Here’s a trailer promoting a 12-DVD series titled, Resisting the Green Dragon, which is almost exclusively comprised of slanders against science, scientists, and environmentalists. Some of the biggest names of the religious right are promoting this video: Tony Perkins, David Barton, Wendy Wright, and Richard Land. via The Religious Right Sets New World-Record for Projection : Dispatches from the Culture Wars.
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The Scientific Guide to Global Warming Skepticism – Skeptical Science
Skeptical Science has just released this superb and easy to understand PDF document on the evidence for AGW and the poor arguments presented by the so-called “climate skeptics”. ————————– The Scientific Guide to Global Warming Skepticism Scientific skepticism is healthy. In fact, science by its very nature is skeptical. Genuine skepticism means considering the full body of evidence before coming to a conclusion. However, when you take a close look at arguments expressing climate...
Is the End in Sight for The World’s Coral Reefs? by J.E.N. Veron
It is a difficult idea to fathom. But the science is clear: Unless we change the way we live, the Earth’s coral reefs will be utterly destroyed within our children’s lifetimes. by j.e.n. veron Over the past decades, there have dozens of articles in the media describing dire futures for coral reefs. In the 1960s and ‘70s, we were informed that many reefs were being consumed by a voracious coral predator, the crown-of-thorns starfish....
A stunning year in climate science reveals that human civilization is on the precipice « Climate Progress
The first anniversary of ‘Climategate’, Part 1: The media blows the story of the century November 15, 2010 This week marks the one-year anniversary of what the anti-science crowd successfully labeled ‘Climategate’. The media will be doing countless retrospectives, most of which will be wasted ink, like the Guardian’s piece — focusing on climate scientists at the expense of climate science, which is precisely the kind of miscoverage that has been going on for...
Study: Tuna black market worth billions of dollars
WASHINGTON — The craze for sushi has fueled a black market in tuna worth billions of dollars, as governments collaborate with the industry despite fears for the species’ survival, an investigation found. A seven-month probe by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists found that fishermen have willfully violated official quotas in order to supply the lucrative tuna market, which is dominated by Japan. The investigation covered 10 nations but found particular violations in France,...
Scientists: Caribbean coral die-off may be worst ever
Scientists studying Caribbean reefs say that 2010 may be the worst year ever for coral death there. Abnormally warm water since June appears to have dealt a blow to shallow and deep-sea corals that is likely to top the devastation of 2005, when 80% of corals were bleached and as many as 40% died in areas on the eastern side of the Caribbean.So Eli Kintisch reports at Science online. He explains: Bleaching occurs when...
Rate of Groundwater Depletion Has Doubled Since 1960, Study Says
e360 digest 24 Sep 2010: Rate of Groundwater Depletion Has Doubled Since 1960, Study Says A burgeoning human population has doubled the rate at which it is pumping dry sources of groundwater in recent decades, according to a new study. Relying on a global database of groundwater use and Click to enlarge Groundwater Depletion Utrecht University Global groundwater depletion, 2000 demand, the researchers from Utrecht University calculated that the rate of withdrawal of groundwater...
NOAA – Scientists Find 20 Years of Deep Water Warming Leading to Sea Level Rise
September 20, 2010 Sea-level rise has the potential to reshape the coastal environment. High resolution (Credit: NOAA) Scientists analyzing measurements taken in the deep ocean around the globe over the past two decades find a warming trend that contributes to sea level rise, especially around Antarctica. Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, such as carbon dioxide, cause heating of the Earth. Over the past few decades, at least 80 percent of this heat energy has...
Monbiot.com » The Process Is Dead
It’s already clear that the climate talks in December will go nowhere – so what do we do? By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 21st September 2010. The closer it comes, the worse it looks. The best outcome anyone now expects from December’s climate summit in Mexico is that some delegates might stay awake during the meetings. When talks fail once, as they did in Copenhagen, governments lose interest. They don’t want to...
A detailed look at climate sensitivity
September 19, 2010 The amount of warming we are going to subject our children and countless future generations to depends primarily on three factors: 1. The sensitivity of the climate to fast feedbacks like sea ice and water vapor (how much warming you get if we only double CO2 emissions to 560 ppm and there are no major “slow” feedbacks). We know the fast feedbacks are strong by themselves (see Study: Water-vapor feedback is...