Global temperature patterns and predictions about warming or cooling are experiencing a sort of schizophrenia lately, with warming enthusiasts suggesting the oceans may rise even more than IPCC predictions, and cooling enthusiasts - supported by the weather - arguing that human-caused emissions are only a small part of the equation, in which ... keep reading
Written by Jeanne Roberts last month, about Environmental Disasters, Weather (2 comments)
Click for full view Courtesy: Throbgoblins In summary, they estimate that including dynamic ice sheet processes gives projected SLR at 2100 somewhere in the 80 cm to 2 meter range, and suggest that 80 cm should be the 'default' value. This is remarkable in a number of ways - first ... keep reading
Written by Marc Roberts last month, about Environmental Disasters, Water, Weather
In the past, I asked what I saw as a stinging question: Whose "environment" is Environmental Defense defending? When it came to the Lieberman-Warner Coal-Subsidy Act, Environmental Defense and I were clearly on far different sides: ED wanting something in legislation, now, no matter how inadequate it might be, while ... keep reading
Written by A. Siegel last month, about Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Environmental Disasters, Media, Weather
As I read the first paragraph of climate scientist Chris Turney's new book Ice, Mud and Blood: Lessons from Climates Past, I thought, "This is going to be an interesting book!" From the first paragraph, Turney captures your attention. He walks through the history of climate science in a ... keep reading
Written by Gina-Marie Cheeseman last month, about Climate Change, Environmental Disasters, Weather
Nature has had eons to develop and refine her techniques for creating disasters. Man is quite new to the art. Nonetheless, some manmade natural disasters - both proven and suspected - are fully as spectacular as anything Nature can create. One example would be the mud volcano of Java. On 28 May ... keep reading
Written by Jeanne Roberts in August, about Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Weather
Hurricane Katrina was formed during the 2005 Atlantic Hurricane season and caused devastation along the Gulf Coast region where it made landfall. At least 1,836 people lost their lives during the storm, which also caused over $81.2 billion US dollars in damage. After the hurricane, many theorized that ... keep reading
Written by Michelle Schaefer in August, about Climate Change, Environmental Disasters, Weather (2 comments)
Editor's Note: Our southernmost correspondent, Patricia Ballou, is currently stateside. She has enlisted some Antarctic friends to help her continue with her letters from Antarctica series, where we get a rare glimpse into the lives and purposes of the people that head to one of the world's most ... keep reading
Written by Talie Morrison in July, about Environment & Wildlife, Travel, Weather
More likely it is cloud seeding, a technique used to extort water from reluctant clouds, and one soon to be practiced in Los Angeles County, California, which plans to kick off an $800,000 cloud-seeding project in the San Gabriel Mountains northeast of the city this winter to combat drought ... keep reading
Written by Jeanne Roberts in July, about Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Genetic Modification, Water, Weather
For those who are living in the northern hemisphere, the weather is gradually turning from warm to unbearably hot as we inch closer towards summer being in full-swing. Over here in Kyoto, Japan, the temperature has been climbing fast, and people are starting to crank up their air-conditioning at every ... keep reading
Written by Shom Teoh in July, about Clean Technologies, Energy Saving, Weather
Smoke blankets the valleys. In the high mountains, winds that naturally funnel through the canyons exacerbate the fires already burning, and start new ones. Highway 70, between Truckee and Paradise, is closed from 10 miles west of the Plumas County line (in Nevada) to Greenville, where Highway 89 tees off ... keep reading
Written by Jeanne Roberts in July, about Climate Change, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Weather
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