China to take part in post-Kyoto talks
http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceN ... 8320070410
Changing Climes: Global Warming Impacts Appearing Around the Globe
"The glaciers that [people in Pakistan] depend upon are predicted to disappear in 35 years or so. This is not that far off"
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articl ... anID=sa003
Combined climate and carbon-cycle effects of large-scale deforestation
"Latitude-specific deforestation experiments indicate that afforestation projects in the tropics would be clearly beneficial in mitigating global-scale warming, but would be counterproductive if implemented at high latitudes and would offer only marginal benefits in temperate regions"
http://www.pnas.org/cgi/reprint/0608998104v1.pdf
Gaia and accelerating climate change (MP3 file, 23 MB)
"The Earth has now passed the point of no return, and is rapidly returning to a hot state that is has been in before, a state in was in 55 million years ago. There will be very little of the life we know left on the main continents, which will have reverted to scrub or desert. There will be mass migration of life and of people towards the remaining habitable parts. What we have to aim at mainly is organizing our survival and the survival of civilization"
http://www.chelseagreen.com/images/ssw_20060902.mp3
How did life on Earth originate?
"........It is therefore possible.......... that life on Earth came here from other planets”
http://www.physorg.com/news94835474.html
India to get 38 percent less water by 2050
"Crop simulation modelling studies based on future climate change scenarios indicate that substantial losses are likely in rain fed wheat in south and southeast Asia"
http://www.indiaenews.com/india/20070410/46679.htm
Millions Face Floods From Climate Change
"Climate change is likely to heavily impact coral reefs, fisheries and other marine-based resources of small islands of the Pacific........ There is likely to be a decline in the total tuna stocks and a migration of these stocks westwards, both of which will lead to changes in the catch in different islands"
http://www.physorg.com/news95408922.html
Thailand 'produces own rain'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/chec ... =1&bbram=1
An eastward propagating two-day wave: Evidence for nonlinear planetary wave and tidal coupling in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere
"The timing and location of this planetary wave is coincident with the regular quasi two-day wave intensification that occurs annually in late January. The period, wavenumber and spatial structure of the eastward propagating two-day wave are consistent with a wave that results from a nonlinear interaction between the quasi two-day wave and the migrating diurnal tide"
http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2007/2 ... 7728.shtml
Climate Change..... After the Day After
Moderator: Super Moderators
Large subglacial lakes in East Antarctica at the onset of fast-flowing ice streams
"We have discovered four relatively large lakes under the ice sheet in Antarctica that have not been known before. And these lakes are very different than all the other lakes that we have met before. They are located closer to the edge of the ice sheet, which makes them really important for the stability of the entire ice sheet. All four together are pretty much about the size of Lake Vostok, which is the largest lake so far. So they are several tens of kilometres wide and long. They are connected to ice streams, and ice streams are regions within an ice sheet where ice is flowing very fast towards the ocean. These lakes kind of seem to trigger this very fast flow of ice, and this is important because this is the main mechanism to transport ice from the interior of an ice sheet into the ocean, where it eventually contributes to a rise in sea level... what is very different with these lakes is because they are so close to the edge of the ice sheet, they are much more vulnerable to changes in the ice sheet. They are also probably much more dynamic systems and really play an active role in the overall stability of an ice sheet. The other lakes we have known are all located in the interior of an ice sheet, where there are not many changes over time; it's a very stable environment. So we think the behaviour of these lakes close to the edge of the ice sheet is probably very different than the interior lakes I think with the discovery of these new lakes, we have just opened the door to a whole new programme of science and understanding of ice-sheet stability" Michael Studinger
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v4 ... 05554.html
Rates of thermohaline recovery from freshwater pulses in modern, Last Glacial Maximum, and greenhouse warming climates
"Previously proposed mechanisms to explain thermohaline circulation stability involving altered horizontal freshwater transport in the North Atlantic are consistent with relative recovery rates in the modern and 4x carbon dioxide climates, but fail to explain the slow LGM recovery. Instead, sea ice expansion inhibits deep-water formation after freshening in the LGM climate by reducing heat loss to the atmosphere and providing additional surface freshwater. In addition, anomalous vertical freshwater transport across ?1 km depth after freshening is most effective at weakening the stratification in the modern case but is negligible in the LGM case"
http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2007/2 ... 9237.shtml
Desertification: a project named DESIRE
"Creeping desertification around the world affects more than 250 million people"
http://www.innovations-report.de/html/b ... 82353.html
World Ocean Observatory
"Between 1751 and 2004 surface ocean pH is estimated to have dropped from 8.25 to 8.14. While the full ecological consequences of these changes are still uncertain, it appears likely that calcifying species will be adversely affected."
http://www.thew2o.net/events/oceans/oa.php
"We have discovered four relatively large lakes under the ice sheet in Antarctica that have not been known before. And these lakes are very different than all the other lakes that we have met before. They are located closer to the edge of the ice sheet, which makes them really important for the stability of the entire ice sheet. All four together are pretty much about the size of Lake Vostok, which is the largest lake so far. So they are several tens of kilometres wide and long. They are connected to ice streams, and ice streams are regions within an ice sheet where ice is flowing very fast towards the ocean. These lakes kind of seem to trigger this very fast flow of ice, and this is important because this is the main mechanism to transport ice from the interior of an ice sheet into the ocean, where it eventually contributes to a rise in sea level... what is very different with these lakes is because they are so close to the edge of the ice sheet, they are much more vulnerable to changes in the ice sheet. They are also probably much more dynamic systems and really play an active role in the overall stability of an ice sheet. The other lakes we have known are all located in the interior of an ice sheet, where there are not many changes over time; it's a very stable environment. So we think the behaviour of these lakes close to the edge of the ice sheet is probably very different than the interior lakes I think with the discovery of these new lakes, we have just opened the door to a whole new programme of science and understanding of ice-sheet stability" Michael Studinger
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v4 ... 05554.html
Rates of thermohaline recovery from freshwater pulses in modern, Last Glacial Maximum, and greenhouse warming climates
"Previously proposed mechanisms to explain thermohaline circulation stability involving altered horizontal freshwater transport in the North Atlantic are consistent with relative recovery rates in the modern and 4x carbon dioxide climates, but fail to explain the slow LGM recovery. Instead, sea ice expansion inhibits deep-water formation after freshening in the LGM climate by reducing heat loss to the atmosphere and providing additional surface freshwater. In addition, anomalous vertical freshwater transport across ?1 km depth after freshening is most effective at weakening the stratification in the modern case but is negligible in the LGM case"
http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2007/2 ... 9237.shtml
Desertification: a project named DESIRE
"Creeping desertification around the world affects more than 250 million people"
http://www.innovations-report.de/html/b ... 82353.html
World Ocean Observatory
"Between 1751 and 2004 surface ocean pH is estimated to have dropped from 8.25 to 8.14. While the full ecological consequences of these changes are still uncertain, it appears likely that calcifying species will be adversely affected."
http://www.thew2o.net/events/oceans/oa.php
Space data unveils evidence of ancient mega-lake in northern Darfur Discovery could lead to detection of new groundwater resources
"This ancient lake, which represents indisputable evidence of the past rainy conditions in the eastern Sahara, will have significant consequences for improving our knowledge of continental climate change and regional palaeohydrology"
http://www.yubanet.com/artman/publish/a ... 4527.shtml
Water – 71% of the Earth's surface, but still scarce
"Dune". Written in 1965 as a work of fiction, today it seems in some respects like it could be a future reality as water scarcity increases due to population growth, climate change and pollution. Today, 1.1 billion people have no access to clean drinking water - a figure that could be 3 billion in 20 years"
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/publ ... ult_en.htm
Franz Josef Glacier melting
"While small glaciers like the Franz Josef contain only a small proportion of the total global ice volume, they are important for sea level change because they respond very quickly to changes in climate"
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/thepress/w ... a7693.html
U.S. Faces Change as Climate Warms
"Heavily-utilized water systems of the western U.S. and Canada, such as the Columbia River, that rely on capturing snowmelt runoff, will be especially vulnerable"
http://www.sci-tech-today.com/news/U-S- ... 3001AFBNTQ
"This ancient lake, which represents indisputable evidence of the past rainy conditions in the eastern Sahara, will have significant consequences for improving our knowledge of continental climate change and regional palaeohydrology"
http://www.yubanet.com/artman/publish/a ... 4527.shtml
Water – 71% of the Earth's surface, but still scarce
"Dune". Written in 1965 as a work of fiction, today it seems in some respects like it could be a future reality as water scarcity increases due to population growth, climate change and pollution. Today, 1.1 billion people have no access to clean drinking water - a figure that could be 3 billion in 20 years"
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/publ ... ult_en.htm
Franz Josef Glacier melting
"While small glaciers like the Franz Josef contain only a small proportion of the total global ice volume, they are important for sea level change because they respond very quickly to changes in climate"
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/thepress/w ... a7693.html
U.S. Faces Change as Climate Warms
"Heavily-utilized water systems of the western U.S. and Canada, such as the Columbia River, that rely on capturing snowmelt runoff, will be especially vulnerable"
http://www.sci-tech-today.com/news/U-S- ... 3001AFBNTQ
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NOAA, NASA Restore Climate Sensor to Upcoming NPP Satellite
"This sensor will allow us to move forward with the next generation of technology for weather and climate prediction"
http://www.sys-con.com/read/360444.htm
Aim to Clear Up Mystery of Elusive Clouds at Edge Of Space
"The occurrence of these clouds at the edge of space and what causes them to vary is not understood"
http://www.physorg.com/news95522931.html
Interannual variability of the upper ocean carbon cycle in the northeast Atlantic Ocean
"Surface waters in the subtropical gyres have persistently absorbed anthropogenic CO2 at a rate such that their inorganic carbon concentrations have shown a clear upward trend. We report a 10-year time series of upper-ocean inorganic carbon observations from the northeastern subtropical Atlantic at ESTOC which indicates significant variability in the inorganic carbon fluxes produced by variations in the Winter mixed-layer depths, induced by sea surface temperature anomalies"
http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2007/2 ... 8145.shtml
Total destruction of forests predicted to cool Earth
"There is a sense among some colleagues that one should keep quiet about this"
http://www.nature.com/news/2007/070409/ ... 409-2.html
Help needed to prepare for climate change
"The reduction is equal to the annual grain productions of Central China's Hunan and Hubei provinces which are China's key crop-yield region"
http://www.mwr.gov.cn/english/20070412/83366.asp
"This sensor will allow us to move forward with the next generation of technology for weather and climate prediction"
http://www.sys-con.com/read/360444.htm
Aim to Clear Up Mystery of Elusive Clouds at Edge Of Space
"The occurrence of these clouds at the edge of space and what causes them to vary is not understood"
http://www.physorg.com/news95522931.html
Interannual variability of the upper ocean carbon cycle in the northeast Atlantic Ocean
"Surface waters in the subtropical gyres have persistently absorbed anthropogenic CO2 at a rate such that their inorganic carbon concentrations have shown a clear upward trend. We report a 10-year time series of upper-ocean inorganic carbon observations from the northeastern subtropical Atlantic at ESTOC which indicates significant variability in the inorganic carbon fluxes produced by variations in the Winter mixed-layer depths, induced by sea surface temperature anomalies"
http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2007/2 ... 8145.shtml
Total destruction of forests predicted to cool Earth
"There is a sense among some colleagues that one should keep quiet about this"
http://www.nature.com/news/2007/070409/ ... 409-2.html
Help needed to prepare for climate change
"The reduction is equal to the annual grain productions of Central China's Hunan and Hubei provinces which are China's key crop-yield region"
http://www.mwr.gov.cn/english/20070412/83366.asp
Lloyd's: Prepare for severe climate change
"within our own lifetime"
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Business/2 ... te_change/
American Military Leaders to Release Report Monday Examining Impacts of Climate Change on U.S. National Security
"National Security and the Threat of Climate Change"
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stori ... 427&EDATE=
Global Warming Pollution Up 18% Nationwide Since 1990
"It’s like the doctor telling you that you need to go on a serious diet, but instead you go straight for the double-bacon cheeseburger"
http://www.environmentcalifornia.org/ne ... since-1990
Climate Change Poses Serious Challenge for Europe
"Adaptation will be necessary to address unavoidable impacts"
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,214 ... 33,00.html
A 2000 year atmospheric history of methyl chloride from a South Pole ice core: Evidence for climate-controlled variability
"These variations most likely reflect changes in tropical and subtropical conditions, and raise the possibility that a warmer future climate may result in higher tropospheric Methyl chloride levels"
http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2007/2 ... 9142.shtml
Global warming and climate forcing by recent albedo changes on Mars
"Large swaths of the surface (up to 56 million_km2) have been observed to darken or brighten by 10 per cent or more..... It is unknown, however, how these albedo changes affect wind circulation, dust transport and the feedback between these processes and the martian climate. Here we present predictions from a Mars general circulation model, indicating that the observed interannual albedo alterations strongly influence the martian environment"
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v4 ... 476962774C
May/June 2007 Issue of World Watch Examines Population and Climate
http://www.worldwatch.org/taxonomy/term/463
"within our own lifetime"
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Business/2 ... te_change/
American Military Leaders to Release Report Monday Examining Impacts of Climate Change on U.S. National Security
"National Security and the Threat of Climate Change"
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stori ... 427&EDATE=
Global Warming Pollution Up 18% Nationwide Since 1990
"It’s like the doctor telling you that you need to go on a serious diet, but instead you go straight for the double-bacon cheeseburger"
http://www.environmentcalifornia.org/ne ... since-1990
Climate Change Poses Serious Challenge for Europe
"Adaptation will be necessary to address unavoidable impacts"
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,214 ... 33,00.html
A 2000 year atmospheric history of methyl chloride from a South Pole ice core: Evidence for climate-controlled variability
"These variations most likely reflect changes in tropical and subtropical conditions, and raise the possibility that a warmer future climate may result in higher tropospheric Methyl chloride levels"
http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2007/2 ... 9142.shtml
Global warming and climate forcing by recent albedo changes on Mars
"Large swaths of the surface (up to 56 million_km2) have been observed to darken or brighten by 10 per cent or more..... It is unknown, however, how these albedo changes affect wind circulation, dust transport and the feedback between these processes and the martian climate. Here we present predictions from a Mars general circulation model, indicating that the observed interannual albedo alterations strongly influence the martian environment"
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v4 ... 476962774C
May/June 2007 Issue of World Watch Examines Population and Climate
http://www.worldwatch.org/taxonomy/term/463
Climate wars
"Experts fear the possibility of a total breakdown in society as climate change takes hold"
http://www.smh.com.au/news/environment/ ... 51656.html
3 scientific societies applaud climate change report
"The Climate Change report released by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change underscores the need to drastically improve the way we manage our agricultural resources. While the impacts of climate change will be positive in some areas of the world, such as those gaining longer growing seasons and those with sufficient water resources, other areas will be adversely impacted, and it is these areas that will need improved soil and water management practices. Society member scientists are poised to conduct further research into how we can effectively manage plant, soil, and water resources and how we can adapt our current knowledge and research to reduce these negative impacts"
http://presszoom.com/story_129339.html
Retroflection of part of the east Greenland current at Cape Farewell
"....a new pathway for fresh water into the interior of the subpolar gyre"
http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2007/2 ... 9085.shtml
Satellite data reveals seismic link to volcanoes
"We found clear evidence that the earthquake caused both volcanoes to release greater amounts of heat, and lava emission surged to two to three times higher than prior to the tremor"
http://www.scidev.net/news/index.cfm?fu ... language=1
James Lovelock on Climate Change 02-02-2007
"We could also mimic the great volcanoes. When Pinatubo went off in the 1990s, it set back global warming for five years just because of the aerosol: the tiny particles of sulphuric acid in the stratosphere reflected sunlight back to space. Back in the 1970s, Russian scientist Podiko suggested we do that to alleviate global warming but it wasn’t taken up. It’s beginning to be considered now as a serious proposition and would be quite easy to do. For example, if commercial airlines could burn sulphur-rich fuel (unrefined kerosene) as they fly, instead of the highly-refined stuff, it would put enough sulphur in the atmosphere to give you a Pinatubo every couple of years"
http://www.firstscience.com/home/articl ... _9814.html
"Experts fear the possibility of a total breakdown in society as climate change takes hold"
http://www.smh.com.au/news/environment/ ... 51656.html
3 scientific societies applaud climate change report
"The Climate Change report released by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change underscores the need to drastically improve the way we manage our agricultural resources. While the impacts of climate change will be positive in some areas of the world, such as those gaining longer growing seasons and those with sufficient water resources, other areas will be adversely impacted, and it is these areas that will need improved soil and water management practices. Society member scientists are poised to conduct further research into how we can effectively manage plant, soil, and water resources and how we can adapt our current knowledge and research to reduce these negative impacts"
http://presszoom.com/story_129339.html
Retroflection of part of the east Greenland current at Cape Farewell
"....a new pathway for fresh water into the interior of the subpolar gyre"
http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2007/2 ... 9085.shtml
Satellite data reveals seismic link to volcanoes
"We found clear evidence that the earthquake caused both volcanoes to release greater amounts of heat, and lava emission surged to two to three times higher than prior to the tremor"
http://www.scidev.net/news/index.cfm?fu ... language=1
James Lovelock on Climate Change 02-02-2007
"We could also mimic the great volcanoes. When Pinatubo went off in the 1990s, it set back global warming for five years just because of the aerosol: the tiny particles of sulphuric acid in the stratosphere reflected sunlight back to space. Back in the 1970s, Russian scientist Podiko suggested we do that to alleviate global warming but it wasn’t taken up. It’s beginning to be considered now as a serious proposition and would be quite easy to do. For example, if commercial airlines could burn sulphur-rich fuel (unrefined kerosene) as they fly, instead of the highly-refined stuff, it would put enough sulphur in the atmosphere to give you a Pinatubo every couple of years"
http://www.firstscience.com/home/articl ... _9814.html
MIT-led panel backs 'heat mining' as key U.S. energy source
"We've determined that heat mining can be economical in the short term, based on a global analysis of existing geothermal systems, an assessment of the total U.S. resource and continuing improvements in deep-drilling and reservoir stimulation technology"
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2007/geothermal.html
Geodynamics to bring hot rock power to Australian grid by 2010
"The granite is hot because of the natural nuclear activity in there"
http://www.energy-business-review.com/a ... 19362F3AF9
Xianyang Goes Geothermal?
"Reykjavik gets 100% of its heat and 40% of its electricity from geothermal power, with the rest coming from water power"
http://www.psfk.com/2007/04/xianyang_goes_g.html
"We've determined that heat mining can be economical in the short term, based on a global analysis of existing geothermal systems, an assessment of the total U.S. resource and continuing improvements in deep-drilling and reservoir stimulation technology"
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2007/geothermal.html
Geodynamics to bring hot rock power to Australian grid by 2010
"The granite is hot because of the natural nuclear activity in there"
http://www.energy-business-review.com/a ... 19362F3AF9
Xianyang Goes Geothermal?
"Reykjavik gets 100% of its heat and 40% of its electricity from geothermal power, with the rest coming from water power"
http://www.psfk.com/2007/04/xianyang_goes_g.html
Top ex-military leaders call global warming major security risk
"There will be tens of millions of people migrating, where are we going to put them?"
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/04/ ... curity.php
Step It Up: Reduce Carbon 80% by 2050 (photos from Seattle march)
"I believe that mycelium is the neurological network of nature. Interlacing mosaics of mycelium infuse habitats with information sharing membranes. These membranes are aware, react to change, and collectively have the long-term health of the host environment in mind"
http://www.washblog.com/story/2007/4/15/188/67215
Climate Change Experts Look to European Model for Curbing Emissions
"Well, I think it's important that you freeze your emissions first. You actually might have to take a little while to do that, because, if you look at any of the projections, we're likely to continue to grow emissions, so even capping our emissions would actually not be so easy. But then I think you can set a series of limits that go out five, 10, 15, 20, 30, probably even 50 years, until we get to the levels where we really need to go, which is a 60 percent to 80 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions on a global basis"
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/environm ... 04-10.html
Developing states must help curb emissions
"There will be a question of who finances this and how incentives can be built into the world system whether it's through pricing carbon or other mechanisms"
http://www.reuters.com/article/politics ... 5520070415
A Tale of Three Interviews
"the 'framing' of science communication"
http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/ar ... /#more-432
Climbers become reluctant witnesses to global warming
"We're going to be in one heck of a mess, I can guarantee that. We have mucked up the world's climate..... Everything is changing, minute after minute, nothing is the same....... Glaciers are extraordinarily sensitive indicators of climate change"
http://www.adn.com/news/environment/sto ... 7595c.html
Core samples reveal the existence of an old lake
"Using the pollen to deduce what vegetation was growing will also provide an indication of what the climate was like at the time the lake sediments were deposited"
http://www.gisborneherald.co.nz/article ... 697&sud=27
Will Global Warming cause Florida to become Submerged by 2015?
"most of the observed increase in globally averaged temperatures since the mid-20th century is very likely due to the observed increase in anthropogenic greenhouse gas concentrations"
http://www.point-spreads.com/content/view/1637/2/
"There will be tens of millions of people migrating, where are we going to put them?"
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/04/ ... curity.php
Step It Up: Reduce Carbon 80% by 2050 (photos from Seattle march)
"I believe that mycelium is the neurological network of nature. Interlacing mosaics of mycelium infuse habitats with information sharing membranes. These membranes are aware, react to change, and collectively have the long-term health of the host environment in mind"
http://www.washblog.com/story/2007/4/15/188/67215
Climate Change Experts Look to European Model for Curbing Emissions
"Well, I think it's important that you freeze your emissions first. You actually might have to take a little while to do that, because, if you look at any of the projections, we're likely to continue to grow emissions, so even capping our emissions would actually not be so easy. But then I think you can set a series of limits that go out five, 10, 15, 20, 30, probably even 50 years, until we get to the levels where we really need to go, which is a 60 percent to 80 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions on a global basis"
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/environm ... 04-10.html
Developing states must help curb emissions
"There will be a question of who finances this and how incentives can be built into the world system whether it's through pricing carbon or other mechanisms"
http://www.reuters.com/article/politics ... 5520070415
A Tale of Three Interviews
"the 'framing' of science communication"
http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/ar ... /#more-432
Climbers become reluctant witnesses to global warming
"We're going to be in one heck of a mess, I can guarantee that. We have mucked up the world's climate..... Everything is changing, minute after minute, nothing is the same....... Glaciers are extraordinarily sensitive indicators of climate change"
http://www.adn.com/news/environment/sto ... 7595c.html
Core samples reveal the existence of an old lake
"Using the pollen to deduce what vegetation was growing will also provide an indication of what the climate was like at the time the lake sediments were deposited"
http://www.gisborneherald.co.nz/article ... 697&sud=27
Will Global Warming cause Florida to become Submerged by 2015?
"most of the observed increase in globally averaged temperatures since the mid-20th century is very likely due to the observed increase in anthropogenic greenhouse gas concentrations"
http://www.point-spreads.com/content/view/1637/2/
United States Engaging U.N. Partners To Confront Climate Change
"Domestically, the United States is on track to meet its goal of reducing greenhouse gas intensity (a measure of gas emissions per unit of gross domestic product) by 18 percent by 2012 as compared to the levels that would be emitted if no abatement steps were taken. U.S. greenhouse gas emissions increased only 0.6 percent between 2004 and 2005, compared with an average 1 percent increase per year over the 1990-2005 period"
http://usinfo.state.gov/xarchives/displ ... a0.7312281
Spatial and temporal complexity of the Amazon flood measured from space
"Here we show, using spaceborne interferometric synthetic aperture radar (SAR) JERS-1 measurements, the first spatially dense hydraulic mapping of the passage of a flood wave through a large, topographically complex floodplain. We find that temporal changes in flood water heights are more complex than typically assumed"
http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2007/2 ... 9447.shtml
'Spring is new summer'
"It is an example of how climate change is affecting our wildlife and seasons"
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6566401.stm
Developing country crops get $37,5m gene storage bank
"This is material that is really under imminent threat of becoming extinct"
http://www.engineeringnews.co.za/articl ... _id=107574
Impact of Asian Dust and Pollution on Clouds, Weather, Climate Change
"PACDEX will open a window into what happens to the atmosphere as these massive plumes cross the Pacific Ocean. The plumes affect clouds, precipitation, and the amount of sunlight that reaches Earth"
http://www.huliq.com/18995/impact-of-as ... ate-change
In pictures: An epic journey
"A British couple, Patrick and Sue Cunningham, are using a little boat to navigate 2,500km (1,553m) on one of the most important rivers in Brazil to discover how climate change and modernity is transforming the landscape and the lives of Brazilian indigenous tribes"
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/p ... tml/11.stm
"Domestically, the United States is on track to meet its goal of reducing greenhouse gas intensity (a measure of gas emissions per unit of gross domestic product) by 18 percent by 2012 as compared to the levels that would be emitted if no abatement steps were taken. U.S. greenhouse gas emissions increased only 0.6 percent between 2004 and 2005, compared with an average 1 percent increase per year over the 1990-2005 period"
http://usinfo.state.gov/xarchives/displ ... a0.7312281
Spatial and temporal complexity of the Amazon flood measured from space
"Here we show, using spaceborne interferometric synthetic aperture radar (SAR) JERS-1 measurements, the first spatially dense hydraulic mapping of the passage of a flood wave through a large, topographically complex floodplain. We find that temporal changes in flood water heights are more complex than typically assumed"
http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2007/2 ... 9447.shtml
'Spring is new summer'
"It is an example of how climate change is affecting our wildlife and seasons"
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6566401.stm
Developing country crops get $37,5m gene storage bank
"This is material that is really under imminent threat of becoming extinct"
http://www.engineeringnews.co.za/articl ... _id=107574
Impact of Asian Dust and Pollution on Clouds, Weather, Climate Change
"PACDEX will open a window into what happens to the atmosphere as these massive plumes cross the Pacific Ocean. The plumes affect clouds, precipitation, and the amount of sunlight that reaches Earth"
http://www.huliq.com/18995/impact-of-as ... ate-change
In pictures: An epic journey
"A British couple, Patrick and Sue Cunningham, are using a little boat to navigate 2,500km (1,553m) on one of the most important rivers in Brazil to discover how climate change and modernity is transforming the landscape and the lives of Brazilian indigenous tribes"
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/p ... tml/11.stm
China: UNSC no place to debate climate change
"In our view, discussions at this meeting constitute nothing but an exception; there are neither outcome documents nor follow-up actions,"
http://english.people.com.cn/200704/20/ ... 68353.html
No easy solution to Indonesian haze problem
"It is not just an environment problem....... It is a social, political and economic problem. And if we try to force an environment solution to a problem such as this, I don't think we can get an answer"
http://www.france24.com/france24Public/ ... n&cat=null
Australia's drought linked to global warming
".....for half a decade or more the government has been in a state of denial on climate change and water"
http://news.brisbanetimes.com.au/austra ... 0-8pb.html
Dry reality - China and India face up to curbs on carbon
"There are a lot of low-lying areas in China......... And if the Greenland ice caps melt, [landlocked] Mongolia will have a coastline"
http://www.ftd.de/karriere_management/b ... 88661.html
Global warming to devastate Indian coast - expert
"...global warming has started to show its far-reaching effects here"
http://in.today.reuters.com/news/newsAr ... 4966-2.xml
Warmer weather destroying Arctic treasures
"Case Studies on Climate Change and World Heritage"
http://www.nunatsiaq.com/news/nunavut/70420_48.html
Yet another cliff fall at Sidmouth
"Those cliffs are very unstable at the present time and it's very dangerous for people to go down on that beach. It's just the start of things to come"
http://www.sidmouthherald.co.uk/sidmout ... 3A24%3A040
On the twilight zone between clouds and aerosols
"However, we find that clouds are surrounded by a “twilight zone” – a belt of forming and evaporating cloud fragments and hydrated aerosols extending tens of kilometers from the clouds into the so-called cloud-free zone. The gradual transition from cloudy to dry atmosphere is proportional to the aerosol loading, suggesting an additional aerosol effect on the composition and radiation fluxes of the atmosphere"
http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2007/2 ... 9253.shtml
"In our view, discussions at this meeting constitute nothing but an exception; there are neither outcome documents nor follow-up actions,"
http://english.people.com.cn/200704/20/ ... 68353.html
No easy solution to Indonesian haze problem
"It is not just an environment problem....... It is a social, political and economic problem. And if we try to force an environment solution to a problem such as this, I don't think we can get an answer"
http://www.france24.com/france24Public/ ... n&cat=null
Australia's drought linked to global warming
".....for half a decade or more the government has been in a state of denial on climate change and water"
http://news.brisbanetimes.com.au/austra ... 0-8pb.html
Dry reality - China and India face up to curbs on carbon
"There are a lot of low-lying areas in China......... And if the Greenland ice caps melt, [landlocked] Mongolia will have a coastline"
http://www.ftd.de/karriere_management/b ... 88661.html
Global warming to devastate Indian coast - expert
"...global warming has started to show its far-reaching effects here"
http://in.today.reuters.com/news/newsAr ... 4966-2.xml
Warmer weather destroying Arctic treasures
"Case Studies on Climate Change and World Heritage"
http://www.nunatsiaq.com/news/nunavut/70420_48.html
Yet another cliff fall at Sidmouth
"Those cliffs are very unstable at the present time and it's very dangerous for people to go down on that beach. It's just the start of things to come"
http://www.sidmouthherald.co.uk/sidmout ... 3A24%3A040
On the twilight zone between clouds and aerosols
"However, we find that clouds are surrounded by a “twilight zone” – a belt of forming and evaporating cloud fragments and hydrated aerosols extending tens of kilometers from the clouds into the so-called cloud-free zone. The gradual transition from cloudy to dry atmosphere is proportional to the aerosol loading, suggesting an additional aerosol effect on the composition and radiation fluxes of the atmosphere"
http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2007/2 ... 9253.shtml
Airborne lab will sample polluted plume in climate-change study
“We expect that if you reduce the evaporation enough, ._._. then you don't have enough water (in the clouds) to provide rain or snow”
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metr ... 2dust.html
Boreal Forest provides critical defense against global warming.
"There is no question that greater conservation of Boreal forests is necessary to maintain natural systems and protect biodiversity"
http://www.forestethics.ca/downloads/gl ... ming_2.pdf
Scientist who penned recent study on forests and global warming concerned over mischaracterization of his findings
"Canada's boreal forests store a whopping 47.5 billion tons of carbon - 7 times the entire world's fossil fuel emissions- a giant carbon bank account"
http://www.cnw.ca/fr/releases/archive/A ... c7685.html
Australia’s epic drought - First signs of Global Warming
"Australia has warned that it will have to switch off the water supply to the continent’s food bowl unless heavy rains break an epic drought - heralding what could be the first climate change-driven disaster to strike a developed nation"
http://www.heatmyhome.co.uk/solar-panels/?p=248
Drastic ecological change coming
"In the next 20 years, all biological life in Taiwan, its ecosystem, and human and social economic systems will undergo unimaginably drastic changes"
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editori ... 2003357745
Butterflies under threat of extinction
"As a scientist, I cannot stress enough the importance of the fact that the planet is fundamentally changing"
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21591153-2,00.html
Climate threat has plants quivering
"We're asking sedentary organisms, which have achieved an equilibrium with the climate for thousands of years, to suddenly become able to move - that's a tough ask"
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6572957.stm
Six steps to hell
http://books.guardian.co.uk/departments ... 01,00.html
“We expect that if you reduce the evaporation enough, ._._. then you don't have enough water (in the clouds) to provide rain or snow”
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metr ... 2dust.html
Boreal Forest provides critical defense against global warming.
"There is no question that greater conservation of Boreal forests is necessary to maintain natural systems and protect biodiversity"
http://www.forestethics.ca/downloads/gl ... ming_2.pdf
Scientist who penned recent study on forests and global warming concerned over mischaracterization of his findings
"Canada's boreal forests store a whopping 47.5 billion tons of carbon - 7 times the entire world's fossil fuel emissions- a giant carbon bank account"
http://www.cnw.ca/fr/releases/archive/A ... c7685.html
Australia’s epic drought - First signs of Global Warming
"Australia has warned that it will have to switch off the water supply to the continent’s food bowl unless heavy rains break an epic drought - heralding what could be the first climate change-driven disaster to strike a developed nation"
http://www.heatmyhome.co.uk/solar-panels/?p=248
Drastic ecological change coming
"In the next 20 years, all biological life in Taiwan, its ecosystem, and human and social economic systems will undergo unimaginably drastic changes"
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editori ... 2003357745
Butterflies under threat of extinction
"As a scientist, I cannot stress enough the importance of the fact that the planet is fundamentally changing"
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21591153-2,00.html
Climate threat has plants quivering
"We're asking sedentary organisms, which have achieved an equilibrium with the climate for thousands of years, to suddenly become able to move - that's a tough ask"
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6572957.stm
Six steps to hell
http://books.guardian.co.uk/departments ... 01,00.html
China delays climate change plan indefinitely
“Glaciers are vital to the national economy and people’s livelihood”
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/be763e8c-f1d6-1 ... 10621.html
Planning for Climate Change
"Singapore has decided not to wait for sea levels to rise, preferring to plan ahead. Elder statesman Lee Kuan Yew said the city-state has contacted experts from the Netherlands for help with dike construction as it prepares for the effects of climate change"
http://www.spiegel.de/international/wor ... 61,00.html
Sea life at risk as acid levels rise in oceans
"We have significant changes in chemistry"
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/l ... an24m.html
Drought threatens Australia's hydropower scheme
"Cloud seeding is a solid programme, well accepted overseas for over 40 years. But it's just one of our strategies"
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/SYD212960.htm
Australia's costly drought
From the Economist Intelligence Unit ViewsWire
http://www.economist.com/agenda/display ... id=9065059
Mosquito genes explain response to climate change
"The response to climate warming in animal populations has penetrated to the level of the gene"
http://www.spiritindia.com/health-care- ... -8711.html
Mekong group strives to ensure sustainable use of resources
"Currently, not only Viet Nam but most countries in the Mekong region are confronting severe drought during the dry season........ Only regional co-operation can solve this problem"
http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/show ... 4SOC250407
“Glaciers are vital to the national economy and people’s livelihood”
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/be763e8c-f1d6-1 ... 10621.html
Planning for Climate Change
"Singapore has decided not to wait for sea levels to rise, preferring to plan ahead. Elder statesman Lee Kuan Yew said the city-state has contacted experts from the Netherlands for help with dike construction as it prepares for the effects of climate change"
http://www.spiegel.de/international/wor ... 61,00.html
Sea life at risk as acid levels rise in oceans
"We have significant changes in chemistry"
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/l ... an24m.html
Drought threatens Australia's hydropower scheme
"Cloud seeding is a solid programme, well accepted overseas for over 40 years. But it's just one of our strategies"
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/SYD212960.htm
Australia's costly drought
From the Economist Intelligence Unit ViewsWire
http://www.economist.com/agenda/display ... id=9065059
Mosquito genes explain response to climate change
"The response to climate warming in animal populations has penetrated to the level of the gene"
http://www.spiritindia.com/health-care- ... -8711.html
Mekong group strives to ensure sustainable use of resources
"Currently, not only Viet Nam but most countries in the Mekong region are confronting severe drought during the dry season........ Only regional co-operation can solve this problem"
http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/show ... 4SOC250407
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EPA Won't Specify Global Warming Plans
WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the Environmental Protection Agency repeatedly refused to say Tuesday how soon he will comply with a Supreme Court ruling and decide whether to regulate carbon dioxide, the leading gas linked to global warming.
http://www.livescience.com/environment/ ... a_co2.html
WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the Environmental Protection Agency repeatedly refused to say Tuesday how soon he will comply with a Supreme Court ruling and decide whether to regulate carbon dioxide, the leading gas linked to global warming.
http://www.livescience.com/environment/ ... a_co2.html