Archive for July, 2010
An evil atmosphere is forming around geoengineering
Greenhouse Neutral Foundation comment – In the series Letters from 2030, we wrote about geoengineering in the piece Man’s folly – The Hail Mary Clouds. A visitor commented this must be fiction – until she researched the issue. This tampering with the planet must not be allowed to take place. As you read through the [...]
Posted: July 24th, 2010 under Action Needed, Climate Change, Climate Politics, General, Nature, World News.
Tags: catastrophic climate change, Climate Change, geo-enginineering, global warming, scientists, World News
Comments: 1
We’ve got the power (to change the World)
JP Taylor the inspiring environmental activist educator has the vision to create change together. He knows as does the Greenhouse Neutral Foundation, that together we’ve got the power. In this inspirational collaboration he inspires us to use the power we have. Thanks to JP – Suzanne and Imke Pearson for making this presentation the inspiration [...]
Posted: July 24th, 2010 under Action Needed, Climate Change, Climate Politics, Foundation News, General, Nature.
Tags: activism, Climate Change, global warming, Greenhouse Neutral Foundation, stop climate change
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There comes a time when we come together as one
Planet Earth – We are the World. We are the ones who can make the World a better place. There comes a time when we come together as one – let’s make that time now for all of Earths creatures. var showHover=false;
Posted: July 24th, 2010 under Action Needed, Climate Change, Foundation News, General, Green Living, Nature.
Tags: activism, Bob Williamson, Climate Change, global warming, Greenhouse Neutral Foundation, natural systems, stop climate change
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NASA eyeballs glacial melt in Greenland
The Jakobshavn Isbrae glacier, one of the largest glaciers in Greenland, swiftly lost a 2.7-square mile chunk of ice between July 6 and 7, NASA announced late last week. The ice loss pushed the point where the glacier meets the ocean, known as the “calving front,” nearly one mile farther inland in a single day. [...]
Posted: July 21st, 2010 under Climate Change, General, Nature, Tipping Points.
Tags: Bob Williamson, Climate Change, global warming, Greenhouse Neutral Foundation, greenland, icesheet loss, sea level rise, Tipping Points
Comments: 1
The permafrost methane problem.
In 2008 when I wrote ZERO Greenhouse Emissions, I included a chapter ‘Mother Natures Super Salesman’ to attempt to get the point across that unless we decarbonise our activities in the short term Mother Nature would kick in some of her stores of carbon and methane. Many other facts were revealed and I would encourage [...]
Posted: July 14th, 2010 under Climate Change, Foundation News, General, Nature, Tipping Points.
Tags: arctic, catastrophic climate change, Climate Change, CO2 Emissions, CO2 levels, global warming, Ice free Arctic, natural systems, Tipping Points
Comments: 2
Dying and dead dolphins, oil covered whale, fires from burning off oil
Aerial video footage that is hard to watch, shot by waterkeeper John Wathen, off the coast of Alabama. var showHover=false;
Posted: July 11th, 2010 under Action Needed, General, Nature, World News.
Tags: Oil drilling, Oil Lobby, Oil Spill
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Warriors of the Rainbow
By Kumi Naidoo the executive director of Greenpeace International. Twenty-five years ago Saturday, two bombs planted by secret agents working for the French government sank the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior in Auckland Harbor, New Zealand, killing Fernando Pereira, a photographer and father of two. This was a desperate move by France to stop the activists [...]
Posted: July 11th, 2010 under Action Needed, Climate Change, General.
Tags: activism, activists, Climate Change, climate negotiations, global warming, stop climate change
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It’s Not a Democracy Unless We Call It Our Own — 6 Ways to Make It Happen
Greenhouse Neutral Foundation comment – We have long promoted that one voice can make a difference when added to by another. In this excellent article Jim Hightower presents a sound case for joint action. WE CAN get a movement going – TOGETHER – also see ‘Coalition of the Willing’ here Let the ideas percolate up [...]
Posted: July 10th, 2010 under Action Needed, Climate Change, Climate Politics, Foundation News, General.
Tags: activism, activists, Climate Change, global warming, Obama administration, stop climate change
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Arctic Climate May Be More Sensitive to Warming Than Thought, Says New Study
A new study shows the Arctic climate system may be more sensitive to greenhouse warming than previously thought, and that current levels of Earth’s atmospheric carbon dioxide may be high enough to bring about significant, irreversible shifts in Arctic ecosystems. Led by the University of Colorado at Boulder, the international study indicated that while the [...]
Posted: July 6th, 2010 under Climate Change, General, Tipping Points.
Tags: arctic, catastrophic climate change, Climate Change, global warming, Ice free Arctic, Tipping Points
Comments: 1
Sea Ice in the Arctic Not Recovering: Another Critical Minimum Forecast
A critical minimum for Arctic sea ice can again be expected for late summer 2010, according to researchers. Scientists from the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in the Helmholtz Association (AWI) in Bremerhaven and from KlimaCampus of the University of Hamburg have now published data in this context in the annual issue [...]
Posted: July 6th, 2010 under Climate Change, General, Tipping Points.
Tags: arctic, catastrophic climate change, Climate Change, global warming, Ice free Arctic, Tipping Points
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