Blogging the End of the World™
New paper in Nature Geoscience examines inertia of carbon dioxide emissions Contact: Jennifer Myers, myers@ucalgary.ca, University of Calgary 9-Jan-2011 New research indicates the impact of rising CO2 levels in the Earth’s atmosphere will cause unstoppable effects to the climate for at least the next 1000 years, causing researchers to estimate a collapse of the West […]
By Andrew McCorkellSunday, 9 January 2011 Homeowners living near rivers and the coast face losing up to 40 per cent of the value of their homes as flood risk makes them uninsurable. More than a million homes and 300,000 businesses are at risk, including those in parts of London, Southend, Brighton, Reading, Birmingham, Nottingham, Liverpool, […]
By Shane Goldmacher, Los Angeles TimesJanuary 9, 2011 There will be little to like and something for just about everyone to hate. But it is in giving Californians a dose of painful budgetary truth that Brown hopes to succeed. To tame the state’s chronic budget shortfalls, the Democratic governor will request cuts in a broad […]
9 January 2011 (Desdemona Despair) – In April 2010, actor Lance Baxter, known to many as the voice of the GEICO Gecko, left a voice mail for the “tea party” organization Freedom Works that asked how Freedom Works will “spin it when one of your members does actually kill somebody, wondering if you’ve got a […]
Google translation: Berlingske TidendeFriday 7 January 2011, 03:53 Even if we turned off all power stations and threw the keys to our car away, we would probably be unable to put a stop to it. No matter how much we turn down the CO2-burner, Greenland will still reach a significant turning point by around 2040, […]
The Associated PressJanuary 07, 2011 Australians returning home after devastating floods in the eastern state of Queensland found mud and mess. Forecasters said more rain wasn’t likely to made conditions worse, although water levels had yet to peak in at least one town. Flood-hit Australians See Devastation, More Rain EuronewsJanuary 07, 2011 Authorities in Australia […]
By Morgan Erickson-Davis, www.mongabay.comJanuary 07, 2011 The sudden en-masse deaths of thousands of birds in the Southern U.S. on the night of New Year’s Eve have created a frenzy of media attention, but in reality hardly compare to the massive number that die each year because of human activity. Shortly after midnight on January 1st, […]
Added On January 7, 2011 Frustrated Plaquemines Parish President Billy Nungesser yells at a Coast Guard commander on an oil-coated beach. Nungesser blasts oil disaster cleanup Technorati Tags: oil production,oil spill,pollution,wetland,Gulf of Mexico,North America,conflict
December 2010 had the lowest ice extent for the month since the beginning of satellite records. The linear rate of decline for the month is –3.5% per decade. The low ice conditions in December occurred in conjunction with above-average air temperatures in regions where ice would normally expand at this time of year. Air temperatures […]
Certification granted to controversial fisheries has prompted severe criticism of the sustainable fisheries organisation By Lewis Smith, www.guardian.co.ukThursday 6 January 2011 06.00 GMT The body which certifies that fish have been caught sustainably has been accused of “duping” consumers by giving its eco-label to fisheries where stocks are tumbling. The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) manages […]
