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
More disaster zones declared in NSW Updated: 07:36, Wednesday March 14, 2012 As Hay Shire, in NSW’s southwest, braces for fresh flooding, four more natural disaster zones have been declared across the state. Four more natural disaster zones were declared on Tuesday, bringing the total to 53 out of NSW’s 152 local government areas. The Continue Reading →
So Neville – what is the price of the Earth? The root cause of global warming has been long established, by the mid-20th century, and to date more than 500 billion tons of carbon have been/continue to be released into the atmosphere through greenhouse gas emissions and land clearing. Further research is not going to Continue Reading →
Climate change research is costing Australian taxpayers by: Gemma Jones From:The Daily Telegraph March 05, 201212:11AM 25 comments 1 MILLIONS of dollars in government research funding is being ploughed into studies of emotion in climate change messages, ancient economic life in Italy and the history of the moon. Studies of sleeping snails and determining if Continue Reading →
Oil exploration: too high a price Deepwater may cost BP $40bn in damages, but the oil industry hasn’t learned its lesson Share36 reddit this Comments (81) Damian Carrington guardian.co.uk, Thursday 1 March 2012 20.30 GMT Article history The 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster was the US’s worst ever offshore oil spill. Photograph: Ho/Reuters As a symbol Continue Reading →
Death threats, intimidation and abuse: climate change scientist Michael E. Mann counts the cost of honesty Research by Michael E. Mann confirmed the reality of global warming. Little did he know that it would also expose him to a vicious hate campaign Share271 reddit this Robin McKie guardian.co.uk, Saturday 3 March 2012 11.32 GMT Article Continue Reading →
ScienceDaily (Dec. 8, 2011) — A groundbreaking study led by University of Miami (UM) scientist Shimon Wdowinski shows that earthquakes, including the recent 2010 temblors in Haiti and Taiwan, may be triggered by tropical cyclones (hurricanes and typhoons), according to a presentation of the findings at the 2011 AGU Fall Meeting in San Francisco. See Continue Reading →