It's not the first time we've almost died out

Have you ever wondered why people are fundamentally similar world over?clipped from trakker.typepad.comAll humans on the Earth today - over 6,000,000,000 of us - are homo sapiens. While homo sapiens appear to have emerged 200,000 years ago, in Africa, the population grew slowly and was subject to many setbacks.

50 million desertification refugees in next 10 years

More than 200 experts from 25 countries produced a report that warns of a grim outlook if we do not combat the growing problem of advancing deserts.clipped from news.bbc.co.ukTens of millions of people could be driven from their homes by encroaching deserts, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa and Central Asia, a

Climate science dicked by Dead-Eye Cheney

From Rolling Stone -- The Secret Campaign of President Bush's Administration To Deny Global Warming.clipped from www.rollingstone.comIt is no secret that industry-connected appointees within the White House have worked actively to distort the findings of federal climate scientists, playing down the threat of

Rich's carbon emissions doubles the poor's

The more we learn about the impact of global warming, the more it is apparent that the poor are going to bear the brunt of it.We see that in Bangladesh. And in Australia. New research on carbon footprints across the socio-economic spectrum here, reveals that:At a relatively low carbon price of $25 a tonne of greenhouse pollution, poor families around Australia would be paying about $558 a year

Help spread the word

This guy is good: wonderingmind42.Watch him present a risk analysis that conclusively makes the case for taking action on global warming.I haven't seen anyone logically refute him, yet. But I'll take submissions. If you can't then do like the man says and help spread the word.clipped from break.com clipped from blogs.wsj.comCompanies Judged for Global-Warming

Internet literally global, topographically speaking

clipped from www.cosmosmagazine.comInternet is spherical with a dense coreSYDNEY: The internet is not web-shaped after all. Instead, it's more more like a globe, made up of a dense core and sparsely connected outer regions, according to a mathematical analysis of its structure.Visual representation of the topology

Global warming threatens civilization says top six scientists

See first source for the full article.Present knowledge does not permit accurate specification of the dangerous level of human-made GHGs. However, it is much lower than has commonly been assumed. If we have not already passed the dangerous level, the energy infrastructure in place ensures that we will pass it within several decades.We conclude that a feasible strategy for planetary rescue almost

White House censors global warming report

Take the science out, and Bush is right. clipped from www.truthandprogress.com 

Cannes Lions: Y&R Gore forum upsized by demand

If an ad agency can't toot it's own horn, who can?Not everyone is playing in tune, though.Already, some Australian ad industry executives have taken a shot at Mr McLennan's new green credentials. "Tell Hamish Patts in Sydney has left its lights on," quipped executive chairman Euro RSCG South Pacific Group Tom Moult last week. clipped from www.grist.orgAll eyes are on the Senate this week as it debates a controversial Democrat-penned energy bill. The legislation contains several provisions that make Big Oil, Big Auto, and Big Republicans squirm: it would shift nearly $15 billion in tax credits and

The War on AGW Denial, Part 2

(Second 5 of 10) By PeakEngineer: clipped from peakoildesign.com6. Scientists get paid big bucks to skew their data to indicate global warming.It is far more lucrative to produce research denying global warming.And with tens of thousands of scientists producing research indicating human-induced global warming,

The War on AGW Denial, Part 1

Holocaust denial is illegal in civilised countries of the world.So why shouldn't we render the orchestrated efforts of the well-funded global warming denial industry to nought, by making anthropogenic global warming denial illegal (unless it's genuine scientific research published in peer-review journals)?Advertisers are not allowed to make false and misleading claims about their products. Isn't

No Ball! Climate denialist retracts lawsuit

If you have ever wondered how little integrity a professional anthropogenic global warming denialist must have to ply their trade, this is instructive.From Kevin Grandia of Desmogblog:Thought you might be interested in this. It is a follow up to a story from about a year ago in which a retired professor, Tim Ball, filed suit against a professor of environment at the University of Lethbridge over

Bush Doctrine vs. Peak Oil

In a thought-provoking article Michael Klare explores "How wars of the future may be fought just to run the machines that fight them".My question is, if the amount of fossil-fuel energy that the mighty US military machine consumes daily is more than Sweden's national consumption, what is the carbon-debt? Tropospheric or stratospheric? The way war is conducted now is unsustainable. To maintain

Arctic plants can survive climate change

Expanded north-south habitants of plants and ranges of animals is going to be one of the features of a shift to a warmer world.clipped from news.bbc.co.uk Arctic ice no barrier for plants Arctic plant species can travel vast distances, researchers suggest Arctic plants are able to migrate the

The world's top ten trees

clipped from www.neatorama.com10 Most Magnificent Trees in the World10. Lone Cypress in Monterey9. Circus Trees8. Giant Sequoias: General Sherman7. Coast Redwood: Hyperion and Drive-Thru Trees6. Chapel-Oak of Allouville-Bellefosse5. Quaking Aspen: Pando (The Trembling Giant)4. Montezuma Cypress: The Tule Tree3.

The Scary Side of Global Warming: Potential Sea Level Rise

Greenhouse warming might be more disastrous than the recent international assessment managed to convey, scientists are realizing. But how can they get the word out without seeming alarmist?Scientists are still trying to strike a balance between their habitual caution and growing concern over uncertain but disastrous greenhouse outcomes.clipped by kmcolo clipped from antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov Explanation:Here is what the Earth looks like during a solar eclipse. The shadow of the Moon can be seen darkening part of Earth.This shadow moved across the Earth at nearly 2000 kilometers per hour. Only observers near the center of the dark circle see a total solar eclipse -

World Bank money now grows on trees

Incentives to avoid deforestation is big business on a warming globe.clipped from online.wsj.comFREE PREVIEWWorld Bank Targets Forest Preservation-Climate Link By Tom Wright Word Count: 926 JAKARTA, Indonesia -- The global effort to stem climate change could soon include paying countries in the tropical belt to

Indians most worried about global warming

Emerging economies like India and China are often accused of resisting the need to tackle climate change. But a new survey by Australian environmentalist, Jon Dee, published in the latest issue of New Scientist suggested that people of these two countries are most worried about climate change. More than we may be lead to believe if we just listened to those who would tell us to do nothing about

Six Rules of Critical Thinking

Next time some one tell you global warming is not man's fault or problem, subject their reasoning to the following rules.... :::[csicp.org]A Field Guide to Critical Thinking The six rules of evidential reasoning are my own distillation and simplification of the scientific method. To make it easier for students to remember these half-dozen guidelines,

The organics industry eats itself

Canadian blog, Tempest takes a sobering look at how the popularity and uptake of organic produce by the mainstream has added food miles to the carbon bill. :::[Back to the land: returning organic agriculture to its roots]Once upon a time, “going organic” was synonymous with eating locally grown produce while it was in season. The distance from field to plate was negligible, the ecological

Labor won't flog nuclear power

Rudd is leaving that dead horse for Howard, I think. clipped from www.news.com.auOPPOSITION Leader Kevin Rudd today insisted Australia could reach ambitious emissions reductions targets without resorting to nuclear power.Mr Rudd said the key was to establish an emissions trading market"The science of this is

Carbon trading junction up ahead

The Australian Federal Elections 2007 will bring us to a crossroad. With the Howard Government committing to a cap and trade approach to developing a carbon market, aimed to be established by 2012, we now have choice at the election. In this article Steve Burrell of the SMH surveys the terrain up ahead.clipped

A Jury Of Your Pyrrhus

G8 climate deal is failure or triumph, depending whom you ask.clipped from www.grist.orglifted from gr!stYesterday, the G8 agreed to a climate deal it's been fine-tuning for weeks. It notably did not commit to German Chancellor Angela Merkel's goal of cutting greenhouse-gas emissions 50 percent by 2050, but it did

Twenty three die in rain storms and floods in China

Thousands made homeless.clipped from www.beawareofglobalwarming.orgMillions suffer as storms in China kill at least 23 (Reuters) Reuters - Rain storms and floods have killed at least 23 people across southern China in recent days and made thousands homeless, Xinhua news agency said on Saturday. Original post by

Wild weather disrupting oil shipping in Oman

Cola shipping activity at Newcastle, Australia, the world's largest coal port, is being disrupted by wild storms. Sar, a port in Eastern Oman, is facing similar difficulties with the weather.clipped from www.theoildrum.comDrumBeat: June 9, 2007Posted by Leanan on June 9, 2007 - 9:31amTopic: Miscellaneous Port city

Pentagon eyes renewable energy in the field.

The shape of wars to come...clipped from dissidentnews.wordpress.com The Pentagon foresees a two-front threat to national security: global instability spurred by climate change and a crippling dependence on oil.America’s economic dependence on foreign oil isn’t exactly news.But it’s being viewed with a new level

Global warming survival guide

Just in Time.clipped from www.time.comThe Global Warming Survival GuideGLOBAL WARMING 51 Things We Can Do to Save the Environment Can one person slow global warming? Actually, yes. You—along with scientists, businesses and governments—can create paths to cut carbon emissions. Here is our guide to some of

Plus Five won't allign on G8 climate plan

Not so good.clipped from www.smh.com.auBERLIN: The leaders of five major developing nations have signalled they would not bow to pressure from the Group of Eight to commit to binding targets in the fight against global warming. Brazil, China, India, Mexico and South Africa insisted on Thursday, a day ahead of

Global warming to shrink brains?

Well it seems to have shrunk the brains of climate change denialists.clipped from blog.wired.comUniversity at Albany will soon publish research that suggests the human brain grew dramatically as our ancestors adapted to colder temperatures.Jessica Ash and Gordon Gallup studied 109 fossilized skulls from different

NSW battered by a 1 in 30 year storm

I heard on the news that seven people have died in the same storm that has driven a coal tanker aground in Nobby's beach in Newcastle. The urgency seems to have come off that crisis, it is not breaking up, but the weather is set to get worse.clipped from www.smh.com.auSaturday June 9, 2007 945pm AESTWeather set to

To fight climate change grow by 0.1 per cent less

Is it my maths or his? Terry McCrann of The Australian thinks the cost of 0.1 per cent of GDP until 2050 to cut emissions by 50% is way too much to bear.Now the cost, the very real cost of cutting emissions, tends to be airily dismissed as minor. So it might knock 0.1 per cent off our growth rate, perhaps even 0.2 per cent. But you'd hardly notice.[...]Aggressive emission cuts had been modelled

Sydney storms drive oil tanker aground

Well, the drought has broken. I can hear it pounding outside my window. The rain has been intense for the last three days. clipped from www.smh.com.auFears ship could break up Huge bulk carrier with 700 tonnes of fuel runs aground in Newcastle.Audio slideshow: Pasha Bulker agroundVideo: View from the shoreIemma

Climate change: In graphics

Graphic depictions of the IPPCs predictions for emissions scenarios for the turn of the century. One way or another it is going to be hotter.clipped from news.bbc.co.ukIt is "very likely" that human activity is the cause for climate change, scientists from over 130 countries have concluded. The graphics below

Bush seriously considers 50% emissions cut by 2050

Full marks to the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, for turning Bush's forward thrust on climate change into advantage with a neat little judo throw to extract "serious consideration" for her preferred benchmark of 50% cuts by 2050 - backed by the EU, Canada and Japan. Sure, Bush didn't commit to any targets, but he also didn't expect to find himself suddenly lying on his back being helped up by

New Amazonian tribe found living in thick jungle

A 'lost' Amazonian Indian tribe has made contact with the outside world. We are yet to find out why, however, isn't it an amazing thought that these sustainable stewards of the forest might find themselves at the top of the food-chain in a fully-fledged carbon economy. clipped from www.smh.com.auAn Indian tribe

Will Howard be alive to trade carbon?

Yesterday winter officially began in Australia, yet here I am still wearing me favourite t-shirt and blogging away in me favourite grundies. You, dear reader, should consider yourself seriously honoured.So it is with a certain sense of irony that I witness that our prime global warming denialist, Prime Minister John Howard, release his Report on the Task Group on Emissions Trading into such an

Project Andromeda reaches for the stars

Clumsily, I accidentally clicked one of the Google Ad links (I'm not supposed to on my site) but, happily, the action redirected me to The Andromeda Project:Project Andromeda™ aims to measure, offset and reduce greenhouse gas emissions for large numbers of businesses in Australia at low cost. It is a call to action, an education strategy and a networking opportunity that will help businesses save

The drought, and beauty, stricken Murray-Darling

About six weeks ago the Prime Minister of Australia announced that the agricultural communities' water allocations within the 'breadbasket of Australia', the Murray-Darling basin, would needed to be 'turned-off' if drought-relieving rains did not fall in time.That time is about now. So how is the Murray-Darling basin currently holding up? Please do enjoy this stunning photo-essay by Ben Rushton