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Cleaner air from tackling climate change ‘would save millions of lives’ The benefits of a reduction in air pollution alone justify action on climate change, say the authors of a new report Share 2 inShare4 Email Damian Carrington theguardian.com, Monday 23 September 2013 03.00 AEST Researchers found that 300,000-700,000 premature deaths a year could be Continue Reading →
climate code red Is climate change already dangerous? (3) Consequences from current greenhouse gas levels Posted: 21 Sep 2013 08:23 PM PDT by David Spratt Third in a series Danger from implied temperature increase The current level of atmospheric CO2 only is sufficient to increase the global temperature at equilibrium by +1.5°C, based on the Continue Reading →
Briefing A look at global population trends Too many people is a big problem, but too few is a concern as well. By Dan Murphy, Staff writer / September 21, 2013 Aline Burasa (holding child) lives in Goma, Congo, with her six children. Her husband is a park ranger. Sub-Saharan Africa has the world’s highest birthrate. Continue Reading →
The New York Times Op-Ed Columnist Mother Nature and the Middle Class By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN Published: September 21, 2013 2 Comments IF you fell asleep 30 years ago, woke up last week and quickly scanned the headlines in Iran and Egypt you could be excused for saying, “I didn’t miss a thing.” The military Continue Reading →
climate code red Is global warming in a hiatus? Not if you measure global heat content Posted: 20 Sep 2013 05:11 PM PDT by Prof. Andy Pitman, via The Conversation Prof. Any Pitman, Univ. of NSW On September 27 2013 the 5th Assessment Report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) will be released. Continue Reading →