When it comes to climate change, that old adage ‘seeing is believing’ holds a lot of weight. The fact that it will take decades for the full impacts of climate change to be seen makes…
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Living Among the Cook Inlet’s Shrinking Glaciers
The Retreating Matanuska The tremendous Matanuska Glacier is slumping into the ground like an expired prehistoric animal, its once mighty surge punctuated by the fresh black boulders it had accumulated in its steady march, and…
LDCs Open Door to Climate Change Agreement
The world’s poorest countries are now prepared to commit themselves to tackling carbon emissions, opening up the possibility of world wide agreement on measures to slow down global warming. Until now the LDC (Least Developed…
Discovery of ‘Missing Heat’ Confirms That Climate Change is Accelerating
A recent study by Balmaseda, Trenberth, and Källén has shown that, despite claims to the contrary, the last 15 years have seen an increase in global warming, with an unprecedented rise in the temperature of…
Global Warming, Weather Extremes & Being Prepared
As I woke up to the Five Live breakfast show this morning I was treated to a bit of climate change debate – something that I wasn’t expecting but that switched my brain on far…
Billionaires Attempt to Discredit Climate Change Science
American conservatives are using secretive funding channels to pump millions of dollars of their considerable personal wealth into groups working to cast doubt over the findings of the scientific community. Using two trusts, Donors Trust…
Obama Threatens Congress with Executive Actions to Combat Global Warming
President Obama has used his State of the Union Address to emphasise the White House’s commitment to tackling climate change and transitioning the United States to a country less reliant on fossil fuels, regardless of…
UK Companies in Favour of Decarbonisation Says Davey
Energy and climate secretary, Ed Davey, has claimed that the “vast majority” of the UK’s companies would welcome targets set by the government for the decarbonisation of the electricity sector, with only “one or two”…
CO2 Levels Higher Than Ever in 2011
According to the World Meteorological Organization, levels of CO2 in the atmosphere rose to record levels in 2011. The greenhouse gas is now 40% more abundant than in 1750, making up 390.9 parts per million…
Countering The “We Will Adapt” Argument Against Action On Climate Change
One of the things I hear quite a lot from people when talking about myself and my desire to live a more sustainable life is the fact that the human race is adaptable and that…
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