Climate
Road to Rio+20: An Increased Focus on Disaster Risk Reduction
A run-down on the run-up to Rio+20, including a discussion of disaster resilience, a highlight topic leading to the June meeting. One goal of Rio+20 is to identify new ways in which disasters are impeding sustainable development.
Katrina Laygo, posted on
May 17th, 2012
Climate, Politics, Quick Look
Greenland Glaciers — not so fast!
- There have been several recent papers on ice sheets and sea level that have gotten a bit of press of the journalistic whiplash variety.
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May 16th, 2012
Climate
Climate Change Pushes Europe’s Alpine Plants Toward Extinction
Originally Published by ENS - As the climate warms, plant species that prefer a colder environment are disappearing from the mountain ranges of Southern Europe.
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May 14th, 2012
Biodiversity, Climate
Methane Leaking through the Cracks
Originally Published by NASA Earth Observatory - Airborne measurements detect the greenhouse gas rising out of openings in the Arctic Ocean ice cap.
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May 10th, 2012
Climate, Earth Observation
Microsoft to go carbon neutral
- Tech giant commits to making data centres, air travel and offices carbon neutral by July.
Global warming heats up tornado debate
- Speculation is rife that a recent glut of killer tornadoes is a sign of rising temperatures.
Heartland Pulls Billboard on Global Warming
- The Heartland Institute deploys the personae of Ted Kaczynski, Osama bin Laden and Charles Manson as poster boys for global warming.
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May 6th, 2012
Climate, Would You Believe?
La Niña comes to a close
Originally Published by NAsA Earth Observatory - After appearing for two consecutive winters, La Niña appears to be taking some time off.
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May 5th, 2012
Climate, Earth Observation
Global warming: New research blames economic growth
- It's a message not many want to hear: to slow down global warming, we'll either have to put the brakes on economic growth or transform the way the world's economies work.
App depicts impact of climate change on planet
- A new app Called Fragile Earth for iPhone and iPad shows more than 70 sites such the receding Muir Glacier in Alaska, the impact of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans and the draining of the Mesopotamia Marshes in Iraq.
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May 2nd, 2012
Climate, Technology
NASA Daily Image
Opportunity's Traverse Map From Sol 2951