Erratic weather ‘harms wildlife’
27/12/2008 BBC UK wildlife is struggling to cope as erratic and unseasonal weather has taken
its toll for a second consecutive year, the National Trust says. Read the rest of this entry »
Hansen’s latest ‘Bjerknes Lecture’ presentation.
23/12/2008 Jim Hansen’s ”Bjerknes Lecture” . Website details only – short text file. Read the rest of this entry »
Government buildings emit more CO2 than all of Kenya
23/12/2008 Guardian Government slammed over carbon footprint. Read the rest of this entry »
Swiss glaciers ‘in full retreat’ – accelerating melt.
19/12/2008 BBC Swiss glaciers are melting away at an accelerating rate and many will vanish
this century if climate projections are correct, two new studies suggest. Read the rest of this entry »
Climate change depends on what happens to coal -Report
18/12/2008 BBC If growth in carbon dioxide emissions is to be constrained … then the world cannot afford a coal renaissance, scientists have said. Read the rest of this entry »
Rich nations must plan for floods, heat and drought now, warns panel
17/12/2008 Guardian If anyone is in any doubt that climate change is already affecting the UK, this
is your answer. Read the rest of this entry »
2008 temperatures and media spin
16/12/2008 Realclimate.org 2008 temperature summaries and spin. Read the rest of this entry »
Unambiguous evidence arctic warming is accelerating
17/12/2008 BBC Scientists say they now have unambiguous evidence that the warming in the Arctic
is accelerating. Read the rest of this entry »
Kevin Anderson speaks out – campaigners terrified.
9/12/2008 Guardian At a high-level academic conference on global warming at Exeter University this
summer, climate scientist Kevin Anderson Read the rest of this entry »
Climate change experts lose faith in renewable technology
9/12/2008 Guardian Specialists less optimistic that wind, solar and hydro power have ‘high potential’ to solve climate crisis, survey shows. Read the rest of this entry »
People in developing countries will need to make big cuts in greenhouse gas
9/12/2008 BBC – if “dangerous” climate change is to be avoided, a report warns. Read the rest of this entry »
Expedition to study glacier problems in the Himalayas
9/12/2008 BBC BBC The Hindu-Kush-Himalayan (HKH) region in South Asia has remained a nagging gap
in the global climate change knowledge bank. Read the rest of this entry »
Biochar information from Eric J Knight
6/12/2008 E-mail from Eric J Knight. Biochar, the modern version of an ancient Amazonian agricultural practice called Terra Preta (black earth), is gaining widespread credibility Read the rest of this entry »
Biochar technology – could it help to stop climate change?
4/12/2008 Time Time By LISA ABEND / ITHACA Read the rest of this entry »
Coolest year since 2000 – La Nina responsible
6/12/2008 Guardian This year is set to be the coolest since 2000, according to a preliminary estimate of global average temperature Read the rest of this entry »
Arctic tundra releases annual methane ‘burp’ at the start of winter
3/12/2008 New Scientist THE Arctic tundra lets out a huge icy burp every year, explaining a long-standing mystery about why atmospheric methane levels spike at the start of every winter. Read the rest of this entry »
Climate change exacerbates other forms of environmental degradation
3/12/2008 New Scientist One of the first empirical studies to look at how global warming is affecting ecosystem health has found that Read the rest of this entry »
Tax and dividend not cap and trade- says News Scientist editor
3/12/2008 New Scientist Yes you can change the climate, President Obama. Read the rest of this entry »
Goodall, Chris Ten technologies to Save the Planet
Ten Technologies to Save the Planet, a new book by businessman and climate-change commentator Chris Goodall, Read the rest of this entry »
New rifts threaten break-up of massive Wilkins ice shelf
1/12/2008 New Scientist ”As the world climate summit opens in Poznan, Poland, dramatically timed news from Antarctica underlines the precarious nature of the planet. Read the rest of this entry »
Turner Report – George Monbiot’s critique
2/12/2008 Guardian Long, detailed, impressive – but futile in the face of runaway climate change. Read the rest of this entry »
Britain ‘needs deeper CO2 cuts’ – Official advisers to UK Gov.
1/12/2008 BBC Official advisers to the UK government have demanded Britain slash greenhouse gases by a fifth of current levels by 2020 – the toughest target so far. Read the rest of this entry »