Managing director of Ebono Institute and major sponsor of The Generator, Geoff Ebbs, is running against Kevin Rudd in the seat of Griffith at the next Federal election. By the expression on their faces in this candid shot it looks like a pretty dull campaign. Read on
Remote Siberian lake holds clues to Arctic — and Antarctic — climate change Posted: 21 Jun 2012 04:59 PM PDT Intense warm climate intervals — warmer than scientists thought possible — have occurred in the Arctic over the past 2.8 million years. That result comes from the first analyses of the longest sediment cores ever Continue Reading →
Gulf of Mexico ‘dead zone’ predictions feature uncertainty Posted: 21 Jun 2012 08:34 AM PDT Scientists are predicting that this year’s Gulf of Mexico hypoxic zone could range from a low of approximately 1,197 square miles to as much as 6,213 square miles. The wide range is the result of using two different forecast models. Continue Reading →
Top predators key to extinctions as planet warms Posted: 21 Jun 2012 12:15 PM PDT Global warming may cause more extinctions than predicted if scientists fail to account for interactions among species in their models, researchers argue in a new article. Arctic climate more vulnerable than thought, maybe linked to Antarctic ice-sheet behavior Posted: 21 Continue Reading →
Interactive map of C02 emissions per capita Published June 22, 2012 | By John James Fascinating, invaluable Full interactive map may be found here.
Coal, Renewable Energy’s Dirty Step Child Posted: 21 Jun 2012 02:52 PM PDT The war on coal is environmentally sound but the lack of subtlety in getting rid of this dirty energy step child is destructive and natural gas would eventually triumph over coal without hard-hitting regulations. On 20 June, a resolution in the US Continue Reading →
Alert Name: CLIMATE CHANGE NEWS June 22, 2012 Compiled: 1:18 AM The Earth in 2050 By MIKHAIL GORBACHEV, JANE GOODALL, PARKER LIAUTAUD, JAMIE OLIVER and PHILIPPE COUSTEAU Jr. (NYT) Will the planet be a better or worse place halfway through the 21st century? We put the question to five world-watchers. Going Green By JOHN ELKINGTON Continue Reading →