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 Environmental concerns increasing infectious disease in amphibians, other animals Posted: 18 Jul 2012 11:36 AM PDT Climate change, habitat destruction, pollution and invasive species are all involved in the global crisis of amphibian declines and extinctions, researchers suggest in a new analysis, but increasingly these forces are causing actual mortality in the Continue Reading →
Dumping iron at sea can bury carbon for centuries, study shows Iron fertilisation creates algae blooms that later die off and sink, taking the absorbed carbon deep towards the ocean floor Share62 Email Damian Carrington guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 18 July 2012 18.00 BST Jump to comments (43) A magnified view of the plankton three weeks after Continue Reading →
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Alert Name: CLIMATE CHANGE NEWS July 16, 2012 Compiled: 12:52 AM Focusing Science on the Damage of Fossil Fuel By CHANDRAN NAIR (NYT) We’re masters at finding more fossil fuel. We should be masters at mitigating its damage. More Articles On This Topic » About This E-mail You received this e-mail because you signed up for NYTimes.com’s Continue Reading →
Wave of tornados cut swathe across Poland ABCUpdated July 16, 2012, 8:48 am tweet0 Email Print A freak wave of tornadoes in Poland has left at least one person dead and another 10 injured. Local media said a national park was badly hit by one tornado that was between 800 and 1,000 metres wide. Continue Reading →
Japan floods force massive evacuation Island of Kyushu soaked by downpour for 3 days CBC News Posted: Jul 14, 2012 1:10 PM ET Last Updated: Jul 14, 2012 6:48 PM ET Read 2comments2 At least 20 have died in collapsed buildings or mudslides due to torrential rains in the Fukuoka prefecture of southwestern Japane. (Kyodo/Reuters) Continue Reading →