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July 18, 2012
Since the Industrial Revolution, ocean acidity has risen by 30 percent as a direct result of fossil-fuel burning and deforestation. And within the last 50 years, human industry has caused the world’s oceans to experience a sharp increase in acidity that rivals levels seen when ancient carbon cycles trigge... | <urn:uuid:d5fc8f97-1ffe-4404-b9ee-d359c5162435> | http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2012/07/ocean-acidity-rivals-climate-change-as-environmental-threat/ | 0.9999 | fineweb |
In the run up to the international climate change talks in Cancun last year, you took action to demand more information for the world’s poorest. You called on UK Chancellor George Osborne to push the EU to open up about the money pledged to help poor countries cope with climate change.
You asked four simple questions.
... | <urn:uuid:f116e0d7-66f8-4e5f-8f28-caca07b38096> | http://cafodplymouth.wordpress.com/2011/02/02/climate-finance-you-asked-the-eu-listened/ | 1 | fineweb |
Tornadoes and Climate Change: Huge Stakes, Huge Unknowns
Posted: 12:05 PM EDT on May 23, 2013
We currently do not know how tornadoes and severe thunderstorms may be changing due to climate change, nor is there hope that we will be able to do so in the foreseeable future. It does not appear that there has been an increa... | <urn:uuid:e7908a91-7b74-42c2-ab95-59e1ffdccb6a> | http://classic.wunderground.com/?theprefset=91359199999WS&theprefvalue=KCASIMIV9 | 1 | fineweb |
Ecological burns at Jocassee Gorges to restore habitat, improve safety
Many species and ecosystems require fire periodically to ensure their survival, and that’s why prescribed burns will again be a part of the S.C. Department of Natural Resources’ management of the Jim Timmerman Natural Resources Area at Jocassee Gorg... | <urn:uuid:4b6f241a-4d96-4672-b310-6a17546b2dcd> | http://dnr.sc.gov/news/yr2008/jan14/jan14_burn.html | 0.9837 | fineweb |
What is fracking? It’s not the latest teenage slang word; it describes a mining process that is polluting our earth and making people sick. Food & Water Watch explains:
To frack an oil or gas well, a massive volume of water, sand, and chemicals is injected underground at high pressure to break up rock formations, allow... | <urn:uuid:92bb2698-36b0-40b3-a6c9-9a415925b747> | http://ecochildsplay.com/2012/05/10/mothers-against-fracking/ | 0.5283 | fineweb |
White Roofs or Green Roofs? By Ian Montangees
The Difference Between White Roofs and Green Roofs in Terms of Their Positive Contribution to Global Warming Reduction – by Ian Montangees
A number of people have asked about the difference between green roofs and white roofs in contributing to global warming reduction in a... | <urn:uuid:37fa81cd-de26-4ecd-9410-e18ef37d86b4> | http://happyzine.co.nz/2011/07/09/white-roofs-or-green-roofs-by-ian-montangees/ | 0.999 | fineweb |
World Wetlands Day – Healthy forests, healthy wetlands
01 February 2011 | News story
Wetlands, such as mangroves, peat forests and freshwater swamp forests, are home to a wealth of biodiversity. To mark this year’s World Wetlands Day on Wednesday 2 February, IUCN is highlighting the role and importance of forests in we... | <urn:uuid:b899548f-56d0-47b5-9d84-621d6de03a0e> | http://iucn.org/about/union/members/resources/news/?6866/World-Wetlands-Day--Healthy-forests-healthy-wetlands | 0.9399 | fineweb |
Hot Weather Gets Scientists' Attention
Originally published on Wed July 11, 2012 5:30 am
RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST:
Across America people are sweltering through extreme heat this year, continuing a long-term trend of rising temperatures. Inevitably, many are wondering if the scorching heat is due to global warming. Scientis... | <urn:uuid:e8e46237-1e26-4326-b62c-a25477bd0d59> | http://kacu.org/post/hot-weather-gets-scientists-attention | 1 | fineweb |
January 24, 2001
The US government is in transition. But why should the rest of the world suffer?
The US wants to delay the sequel to the failed November 2000 climate meet until the new Bush administration gets its act together. Along with Japan, Canada, New Zealand and Australia, the country has formally requested tha... | <urn:uuid:10ac3fb0-9bb1-4b40-a7bb-89ccc37a37d9> | http://mailto:aagc@cseindia.org/node/3095 | 1 | fineweb |
This is the century of the economic boom. India itself has seen a growth rate of 9 per cent in the previous fiscal. There is a hurry to reap as many benefits in as little time as possible. We want our production capacity to escalate and our profits to skyrocket in the industrial sector, infrastructural sector, manufact... | <urn:uuid:768af700-a2de-4578-a33c-344f96bc0bd4> | http://theviewspaper.net/need-of-the-hour-sustainable-development/ | 0.6592 | fineweb |
UPDATE ON THIS STORY: As of this morning, a shift in the winds and an opening in the ice created a passageway for the trapped whales. As of 8:00 AM Quebec time, they were well on their way.
Two scouts sent to check on the killer whales around 8 a.m. local time found a passage of water had been created in Hudson Bay all... | <urn:uuid:ded9d93f-fc96-49bc-8867-2eea4d9d9b8a> | http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/01/10/climate-change-disaster-twelve-killer-whales-trapped-in-rapidly-closing-ice-video/ | 0.8809 | fineweb |
Senate Oil Savings’ Greatest Hits
The Best Provisions to Cut Our Consumption
SOURCE: AP/Mark Humphrey
Oil, oil, everywhere, but not a drop for fuel. This is the stark view of Gulf Coast residents who see a 24,500 square mile oil slick menacing their shores. The devastating BP oil disaster has clearly increased the urge... | <urn:uuid:e928ac2f-d605-401d-b6b3-17e1250fc464> | http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/green/news/2010/06/29/7939/senate-oil-savings-greatest-hits/ | 0.9892 | fineweb |
Our planet has reached a staggering milestone: On October 31, 2011, the world population reached 7 billion people eking out a living. By the end of the century, it’ll top 10 billion.
Unsustainable human population growth and overconsumption are the root causes of environmental destruction. They’re driving species extin... | <urn:uuid:03470a6d-62fa-4790-ae3e-4e5459e0bd3e> | http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/campaigns/overpopulation/7_billion_and_counting/index.html | 0.9238 | fineweb |
Yesterday, The Washington Post reported that there is new advice for vulnerable coastal communities on how to adapt to risings seas: move away from the shore. The Post report explores the implications of sea-level rise for the Hampton Roads area, home to Norfolk Naval Station, cautioning that traditional methods of hol... | <urn:uuid:1b90a900-e55e-4111-89a9-d777a00cd685> | http://www.cnas.org/blogs/naturalsecurity/2011/06/weekend-s-news-new-thinking-adapting-inexorable-sea-level-rise.html | 0.9999 | fineweb |
This week’s top news story has been hiding in plain sight on the Internet for two years.
Even so, a September, 2010 report from Deutsche Bank Group entitled “Climate Change: Addressing the Major Skeptic Arguments,” is big news. In Earth Preservers’ opinion, the report has the potential to be a game-changer because it h... | <urn:uuid:0ea7ffd5-5967-436c-b5e3-e1620cf95b58> | http://www.earthpreservers.com/eco-science/?currentPage=4 | 1 | fineweb |
The Blackfriars Bridge over the River Thames was constructed back in Victorian times, and now it’s getting a distinctly steampunk facelift with the addition of 4,400 photovoltaic panels. When complete, this installation is expected to be not only the largest solar power array in the United Kingdom, but also the world’s... | <urn:uuid:8c7bc000-5759-4add-9d02-03086bc152f4> | http://www.earthtechling.com/2011/10/victorian-era-bridge-goes-solar-steampunk/ | 0.9968 | fineweb |
Last week, Los Angeles became the largest city in the nation to enact a ban against one of the most widely polluted items in history – the plastic bag.
Over the next 12 months, the use of plastic bags in the city will be phased out gradually. Larger stores will have sixmonths to phase them out, while smaller stores wil... | <urn:uuid:784d0848-20f0-4fcf-ba2d-e088d14ba21c> | http://www.ecomagination.com/paper-or-pollution-analyzing-las-plastic-bag-ban | 0.8909 | fineweb |
Think green, act green. This message is not limited to governments alone any more. It has become everyone’s concern to take measures to save the environment as much as we can before it is too late. Each one of us can contribute to make the planet eco-friendly by doing small things on an everyday basis – for example, tu... | <urn:uuid:c8583adb-0ce7-41ab-a986-1ade0ff21596> | http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/waste-and-recycling/news-green-your-job-5-easy-eco-friendly-steps | 0.9427 | fineweb |
The big mover in the first two years is wind. Small amounts of photovoltaic solar, geothermal and biomass are also added, helping to back-up the new wind power.
The combination of wind's massive growth, assisted by other technologies and immediate efficiency gains allows the first polluting coal plants to be retired. T... | <urn:uuid:c3d8fd8a-232c-40fa-bab2-a4f93d39822c> | http://www.greenpeace.org/australia/en/what-we-do/climate/Report-2010/ | 0.9736 | fineweb |
No more Chernobyls
Time heals everything, doesn't it? It has been 25 years since the name Chernobyl became the infamous nuclear accident that devastated the lives of millions of people in Western Russia, Belarus and the Ukraine. 25 years on, and the nightmare for thousands of people is still frightening.
View of the de... | <urn:uuid:78dce944-7545-4ad8-8627-c8d6aaea703d> | http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/campaigns/nuclear/nomorechernobyls/?page=3 | 0.9672 | fineweb |
Editorial: Home Non-Energy - Preparing Homes for Future Blackouts
We all have stories about losing power in our home for several hours—or days—and many people suspect that power interruptions are becoming more frequent. They may be right; unfortunately, the utility data are so sketchy that nobody can say for certain. B... | <urn:uuid:aca0f252-9241-4458-b3e2-a147f98cd6c4> | http://www.homeenergy.org/show/article/magazine/126/nav/issues/id/1828 | 0.705 | fineweb |
January 09, 2008
Global warming is a hot topic in today’s news. People are seeking ways to save energy and protect the environment. Reducing household energy consumption is one effective way to slow the trend toward global warming. Utilities have successfully implemented demand response programs for commercial and indu... | <urn:uuid:dab550c8-1f0d-4d92-a3a8-fd5cf6ebf2d2> | http://www.homeenergy.org/show/article/nav/waterefficiency/page/2/id/476 | 0.9652 | fineweb |
By Imraan Baccus
(HN, November 29, 2011) - As Durban welcomes the world for the COP 17 meeting, the air is filled with some of the excitement that we all felt during the World Cup last year.
But the debates around environmentalism and the need to take serious action against climate change are often tending to the super... | <urn:uuid:7da0d3c6-7646-4ad4-bcf2-005eb81775e0> | http://www.humnews.com/humnews/tag/cop17 | 0.9097 | fineweb |
New GREEN UP Program Helps Buildings to Save Money While Reducing Emissions
By: Meirav Even-Har, Toronto
Regular readers of this blog may have noticed I cover the subject of buildings quite often. Responsible for as much as 40% of global GHGs, buildings remain, for the most part, under the public awareness radar. Howev... | <urn:uuid:c4a7a403-37c2-4ee3-9cba-88c8aaf6a048> | http://www.justmeans.com/New-GREEN-UP-Program-Helps-Buildings-Save-Money-While-Reducing-Emissions/55091.html | 0.8532 | fineweb |
England could spice up its food production by growing more herbs and spices, says a report looking at the nation's future food security.
It said it could become possible if the UK's climate changes, as could growing chickpeas "for roti-bread flour".
Experts involved in the government-convened Green Food Project also ca... | <urn:uuid:4be3302e-fadc-46b5-bc9e-47ba681e1238> | http://www.kbtx.com/green/headlines/Green_food_report_favours_home-grown_curry_161939935.html?site=mobile | 0.6164 | fineweb |
In this day and age, keeping a low carbon footprint has grown in popularity at a rapid pace. Everything from water conservation to renewable energy has become a hot topic among the public. While some of the ways to live a greener life are fairly obvious, there are some that people may not think about on a regular basis... | <urn:uuid:72ebba09-d901-4135-8d4a-c6c64f1ba9fc> | http://www.liveviridian.com/site/id/news/category/Sustainability%20Initiative/article/Tips%20for%20a%20greener%20lifestyle.asp | 0.9895 | fineweb |
|Bailey's Ecoregions and Subregions of the
United States, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands
What this map layer shows:
Ecoregions defined by common climatic and vegetation characteristics,
shown as domains, divisions, provinces and sections.
Ecoregions are ecosystems of regional extent. Bailey's ecoregions disti... | <urn:uuid:5e0305d0-788d-465d-9c1a-318233c38eba> | http://www.nationalatlas.gov/mld/ecoregp.html | 0.55 | fineweb |
Lovelace, the rockhopper penguin that answers life's questions in the animated film "Happy Feet", probably would be just as stumped as the researchers who reported Friday that the population of his northern relatives has declined by 90 percent over the last 50 years.
The population of northern rockhopper penguins once ... | <urn:uuid:30f6cee3-b6a4-4669-b62c-dd0f865f141c> | http://www.nbcnews.com/id/28696101/ | 0.858 | fineweb |
Using climatic trends for sustainable agriculture
This activity provides opportunities for students to:
- consider the value of weather and climate information to inform management practices
- propose management strategies for resources based on these predictions
- use the Internet as a source of up-to-date information... | <urn:uuid:42d94a60-5604-471e-86b5-b4015359113a> | http://www.nrm.qld.gov.au/education/teachers/land/activities/activity06.html | 0.9993 | fineweb |
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AfricaAdapt is a bilingual (English/French) network of African researchers, policymakers, civil society organisations and local communities that encourages information sharing on climate change adaptation for Africa.
The network publishes information on its activities including workshops, in... | <urn:uuid:02c598e4-b789-4b16-a239-434d102f9a6c> | http://www.scidev.net/en/climate-change-and-energy/climate-change-in-africa/links/all/ | 1 | fineweb |
Climate change has already pushed the nation's wildlife into crisis, according to a report released Wednesday from the National Wildlife Federation (NWF), and further catastrophe, including widespread extinction, can only be curbed with swift action to curb the carbon pollution that has the planet sweltering.
Entitled ... | <urn:uuid:8f73ff6f-28d6-4d1c-b460-f3a592885a8d> | http://www.scoop.it/t/why-has-putin-closed-the-archives-relating-to-the-holocaust-and-why-has-russian-joined-the-wto/p/3371169705/israel-shells-syria-and-gaza-sabbah-report | 1 | fineweb |
Drought Emergency Planning Workshops
During 2012, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) hosted drought emergency planning workshops throughout the state. The workshops provided local government officials, board members, and their water system operators information and tools to prevent and mitigate water ... | <urn:uuid:22452352-36bf-46cd-b734-c3e871445168> | http://www.tceq.texas.gov/assistance/water/drought-emergency-planning-workshops | 0.9737 | fineweb |
Pricing Carbon Emissions
A bill before Congress may prove a costly way to reduce greenhouse gases.
- Friday, June 5, 2009
- By Kevin Bullis
Experts are applauding a sweeping energy bill currently before the United States Congress, saying that it could lead to significant cuts in greenhouse-gas emissions and improve the... | <urn:uuid:ecbdee27-d586-4d08-a03d-036829352851> | http://www.technologyreview.in/energy/22755/page1/ | 1 | fineweb |
Peerumade, Kottayam, Punalur, Tiruvalla and Alappuzha are those stations in the State which have witnessed significant reduction in rainfall during the last century.
Y.E.A. Raj, Deputy Director-General, Regional Meteorological Centre, Chennai, revealed this during a special address at the Kerala Environment Congress 20... | <urn:uuid:c28dd36c-4567-4575-956c-32c24a99652d> | http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/states/article3795775.ece | 1 | fineweb |
- Date submitted: 25 Oct 2011
- Stakeholder type: Member State
- Name: Canada
- Submission Document: Download
Millennium Development Goals
(1 hits), MDG
CANADA'S NATIONAL SUBMISSION
Twenty years after the Earth Summit much has been done to address the environmental and development challenges identified in 1992. However... | <urn:uuid:4c0bd643-49dd-41b0-a955-ef94b8a329be> | http://www.uncsd2012.org/index.php?page=view&nr=33&type=510&menu=20&template=529&str=Millennium%20Development%20Goals%20(MDGs) | 0.8011 | fineweb |
Previously just the worry of climate scientists, environmentalists, doomsday prognosticators, and gas-price watchers, climate change is starting to worry some others— public health specialists, who say that global warming could affect large swaths of the population.
In a paper published in the journal PLoS Medicine Tue... | <urn:uuid:1beaa212-0ebb-4946-8b56-78084b20bfbd> | http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2012/06/05/expert-climate-change-will-increasingly-become-global-health-issue | 1 | fineweb |
The challenges we face due to the effects of climate change are unprecedented.
Its reach is widespread, taking into account damage to ecosystems - which in turn effects entire nation’s infrastructures - the economy and peoples' health. Already we are seeing extreme weather conditions leading to widespread hunger and di... | <urn:uuid:06552abe-5837-422c-9e37-af1728e6814d> | http://www.worldpreservationfoundation.org/topic.php?cat=economicCosts | 1 | fineweb |
Chinese Yellow-headed Box Turtles are considered to be one of the 25 most endangered turtles in the world, with fewer than 150 individuals remaining in the wild. They once thrived in streams in the highlands of the Anhui Province of eastern China. But the population collapsed due to human consumption, use in traditiona... | <urn:uuid:a95f71bd-02cb-468c-a5c3-3cb7aec49d0b> | http://www.zooborns.com/zooborns/2012/12/wildlife-conservation-societys-bronx-zoo-announces-hatching-of-extremely-rare-turtle-species.html | 0.9485 | fineweb |
Simple observational proof of the greenhouse effect of carbon dioxide
Posted by Ari Jokimäki on April 19, 2010
Recently, I showed briefly a simple observational proof that greenhouse effect exists using a paper by Ellingson & Wiscombe (1996). Now I will present a similar paper that deepens the proof and shows more clea... | <urn:uuid:7ca379c3-faf0-4aab-83e1-0999a130f017> | http://agwobserver.wordpress.com/2010/04/19/simple-observational-proof-of-the-greenhouse-effect-of-carbon-dioxide/ | 0.9985 | fineweb |
How Much Does the Ocean Weigh?
Water does weigh something; about 8.3 pounds per gallon. In research published this week, scientists from the National Oceanography Center and Newcastle University have proposed an idea that will assess the mass of the world ocean by weighing it at a single point. But there is a catch. Gl... | <urn:uuid:7c5d0829-26bf-4315-9573-7861ac4c1901> | http://blog.cleantechies.com/2012/09/10/how-much-does-the-ocean-weigh/ | 0.9635 | fineweb |
The Facts About the Proposed ODEC Power Plant
Old Dominion Electric Cooperative (ODEC) has proposed building a 1,500 megawatt, coal-fired power plant—the Cypress Creek Power Station—in Dendron in Surry County, Va., or on an alternative site in neighboring Sussex County, Virginia. If built, the plant would be the larges... | <urn:uuid:68ed51c7-c8b5-43ef-9544-8ee6f7faeff2> | http://cbf.org/how-we-save-the-bay/issues/air-pollution/odec/facts-about-odec-power-plant | 0.9993 | fineweb |
News & Policies >
Policies in Focus
President Bush's Initiative Against Illegal Logging
"... I've also ordered the Secretary of State to develop a new initiative to help developing
countries stop illegal logging, a practice that destroys biodiversity and releases millions
of tons of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere... | <urn:uuid:d2cbbc16-c779-4db6-928d-a94cb311bc64> | http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/infocus/illegal-logging/ | 0.6162 | fineweb |
Initial surveys began this week and are focusing on the collection of water samples for eDNA analysis. Electroshocking and netting survey efforts will also be conducted starting next week. The eDNA surveys will occur in the Sandusky River and Bay, and the Maumee River and Bay. Samples will be collected in the areas whe... | <urn:uuid:1da944ff-f613-4437-88c4-f052b1514ec0> | http://greatlakesenvironment.blogspot.com/2012_08_02_archive.html | 0.8939 | fineweb |
UN Pushes False Himalayan Glacier Scare to Set the Stage for Rio+20 Conference
The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) has issued a press release this morning trumpeting the fact that its film Himalayan Meltdown just won the top prize in the Worldfest International Film Festival. The one-hour film, according to t... | <urn:uuid:2ac54f12-e32a-475c-a300-dec9beb9ed04> | http://news.heartland.org/newspaper-article/2012/04/23/un-pushes-false-himalayan-glacier-scare-set-stage-rio20-conference | 1 | fineweb |
The current state of arctic sea ice (see graph below) sends a chill down my spine.
So what it says is that the ice is melting furiously, and looks like it’s not yet slowing down even though the days have started to draw in.
However, any scientist will tell you that no single data point can be used as evidence of global... | <urn:uuid:9a7cd3b6-4f62-4026-a172-8d9ce40f079e> | http://theprovincialscientist.com/2012/08/18/global-warming-canaries-anyone-an-short-intro-to-why-most-scientists-are-worried-about-climate-change/ | 0.9885 | fineweb |
Satellite Image of Lake Carnegie in Australia
Lansat 7 (15m) Satellite Image of Lake Carnegie in Australia
Click on image to view in high resolution.
Lake Carnegie is an ephemeral lake in Western Australia. It fills with water only during very rare periods of significant rainfall, such as during the huge 1900 floods an... | <urn:uuid:4e5f3e46-37c5-43bd-b5e7-c64e179874fa> | http://visions-of-earth.com/2012/08/09/satellite-image-of-lake-carnegie-in-australia/ | 0.9996 | fineweb |
Carbon credit initiative
Cargill supports first-of-its-kind project designed to preserve the Amazon rainforest.
Earth Day, every day. To demonstrate our commitment to Earth Day we present stories that illustrate how we work to make a positive difference. For additional information on our environmental activities read B... | <urn:uuid:281f6847-eb81-463c-9015-d6d8085f48ed> | http://www.cargill.com/connections/carbon-credit-initiative/index.jsp | 0.9991 | fineweb |
What does this program measure?
Sulfur Dioxide is measured at 4,10,23,and 40 meters above the ground, in units of parts per trillion by volume.
How does this program work?
Why is this research important?
This is part of an effort to monitor long-term of emissions from Kilauea and Mauna Loa volcanoes. It may provide a p... | <urn:uuid:f8bcf8d0-f144-4e8a-b1ee-796934b50837> | http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/obop/mlo/programs/esrl/so2/so2.html | 0.9786 | fineweb |
Six natural wonders declared World Heritage Sites
02 July 2012 | News story
St. Petersburg, Russia, 2 July, 2012 (IUCN) – Sangha Trinational - shared between Cameroon, the Central African Republic and the Republic of Congo; Lakes of Ounianga in Chad and Chengjiang fossil site in China have been inscribed on the World H... | <urn:uuid:009e01e5-57ea-488d-a2b6-ff6b5df78930> | http://www.iucn.org/es/noticias/noticias_por_region/asia_del_oeste_news/?10331/1/Six-natural-wonders-declared-World-Heritage-Sites | 0.5975 | fineweb |
- Formation of H2 and CH4 by weathering of olivine at temperatures between 30 and 70°CAnna Neubeck
Department of Geological Sciences, Stockholm University, Sweden
Geochem Trans 12:6. 2011..This may expand the range of environments plausible for abiotic CH4 formation both on Earth and on other terrestrial bodies...
- Me... | <urn:uuid:42de6163-2efa-4490-ba7a-c4d0a2a4ed7f> | http://www.labome.org/expert/sweden/bastviken/david-bastviken-1636290.html | 0.9979 | fineweb |
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Major Changes Ahead Due to Global Warming, Says New Federal Report
Mid-Atlantic Regio... | <urn:uuid:938c302c-58f2-4006-9441-a899aff50880> | http://www.nrdc.org/media/pressReleases/000612.asp | 0.9998 | fineweb |
Even if the Palmarin Tree Project planted a million trees next year, it wouldn't mean much if we couldn't protect them. To make real gains in reforestation has to be well thought out from what species to are to be planted, where and then most importantly how are we going to make sure they will survive. Today that is a ... | <urn:uuid:36759bd9-b27e-42cd-b3d3-ff20a92dc17b> | http://www.palmarinoffsets.org/pro/land-protection-1 | 0.9577 | fineweb |
Review of Peat Surface Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Oil Palm Plantations in Southeast Asia05 March 2012
This white paper, published by the International Council on Clean Transportation, aims to assess likely rates of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from tropical peatlands converted to oil palm plantations.
The paper sa... | <urn:uuid:d3e0ab25-04dc-40a9-b4de-a7c70775f713> | http://www.power-technology.com/downloads/whitepapers/transmission/filereview-of-peat-surface-greenhouse-gas-emissions-from-oil-palm-plantations-in-southeast-asia/ | 1 | fineweb |
Timor-Leste lies right at the heart of The Coral Triangle, an area of 648 million hectares which holds the world’s highest diversity of marine life and is also home to some of the world’s poorest people. Although small compared to other countries in the Coral Triangle, Timor-Leste boasts rich and relatively pristine ma... | <urn:uuid:6c7a2e83-6d3a-4e13-8dc0-99070561e893> | http://www.thecoraltriangle.com/media/timor-leste-supporting-coastal-communities | 1 | fineweb |
Cyanobacterial Emergence at 2.8 Gya and Greenhouse Feedbacks
D. Schwartzman, K. Caldeira & A. Pavlov
Approximately 2.8 billion years ago, cyanobacteria and a methane-influenced greenhouse emerged nearly simultaneously. Here we hypothesize that the evolution of cyanobacteria could have caused a methane greenhouse.
Appar... | <urn:uuid:f4947171-69c0-4989-a627-b8ca8e544ab3> | http://dge.stanford.edu/labs/caldeiralab/Caldeira_research/Schwartzman_Caldeira.html | 0.999 | fineweb |
16 Jun 2008: Report
The Limits of Climate Modeling
As the public seeks answers about the future impacts of climate change, some climatologists are growing increasingly uneasy about the localized predictions they are being asked to make.
Now that the world largely accepts our climate is changing, and that humans are to ... | <urn:uuid:b16d65e9-f659-4f06-882f-45c8ec102566> | http://e360.yale.edu/feature/the_limits_of_climate_modeling/2028/ | 1 | fineweb |
The troposphere is the lowest portion of Earth's atmosphere. It contains approximately 80% of the atmosphere's mass and 99% of its water vapor and aerosols. The average depth of the troposphere is approximately 17 km (11 mi) in the middle latitudes. It is deeper in the tropics, up to 20 km (12 mi), and shallower near t... | <urn:uuid:289d13f0-c4f6-44f9-8b69-3daada4f7990> | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troposphere | 0.5665 | fineweb |
Dr. Jane Lubchenco, a marine ecologist from Oregon State University, has been elected to many scientific honors, one of which was the presidency of the American Academy for the Advancement of Science. For her presidential address at the AAAS annual meeting, she looked straight out at the huge assembly of scientists and... | <urn:uuid:6d8dc99b-836d-402d-8207-44f94a857768> | http://grist.org/article/message/ | 0.7728 | fineweb |
Around the Nation
Wed November 2, 2011
Climate Change Has Calif. Vintners Rethinking Grapes
Prime California wine country areas like the Napa Valley could soon be facing rising temperatures, according to climate change studies. So some wineries are thinking of switching to grapes that are better suited to a warmer clim... | <urn:uuid:4ccd029f-00b6-4e15-b625-19bb4ddc6b1a> | http://kazu.org/post/climate-change-has-calif-vintners-rethinking-grapes | 0.9932 | fineweb |
"Simultaneously mitigating near-term climate change and improving human health and food security."
Well, yes. What's new for Science doesn't have to be new for klimazwiebel authors and readers. But finally, good to hear that other people,too, seem to give up their 2-degree goals and become more pragmatic and realistic!... | <urn:uuid:fd9742e0-924f-479c-9313-efc2f990fbff> | http://klimazwiebel.blogspot.com/2012/01/finally-heartwell-gets-breakthrough.html?showComment=1326909869729 | 1 | fineweb |
August 03, 2011
Using its rapid deforestation detection system INPE found 312.7 square kilometers were cleared in June. Nearly 40 percent of deforestation occurred in the state of Pará. The states of Mato Grosso (26 percent), Rondonia (21 percent), and Amazonas (13 percent) also saw significant forest loss.
Entering th... | <urn:uuid:49f0d674-fb24-429b-9579-fe225211bc31> | http://news.mongabay.com/2011/0803-inpe_jun11.html | 0.9336 | fineweb |
Green building facts
- Buildings consume 32% of the world’s resources including 12% of fresh water and 40% of the world’s energy (7).
- In Australia commercial buildings produce almost 9% of our national Greenhouse gas emissions (8).
- To make way for the new Law School the Edgeworth David building and the Stephen Robe... | <urn:uuid:354e6914-456e-4541-8c57-6410f91b48cd> | http://sydney.edu.au/facilities/sustainable_campus/buildings/index.shtml | 0.947 | fineweb |
By Chris Wickham
LONDON (Reuters) - Large-scale engineering projects aimed at fighting global warming could radically reduce rainfall in Europe and North America, a team of scientists from four European countries have warned.
Geoengineering projects are controversial, even though they are largely theoretical at this po... | <urn:uuid:2d6ed62d-530d-4e14-9b7c-e71629d6b1a1> | http://whtc.com/news/articles/2012/jun/06/scientists-warn-geoengineering-may-disrupt-rainfall/ | 0.9991 | fineweb |
How can we "green" our schools to make them more environmentally sustainable? What kinds of choices should we make, and which choices will actually have an impact? How do we know that our choices are making a difference?
These are the questions that frame a unique collaboration between the Rhinebeck school district and... | <urn:uuid:2d0aebed-b266-4459-b54d-8f47b27347ec> | http://www.caryinstitute.org/newsroom/kids-id-schools-ecosystems?page=0%2525252C1%25252C3%252C2 | 0.9881 | fineweb |
When agricultural researchers in the Southwest look into the future, one issue stays near the top of the list as a major priority. No matter what happens in any other ag-related area, all roads lead back to this one fact.
Without this one resource, farming doesn’t exist. And nowhere has this become a bigger issue than ... | <urn:uuid:21b86954-594d-481d-b875-0c03342bb993> | http://www.cottonfarming.com/home/issues/2012-07/Water-Efficiency.html | 0.8919 | fineweb |
2 December 2008, Rome - Ocean warming, frequent tropical cyclones, flash floods and droughts are likely to have a devastating impact on food production systems in Pacific island countries, FAO warned today.
Climate change-related disasters are already imposing serious constraints on development in the islands, which ap... | <urn:uuid:f422baae-ba40-4bde-9199-84471e7540e8> | http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/8658/icode/ | 1 | fineweb |
What Every Tech Pro Should Know About 'Green Computing'
For most companies, the movement is about saving money, not the environment. But it's getting better at both.
Forget Al Gore and his Oscar for a global warming documentary. To gauge how today's trendy green movement is affecting computing, skip Hollywood and head ... | <urn:uuid:5baf6ea1-945f-4825-a984-b2926794618f> | http://www.informationweek.com/what-every-tech-pro-should-know-about-gr/197801530?queryText=methane+laptop | 0.9361 | fineweb |
The Central Coast Maritime Museum Association preserves and interprets the maritime history of California and beyond. Our mission is to provide an easily accessible educational venue for maritime history, science and technology.
Restoration of the Alma is Under Way!
Thanks to a generous grant from the Hind Foundation, ... | <urn:uuid:90eb4f11-d0af-4ef4-b9dd-b61675392ee7> | http://www.morrobaymaritime.org/ | 0.632 | fineweb |
Tuvalu Runs Dry
The Telegraph reports that Tuvalu's state of emergency was declared after existing desalination plants broke, exacerbating an already dire drought:
The Tuvalu Red Cross said it had not rained properly in the country for more than six months. Meteorologists have forecast a lack of run until December. Typ... | <urn:uuid:6f46ce5d-c3d5-4b13-8660-e84a511bdebb> | http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2011/10/tuvalu-runs-dry | 0.7627 | fineweb |
New research from the Environmental Working Group shows that the animal products you eat have remarkably different affects on the environment .
The research shows that Lamb, beef and cheese have the highest emissions. In part this is because they come from ruminant animals that constantly generate methane through their... | <urn:uuid:5bac0fd9-81c9-478d-b0e2-05eaa708812d> | http://www.mumzine.com/2011/07/20/all-meat-is-not-equal-when-it-comes-to-its-impact-on-the-environment/ | 0.9991 | fineweb |
OECD Home › Environment › Publications & Documents › News Release
Most of the action to address climate change will need to take place in developing countries, but developed countries should shoulder much of the cost, said OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría today in a speech at the United Nations Climate Conference in... | <urn:uuid:a0adbf11-bef2-4bfb-a22f-1ac4cfe9441e> | http://www.oecd.org/environment/publicationsdocuments/newsrelease/6/ | 1 | fineweb |
"Green" Energy, It's ALL GREEN...So it's CLEAN!
Public Power's "GREEN" ENERGY - Why Choose "Green" Energy?
Public Power is now offering 100% "Green" Energy. "Green" programs are helping America become energy independent.
Public Power offers 100% Green Energy, whereas our standard rate provides only 20% Green Energy. Cu... | <urn:uuid:00904d06-f75d-4c78-9b64-df6de5b09f6c> | http://www.ppandu.com/en/clean-green-energy.php | 0.9999 | fineweb |
There has been a flurry of recent commentary concerning Amazon drought – some of it good, some of it not so good. The good stuff has revolved around a recently-completed interesting field experiment that was run out of the Woods Hole Research Center (not to be confused with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution), wh... | <urn:uuid:34247e22-9bec-4ed3-b5e5-15b6d905fbaf> | http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2006/08/amazonian-drought/?wpmp_switcher=desktop | 1 | fineweb |
Extreme Weather Map Shows 3,527 Monthly Weather Records Shattered in 2012
Top Ten States with Greatest Percentage of Locations with Record-Breaking Heat: TN, WI, MN, IL, IN, NV, WV, ME, CO, MD
NEW YORK, Jan. 15, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — In 2012, there were at least 3,527 monthly weather records for heat, rain and... | <urn:uuid:8887f5a7-30e7-4547-a28b-21b5a9068af8> | http://www.redorbit.com/news/business/1112764295/extreme-weather-map-shows-3527-monthly-weather-records-shattered-in/ | 1 | fineweb |
The National Center for Atmospheric Research-Community Climate System Model (NCAR-CCSM) is used in a coupled atmosphere-ocean-sea-ice simulation of the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM, around 21,000 years ago) climate. In the tropics, the simulation shows a moderate cooling of 3 °C over land and 2 °C in the ocean in zonal av... | <urn:uuid:a6a6195b-abc3-4fca-87c9-daeaf460fe58> | http://www.researchonline.mq.edu.au/vital/access/manager/Repository/mq:11390?exact=rfcdcode%3A%22040100+Atmospheric+Sciences%22&highlights=false | 0.9992 | fineweb |
Indonesia Digging Up Too Much Coal: Greenpeace
Indonesia’s ambitious plans to boost coal production and exports from Kalimantan are ill-advised and not worth the environmental and social cost, according to a key report from Greenpeace.
In the “Point of No Return” report released last week, the environmental group said ... | <urn:uuid:1ddac3db-872d-40d1-a6a3-c196ef41bb9b> | http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/archive/indonesia-digging-up-too-much-coal-greenpeace/568445/ | 0.9999 | fineweb |
The drought in Texas, during March, was the worst since 1895.
That is about the time my parents were born 120 years ago.
I never thought it could be worse than the drought of the 1950s, but it is. Drive out into grazing country where mesquite aren't too thick and all you can see is dry, cracked soil with an occasional ... | <urn:uuid:2ea6b2e4-22cb-4c80-8462-ec4f7a51e6d6> | http://www.timesrecordnews.com/news/2011/may/01/drought-worst-since-1895/ | 0.9997 | fineweb |
9 January 2013. Climate change poses many challenges to beaches and coastal areas and to the people living near these areas. In order to educate school students and community members on how to protect their beach environments, the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Jakarta office and the FOCI... | <urn:uuid:2bf2a56a-04e8-44c1-b3f4-d3955e94cc2e> | http://www.uncclearn.org/unesco_sandwatch_training_promotes_climate_change_ | 0.9977 | fineweb |
Where are we now? Climate "Today"
Before we move on to projections of future state of our planet's climate, let's take a few looks at the current state of Earth's climate.
These graphs show how carbon emissions, atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide, and global average temperatures have changed in recent times.
... | <urn:uuid:6b4aa9b9-1d46-4bb5-b28c-db5733d68d6b> | http://www.windows2universe.org/earth/climate/climate_today.html&lang=sp | 1 | fineweb |
Uganda Ministry of Health, Uganda Ministry of Water and Environment, Uganda Bureau of Statistics, International Livestock Research Institute, World Resources Institute
This report presents maps and analyses designed to inform the policies surrounding
poverty reduction efforts in Uganda and to help
reach the 2015 nation... | <urn:uuid:454818a9-5f2b-4413-8a8a-54d489cc9b8d> | http://www.wri.org/topics/mapping?page=5 | 0.6007 | fineweb |
More Information will come soon.
Welcome to the International Youth Climate Policy working group
We’ll be using this as our primary means of communication as we discuss and develop policy positions leading up to (and beyond) Copenhagen!
Role of the Youth Climate Policy Group:
1. To discuss and keep up to date with poli... | <urn:uuid:3e43e7c4-ea8b-49ec-9969-e2aafeb1a034> | http://youthclimate.org/get-involved/working-groups/policy-wg/ | 1 | fineweb |
Shooting sulfur particles into the stratosphere to reflect the sun? Dumping iron into the ocean to boost the absorption of carbon dioxide? Could these far-fetched and dangerous-sounding schemes help avert potentially catastrophic effects of climate change, or would they exacerbate conditions on our ever warming planet?... | <urn:uuid:9a032602-f263-4c94-a03f-70763337421c> | http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/05/01/the-double-edged-sword-of-geoengineering/comment-page-1/ | 0.9999 | fineweb |
Gender-Responsive Climate Change Adaptation and Egypt
Neither the impacts of climate change on people, nor the ways in which people respond to climate change are gender-neutral. Women usually bear the burden of climate changes because they are the bulk of the Egypt’s poor and have fewer resources for coping with global... | <urn:uuid:38b46b0d-fb1f-4aba-b858-1e77775e67e7> | http://cairofrombelow.org/2012/07/13/gender-responsive-climate-change-adaptation-and-egypt/ | 1 | fineweb |
Canadian Forest Service Publications
Boreal forest fire regimes and climate change. 2001. Stocks, B.J.; Wotton, B.M.; Flannigan, M.D.; Fosbert, M.A.; Cahoon, D.R.; Goldammer, J.G. Pages 233-246 in M. Beniston and M.M. Verstraete, editors. Remote sensing and climate modeling: synergies and limitations. Kluwer Academic, ... | <urn:uuid:31d4a165-a808-43a5-93e5-38f2e607593c> | http://cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/publications?id=18536&lang=en_CA | 0.9995 | fineweb |
Two months after the failure of COP 15 in Copenhagen, Denmark, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon announced the creation of an all-men advisory body for climate change financing*. With an ambitious task of “build[ing] momentum towards a successful negotiation of a comprehensive climate change agreement," the ... | <urn:uuid:5ea17e33-391e-4249-a7e8-dad024c99e12> | http://climatechangemedia.ning.com/profiles/blogs/a-planet-of-men-since-when-un | 1 | fineweb |
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The New Grid
Plugging into California’s clean-energy future
Take a look at the nearest light switch: is it up or down? The answer means more than you think. When you flip a switch — or run a washing machine, or plug in a space heater — you’re creating demand. And on a vast, interconnected electrical grid l... | <urn:uuid:8224f4f0-9977-48eb-a4b8-32efdabd4d63> | http://cnr.berkeley.edu/breakthroughs/fa12/the_new_grid | 0.9308 | fineweb |
Forest Ecosystems: Current Research
Regional Fire/Climate Relationships in the Pacific Northwest and Beyond
Fire exerts a strong influence on the structure and function of many terrestrial ecosystems. In forested ecosystems, the factors controlling the frequency, intensity, and size of fires are complex and operate at ... | <urn:uuid:e4092633-013e-4995-97f5-6212c2dac106> | http://cses.washington.edu/cig/res/fe/fireclimate.shtml | 1 | fineweb |
Current models of global climate change predict warmer temperatures will increase the rate that bacteria and other microbes decompose soil organic matter, a scenario that pumps even more heat-trapping carbon into the atmosphere. But a new study led by a University of Georgia researcher shows that while the rate of deco... | <urn:uuid:dbd336d1-5dba-4cad-aae7-758f35131d59> | http://ecology.uga.edu/newsItem.php?Study_helps_clarify_role_of_soil_microbes_in_global_warming-27/ | 0.999 | fineweb |
Report: 100 Million People Will Die By 2030 If World Fails To Tackle Climate Change
It is estimated that over 100 million people will die and global economic growth will be cut by 3.2 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) by 2030 if the world fails to tackle climate change, a report commissioned by 20 governments has... | <urn:uuid:3f4533a8-6ce5-4d2e-a302-ae37b796c98e> | http://elitedaily.com/news/world/report-100-million-people-die-2030-world-fails-tackle-climate-change/ | 1 | fineweb |
In the southeast U.S., deep-sea corals create oases of special habitat along the coast and are extremely vulnerable to certain kinds of fishing such as bottom trawling and dredging.
Both corals and fisheries are managed by the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council. In 2004, the Council responded to the convincing d... | <urn:uuid:18b62725-68c1-4f06-aae6-70dca0316db4> | http://oceana.org/es/print/our-work/protect-marine-wildlife/corals/learn-act/corals-of-the-southeast-us | 0.995 | fineweb |
S. Nurnberg, M. Aberhan. Habitat breadth and geographic range predict diversity dynamics in marine Mesozoic bivalves. Paleobiology. [#175]
M. E. Clapham, M. L. Fraiser, P. J. Marenco, S. Z. Shen. Taxonomic composition and environmental distribution of post-extinction rhynchonelliform brachiopod faunas: constraints on s... | <urn:uuid:2104965d-bd66-411a-a736-e25a7fe26720> | http://paleodb.science.mq.edu.au/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=home | 0.7214 | fineweb |
“A remote Indian village is responding to global warming-induced water shortages by creating large masses of ice, or “artificial glaciers,” to get through the dry spring months. (See a map of the region.)
Located on the western edge of the Tibetan plateau, the village of Skara in the Ladakh region of India is not a com... | <urn:uuid:5050ac83-4770-4e9c-9b44-38ba46d2466e> | http://peakwater.org/2012/02/artificial-glaciers-water-crops-in-indian-highlands/ | 0.9923 | fineweb |
By driving your SUV, are you sentencing the planet to environmental devastation? Recently, the Clinton Administration released its National Assessment on Climate Change and America, a catalogue of potential disasters resulting from global warming. With admirable understatement, a headline in the news section of the Wal... | <urn:uuid:f6726d47-fefc-4b6d-bfb5-e2877824c6bc> | http://reason.com/archives/2000/06/19/is-your-suv-warming-the-planet | 0.9803 | fineweb |
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Researchers used satellite tracking to monitor the movements of the whales to discover that in 2010 they travelled between the Atlantic and Pacific seas via the famously ice-bound passage. Bones found on beaches in the region suggest that the last time the whales occ... | <urn:uuid:51f13114-c865-4664-8bbe-81fef4087051> | http://royalsociety.org/news/Whales-navigate-Northwest-Passage/ | 0.7664 | fineweb |
Nisbet, R.M. and Gurney, William (1982) Modelling fluctuating populations. John Wiley and Sons Limited, Chichester. ISBN 9781930665903Full text not available in this repository.
Modelling Fluctuating Populations, originally published in 1982, is a classic textbook because primarily, this book takes a distinctive approa... | <urn:uuid:5f6b3e40-78bf-4c7e-8c6c-dd334be948a1> | http://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/41547/ | 0.9459 | fineweb |
As the popularized side of the debate has led us to expect, the authors found that the coldest year (1863) and the coldest decade (1810s) are early in the record, well before the ballyhooed warming of the 20th century. Problematic from a climate change standpoint is the fact that the two distinct cold periods that made... | <urn:uuid:54298b9a-1cd7-4039-ba9b-013180e3e21a> | http://thepurplescorpion.blogspot.com/2006_11_01_archive.html | 1 | fineweb |
Thu September 6, 2012
Extreme Weather Means Extreme Food Prices Worldwide, Aid Agency Warns
Originally published on Wed September 19, 2012 2:11 pm
Reducing greenhouse gases and saving the polar bears tend to dominate discussions on climate change. But to the booming world population, one climate change issue may be eve... | <urn:uuid:0a771090-8769-4c9c-a147-86e141f8413f> | http://upr.org/post/extreme-weather-means-extreme-food-prices-worldwide-aid-agency-warns | 1 | fineweb |
Climate Witness: Pak Azhar, Indonesia
I have been living in Balikukup since 1999. Balikukup is a small island of 18 ha consisting mainly of sandbanks. However, the island’s size is not fixed as it depends on the tides. During low tide, a large sandbank is exposed, extending 1 km towards the sea.
The weather is a signif... | <urn:uuid:17978afc-38d0-4b2f-ac01-3569ee170f80> | http://wwf.panda.org/?193564/Climate-Witness-Pak-Azhar-Indonesia | 1 | fineweb |
America's oil and natural gas industry is committed to protecting the environment and to continuously improving its hurricane preparation and response plans. After any hurricane or tropical storm, the goal is to return to full operations as quickly and as safely as possible. For the 2012 hurricane season, the industry ... | <urn:uuid:5a1087ae-92e7-46db-8ae2-20172a204f5d> | http://www.api.org/news-and-media/hurricane-information/hurricane-preparation.aspx | 0.9912 | fineweb |
"Fugitive methane" released during shale gas drilling could accelerate climate change.
Robert Howarth, an ecologist and evolutionary biologist, and Anthony Ingraffea, a civil and environmental engineer, reported that fracked wells leak 40 to 60 percent more methane than conventional natural gas wells. When water with i... | <urn:uuid:d92e6831-32be-4ca9-b34d-cb0fdfd4b5cc> | http://www.atheistnexus.org/group/environmentalatheists/forum/topics/fracking-emits-methane?xg_source=activity | 0.9648 | fineweb |
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