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
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News 1 new result for ACECRC’s Report Card: Sea Level Rise 2012 Coastal flooding may rise 2000-foldThe AustralianCo-author of Report Card: Sea Level Rise 2012 and ACECRC sea–level rise expert John Hunter said there would be an average 300-fold increase in coastal flooding nationally by 2100. “This means that a (coastal flooding) event which presently Continue Reading →
Sea level rise planning clause dumped by: Vikki Campion Urban Affairs Reporter From:The Daily Telegraph July 04, 201212:22PM 0 THOUSANDS of coastal property owners have been given relief after their council dumped a controversial clause on planning documents which labelled their homes as in danger of sea level rise. Residents said the message devalued properties Continue Reading →
Scientists say ongoing weather extremes offer proof of climate change Record-shattering heatwaves, wildfires and freak storms are a sampling of what is to come in 2012 and a window to the future Share52 Email Suzanne Goldenberg, US environment correspondent guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 3 July 2012 18.01 BST Brookston in Minnesota is among scores of places across Continue Reading →
Arctic sea-ice takes a nose dive Posted: 03 Jul 2012 12:40 AM PDT Neven Acropolis, a Climate Progress cross-post Arctic sea ice area for June in recent years. Source: Cryosphere Today If you want to mislead people into thinking that there is nothing weird going on in the Arctic, you have to do it during Continue Reading →
Sharp rise in sea levels to Australia’s north: report July 3, 2012 – 10:30AM Read later Leading Australian scientists have firmed their view on the rate of sea-level rise, in the latest snapshot of this climate change problem. Over the past 50 years, the global average rise of 1.9 millimetres a year measured in tide Continue Reading →