Tutti i temi: Cambiamento climatico

30.12.2006 from AutoblogGreen:
Monocultures aren't just damaging to biological systems, but to any system.

30.12.2006 from Gristmill:
'My view is that the statements of the scientific community (as represented by the IPCC assessments) are remarkably sound and not at all "oversold",' claims atmospheric scientist Andrew Dessler.

28.12.2006 from The Energy Blog:
The bird-protection society "strongly supports wind power as a clean alternative energy source," pointing to the link between global warming and the birds and other wildlife that scientist say it will kill.

24.12.2006 from Treehugger:
The potential environmental effects of European and other countries adopting the U.S. norm of longer work hours has significant implications for global climate change.

23.12.2006 from It's the Planet, Stupid! blog:
The idea is simply for anyone to find out just how dependent we all are on fossil fuels.

22.12.2006 from Stoat blog:
A bold new initiative from the Natural Environment Research Council. Trouble is, the 'panel of experts' don't seem to be responding.

22.12.2006 from marklynas.org blog:
'My Grand Total is about a sixth of the UK average of approximately 9400kg. But before I get too smug, there are a couple of major catches...'

21.12.2006 from Treehugger:
For generations, children have been threatened with coal in their stocking as punishment for being naughty—but giving kids, and all of us, coal fired power plants is a punishment that can last 40 years or more. The Union of Concerned Scientists is asking supporters for help.

21.12.2006 Aasian talouskasvu lisää moottoriliikennettä, mikä puolestaan nostaa kasvihuonepäästöjen määrää ja heikentää ilmanlaatua, todetaan Aasian kehityspankin tutkimuksissa. Tähän päivään asti polkupyörä on ollut Aasiassa huomattavasti yleisempi näky kuin auto. Talouskasvun myötä tilanne on nopeasti muuttumassa.

20.12.2006 from Treehugger blog:
Rudolph, his team and famous driver, may be unable to make a successful lift-off this year, due to the melting of his runway.

19.12.2006 from grownupgreen:
A new government report addresses how the theory of carbon trading might work in practice.

19.12.2006 from Bill Totten's Weblog:
Greenhouse gases generated by British aviation could be far higher than the government's published figures.

18.12.2006 from It's the Environment, Stupid blog:
'If we (the global 'we') just sit back and let China and India continue on the old-school-technology-pollute-then-clean-up-later development track, while letting the US slide on taking any responsibility in the mean time, we (the global 'we' again) are screwed.'

15.12.2006 from What's Next In Science & Technology:
Climate change mitigation strategies that promote planting trees have been naive. To prevent climate change, we must focus on effective strategies and not just ‘feel-good’ ones.

14.12.2006 from It's the Environment, Stupid blog:
Insurance companies' motives are focused on reducing their loss on payouts rather than reducing the amount of human suffering, but they realise that smarter, adaptive focused policies must become more of a part of the greater climate change dialogue....or else.

13.12.2006 from Oil Change blog:
A carbon rationing scheme could come into operation within five years. But will it actually change peoples’ behaviour?

13.12.2006 from marklynas.org blog:
New models suggest that Arctic sea ice will vanish more quickly than anyone had realised. This could trigger serious positive feedbacks.

12.12.2006 from marklynas.org blog:
What are these creatures doing, eating Mark's broccoli in December?

12.12.2006 With only 11 per cent of the earth’s surface considered prime land for feeding a global population expected to reach 8.2 billion by 2020, early warning systems for climate change are crucial in fighting land degradation that already affects 250 million people and threatens 1 billion more, the United Nations World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has warned.

10.12.2006 from Rabett Run blog:
Just when you think it can't get more stupic [sic], the denial crowd grubs down into the ditch and finds more.