New framework to account for effect of aerosols on precipitation A group of scientists affiliated with the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP) have proposed a new framework to account more accurately for the effects of aerosols on precipitation in climate models. Their work appears in the 5 September issue of Science... Read more Environment | | Friday, 5 September 2008 |
Vulcan Project to Measure Carbon CO2 Footprints Across the American Nation Project Vulcan is a collaboration between Purdue University, The Department of Energy and NASA to map the extent of the United States" carbon emissions North American Carbon Program (NACP) to quantify North American fossil fuel carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions at... Read more Environment | John | Sunday, 20 April 2008 |
UN climate chief: less meat = less heat Dr Rajendra Pachauri, Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and joint winner of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize, will present the case that eating less meat can help us fight climate change in an efficient way. Pachauri will... Read more Environment | | Sunday, 7 September 2008 |
Pyrenees' glaciers may disappear in less than 50 years Much has been said about the situation of the glaciers in Greenland and Antarctica, but little is known about those in the high mountain areas of the Iberian Peninsula. A Spanish study has now revealed, for the first time, that... Read more Environment | | Friday, 5 September 2008 |
Allergic to Climate ChangeAn item on the ABC World News the other night linking allergies and climate change caught my attention. It referred to a paper in the current issue of The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology describing a connection between climate... Read more Environment | | Wednesday, 10 September 2008 |
Companies respond to energy efficiency challengeAgeTuesday 2/9/2008 Page: 3BIG business has started taking steps to improve energy efficiency, with a survey showing that 20% have already gone beyond the minimum requirements set by government. The survey of 55 of Australia"s biggest power users by energy... Read more Environment | | TUSEDAY, 16 September 2008 |
Generation Excess The weekend SMH had a jaundiced look at the record of the baby boomers, as part of a more general litany of impending doom ("Baby boomers practised scorched earth gluttony, and now the rest must pay the price") - Shame... Read more Environment | | Septemberonday, 8 September 2008 |
Carbon emissions from thawing permafrost could be larger than previously thought The thawing of permafrost in northern latitudes, which greatly increases microbial decomposition of carbon compounds in soil, will dominate other effects of warming in the region and could become a major force promoting the release of carbon dioxide and thus... Read more Environment | | Septemberonday, 1 September 2008 |
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