VANCOUVER — Warming soils in Canada’s north are releasing a vast store of carbon that has been inert for millennia, which could further accelerate the rate of climate change, according to the author of a new study published in the journal Nature. Field work conducted in Canada by the study’s co-author Ben Bond-Lamberty suggests that [...]

Global warming has reached the point of no return, a study published in the Tuesday edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by a joint team of the U.S., French and Swiss researchers concludes. Even if the world reduces emissions of CO2 to the level before the industrial revolution, it will take [...]

Deniers are dancing on the graves of their reputations, to say nothing of reality itself. But Earth will still get the last laugh on all of them, and us for that matter. March 21, 2010  |  Scott Thill – Alternet And if the ground’s not cold/Everything is gonna burn/We’ll all take turns/I’ll get mine too. — [...]

Greenhouse Neutral Foundation Comment: – Although this incident occurred in December 2009 it came to our attention recently via a contact in the United States. As many will know we are endeavouring via the STOPlasticBags campaign to highlight how our profligate consumption of plastic bags impacts on our world. This is another stark example of [...]

For those who have read my book ZERO Greenhouse Emissions – The Day the Lights Went Out – Our Future World, the reports this week by the science community of the discovery of methane release from thawing methane clathrates from the East Siberian Arctic Shelf will come as little surprise. In chapter 9 Mother Natures [...]

This report fron the New York Times follows up on other reports posted this week by the Greenhouse Neutral Foundation. Climate scientists have long warned that global warming could unlock vast stores of the greenhouse gas methane that are frozen into the Arctic permafrost, setting off potentially significant increases in global warming. Now researchers at [...]

Here Peter Sinclaire puts a case for ‘Climate Denial – Crock of the Week’ Want a weekly update of all the greatest posts on the web? Subscribe for the weekly VOICE FOR CHANGE Newsletter and never miss a story! CLICK Bob Williamson and in the subject line type SUBSCRIBE var showHover=false;

Reported in Science this tipping point on the destabilization of methane clathrates was detailed as a possible consequence on Arctic warming in ZERO Greenhouse Emissions. The book by Bob Williamson of the Greenhouse Neutral Foundation suggests this as one of multiple interlinked outcomes. It is required reading to determine how action must now be focused, [...]

We face many pressing challenges from Climate Change – Global Warming – Over consumption of finite resources. Other issues such as this are a stark reminder how fragile our planet and our place on it is. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Want a weekly update of all the [...]

As discussed in some detail in the book ZERO Greenhouse Emissions, the climatic impacts of warming world provide the opportunity for invasive species such as the Pine Bark Beetle to migrate to new habitate. Small excerpt: “Colorado’s Rocky Mountains are fighting a losing battle to pine bark beetles as they decimate millions of trees at [...]