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Global Surface Temperature

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:43:00 +0000

The combined global land and ocean surface temperature was the second warmest September on record, according to NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, N.C. Based on records going back to 1880, the monthly National Climatic Data Center analysis is part of the suite of climate services NOAA provides. NCDC scientists also reported that the average [...]

China Drought

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:02:39 +0000

China’s People Daily — More than 900 cargo ships have been held up at a section of a river in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region due to low water level amid continuous drought, the local maritime authority said Monday. A severe drought began to hit Guangxi in early August. The average water level in Changzhou ship [...]

Arctic Ice Cap Will disappear

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:21:18 +0000

Professor Peter Wadhams, head of the polar ocean physics group at Britain’s Cambridge University said, “The summer ice cover will completely vanish in 20 to 30 years but in less than that it will have considerably retreated.” “In about 10 years, the Arctic ice will be considered as open sea.” “An average thickness of 1.8 metres [...]

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:34:02 +0000

Tracking air pollution to and from the United States When it comes to global air pollution, what goes around comes around. Air pollution from factories, traffic, and power plants in Asia wafts over the Pacific Ocean to the United States, while pollutants produced in the United States wind up in Europe. A report by the National Research [...]

Tracking Air Pollution

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:22:04 +0000

Extent of Ozone Injury to Trees

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 03:04:36 +0000

United States Department of Agriculture Extent of Ozone Injury to Trees in the Western United States he widespread nature of ozone air pollution in California and the suspected potential for ozone damage to forests near cities in other western States led to field surveys and establishment of monitoring plots beginning in the mid–1960’s. The surveys and [...]

Global Warming: 2016 the last Olympics?

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 02:43:23 +0000

Tokyo governor, Shintaro Ishihara, warned there may be no Olympics after 2016 because global warming is an immediate threat to humankind. “It could be that the 2016 Games are the last Olympics in the history of mankind.” Global warming is getting worse. We have to come up with measures without which Olympic Games could not last long. Scientists [...]

Carbon Footprint Of Tansportation. Jump On The Bus?

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:31:31 +0000

Chris asked: What is the carbon footprint of a bicycle? Am I better off taking the bus or my bike? (for long vs short distances) I replied: First, you’d want to look at your whole footprint… not just carbon. Carbon dioxide is just one pollution problem carbon monoxide, which causes ozone pollution, is also [...]

United Nations On Global Warming / Climate Change

Sun, 27 Sep 2009 16:39:53 +0000

The United Nations says the outlook on climate change is worse than previously thought. Press Conference on Outcome of Secretary-General’s Climate Change Summit Yesterday’s Climate Summit at United Nations Headquarters had achieved the Secretary-General’s goal of mobilizing political will at the highest level and focusing the attention of Heads of State and Government on the urgent need [...]

Trouble: World’s River Deltas Sinking

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 19:20:25 +0000

Boulder, Colorado — A new study led by the University of Colorado at Boulder indicates most of the world’s low-lying river deltas are sinking from human activity, making them increasingly vulnerable to flooding from rivers and ocean storms and putting tens of millions of people at risk. While the 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report [...]