Science Daily : The seriousness of current global warming is underlined by a reconstruction of climate at Maxwell Bay in the South Shetland Islands of the Antarctic Peninsula over approximately the last 14,000 years, which appears to show that the current warming and widespread loss of glacial ice are unprecedented. "At no time during the last 14 thousand years was there a period of climate warming...
Climate change has been identified as a probable problem. The scientists' role is to determine the extent of the problem, the potential impacts, model future scenarios and then come up with suggestions for possible solutions. The people should decide the best way forward and they are represented by the politicians. This process is ongoing - developing a better scientific understanding of the problem...
THE UN’s top climate official yesterday expressed confidence that a deal to tackle global warming was still possible in Copenhagen next month – but only if the US and other developed countries “put numbers on the table”.
By Arturo Mora, Kansas City Star Midwest Voices columnist The global warming debate has become an ideological battle of dueling facts and Web sites. Lost in all the noise is the real reason to care about the environment. Whether you believe global warming is real or not, what matters most is handing off a better world to our children. read more
How to tell your child about global warming I’ve been grappling with how and when to tell my six years old about man-made global warming, its claimed effect on his climate, and the implications for his world when he is my age. He has natural interest in weather events, and can tell me the geographic differences [...]
Wheeler Crest Eastern Sierra wallpaper Nitrogen loss threatens desert plant life, study shows Sparks (associate professor of ecology and evolutionary biology) and lead author Carmody McCalley, a graduate student, warn that temperature increases and shifting precipitation patterns due to climate change may lead to further nitrogen losses in arid ecosystems. That would make arid soils even more [...]...
The Times of London reports that the talks in Copenhagen to gain an international consensus on emissions limitations for industrial and developing nations are collapsing. Global-warming activists hoped to pin nations down to firm commitments for cutting emissions and limiting energy use. However, no one seems to want to commit ...
Since the inception of Earth Day, the holiday has become an international effort to improve environmental sustainability from air quality and global warming to wildlife protection and recycling efforts. In 1992, the United Nations recognized the growing need to maintain environmental health with an Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro. While Earth Day has changed a great deal from its original demonstration-based