDT Scientists Continue Reading →
ScienceDaily: Oceanography News Students discover methane seep ecosystem Posted: 26 Jul 2012 10:51 AM PDT During a recent oceanographic expedition off San Diego, graduate student researchers discovered convincing evidence of a deep-sea site where methane is likely seeping out of the seafloor, the first such finding off San Diego County. The fin whale, under more threat Continue Reading →
ScienceDaily: Severe Weather News Climate change linked to ozone loss: May result in more skin cancer Posted: 26 Jul 2012 11:22 AM PDT Scientists are warning that a newly-discovered connection between climate change and depletion of the ozone layer over the US could allow more damaging ultraviolet (UV) radiation to reach Earth’s surface, leading to increased Continue Reading →
Loss of Arctic sea ice ‘70% man-made’ Study finds only 30% of radical loss of summer sea ice is due to natural variability in Atlantic – and it will probably get worse Share254 Email Alok Jha, science correspondent The Guardian, Thursday 26 July 2012 Since the 1970s, there has been a 40% decrease in the Continue Reading →