September 23, 2013 Commentary It’s time to connect the dots between rising sea levels and rebuilding This Oct. 30, 2012 aerial file photo shows flooding on the New Jersey shoreline caused by Superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/U.S. Air Force, Master Sgt. Mark C. Olsen, File) By Chris Sturm, of NJ Future Follow E-mail Share Facebook Twitter Continue Reading →
Mud Volcano? Weird Island Appears After Pakistan Earthquake Becky Oskin, OurAmazingPlanet Staff Writer | September 24, 2013 06:28pm ET 612 94 5 Share 1 The highest intensity shaking is marked in orange, near the epicenter of the Sept. 24 Pakistan earthquake. Credit: USGS View full size image A new island emerged from the ocean offshore Continue Reading →
Antarctica’s underwater ice loss is more significant that scientists thought Sea ice loss remains a concern. Science Recorder | Rick Docksai | Wednesday, September 25, 2013 Antarctica’s ice shelves have an “Achilles’ heel,” and it’s the melting that’s taking place beneath the surface, not on the surface, according to an international climate study newly Continue Reading →
Commonwealth customers: It’s time to divest Inbox x Charlie Wood – 350.org Australia <charlie@350.org> 12:52 PM (1 hour ago) to me Images are not displayed. Display images below – Always display images from charlie@350.org Dear friend, Have you heard? Prime Minister Tony Abbott wants to change the law so that consumers like you and me can’t run divestment Continue Reading →
Is climate change already dangerous? (4): Tipping points and climate modelling by David Spratt Fourth in a series A tipping point may be understood as a step change, or passing of a critical threshold, in a major earth-climate system component, where a small perturbation (a small push or change) unleashes a bigger change in the Continue Reading →
Wind and Rain Belts to Shift North as Planet Warms: Redistribution of Rainfall Could Make Middle East, Western US and Amazonia Drier Sep. 23, 2013 — As humans continue to heat the planet, a northward shift of Earth’s wind and rain belts could make a broad swath of regions drier, including the Middle East, American Continue Reading →