Submission + - Koch industries spending a lot of money on AGW. (thinkprogress.org)
polar red writes: Koch Industries sends more than Exxon Mobil On climate lobbying.
Submission Summary: 0 pending, 21 declined, 2 accepted (23 total, 8.70% accepted)
Submission + - the logic of exponential growth (youtube.com)
polar red writes: This isn't 'news' but it's certainly an eye-opener, even for a person with a scientific background. this Dr. Bartlett describes the problem with exponential growth.
Submission + - linking CO2 levels to global mean temperature. (bbc.co.uk)
polar red writes: whether you support HGW or not, scientists have found scary evidence which could point to much worse effects to higher CO2 levels than previously tought.
Submission + - new study from the UK met office about global warm (newscientist.com)
polar red writes: "A new study has a startling conclusion : the earth is warming faster than many believed, and the core of the problem are feedback loops, contributing to a 4 degrees celcius rise by 2055. We only have to cut emissions by 3% yearly to stay within a safe 2 degree rise."
Submission + - African sun providing energy to europe (desertec.org)
polar red writes: Put mirrors in the desert to produce steam, driving turbines: a new innovative way to produce a nearly inexhaustible source of electricity to europe. These people have the guts to do what it takes.
http://www.desertec.org/
http://www.desertec.org/
Submission + - Global Peace index ranking 2008. (visionofhumanity.org)
polar red writes: The US is ranked 97th in the 2008 Global Peace index. This is an index based on 24 statistics.
http://www.visionofhumanity.org/gpi/results/united-states-of-america/2008/
Submission + - Cause of rising global temperatures (bbc.co.uk)
polar red writes: Science http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7327393.stm has given more evidence that the rise in global average temperatures, is not caused by the sun. Hopefully action can be taken now to put a brake on the human causes.
Submission + - Arctic ice coverage (bbc.co.uk)
polar red writes: The BBC reports that the ice coverage of the North pole is at a record low, with the new record beating the old record with 23%. Scientists expect the North pole to be ice-free in summers in only 6 years.
Submission + - Nuclear Power not so Safe ? (dw-world.de)
polar red writes: The German government has studied the rate of cancer close to Nuclear power plants, and has found you'd better not live close to them: http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,2994904,00.html
Submission + - New IPCC report: rising chances of GW. (bbc.co.uk)
polar red writes: The new IPCC report indicates higher chances of Humans causing GW than before. from 66%-90% in 2001 to >90% likely now, with temperatures rising between 1.8 and 4C, leading to 28-43cm higher sea levels by 2100, and more than 66% chance of impact on storm intensity. BBC news link
Submission + - Warm wind at the Nort-pole (bbc.co.uk)
polar red writes: Since a few years, scientists find a new type of warm wind flowing to the north pole; it could seriously affect the ice-cap, and is seen as evidence of global warming(natural or man-made)
Submission + - Antarctic Ozone Hole Shrinks 30 Percent (discovery.com)
polar red writes: According to ESA, The hole in the ozone-layer above the Antarctic has been reduced. A ray of hope for environmentalists? After the banning of asbestos, DDT, and other vile chemicals, science has been proven right again.
Submission + - global warming independent of solar activity (bbc.co.uk)
polar red writes: "Many people hold off the idea that humanity could be responsible for global warming. A common scapegoat is the story about rising solar activity. This study shows that the sun is not responsible for the warming in the last decades."
Submission + - Measurable climate change
polar red writes: While the new http://www.ipcc.ch/IPCC-report is being published, even after changes being made to the original text by world leaders, the final text concludes among other things that poor people will be hit hardest
and that actual climate change is measured, it is no longer only from models that we learn that climate change is possible.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6532323. stm
