Man-made global warming predicted in 1896

Global warming awareness has now seeped into mainstream culture, but have you ever wondered who the first person to predict anthropogenic global warming was?It was a lot longer back than you would imagine.Svante August Arrhenius (February 19, 1859 – October 2, 1927) was a Swedish chemist and one of the founders of the science of physical chemistry. The Arrhenius equation and the lunar crater

America's $1 trillion carbon market twelve years away

clipped from environment.newscientist.comThe new US president will most likely see in the emergence of a colossal carbon trading market, worth $1 trillion a year by 2020, according to a report released on Thursday. Another report, also out this week, estimates the US could be trading $600 billion in pollution

North Atlantic current could be slowing naturally

clipped from environment.newscientist.comGlobal warming may not have caused sluggish AtlanticJudging the effect of climate change on ocean currents could take longer than we thought. The circulation of warm water in the North Atlantic is suspected to be slowing, and the worry is that global warming is to blame.

The clearfelled truth about Melbourne's drought

Andrew Bolt is fond of blaming Victoria's ongoing Level 3 water restrictions on the fact that they haven't built enough dams. All the greenies fault, that sort of stuff.But The Wilderness Society have found a real culprit, and Andrew is not going to like it; the Loggers of the Water Catchment in the Central Highlands:Logging threatens water supply and quality Within the spectacular giant

Hottest Australian January on record

clipped from www.ncdc.noaa.govIn Australia, temperatures were above average in January through much of the country. For the nation as a whole, it was the hottest January on record. According to reports, the January 2008 average temperature for the nation rose 1.3°C (2.3°F), while large areas in Western and

Have green baggage, will travel

Click the link for a salient analysis of the impact of a green-tax on budget travellers. clipped from www.smh.com.auHave green baggage, will travelHigher fares to offset the damage planes do to the environment areunlikely to put us off budget travel, writes Julian Lee.In a previous life, I was a terrible sinner.

Japanese whalers are taking the minke

In justifying the hunting the minke whale by Japanese call it as "the cockroach of the sea". So why eat cockroaches and call it research? Ironic how the minke whale was named after an 18th-century poacher, hey? Amazing that Norway had whale conservation laws in the 1700s: clipped from www.abdn.ac.ukThe minke is

Rudd: Mother of All Summits to futureproof Australia

He loves his summits, dun 'e? Global warming has to be at the top, one would have thought. Watch this space. clipped from news.smh.com.auPrime Minister Kevin Rudd says a summit involving 1,000 Australians will be held to tackle 10 major problems that are facing Australia. The summit will be held at Parliament