Here’s a slideshow from time.com showing the 10 greenest buildings in America! http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,2065341,00.html
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Here’s a short video that talks about a two year trial on fuel efficient homes in England. They’re supposed to be carbon neutral but we won’t know how well they work for a few years since they’ll have people living in the homes for 2 years in order to collect data and then a [...] This article discusses recent calculations done by scientists on the rate of glacial melt in the Patagonia region of Argentina. The scientists looked at the largest extend of the glaciers during the Little Ice Age and then compared that to the current location of the Glaciers. From this information they were able to figure [...] During our most recent class session, we watched a video on the ARC3 (Cities and Climate Change) and learned about the collaborative publication that 106 scholars representing 50 cities came together and completed. This article discusses the issue of how quickly regions are becoming urbanized and the increase in energy consumption (transportation, heating and [...] This article gives an insight into the positive relationship between religion and ecology. While he mentions the recent Congressional hearings on Climate Change and how one Congressman says that we do not need to worry about climate change because God has promised he will not destroy the Earth after Noah’s flood, he focuses largely [...] This article discusses how the recent republican led talks on climate change ended with the Republicans continuing to deny climate change and work against the EPA. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/15/climate-change-denial-com_n_836219.html The suggestion that climate change can have an effect on the earth’s seismic activity has been roundly pooh-poohed by right-leaning commentators (including our favorite James Dellingpole, who was featured in the movie we watched several weeks ago being interviewed by Sir Roger Nurse, head of Britain’s Royal Society) in the wake of last week’s [...] This article discusses a study that was done that shows how daily weather impacts people’s belief on whether or not CC is occurring, even though weather is not the same as climate. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/wray-herbert/snowmageddon-global-warming_b_833070.html On Wednesday, a research team led by a NASA scientist unveiled a new study that is sure to stir debate on the topic. The paper concludes that ice loss from both Greenland and Antarctica is accelerating, and that the ice sheets’ impact on sea level rise in the first half of the 21st century [...] This article explores the rational and irrationality behind American views on climate change, as well as giving suggestions of ways that environmentalists can change (such as using climate change instead of global warming) to help stop the unconscious opposition among many Americans. http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2057979,00.html Image: National Geographic Researchers at McGill University have published a new study mapping human vulnerability to climate change. In what is perhaps the cruelest of ironies, researchers found that the major negative impacts of climate change will be experienced by those populations least responsible for increasing carbon dioxide concentrations and also least capable [...] On Friday, a $400 million dollar satellite project of NASA’s failed to reach orbit and crashed into the ocean. The satellite was aimed at climate change research, and included two critical instruments: one to monitor the total energy reaching the Earth from the Sun, and a second to unravel some of the key remaining [...] This past weekend the American Association for the Advancement of Science held it’s annual meeting in Washington, D.C. One of the segments of the meeting featured climate scientists and journalists who participated in an open discussion on why the American publics understanding of climate change is at odds with the global research [...] Warmer temperatures are likely to increase allergy seasons, and it has actually already started! http://healthland.time.com/2011/02/22/get-out-the-kleenex%E2%80%94climate-change-lengthens-allergy-season/ Regional weather patterns have been much harder to link conclusively to global warming, but two new studies in the journal Nature this week assert that we can now begin to understand how much additional risk rising greenhouse gases have created: No computer simulation can conclusively attribute a given snowstorm or flood to global warming. [...] Image: Flickr/dullhunk – Science Magazine Data Wordle and Cover by Yael Fitzpatrick The role of science in climate change was at first promising. In 1985, the International Council for Science, the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) held a conference in Villach, Austria which “produced a new scientific [...] This website, BreathingEarth, provides a real-time visualization of population and carbon emissions world-wide. It allows you to click on any country to see the average per capita Co2 and total country Co2 per year. This articles gives a brief run down of the potential reasons a large minority of Americans do not believe in climate change. At the end the author offers his opinion as to the largest reasons, as well as a semi-solution. http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2011/02/climate_change In late January, a US funded polar program in Antactica completed a five-year-long drilling project to extract ice cores: The U.S. Antarctic Program (USAP) has drilled and recovered its longest ice core to date from the polar regions, officially hitting 3,331 meters. It took five years working from a lonely field camp in one of [...] In response to Alli’s post, here’s another article referencing the melting arctic ice. What will happen if there are no polar bears? Do you think that their extinction will make the international community agree that climate change does exist, particularly global warming trends? Click here for the article: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41475129/ns/us_news-environment/ February 1, 2011: What are the key pieces of evidence showing anthropogenic climate change? Summary of Readings and Class Discussion: Science is continuously demonstrating the impact of human activities to the warming of the climate (Archer, & Rahmstorf, 2009, p.67). The readings and class discussion focused on the key pieces of evidence that [...] This article discusses how sections of the Amazon are undergoing drought, which will release many tonnes of carbon dioxide from the dying trees as well as inhibit the absorption of carbon dioxide by the forest. The scientists are unsure whether the droughts are due to climate change or natural variation in climate but either [...] This article discusses how Artic waters are currently the warmest they have been for at least 2,000 years. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/31/arctic-current-warmest-in_n_815468.html Hi there! I recently came across this interesting article regarding Haitian farmers burning donated seeds from Monsanto this past June. Although a bit outdated, I believe it’s still relative to this course and may fancy your interest. In the article you will find some very interesting perspectives and more general knowledge of Monsanto if [...] Related to our brief discussion in class yesterday about what might have caused past abrupt climate changes, given that humans and industrial emissions did not exist, there is a new study out that shows massive climate disruption following volcanic activity in the Permian: About 250 million years about 95 per cent of life was [...] We are definitely in an era of innovative technological advances, especially when dealing with climate change and sustainability. It seems that everyday, I read about some new technology that can decrease our use and dependence on fossil fuels. These underwater kites are no exception to this, and I thought they were an interesting way [...] When i was browsing the Internet, i stumbled upon a website i found to be very interesting so i though i would share it with the rest of the class. This website is a compilation of many different climate change indicators from maps to pictures of melting ice caps. I found it to be [...] Pursuant to our US obligations under the UNFCCC, which we are a signatory to, countries have to report every few years on the actions that they are taking to combat climate change. Just because we did not ratify the Kyoto Protocol does not exempt the US from this obligation. As a result, the US [...] This weeks reading in “Why We Disagree About Climate Change” by Mike Hulme, investigates the goal of achieving “sustainable development” as defined by the Brundtland Commission in March of 1987. Due to the date of it publication, the Brundtland Commission report did not anticipate the issue of Global Climate Change and its impact upon [...] A post by Mathew Nisbet, whom we read in class earlier this semester: Earth Day’s Untold Story: Climate Change & Human Health A Federal inter-agency report released today reviews eleven key categories of diseases and other health consequences that are occurring or will occur due to climate change…. Not only does this report call [...] |
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