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IPCC panel gives dire warming forecast
By ARTHUR MAX, Associated Press Writer Sat Nov 17, 4:01 PM ET VALENCIA, Spain – The Earth is hurtling toward a warmer climate at a quickening pace, a Nobel-winning U.N. scientific panel said in a landmark report released Saturday, warning of inevitable human suffering and the threat of extinction for some species. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon said climate change imperils “the most precious treasures of our planet” and called on the United States and...
‘Unexpected growth’ in CO2 found
Carbon dioxide (CO2) levels in the atmosphere have risen 35% faster than expected since 2000, says a study. International scientists found that inefficiency in the use of fossil fuels increased levels of CO2 by 17%. The other 18% came from a decline in the natural ability of land and oceans to soak up CO2 from the atmosphere. About half of emissions from human activity are absorbed by natural “sinks” but the efficiency of these...
Al Gore and the IPCC win the Nobel Peace Prize.
(source) In another sign that this year is going to be the year of global warming awareness, Al Gore and the IPCC are sharing the 1.5 million dollar Nobel Peace Prize this year. Gore said he was “deeply honored,” adding that “the climate crisis is not a political issue it is a moral and spiritual challenge to all of humanity,” according to a written statement. Gore plans on donating his half of the money...
Who killed the DSCOVR project? (Part 2)
Mitchell Anderson of DeSmogBlog just posted the second installment of his investigative report on the death of NASA’s DSCOVR project. It is truly tragic that such an important project, at such an important time in our planet’s history, has been cancelled for purely partisan reasons. It appears that the main reason why this was cancelled is simply that Al Gore’s came up with the idea. Unreal.
Who killed the DSCOVR project?
NASA’s Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) cost over $100 million and was designed to measure the energy budget of our warming planet. Yet the spacecraft has remained in its box for the last five years and it looks like it is not going anywhere anytime soon. New DeSmogBlog contributor Mitchell Anderson will write a multi-part investigative report over the next few months. You can find the first article here.
Arctic sea ice shrinks to record low
By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID, AP Science Writer WASHINGTON – There was less sea ice in the Arctic on Friday than ever before on record, and the melting is continuing, the National Snow and Ice Data Center reported. “Today is a historic day,” said Mark Serreze, a senior research scientist at the center. “This is the least sea ice we’ve ever seen in the satellite record and we have another month left to go in...
Huge sea level rises are coming – unless we act now
Here`s an excellent essay by James Hansen, one of the worlds pre-eminent climate scientists and the head of NASA`s Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York. The essay was published by New Scientist. Here`s his conclusion: The broader picture strongly indicates that ice sheets will respond in a non-linear fashion to global warming – and are already beginning to do so. There is enough information now, in my opinion, to make it a...
Want to know more about climate change?
The excellent RealClimate website has just published an excellent compilation of resources for those who want to educate themselves on the science of climate change. You can find the post here, and it is well worth exploring those resources.
Southern Ocean already losing ability to absorb CO2
17 May 2007 NewScientist.com news service Catherine Brahic One of the world’s largest carbon sinks has stopped soaking up the carbon dioxide that humans are pumping into the atmosphere, according to a new study. Global warming has caused the Southern Ocean to become windier, churning up the waters so that they are unable to absorb CO2 at the rate we produce it, the researchers say. The implications are far-reaching, and once more imply that...