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U of C Physicist Outlines Last-Ditch Efforts To Save The Earth

September 2nd, 2009 at 8:22 pm » Comments (0)

Giant Space Mirrors. Isn’t it worth a try to help reduce emissons.
Risky and unorthodox technologies such as giant space mirrors or capturing CO2 from the ambient air may be required backups to blunt the effects of climate change if emission reductions prove to be too little, too late, says a new report from the Royal [...]



Plastic In Oceans Leaches Toxic Chemicals

August 21st, 2009 at 8:28 am » Comments (0)

Amidst waves and wildlife in the world’s oceans, billions of pounds of Styrofoam, water bottles, fishing wire and other plastic products float in endless circles.
 



NASA Wants To Move The Earth

August 11th, 2009 at 6:08 pm » Comments (0)

Move the planet… now I heard everything
Scientists have found an unusual way to prevent our planet overheating: move it to a cooler spot.



Cloud Ships: Cost Effective Way To Tackle Climate Change

August 7th, 2009 at 12:03 pm » Comments (0)

A flotilla of 1,900 ships would cruise the Pacific creating clouds to reduce ocean warming
Special ships that create clouds by spraying seawater into the air could be the most cost effective way of tackling climate change, new research has found.
 



The US Lags Behind World In Understanding Climate Change

August 6th, 2009 at 1:03 pm » Comments (0)

Dire forecasts of the damage climate change will do keep rolling in. Scientists keep warning anyone who’ll listen, sometimes at the top of their lungs. Bloggers keep on blogging. But evidently, the message just isn’t getting through to Americans. In a recent poll, Americans find climate change to be the lowest priority out of any [...]



Global Warming Stopped?

July 25th, 2009 at 6:40 pm » Comments (0)

The article maybe a little crazy but it has some cool charts. Ahh got to love charts.
Ezra Klein, Kevin Drum, and Ryan Avent all have posts up that attack George Will’s statement that “If you’re 29, there has been no global warming for your entire adult life.” Kevin Drum describes this as “idiotic,” Ryan as [...]



New Method Makes CO2 Capture More Efficient And Cleaner

July 23rd, 2009 at 9:35 am » Comments (0)

Molecular modeling of CO2 capture by an ionic liquid membrane.
Separating carbon dioxide from its polluting source, such as the flue gas from a coal-fired power plant, may soon become cleaner and more efficient.
 



New Study Suggests Scientists Predictions On Global Warming Might Be Wrong

July 16th, 2009 at 2:06 pm » Comments (0)

Scientists’ best predictions about global warming might be incorrect
No one knows exactly how much Earth’s climate will warm due to carbon emissions, but a new study this week suggests scientists’ best predictions about global warming might be incorrect.
 



Global Warming 55 Million Years Ago Remains A Worrying Mystery

July 14th, 2009 at 10:58 am » Comments (0)

Close up of a melting glacier
A runaway spurt of global warming 55 million years ago turned Earth into a hothouse but how this happened remains worryingly unclear, scientists said.
 



Cows Bred To Burp Less Will Reduce Greenhouse Gases

June 23rd, 2009 at 10:15 am » Comments (0)

Cow burps are responsible for nearly three-quarters of methane emissions  
A prototype cow which burps less is being bred in a breakthrough that could reduce a big source of the greenhouse gases responsible for global warming.



Time Lapse Videos Of Changes To The Earth

May 30th, 2009 at 9:14 pm » Comments (0)

Earth changes seen threw the lens of a time lapse camera
Over the past decade, the number of people on Earth shot up by more than 13 percent, to nearly 6.8 billion people. To make room for all the hungry, breeding, CO2-emitting bodies on our small planet, we’ve ravaged Earth’s surface with staggering feats of deforestation, [...]



Global Carbon Dioxide Expected To Increase 39% By 2030

May 29th, 2009 at 8:05 am » Comments (0)

 CO2 expected to increase
Global carbon dioxide emissions are set to rise 39 percent by 2030 as energy consumption surges in the developing world, notably in Asian giants China and India, the United States warned.



Horrific Amount of Deforestation in the Amazon from 2000-2008

May 29th, 2009 at 6:57 am » Comments (0)

Only Remnants of the Rainforest Remain

NASA’s Earth Observatory has some amazing satellite photos of the deforestation of the Amazonian rainforest over the past 8 years. At the link, click on the years posted below the picture to see the progression.
The state of Rondônia in western Brazil is one of the most deforested parts of the [...]



Global Warming May Result In Cooling Of Southeastern US

May 19th, 2009 at 7:07 pm » Comments (0)

To be honest when its 120 degrees outside in the Southern summer a cool down really does not  sound so bad
Global warming may include some periods of local cooling, according to a new study by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley. Results from satellite and ground-based sensor data show that sweltering summers can, paradoxically, [...]



Land Rising In Alaska As Glaciers Melt

May 18th, 2009 at 1:26 pm » Comments (0)

Glaciers around Juneau are receding 30 feet or more each year. 
Global warming conjures images of rising seas that threaten coastal areas. But in Juneau, as almost nowhere else in the world, climate change is having the opposite effect: As the glaciers here melt, the land is rising, causing the sea to retreat.



Climate Change Biggest Health Threat This Century

May 17th, 2009 at 12:19 pm » Comments (0)

Doctors warn of risks of climate change for the first time  
Climate change is the biggest health threat facing doctors this century, the first medical assessment of the dangers of global warming has warned.



Spiders Getting Bigger

May 6th, 2009 at 3:57 pm » Comments (0)

Giant meat eating spiders Ahh! Way to go global warming
As if global warming isn’t giving us enough to worry about, now scientists say it could lead to bigger-and possibly more-spiders of at least one species.
A group of Danish scientists wondered whether global warming would make the hairy, meat-eating wolf spiders of northeastern Greenland bigger, since [...]



Is This A Bear Or Bull Climate?

May 3rd, 2009 at 8:38 am » Comments (0)

 The big global temperature picture.
In a world first, we apply technical analysis to the climate.  Could another large human institution dependent on complex models be headed for its ‘Lehman Bros’ moment?



Studies: Pollution Is Slowing Down Global Warming

April 22nd, 2009 at 6:00 pm » Comments (0)

 
Pollution slowing global warming
The first study found that the hole in the ozone layer, caused by the use of CFCs, has prevented the melting of Antarctica even as the rest of the world warms.



EPA Declares Greenhouse Emissions Endanger Human Health

April 17th, 2009 at 11:16 am » Comments (0)

Total U.S. greenhouse gas emissions were 7,282 million metric tons carbon dioxide equivalent in 2007, an increase of 1.4 percent from the 2006 level.The U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency on Friday declared that greenhouse gas emissions like carbon dioxide endanger human health and welfare, clearing the way for possible U.S. regulation.



BOTTOMFEEDER: How to Eat Ethically in a World of Vanishing Seafood

April 15th, 2009 at 7:36 am » Comments (0)

Bottomfeeder: How to Eat Ethically in a World of Vanishing Seafood by Taras Grescoe opens with a horrifyingly poetic description of a monkfish as the “Quasimodo of the Atlantic” whose “uncooked flesh, especially the liver can be virtually ambulant with marine worms”.
The book goes on in squirm-inducing detail to educate readers about why we shouldn’t [...]



UpCycling: Even Better Than ReCycling!

April 13th, 2009 at 8:46 am » Comments (0)

Before ReCycling Try UpCycling

The recyclers are out in force. Whether it’s using a local recycle centre or a council-provided green bin, it’s never been easier to get your household waste processed back into useful raw materials. But that takes energy – and why spend that energy when this “rubbish” can be turned into something useful [...]



‘Kyoto Box’ Solar Powered Cooker Wins Climate Prize

April 9th, 2009 at 3:32 pm » Comments (0)

Kyoto Box 
A $6 cardboard box that uses solar power to cook food, sterilize water and could help 3 billion poor people cut greenhouse gases, has won a $75,000 prize for ideas to fight global warming.



‘Ice That Burns’ May Provide Clean, Sustainable Fuel For The Future

March 24th, 2009 at 2:50 pm » Comments (0)

 
‘Ice that burns’ – gas hydrates
In the future, natural gas derived from chunks of ice that workers collect from beneath the ocean floor and beneath the arctic permafrost may fuel cars, heat homes, and power factories. Government researchers are reporting that these so-called “gas hydrates,” a frozen form of natural gas that bursts into flames [...]



EPA’s Most Wanted List

March 14th, 2009 at 2:56 pm » Comments (0)

The EPA’s most-wanted fugitive list is filled with people who smuggled ozone-depleters, dumped toxins into the water supply, and committed other criminal acts of despoilment (The EPA notes: “Do not attempt to apprehend any of these individuals”). Alas, there are no senior execs from Fortune 100 chemical companies who dump millions of gallons of petroleum [...]