Complex analysis of how sea level is predicted to rise – from www.realclimate.org
For a detailed scientists’ analysis of sea level predictions -
Go to: http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2009/08/ups-and-downs-of-sea-level-projections/
Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power station ‘invasion’ planned 17/18 october 2009
31/8/2009 BBC Environmental activists are planning a “mass invasion” of a power station following a vote by supporters of the Climate Camp in London. Read the rest of this entry »
Trees around the world are colonising new territories in response to higher
25/8/2009 BBC From the US west coast to northern Siberia and south-east Asia, trees are growing at higher elevations, and at higher latitudes as the climate warms. Read the rest of this entry »
Carbon Counter – live display of carbon emissions in real time
Go to: http://www.dbcca.com/dbcca/EN/;jsessionid=6AFFDC6A10605EC4742161D9C8410FEB.internet1
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James Thornton, Advocate for the Planet – Client Earth
12/1/2009 New Statesman What if the polar bears were sick of drowning in melting ice and decided it was time to do something about global warming? Read the rest of this entry »
Scientists have confirmed that there are millions of tonnes of plastic floating
27/8/2009 BBC Voyage confirms plastic pollution. The first of two ships on a voyage to study plastic pollution there has recently
returned to port. Read the rest of this entry »
Climate tipping point defined for US crop yields
28/8/2009 New Scientist While news reports and disaster movies remind us about tipping points for Arctic melt and sea level rise, some things closer to home get less attention. Read the rest of this entry »
Concern for the environment hijacked by climate change? -Comment by Richard Black
28/8/2009 BBC As the UN climate summit in Copenhagen approaches, exhortations that “we must get a deal” and warnings that climate change is “the greatest challenge we face as a species” are to be heard in virtually every political forum. Read the rest of this entry »
Percentage of global population living in cities, by continent
28/8/2009 Guardian Studies have shown city dwellers have smaller carbon footprints than their countries’ national averages. Read the rest of this entry »
Birth rate pushes UK population to greatest increase in almost 50 years
28/8/2009 GuardianThe UK experienced its greatest population increase in almost half a century last year, with a baby boom pushing the number of people living in the country above 61 million for the first time. Read the rest of this entry »
Climate protection ‘to cost more’ – much more.
27/8/2009 BBC Protecting societies against the impacts of climate change will be much more expensive than previously believed, according to a new analysis. Read the rest of this entry »
Water shortage threatens two million people in southern Iraq
27/8/2009 Guardian Two million people face life without water. Read the rest of this entry »
YouGov survey commissioned by Christain Aid
1/6/2009 Christian Aid News Survey of UK attitudes to climate change. Read the rest of this entry »
Water policies suffer sinking feeling – Viewpoint by Brian Richter
25/8/2009 BBC Rising populations, improving lifestyles and changes to the global climate are all increasing the pressure on the planet’s water resources, Read the rest of this entry »
When it comes to climate change talks. women are an endangered species – but our input is crucial – Ruth Bond
24/8/2009 Guardian I am always amazed when I walk into meetings with the prime minister and groups campaigning on climate change to find that I suddenly appear to be an endangered species. Read the rest of this entry »
The green list what is best and worst for the planet?
24/8/2009 Guardian Increasing number of commuters are opting for bikes, while a new national cycle network is being developed. Read the rest of this entry »
What is the 2030 Perfect Storm idea?
24/8/2009 BBC As the world’s population grows, competition for food, water and energy will increase. Read the rest of this entry »
Scottish Government survey of attitudes and behavour towards the environment
22/8/2009 Pdf file 36 pages available at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2009/03/05145056/0
Increased CO2 makes crops less nutritious
22/8/2009 New Scientist RISING carbon dioxide levels may increase future crop yields but there is a catch: food will be less nutritious. Read the rest of this entry »
E. O. Wilson: We must save the living environment – to tackle climate change
22/8/2009 New Scientist It sounds immodest but I call it Wilson’s law. It says that if you save the living environment, you will automatically save the physical environment. Read the rest of this entry »
Triumph of the commons: Helping the world to share
22/8/2009 New Scientist – by Mark van Vugt. Do you ever get the impression that civilisation has degenerated into an unedifying free-for-all? Read the rest of this entry »
How psychology can curb climate change
22/8/2009 New Scientist by Peter Aldhous “I’M NOT convinced it’s as bad as the experts make out… It’s everyone else’s fault… Read the rest of this entry »
Global warming could change Earth’s tilt by Rachel Courtland, Geophysical Research
22/8/2009 New Scientist Warming oceans could cause Earth’s axis to tilt in the coming century, a new study suggests. Read the rest of this entry »
Nile Delta: ‘We are going underwater. The sea will conquer our lands’
21/8/2009 Guardian Weekly Maged Shamdy’s ancestors arrived on the shores of Lake Burrulus in the mid-19th century. Read the rest of this entry »
350 Ex-New Yorker writer and now environmental campaigner Bill McKibben has a simple, but very difficult message
21/8/2009 Guardian Weekly The concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has to be reduced back to 350 parts per million, or the planet will change irrevocably. Read the rest of this entry »
Tony Blair’s Climate Group: ‘We can’t ask people not to own cars’
21/8/2009 Guardian ‘Despite a projected tripling of traffic in China over the next decade, the focus should be on low-carbon technology rather than sacrifice, says a report by Tony Blair’s Climate Group. Read the rest of this entry »
Plastics decompose with surprising speed in the oceans, releasing contaminants
20/8/2009 BBC Plastics decompose with surprising speed in the oceans, releasing contaminants into the water, according to new research. Read the rest of this entry »
What to do about climate change? Monbiot and Kingsnorth exchange critiques.
18/8/2009 Guardian Is there any point in fighting to stave off industrial apocalypse?The collapse of civilisation will bring us a saner world, says Paul Kingsnorth. No, counters George Monbiot – we can’t let billions perish. Read the rest of this entry »
Methane seeps from Arctic sea bed increasing CO2 (equivalent).
18/8/2009 BBC Scientists say they have evidence that the powerful greenhouse gas methane is escaping from the Arctic sea bed. Researchers say this could be evidence of a predicted positive feedback effect of climate change. Read the rest of this entry »
Asia facing unprecedented food shortage, UN report says
17/8/2009 Guardian The UN has said that billions of dollars will be needed to improve irrigation in Asia. Read the rest of this entry »
One of the largest glaciers in Antarctica is thinning four times faster – plus Video Link
13/8/2009 BBC .. than it was ten years ago, according to research seen by the BBC
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India’s unsustainable lesson – by Richard Black
13/8/2009 BBC It comes from an unexpected source: but Nasa’s just-released finding that water tables in the northwest of India are falling by about 4cm (1.6in) per year is a striking microcosm of the unsustainable strain that modern societies are putting on the Earth’s natural resources. Read the rest of this entry »
Oil lobby to fund campaign against Obama’s climate change strategy |
15/8/2009 Guardian The US oil and gas lobby are planning to stage public events to give the appearance of a groundswell of public opinion against legislation… Read the rest of this entry »
Huge opencast coalmine surge discredits UK at Copenhagen
15/8/2009 Guardian Coal production in Britain has increased sharply after a surge in new opencast coal mines, undermining the government’s claim to be a world leader on combating climate change. Read the rest of this entry »
Holyrood 350 Action to support stronger Scottish Parliament action on climate change
See also 350 Action world-wide website
Go to: http://holyrood350.org/
Climate Change Delivery Plan for Scottish Parliament by Cameron Maxwell
Click on URL below for 525 Adobe pdf file with full graphics
Climate Change Delivery Plan for Scottish Parliament by Cameron Maxwell
Head of Sustainable Development Commission criticises coal-fired power and Heathrow expansion.
13/8/2009 Guardian The new head of the UK government’s official green watchdog has strongly criticised moves to build new coal-fired power stations in Britain and condemned the planned expansion of Heathrow. Read the rest of this entry »
Hurricanes in the Atlantic are more frequent than at any time in the last 1,000
13/8/2009 BBC according to research just published in the journal Nature. Read the rest of this entry »
India’s water use ‘unsustainable’.
13/8/2009 Guardian Parts of India are on track for severe water shortages, Read the rest of this entry »
Tck Tck Tck “I am ready for my leaders to make a strong climate deal” – sign up
Tck Tck Tck “I am ready for my leaders to make a strong climate deal” – sign up
website: http://tcktcktck.org/
Climate worst-case scenarios ‘being realised’ already.
10/8/2009 BBC
10/8/2009 BBC The worst-case scenarios on climate change envisaged by the UN two years ago are already being realised, say scientists Read the rest of this entry »
Greenpeace in anti-trawling move
10/8/2009 BBC Greenpeace has begun sinking boulders in EU-protected cod fishing grounds to prevent what it says are destructive forms of fishing in the area. Read the rest of this entry »
350 species found in Himalayas in past 10 years face extinction
10/8/2009 Guardian A pretty ultramarine blue flower which changes colour in response to temperature, a flying frog and the world’s oldest mushroom preserved in amber are among the 350 new species discovered in the Eastern Himalayas over the past
10 years.
Technological ‘fixes’ to stop climate change – ‘pose drought risk’ -research.
7/8/2009 BBC The use of geo-engineering to slow global warming may increase the risk of drought, according to a paper in Science journal. Read the rest of this entry »
Prescott -Vital UN climate change talks in Copenhagen are likely to collapse unless rich
8/8/2009 Guardian Vital UN climate change talks in Copenhagen are likely to collapse unless rich nations agree a “social justice deal” built around equalising emissions per head in each country, according to the former deputy prime minister John Prescott. Read the rest of this entry »
Climate Safety pdf document from Public Interest Research Centre
Go to: http://www.climatesafety.org/ to download
Public Interest Research Centre
Gives download of useful – Climate Safety pdf document
Do we want to shop or to be free? We’d better choose fast – Neal Lawson
4/8/2009 Guardian As you read this, take a look around and at yourself. Read the rest of this entry »
Uncertainties surround future monsoons – climate change threatens water, crops
31/7/2009 BBC It is almost halfway through the rainy season, and the monsoon in many parts of South Asia continues to remain unreliable. Read the rest of this entry »
A wind farm is not the answer (tinker with technology or change lifestyle)
1/8/2009 Guardian A wind farm is not the answer Comment by Paul Kingsnorth. Read the rest of this entry »