Tag: climate change
group name: globalwarming
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March 08, 2007 01:37 AM EST --
What are the basics of Global Warming, specifically the impact of extra heat? What is extra heat? What is its impact on global warming? Feel free to make comments if you see things differently! . . .
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March 07, 2007 12:18 AM EST --
Let's have a look at the many concerns and dangers associated with global warming and the resulting changes in climate around the world. I've tentatively grouped them into ten points.
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March 27, 2008 01:18 PM EDT --
A huge ice shelf, measuring 5,282 square miles (13,680 square kilometers), has begun to collapse because of rapid climate change on Antarctica. The Wilkins Ice Shelf is a broad plate of permanent floating . . .
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February 27, 2008 06:43 PM EST --
The Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change was agreed on December 11, 1997 in Kyoto, Japan. Under the protocol, countries committed to monitor and report their . . .
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January 08, 2008 08:57 PM EST --
In my blog called Chemistry for a Sustainable World, I have noted a number of recent stories in the press that may be of interest. Since I just joined Gather and have not yet made any connections, . . .
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January 08, 2008 03:46 AM EST --
I have a blog on environmental issues and was excited to see that Reuters had picked up one of my posts. If you are interested in geothermal power, you might want to take a look :
Thanks to Sam, you . . .
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November 30, 2007 12:18 AM EST --
What can we expect from the United Nations Climate Change Conference , to be held in Bali, from 3 to 14 December 2007?
One outcome could be an international cap and trade system, allowing nations . . .
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April 16, 2008 06:20 AM EDT --
After publication of Ten Dangers of Global Warming , now more than a year ago, some said that the article was 'alarmist' and had 'dramatized' the impact of global warming. After the Intergovernmental . . .
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January 11, 2008 04:16 PM EST --
In response to a question submitted on one of my blog posts , I wonder if anyone here knows of any comparisons or validations of the various online environmental or carbon footprint calculators? . . .
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January 12, 2008 03:25 PM EST --
Winter Ice on Lakes, Rivers, Ponds: A Thing of the Past?
Planningto ice skate on a local lake or river this winter? You may need tothink twice, say scientists J. Magnuson, O. Jensen and B. Benson . . .
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November 19, 2008 07:41 AM EST --
Extract: As we shift away from fossil fuel and as the number of wind turbines increases, more and more people are calling for a Supergrid - high capacity links carrying electricity between the major . . .
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November 25, 2008 12:49 AM EST --
As California recovers from wildfires , a study by researchers at University of California-Berkeley finds that global warming will have a broad and devastating impact on California's economy over . . .
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January 12, 2008 10:15 PM EST --
Recent discussion on gather included discussion between Sam C. and me about teaching children the ideas and practice of sustainability. Going through some of my bookmarks, I finally came across a relevant . . .
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January 19, 2008 03:20 PM EST --
You can't pick up a newspaper or magazine without finding a story about the growing threat of global climate change or the obesity epidemic. But that might be the first time you've seen these . . .
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March 06, 2008 01:08 AM EST --
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) just released its latest report on climate change, called OECD Environmental Outlook to 2030
The report projects that world gross . . .
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September 19, 2008 10:13 AM EDT --
Emission trading will not work !
We should recognize that a global emission trading scheme will only sabotage real efforts to reduce emissions. It's a scheme designed by neocons and polluting . . .
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January 20, 2008 01:28 AM EST --
The latest post from my environmental blog :
Concluding that some biofuels are worse for the environment than traditional fuels, the EU has listed acceptable and unacceptablebiofuels based . . .
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September 21, 2007 05:08 AM EDT --
There are many ethical objections one can have against slaughtering animals and eating them. Vegetarian lifestyles have been around for ages, just like animal rights activists have long and very publicly . . .
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January 15, 2008 02:35 AM EST --
Electric vehicles can cut greenhouse gas emissions in two ways. They are clean and efficient. By acting as storage capacity, they can also make the electric grid more efficient.
Electric cars are . . .
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April 24, 2008 01:32 AM EDT --
In discussions about global warming, many are reluctant to make 'the first move'. The coal industry points at figures by the Energy Information Administration (EIA), showing that coal accounted . . .
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