Monday Morning Spice
Beijing smog reaches hazardous levels for 3rd day. Ecclestone says bribery trial will be amusing. Costa Concordia 1 year anniversary. Massive anti-gay marriage march in Paris. Cops shoot man in US cinema. Affleck wins two Golden Globes.
20-Year-Old Global Warming Prediction Report Was Pretty Accurate
Back in the day, before really good computer programmes, scientists had much less to go on when they made predictions about the future. Sometimes, though, relying on what they had then was basically enough.
The Seas Are Rising 60% Faster Than The UN Forecast
We’re speaking in millimetres here, but that measurement rise is something that happens on a yearly basis. If you take say, 50 years, that does mean quite a rise in surface area that the seas cover.
Arctic Ice Cap Melts To Lowest Levels Ever
The Arctic Ocean’s ice cover has decreased to its lowest ever recorded size, and scientists say the melt season still has a few more weeks left.
Scientists Say Rise In Sea Level Can’t Be Stopped
More worrying news from the climate change front. Scientists have said that even if deep emissions cuts lower global average temperatures, sea levels will continue to rise over the next couple of hundred years.
America’s Massive Fires Are A Preview Of A Changed Climate
Scientists say that the catastrophic wildfires in the US West offer a preview of the kind of disasters that human-caused climate change could bring. Apocalyptic like fires have been raging across Colorado, Montana and Utah for weeks, and scientists say are a damaging impact of global warming.
Global Warming Is Producing Arctic Forests
Called “pop-up forests” forest by a New York Times blogger, areas of the Arctic Tundra are greening faster and faster as temperatures rise. What is worse, is that with the increase of vegetation, more sunlight is absorbed and contributes to the increase in temperatures.
US “Monkey Bill” Will Protect Teachers Who Allow Students To Criticize Evolution And Global Warming
Back in 1925, Dayton, Tennessee was home to the famous Scopes “monkey trial”, which saw teacher John Scopes violating a state statute by teaching evolution in biology. Almost a century of science, research and cultural development later they’re still dealing with the same problems.
We ‘Must Believe In Science’ If We Want To Combat Global Warming
The human race is going to have to start believing in science – and quickly – if we want a hope in hell of surviving the environmental crisis we’re facing. This was the sentiment at a recent gathering of the world’s pre-eminent scientific minds in Vancouver. At the meeting, thousands of scientists discussed the problem that their industry is “under seige”, and that the world needs help to believe in science again.
Heartland Institute Paid Scientists To Discredit Climate Change Research
A bunch of emails have been leaked from the Heartland Institute, the think tank vaguely infamous for being at once massively skeptical of climate change and funded by billionaire global warming deniers, the Koch Brothers. The emails suggest that the Institute has been paying scientists and bloggers to discredit climate change research.
What Is Santa’s Carbon Footprint?
While the polar ice cap melts away under Santa’s jolly black boots, let’s take a look at this cool infographic that illustrates the deep deep carbon footprint those hefty heels leave.
COP17 Climate Talks In Danger Of Unravelling
Key decision makers on the global climate change issue have been hesitant to make a conclusive call at the COP17 talks, which are currently being held in Durban. There are major concerns that the world’s only legally binding climate agreement could sink entirely.
International Energy Agency: Climate Change May Become Irreversible In Five Years
In the most thorough analysis yet of world energy infrastructure and carbon emissions, the International Energy Agency (IEA) warns that we are likely to build so many new fossil-fueled power stations in the next five years that it won’t be possible to hold global warming at safe levels.
Growing Pot Leaves A Huge Carbon Footprint
A study from Lawrence Berkely National Library has claimed that when you smoke a blunt, you contribute indirectly to a little under a kilogram of carbon dioxide emissions. The same study suggests that US pot growers are responsible for 1% of national electricity consumption. So I guess it’s not that green after all. (Sorry.)
Greenpeace Commissioned Giant Vitruvian Man On Arctic Iceberg [PICS]
Greenpeace! What a dumb idea. That giant recreation of da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man is going to disappear as soon as that iceberg melts – OH. Oh gosh. You’re trying to put together some sort of heavy-handed metaphor about ‘mankind,’ ‘melting,’ like some sort of iceberg, because of ‘climate change.’
EXXON MOBIL OIL – SUBTLE ADVERTISING MUCH?
Exxon Mobil positions it’s brand at the vanguard of innovating clean energy for the world. It has a clean, 21st century look. The employees on it’s corporate advertising posters are friendly, sharply dressed, multi-ethnic. It produces print advertisements in National Geographic like this: And they like to chat quite a bit about water on their […]