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
Ice Sheet Disintegration Ice sheet change is expected to be a “slow” climate feedback. How rapidly ice sheets can disintegrate is one of the most uncertain and imporant climate issues. The dominant physical process causing ice sheet disintegration may be absorption of heat by the ocean (due to an increasing greenhouse effect), resulting melting Continue Reading →
News 9 new results for volcanoes Blast shakes restless volcano in remote Aleutian IslandsTheNewsTribune.comCleveland Volcano, 940 miles southwest of Anchorage in the Aleutian Islands, may have blown off its lava dome and probably burped up a small amount of ash in an explosion late Wednesday, scientists say. Meanwhile, volcanologists are monitoring …See all stories on Continue Reading →
Sea Level Sea level change is an important climate diagnostic. However, interpretation of the moderate rate of sea level rise of the past century is complicated by the fact that several competing processes contribute to net sea level change. The most important processes are melting of land ice (the large ice sheets on Greenland Continue Reading →
James Hansen jimehansen@gmail.com via mail39.us1.mcsv.net 1:38 PM (59 minutes ago) to me Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. TED Talk My TED talk is available at the TED website, on YouTube or from my website. Powerpoint charts will be made available soon on my website. ~Jim Unsubscribe nevilleg729@gmail.com from this list | Continue Reading →
Five grotty train stations set for sale to the private sector by: EXCLUSIVE by Rhys Haynes From:The Daily Telegraph March 09, 201212:00AM 49 comments 4 FIVE of Sydney’s overcrowded and grubby train stations could be handed over to the private sector for redevelopment. The state government is considering a radical proposal to “bundle” five CBD Continue Reading →
Comment is free Cif America Series: Guardian Comment Network Previous | Next | Index Why the energy industry is so invested in climate change denial The world most’s profitable companies are valued by their carbon reserves – never mind the resulting ruin to the planet Share 457 reddit this Comments (427) Bill McKibben for TomDispatch, Continue Reading →