How climate change climbed up the business agenda The problem is not just an issue for activists, as extreme weather events put sustainability centre stage for business Share 1 inShare0 Email Brendan LeBlanc Guardian Professional, Saturday 15 June 2013 02.21 AEST Jump to comments (2) At its peak last summer, the North American drought crippled Continue Reading →
11 June 2013, 2.35pm EST Explainer: how much carbon can the world’s forests absorb? You are walking through the bush when you see an enormous tree trunk, tens of metres long, lying across the forest floor. Imagine you and several dozen friends lifting it by hand. Now you’ve literally grasped the significance of trees and forests Continue Reading →
The same could be said for Australia Colorado is burning as climate change extends wildfire season By John Upton Phillip StewartSmoke from the Black Forest Fire. Hellish wildfires are ravaging parts of Colorado. Thousands of people have been evacuated and at least 360 homes have been destroyed by the Black Forest Fire, currently burning northeast Continue Reading →
Weird weather might just wake feeble politicians up to climate change Meteorologists are debating our role in bizarre weather events. We have the technology for change, but not the political will Share 30 inShare2 Email Zoe Williams guardian.co.uk, Friday 14 June 2013 19.02 AEST Jump to comments (266) Residents of St. Asaph, north Wales, make Continue Reading →
Is a Sleeping Climate Giant Stirring in the Arctic? Permafrost zones occupy nearly a quarter of the exposed land area of the Northern Hemisphere. NASA’s Carbon in Arctic Reservoirs Vulnerability Experiment is probing deep into the frozen lands above the Arctic Circle in Alaska to measure emissions of the greenhouse gases carbon dioxide and methane Continue Reading →
Nanoparticle Opens the Door to Clean-Energy Alternatives June 13, 2013 — Cheaper clean-energy technologies could be made possible thanks to a new discovery. Led by Raymond Schaak, a professor of chemistry at Penn State University, research team members have found that an important chemical reaction that generates hydrogen from water is effectively triggered — or Continue Reading →