Archive for 'Nature'
The Caribou and us.
Sometimes the most important news is what is not happening.
That comment in a recent article along with the following adaptation (from the French) of a story sent to me by a colleague in Quebec Canada made me reflect on why the global community is not focused and active on pushing for immediate reductions in greenhouse [...]
Posted: August 15th, 2010 under Action Needed, Climate Change, Climate Politics, Foundation News, General, Nature, World News.
Tags: arctic, catastrophic climate change, Climate Change, global warming, Ice free Arctic, methane, permafrost
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Massive ice island breaks off Greenland
August 7th — A piece of ice four times the size of Manhattan island has broken away from an ice shelf in Greenland, according to scientists in the U.S.
The 260 square-kilometer (100 square miles) ice island separated from the Petermann Glacier in northern Greenland early on Thursday, researchers based at the University of Delaware said.
The [...]
Posted: August 8th, 2010 under Climate Change, General, Nature, World News.
Tags: #BREAKING NEWS, arctic, catastrophic climate change, Climate Change, global warming, greenland, Ice free Arctic, icesheet loss, sea level rise, Tipping Points
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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Posted: July 11th, 2010 under Action Needed, General, Nature, World News.
Tags: Oil drilling, Oil Lobby, Oil Spill
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Ocean Changes May Have Dire Impact on People
The first comprehensive synthesis on the effects of climate change on the world’s oceans has found they are now changing at a rate not seen for several million years.
In an article published June 18 in Science magazine, scientists reveal the growing atmospheric concentrations of man-made greenhouse gases are driving irreversible and dramatic changes to the [...]
Posted: June 30th, 2010 under Climate Change, General, Nature, Tipping Points, World News.
Tags: catastrophic climate change, Climate Change, CO2 Emissions, natural systems, Ocean Acidification, science, species extinction, Tipping Points, World News
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The video BP does not want you to see – The one you must!
ABC News went underwater in the Gulf with Philippe Cousteau Jr., grandson of famous explorer Jacques Cousteau, and he described what he saw as “one of the most horrible things I’ve ever seen underwater.”
Check out what BP does not want you to see.
And please share this widely — every American should see what’s happening under [...]
Posted: May 27th, 2010 under Action Needed, General, Nature, World News.
Tags: Oil drilling, Oil Industry, Oil Lobby, Oil Spill
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