NASA publication on Earth’s Energy Imbalance – James Hansen et. al.
2/2/2012 Earth’s Energy Imbalance. Read the rest of this entry »
NASA’s annual global temperature data and graphics
1/2/2012 Guardian Nasa’s global temperatures in 2011 – big picture. Read the rest of this entry »
Global Temperatures – James Hansen et al publication
Global Temperatures – James Hansen et al publication – pdf file. Read the rest of this entry »
Sea weed farming as biofuel -GM microbe step forward
20/1/2012 Guardian GM microbe breakthrough paves way for large-scale seaweed farming for biofuels. Read the rest of this entry »
Fossil fuels are subsidized causing billions of tonnes of carbon emissions
19/2/2012 Guardian Fossil fuel subsidies: a tour of the data. Read the rest of this entry »
UK Arctic Methane Emergency Group calls for geoengineering to start in the Arctic by 2013
4/1/2012 New Scientist Arctic action, Letter by John Nissen. Read the rest of this entry »
The cost of global environmental damage shoots up to $380billion
11/1/2012 New Scientist Cost of natural disasters spiralled in 2011. Read the rest of this entry »
USA gave $12million to members of Congress to get XL pipeline approved
12/1/2012 Guardian Oil lobby’s financial pressure on Obama over Keystone XL pipeline revealed Read the rest of this entry »
Roger Scruton: Green philosophy begins at home
10/1/2012 New Scientist Roger Scruton: Green philosophy begins at home. Read the rest of this entry »
Plant seed dispersal damaged by climate change and environmental destruction
10/1/2012 BBC Plants at risk from seed dispersal threat. Read the rest of this entry »
James Hansen posts a new draft publication on how global warming affects climate extremes
5/1/2012 New draft scientific paper by James Hansen Read the rest of this entry »
Environmental world review of 2011 – a record year for bad news including CO2 at 394ppm
23/12/2011 Guardian Environment world review of the year: ’2011 rewrote the record books’. Read the rest of this entry »
Scientists shocked as fountains of methane greenhouse gas erupt from melting Siberian ice
13/12/2011 Independent Shock as retreat of Arctic sea ice releases deadly greenhouse gas. Read the rest of this entry »
James Hansen ‘The father of climate change’ says 2ºC is not enough.
8/12/2011 Independent Father of climate change: 2ºC limit is not enough. Read the rest of this entry »
New evidence that 75% of global warming since 1950 was caused by human actions
5/12/2011 BBC UN climate talks face challenges – by Richard Black. Read the rest of this entry »
USA – belief there is concrete proof of global warming rose from 59% to 63% last year
2/12/2011 Guardian Tea Party groups denying climate change are alienating the one-third of Republicans Read the rest of this entry »
Africa from Cairo to the Cape is suffering from climate change
2/12/2011 Guardian From Cairo to the Cape, climate change begins to take hold of Africa. Read the rest of this entry »
Rich nations ‘give up’ on new climate treaty until 2020.
21/11/2011 Guardian Rich nations ‘give up’ on new climate treaty until 2020. Read the rest of this entry »
Extreme weather is caused by carbon emissions – “We are gambling with lives…” by Damian Carrington
20/11/2011 Guardian Extreme weather: We’re gambling with lives at ever worsening odds. Read the rest of this entry »
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change will confirm climate change causes more extreme weather
IPCC expected to confirm link between climate change and extreme weather. Read the rest of this entry »
What should be target to minimise the damage to our climate due to carbon emissions? 350ppme
15/11/2011 Guardian A man watches a screen showing a counter constantly updating the greenhouse gases in the Earth’s atmosphere Read the rest of this entry »
Durban summit must end the fossil fuel subsidy of $409bn compared with $66bn for renewables.
10/11/2011 Guardian Emissions are rising by record amounts, and time is running out to avoid catastrophic warming. Read the rest of this entry »
International Energy Authority – if no effective international controls on carbon emissions by 2017 we go above 2° safety limit.
9/11/2011 Guardian Any fossil fuel infrastructure built in the next five years will cause irreversible climate change, according to the IEA. Read the rest of this entry »
Polar scientists warn that ice loss from Arctic Sea and Antarctic is accelerating – clear signs of global warming
9/11/2011 Independent Climate change melting polar regions faster than ever before. Read the rest of this entry »
Global carbon emissions have increased by a record 6 per cent – more than the worst IPCC prediction
4/11/2011 Guardian The output of greenhouse gases has jumped by the highest amount on record. Read the rest of this entry »
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate – climate change means weather extremes at huge cost
1/1/2011 Guardian Wild weather worsening due to climate change, IPCC confirms. Read the rest of this entry »
Scientists’ research shows that LITTLE TIME IS LEFT to stop further global warming
24/10/2011 Independent Little time left to halt warming – by John von Radowitz. Read the rest of this entry »
200 major companies around the world call for tougher action on climate change
21/10/2011 BBC Companies call for tougher climate action -by Richard Black. Read the rest of this entry »
New Evidence of Global Warming
21/10/2011 BBC Global warming ‘confirmed’ by independent study -By Richard Black. Read the rest of this entry »
Anthropocene – the new epoch caused by humans buring fossil fuels – James Hansen
16/10/2011 New Scientist New geological epoch made by humans. Read the rest of this entry »
Climate change is a ‘an immediate, growing and grave threat’ to security and health – UK military conference
17/10/2011 BBC Climate change ‘grave threat’ to security and health - by Richard Black. Read the rest of this entry »
Self-deception by Robert Trivers – one reason why we are not taking climate change more seriously.
12/10/2011 New Scientist The human capacity for self-deception knows no bounds, but why do we do it? Read the rest of this entry »
Europeans – majority of population consider global warming as one of the world’s most serious problems
8/10/2011 Guardian Europeans fear climate change more than financial turmoil, poll shows. Read the rest of this entry »
Lessons from history say climate change is ultimate cause of crises in society. Major changes in decades.
7/10/2011 BBC What lessons from history’s climate shifts? Read the rest of this entry »
Australian politician Malcolm Turnbull says China and India will be global leaders on climate change
6/10/2011 Guardian Malcolm Turnbull says China and India will become leaders in climate change. Read the rest of this entry »
Climate change warning signal is melting ice – by Damian Carrington
25/9/2011 Observer Melting ice is Earth’s warning signal – and we cannot ignore it. Read the rest of this entry »
Arctic sea ice satellite picture: near-record low or record low
24/9/2011 BBC The Arctic’s near-record sea ice low – big picture. Read the rest of this entry »
Danger from nuclear power – radioactive contamination will never be cleaned up
22/9/2011 Guardian Radioactive contamination that leaked for more than two decades from the Dounreay nuclear plant Read the rest of this entry »
World Bank says end $50 billion fossil fuel subsidy to stop climate change
22/9/2011 Guardian Leaked World Bank documents propose that rich countries should eliminate the $50bn a year they give in fossil fuel Read the rest of this entry »
30 million refugees in 2010 caused by climate change
20/9/2011 Guardian A family displaced by floods shelters under a tarp during a monsoon downpour Read the rest of this entry »
Greenland has lost 15% of its ice cover in the past 12 years
16/9/2011 Guardian In Times Comprehensive Atlas of the World, Greenland has lost around 15% of its ice cover Read the rest of this entry »
World’s largest firms are ‘acting on climate change’ – analysis shows
15/9/2011 Guardian World’s largest firms ‘acting on climate change’, analysis shows. Read the rest of this entry »
USA public opinion. More than half Tea Party say they need no information to have firm opinion on climate change
14/9/2011 More than half of Tea Party say they need know information about Climate Change to have a firm opinion about it!- Read the rest of this entry »
James Hansen opinion piece on the danger if tar sands are exploited
3/9/2011 James Hansen opinion piece on Tar sands. Read the rest of this entry »
Greenland – Huge Peterman glacier has broken up in just 2 years
5/9/2011 BBC ‘Gob-smacking’ scale of Petermann Glacier break-up. Read the rest of this entry »
Extreme weather is linked by studies to climate change – up to 90% in some cases
2/9/2011 Guardian When Mount Vesuvius erupted in AD79 the residents of Pompeii were taken entirely by surprise. Read the rest of this entry »
Australia – climate scientists expose deluge of spin and misinformation from Murdoch press
2/9/2011 Guardian Australia’s climate scientists expose shock-jock distortion tactics. Read the rest of this entry »
Food security map shows link between hunger and conflict.
1/9/2011 BBC Food is the ultimate security need, new map shows. Read the rest of this entry »
El Niño and other cyclic weather events linked to global conflicts
25/8/2011 Guaridan Cyclical climatic changes such have been linked to civil conflict. Read the rest of this entry »
Major study of top climate scientists finds 97% – 98% agree anthropogentic climate change
21/8/2011 pnas.org Expert credibility in climate change. Read the rest of this entry »
Developed countries are using cars less in a major cultural shift
17/8/2011 New Scientist The end of the road for motormania by Fred Pearce. Read the rest of this entry »
Alaska fire in 2007 shows another feedback that accelerates climate change
29/7/2011 BBC Huge Arctic fire hints at new climate cue – by Richard Black. Read the rest of this entry »
UK why we must choose between nuclear and renewable energy – by Jonathon Porritt
27/7/2011 Guardian Why the UK must choose renewables over nuclear: an answer to Monbiot – by Jonathon Porritt. Read the rest of this entry »
UN senior official warns that climate change threatens peace
22/7/2011 BBC Climate change ‘threatens peace’, UN official warns. Read the rest of this entry »
World population will hit 7 billion this year – the impact is huge.
18/7/2011 Guardian Demographers aren’t known for their sense of humor, Read the rest of this entry »
Carbon taxes across the world – how countries compare.
11/7/2011 Guardian The EU trading system is the largest in the world but - calls for it to be scrapped in favour of carbon taxes. Read the rest of this entry »
Hansen’s latest publication warns “that goals of limiting global warming to 2C are not sufficient – they are prescriptions for disaster”.
8/7/2011 Latest climate science publication by James Hansen. Read the rest of this entry »
China’s sulphur pollution is holding down global temperatures – as they clean up temperatures will rise sharply
8/7/2011 Independent Wet summers conceal a terrible surprise -Nature Studies by Michael McCarthy. Read the rest of this entry »
China – when the sulphur pollution is stopped global temperatures will spike.
5/7/2011 Independent China’s power stations generate ‘future spike’ in global warming’. Read the rest of this entry »
Extreme weather link to climate change “can no longer be ignored”.
1/7/2011 Independent Scientists to end 20-year reluctance with study into global warming and exceptional weather events – by Steve Connor. Read the rest of this entry »
Sustainable cities must be compact and high-density – by George Monbiot
1/7/2011 Guardian Sustainable cities must be compact and high-density. Read the rest of this entry »
ExxonMobil and other oil companies gave $1 million to a prominent climate change denier.
29/6/2010 Guardian Willie Soon received over $1m from oil companies including ExxonMobil, documents reveal. Read the rest of this entry »
Climate change models underestimate risk and may fail to predict disaster in time
29/6/2011 BBC ‘Fatigue’ in the climate system. Read the rest of this entry »
2010 was the joint hottest year on record and climate change brought extreme weather
28/6/2011 Guardian Climate change hots up in 2010, the year of extreme weather. Read the rest of this entry »
Report warns of mass extinctions of fish and other marine life – urges slashing CO2 emissions
22/6/2011 New Scientist Mass extinctions are seldom pretty, but this one would transform Earth’s oceans forever, especially coral reefs. Read the rest of this entry »
World’s oceans are in ‘shocking decline’ – far worse than previously thought and impacting on humans
21/6/2011 BBC World’s oceans in ‘shocking’ decline by Richard Black. Read the rest of this entry »
Global warming since 1995 is statistically significant
11/6/2011 BBC Global warming since 1995 ‘now significant’ by Richard Black. Read the rest of this entry »
UN climate change chief – we must limit global temperature rise to 1.5C
2/6/2011 Guardian Christiana Figueres says her 1.5C target has the support of the group of about 40 small island states, as well as most African countries and other least developed countries. Read the rest of this entry »
17 Nobel laureates sign a memorandum for action to stop climate change.
21/5/2011 www.Realclimate.org Nobel Laureates Speak Out. Read the rest of this entry »
Wheat production world-wide has fallen 5.5% due to climate change – study shows
6/5/2011 BBC Climate shifts ‘hit global wheat yields’ by Mark Kinver. Read the rest of this entry »
Carbon cuts by developed countries cancelled out by imported goods MANY TIMES OVER.
26/4/2011 Guardian Imported goods in developed countries cancel out carbon emissions savings, Read the rest of this entry »
Reactive Nitrogen pollution from farms, vehicles, industry and waste costs European Union £280billion per year.
11/4/2011 BBC Nitrogen pollution ‘costs EU up to £280bn a year’- by Roger Harrabin. Read the rest of this entry »
Evidence of massive consensus that humans are changing the climate.
8/4/2011 Guardian Is there a scientific consensus on man-made climate change? Read the rest of this entry »
Gulf stream is threatened by fast-growing pool of Arctic melt water
6/4/2011 New Scientist Gulf Stream could be threatened by Arctic flush by Fred Pearce. Read the rest of this entry »
UK climate is threatened by huge pool of Arctic melt water which could divert the Gulf Stream
6/4/2011 Independent Why build-up of fresh water in Arctic could spell trouble for Britain. Read the rest of this entry »
UK doctors and senior military cooperate to warn people of the dangers of climate change
6/4/2011 Guardian Doctors urged to take climate leadership role. Read the rest of this entry »
Glaciers – some are melting 100 times faster than at any time in the past 350 years.
4/4/2011 Independent Glaciers melting at fastest rate in 350 years, study finds – by Lewis Smith. Read the rest of this entry »
Carbon emissions/ 350ppm – has climate sensitivity been seriously underestimated?
17/3/2010 Extracts from ‘Critical Issues in the Domain of Climate Dynamics’ by David Wasdell’ Read the rest of this entry »
UK Crisis Plan to wean UK off oil because of Libya uncertainty about oil supplies.
6/3/2011 Observer Libya unrest forces crisis plan to wean UK off oil. Read the rest of this entry »
UK Climate change doubled likelihood of devastating UK floods of 2000
17/2/2011 Guardian Global warming made the floods that devastated England and Wales in the autumn of 2000, costing £3.5bn, Read the rest of this entry »
Egypt and Tunisia: could be the first victims of the global food crisis
8/2/2011 New Scientist Tunisia’s government has fallen and Egypt’s is facing insurrection Read the rest of this entry »
UK government claims its emissions have gone down: they have gone up.
9/2/2011 Guardian The UK must own up to the full scale of its emissions problem. Read the rest of this entry »
Scientists show that when birds die plants become extinct over time
3/2/2011 New Scientist After the birds vanish, plants are next to go. Read the rest of this entry »
Amazon changing from carbon absorber to carbon emitter equal to USA
4/2/2011 Independent Catastrophic drought in the Amazon Region set to outstrip US as CO2 emitter by Steve Connor. Read the rest of this entry »
Amazon ‘climate tipping point’ may be close because of droughts and mass tree deaths
4/2/2011 Guardian Mass tree deaths prompt fears of Amazon ‘climate tipping point’. Read the rest of this entry »
UK Poll asked if climate change was a current or imminent threat, 83% of Britons agreed.
1/2/2011 Guardian Public belief in climate change weathers storm, poll shows. Read the rest of this entry »
UN Secretary General says the World’s economic model is ‘environmental suicide’
29/1/2011 Guardian Ban Ki-moon: says the World’s economic model is ‘environmental suicide’. Read the rest of this entry »
How much warmer will the planet get? Best answer about 4ºC.
25/1/2010 Guardian Scientists usually provide a range of possible future temperature changes for any one emissions scenario. Read the rest of this entry »
2010 hottest global temperature since records began in 1850, confirming global warming.
20/1/2011 BBC 2010 hits global temperature high by Richard Black. Read the rest of this entry »
Global warming. 2010 was joint warmest on record, say climatologists
12/1/2011 Guardian The Earth had its joint warmest year since records began in 2010. Read the rest of this entry »
UK Climate Weekly survey finds 4 out of 5 motivated to take action on climate change
Climate Week also commissioned another survey, this time conducted by ICM and involving a sample of 2003 adults. Read the rest of this entry »
Scientists find ‘drastic’ changes in North Atlantic ocean currents changing weather in Europe and USA
8/1.2011 Independent Scientists have found evidence of a “drastic” shift since the 1970s in north Atlantic Ocean currents that usually influence weather in the northern hemisphere, Read the rest of this entry »
Greenland melt tipping point 2040
5/1/2011 New Scientist Last chance to hold Greenland back from tipping point. Read the rest of this entry »
James Hansen : Tax on carbon: The only way to save our planet?
4/1/2011 Independent He first warned about climate change 30 years ago. Read the rest of this entry »
2010 December Now 390 ppm CO2 in atmosphere by Robin McKie
26/12/2010 The Observer On an observatory 11,000 feet high on Mauna Loa, a volcano in Hawaii … automated detectors have been churning out details about the make-up of our atmosphere for several decades. Read the rest of this entry »
The Register demonstrates how climate myths are created by skeptic using wrong assertions
18/12/2010 Guardian The Register demonstrates how climate myths are created by Peter Hadley. Read the rest of this entry »
A billion people will lose their homes due to climate change, says report
28/11/2010 The Observer Venice is already in danger of sinking beneath the waves and the peril will increase as sea levels rise. Read the rest of this entry »
2010 ‘among hottest on record’ global temperatures – UK Met Office
26/11/2010 BBC Met Office says 2010 ‘among hottest on record’ by Roger Harrabin. Read the rest of this entry »
UN warning: The world is firmly on path for dangerous climate change.
24/11/2010 Independent UN issues severe climate warning ahead of summit by Michael McCarthy. Read the rest of this entry »