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Monthly Archives: November 2011
Methane An Increasing Factor in Global Warming – NOAA
NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration recently released its annual Greenhouse Gases Index report, reports Doug O’Harra at the Alaska Dispatch. The capacity of these gases to insulate the planet and push the rate of climate warming has increased … Continue reading
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Tagged Arctic, carbon dioxide, carbon emissions, climate change, global warming, greenhouse gases, methane, nitrous oxide, NOAA
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Warming Oceans Threaten Australian Seaweeds and Sea Life – Study
A recent study indicates that the warming ocean climate will cause one-quarter of Australia’s temperate seaweed species to face extinction by 2070, reports United Press International and Discovery News. Researchers found that temperate seaweed communities have become increasingly subtropical over … Continue reading
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Tagged biodiversity, climate change, climate change reports, environment, extinction, global warming, marine life, oceans, seaweed
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Obama Instituting 54.5 MPG Fuel Standards by 2025
Back in July, President Obama announced a historic agreement with thirteen major automakers to pursue the next phase in the Administration’s national vehicle program, increasing fuel economy to 54.5 miles per gallon for cars and light-duty trucks by Model Year … Continue reading
Power-Generating Pavement to Power Public Places
A British engineering graduate has invented and patented a type of pavement that generates electricity from people walking on it, reports Jeremy Lovell at Climatewire. The inventor, Laurence Kemball-Cook has formed the company Pavegen to manufacture these pavement slabs. Essentially, … Continue reading
Thai Representatives Propose Relocating Capital from Floods, Climate Change
Twenty members of Thailand’s Parliament have asked for an urgent debate on a proposal to relocate the Thai capital to another province less prone to flooding that they recognize is a result of climate change, the Bangkok Post reports. They … Continue reading
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Tagged Bangkok, climate change, climate change reports, environment, extreme weather, floods, global warming, Thailand
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CIA Should Be Open on Climate Change, US Agency Urges
After a year of epic weather, drought, heatwaves, hurricanes and floods, a new report from the Defence Science Board, a US government agency, suggests that it’s time the CIA stopped treating climate change as a secret, reports Suzanne Goldenberg at … Continue reading
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Tagged CIA, climate change, climate change reports, droughts, environment, floods, global warming, heat waves
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More Severe Climate Predicted for Southern Europe – UN report
Southern Europe will be gripped by fierce heatwaves, drought in North Africa will be more common, and small island states face ruinous storm surges from rising seas, says a report by United Nations climate scientists, reports Marlowe Hood at Agent … Continue reading
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Tagged climate change, climate change reports, droughts, extreme weather, global warming, heat waves, IPCC
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Fun Holiday Games for Child-free Adults by Preference….Breeder Bingo, and Zingers
This is a fun way to address a key problem impeding our solution to global warming and overpopulation — cultural bias. The holidays are almost here, and you’re dreading going to the holiday gatherings, where clueless breeders will pelt you … Continue reading
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Tagged climate change reports, global warming, overpopulation, population, sustainability
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Automakers Plan a Common Electric Vehicle Charging System
Seven automakers are collaborating on creating a single international standard for an electric vehicle fast charging system to slash the time drivers need to put more juice in their electric cars, reports Jerry Hirsch at the LA Times. The system … Continue reading
Keystone Message to Obama – Fight Climate Change, Pollution
President Barack Obama has now delayed approval of the Keystone pipeline project for shipping tar sand oil to US refineries, til after the 2012 US elections, reports Elizabeth McGowan at InsideClimate News, topping a story of revived environmental activism. Activists … Continue reading
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Tagged carbon emissions, climate change, climate change reports, environment, global warming, keystone pipeline, Obama, oil, tar sands
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