Thursday, August 30, 2012

Climate change

  • EU, Australia plan carbon market link

    The proposed linking of the European Union and Australian greenhouse-gas-reduction programs will demonstrate to policymakers worldwide that carbon markets can help address climate change, said Andrei Marcu. "Those who say there is no urgency are ...

    www.sfgate.com

  • Understanding The Historical Conflicts Behind Violence In Assam, And How ...

    An Indian supporter holds a placard during a protest against what they say is illegal migration of Muslims from Bangladesh to the northeastern Indian state of Assam.

    thinkprogress.org

  • The cultural divide over climate change (2)

    Andrew Hoffman recently wrote a piece for the Stanford Social Innovation Review in which he argued that a scientific consensus on climate change is irrelevant if we cannot attain a social consensus on this critical concern. We are too divided ...

    blogs.redding.com

  • National Seashores, including Cape Cod, endangered by climate change

    Beachgoers headed to Cape Cod National Seashore over the coming decades may find themselves baking in hotter temperatures, and sections of beach and wetlands could be lost or altered as climate change fuels sea level rise, according to a new report ...

    bostonglobe.com

  • Climate change could push up the risk of bird flu

    Ecologists from the University of Michigan used a math model to explore the consequences of altered interactions between an important species of migratory shorebird and horseshoe crabs at Delaware Bay as a result of climate change. They found that ...

    timesofindia.indiatimes.com

  • Climate Change Affects Commerce in Liberia, Says Commerce Minister

    "The persistent soaring of commodity prices in Liberia is a consequence of climate change or global warming that the world is experiencing," Commerce and Industry Minster Miata Beyslow has said.

    www.liberianobserver.com

  • Storms, drought overshadow UN climate talks

    BANGKOK - World climate change negotiators faced warnings Thursday that a string of extreme weather events around the globe show urgent action on emission cuts is needed as they opened new talks in Bangkok.

    www.google.com

  • Unexpected finding shows fungi may not help store climate change's extra carbon

    Fungi found in plants may not be the answer to mitigating climate change by storing additional carbon in soils as some previously thought, according to an international team of plant biologists.

    phys.org

  • The Melting North: Arctic Ice and Climate Change

    More and more Arctic species are being formally designated as threatened or endangered as a result of declining sea ice and other consequences of climate change. For residents of the Arctic, the shrinking ice cover has made traditional cross-ice travel ...

    www.huffingtonpost.com

  • Climate change topic of Marfa Dialogues

    SAN ANGELO, Texas - Artists, performers, writers, scientists and entrepreneurs will gather this weekend in Marfa to raise awareness about climate change and discuss ways to take better care of the planet. The Marfa Dialogues, a symposium on politics ...

    www.gosanangelo.com

  • Study: Climate change threatens Atlantic seashores

    Climate change is already hurting seven national seashores on the Atlantic Coast and threatens to submerge some of their land within a century, according to a report Wednesday by environmental groups.

    content.usatoday.com

  • Biodiversity and Climate Change

    Climate change is rampaging our planet, our region, and our communities like an unstoppable freight train that has gone off the tracks.

    artvoice.com

  • Cleantech Experts On Romney's Energy Plan: 'A Political Document Not Worth ...

    The central energy challenge we face as a nation and a planet is the transition away from fossil fuels, which contribute to climate change, to clean sources of energy. The most important debates in this area concern just how quickly this must be ...

    thinkprogress.org

  • Paul Ryan Is a Climate Change Denialist

    When it comes to climate change policy, as in so many other things, the Mitt Romney who was governor of Massachusetts is a man I could almost imagine voting for in a presidential election.

    www.slate.com

  • EcoAlert: New Climate-Change Threat? Immense Amounts of Methane Locked ...

    If substantial methane hydrate and gas are present beneath the Antarctic Ice Sheet, methane release during episodes of ice-sheet collapse could act as a positive feedback on global climate change during past and future ice-sheet retreat. "Our study ...

    www.dailygalaxy.com

  • Climate Change Deniers Tend To Embrace Free Market, Conspiracy Theories ...

    It was posted to eight blogs covering climate change that researchers said were "pro-science" but had a "diverse audience.

    www.ibtimes.com

  • Climate Change - Bleak Future for Zanzibar Economy

    ZANZIBAR is already highly vulnerable to climate variability, and will be amongst most affected by future climate change, while sea level rise received most attention; there are multiple risks, particularly to ecosystem services that underpin island ...

    allafrica.com

  • U of T atmospheric physicist discusses ozone, climate change and the ...

    We need to unravel the links between ozone depletion and climate change in the years ahead. Where do you conduct your field research?

    phys.org

  • Climate change stories from the abyss

    An international team of scientists have shed new light on the world's history of climate change. The Pacific Ocean has remained the largest of all oceans on the planet for many million years.

    phys.org

  • Fiji, security & climate change to dominate Forum talks

    The topic has risen to the top of the agenda with both the United States and China courting the Pacific states. After yesterday's colourful official opening it's down to business today with the perennial topics of climate change, regional trade, tuna ...

    www.radioaustralia.net.au

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