Friday November 13th
More hot weather this weekend will pose a high to severe fire danger in Victoria’s forest areas, the Department of Sustainability and Environment (DSE) says.
DSE state duty officer Dennis Ward said the Mallee region, in Victoria’s northwest, could face the greatest threat, with hot weather blowing in from South Australia.
The unseasonally hot conditions [...]

Reported by BBC News The Greenland ice sheet is losing its mass faster than in previous years and making an increasing contribution to sea level rise, a study has confirmed.
Published in the journal Science, it has also given scientists a clearer view of why the sheet is shrinking.
The team used weather data, satellite readings and [...]

The Green Economy Coalition is urging G20 finance ministers to rapidly put an end to fossil fuel subsidies. In a letter to the ministers, the coalition argues that these subsidies are contributing directly to climate change and making it difficult for the world to transition to a greener economy.
“These subsidies are a massive diversion of [...]

This is a satellite picture of the weather patterns over the South Pole (Antarctica) on November 12th 2009. (Day 2) It has been suggested to the Greenhouse Neutral Foundation by an independent source that over the next 7 days we should keep an eye on what unfolds.
Day 1 image is linked here.
Day 2 image is [...]

The Ross Ice Shelf, a massive piece of ice the size of France, could break off without warning causing a dramatic rise in sea levels, warn New Zealand scientists working in Antarctica.
A New Zealand-led ice drilling team has recovered three million years of climate history from samples which gives clues as to what may happen [...]