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Pete Smith @ May 15, 2008 # 4 Comments
Photo: U.S. Fish and Wild Life Service
The polar bear, whose summertime Arctic hunting grounds have been greatly reduced by global warming , will be placed under the protection of the Endangered Species Act. The Center for Biological Diversity, Greenpeace and the Natural Resources Defense Council filed suit in 2005 to force a listing of the [...]
Pete Smith @ May 9, 2008 # 3 Comments
Prepare for more floods. Last summer was the second wettest on record and experts who have studied over 250 years’ worth of rainfall and river flow patterns say we must prepare for worse to come. Professor Stuart Lane, from Durham University’s new Institute of Hazard and Risk, says that after about 30 to 40 [...]
Pete Smith @ April 29, 2008 # One Comment
Richard Heinberg is an American writer who is probably best known for his work on Peak Oil, the proposition that global oil production has reached, or is about to reach, a maximum from which the only way is down. The cocktail of declining output and rapidly growing demand has dire consequences for all aspects of [...]
Pete Smith @ April 15, 2008 # No Comment Yet
We came home from our Easter break to find that the offspring had taken delivery of a sturdy parcel from the Mayor of London, addressed to me personally. “DIY Planet Repairs” it says on the box, “Will you help with the repairs?”. Inside, there’s a collection of prezzies from Mayor Ken himself:
A china mug with [...]
Pete Smith @ April 13, 2008 # No Comment Yet
I don’t know the Portugese for “climate change” or “global warming”, but here on the holiday island of Madeira I don’t need to, because the English terms are in constant use by locals and visitors alike. Freak weather here and on the Portugese mainland has been the main topic of conversation over the past week. [...]
Pete Smith @ March 28, 2008 # One Comment
Tomorrow, Saturday 29th March at 8:00 PM, 24 cities around the world will participate in Earth Hour 2008. Earth Hour is the highlight of a major campaign to encourage businesses, communities and individuals to take simple steps to cut their emissions on an ongoing basis. It is about simple changes that will collectively make a [...]
Pete Smith @ March 28, 2008 # 2 Comments
This is the first of an occasional series in which Change Alley looks at the state of environmental debate at the grassroots. No deep analysis here, local opinion will be allowed to speak for itself for the most part, although it may prove hard to resist the odd comment or two in passing.
The Western Daily [...]
Pete Smith @ March 25, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Black carbon particulate pollution, or soot, may be making a much greater contribution to global warming than previously thought, according to a study published this week in Nature Geoscience. In “Global and regional climate changes due to black carbon”, atmospheric scientist V. Ramanathan and chemical engineer Greg Carmichael conclude that the atmospheric warming effect [...]
Pete Smith @ February 26, 2008 # 3 Comments
The UK Government will shortly publish its short list of eco-town schemes for consultation, following a cross-Government review. The original plan was for a programme of five eco-towns to be implemented across the English regions. However, interest has been so high (over sixty proposals have been registered with the government) that the Prime Minister announced [...]
Pete Smith @ January 28, 2008 # No Comment Yet
27th January 2008 marked the 300th anniversary of the birth of Robert Marsham, the founding father of phenology, the study of the timing of natural events in relation to climate. Marsham is best known for the phenology notes he started making in 1736 on his family estate near Norwich, and continued writing for over [...]