by Janet Ritz Australia, the world's driest continent, is in danger of drying beyond its ability to sustain its agriculture. So says economist Ross Garnaut, who has warned that, should global warming go unchecked, Australia could see a 50% reduction in irrigated agriculture by 2050. …
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Australia's Climate Change Challenge
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James Hansen to the G8: We've passed safe C02 levels
http://www.the-environmentalist.org/2008/07/james-hansen-to-g8-weve-passed-safe-c02.htmlBy The Environmentalist Staff On the eve the annual G8 Summit where NASA's Dr. James Hansen will announce that we've passed safe C02 levels (safe being maximum 350 ppm; we're now at 385 ppm), Hansen has penned a comprehensive letter (PDF) to Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, host of the G8 Summit, …
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Permafrost Threatened by Retreat of Arctic Sea Ice
http://www.the-environmentalist.org/2008/07/permafrost-threatened-by-rapid-retreat.htmlby The Environmentalist Staff Published on Reuters, Huffington Post, IBS, USAToday A new study by the National Snow and Ice Data Center and the National Center for Atmospheric Research has warned that the integrity of carbon and methane sequestering permafrost is threatened by the rapid retreat of Arctic Sea Ice. …
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Australia's Climate Change Challenge
http://world.the-environmentalist.org/2008/07/australias-cli...Whatever the Rudd government decides, Australia's impact on world food prices and ongoing environmental degradation cannot be underestimated. What happens Down Under impacts us all. Labels: Agriculture, Australia, Business, C02, Carbon Trading, Climate Change, Drought, Environment, Global Warming, Kevin Rudd, Ross Garnaut, World News
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James Hansen to the G8: We've passed safe C02 levels
http://climate.the-environmentalist.org/2008/07/james-hansen...Dr. Hansen goes on to write that "basic fossil fuel facts must be acknowledged" to minimize the impact of climate change. Dr. Hansen's full letter is here (PDF): http://www.columbia.edu/~jeh1/mailings/20080703_DearPrimeMinisterFukuda.pdf Labels: C02, Climate Change, Environment, G8, Global Warming, Goddard Institue for Space Studies, James Hansen, NASA, Tipping Point, United Nations
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James Hansen to the G8: We've passed safe C02 levels
http://climate.the-environmentalist.org/2008/07/james-hansen...facts must be acknowledged" to minimize the impact of climate change. Dr. Hansen's full letter is here (PDF): http://www.columbia.edu/~jeh1/mailings/20080703_DearPrimeMinisterFukuda.pdf Labels: C02, Climate Change, Environment, G8, Global Warming, Goddard Institue for Space Studies, James Hansen, NASA, Tipping Point, United Nations
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Climate Changed: Short Short Fictions from a Fucked Future
http://climatechanged.blogspot.comecochick Gristmill NewScientist Environment Blog Terrain.org The Environmentalist TreeHugger
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Climate on THE ENVIRONMENTALIST
http://climate.the-environmentalist.orgThe Environmentalist on The Atlanta Journal-Constitution The Environmentalist on The Austin American-Statesman The Environmentalist on The Longview News-Journal The Environmentalist on The Palm Beach Post ARTICLES BY DATE 2008 Articles June 2008 President Bush Claims Executive Privilege in EPA Interference Investigation NOAA makes it official: Extreme weather due to climate change Twenty Years Later: Tipping Points Near on Global Warming A Nana for Obama Severe storms to hit Britain McCain: Lock-step and (oil) barrel
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A New Climate Reality
http://climate.the-environmentalist.org/2008/02/new-climate-...The world is changing so fast, it's often difficult to see it in context. I watch it from a mathematical point of view, points on a graph, comparative analyses, blips on radar from sensors slapped on the bows of ships, dry bits of brain matter
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Science on THE ENVIRONMENTALIST
http://science.the-environmentalist.orgThe Environmentalist on The Atlanta Journal-Constitution The Environmentalist on The Austin American-Statesman The Environmentalist on The Longview News-Journal The Environmentalist on The Palm Beach Post ARTICLES BY DATE 2008 Articles June 2008 President Bush Claims Executive Privilege in EPA Interference Investigation NOAA makes it official: Extreme weather due to climate change Twenty Years Later: Tipping Points Near on Global Warming A Nana for Obama Severe storms to hit Britain McCain: Lock-step and (oil) barrel
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Permafrost Threatened by Rapid Retreat of Arctic Sea Ice
http://science.the-environmentalist.org/2008/07/permafrost-t...into the environment requires further study, it would be, as the above NSIDC quote states, substantial. More information available at the National Center for Atmospheric Research. Labels: Arctic, Climate Change, Environment, Global Warming, NCAR, NSIDC, Permafrost, Science, Sea Ice
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Rizika číhající v plastových lahvích
http://dobre-zdravi.blogspot.com/2008/06/rizika-cihajici-v-p.... Zde je pár příkladů: Senators Propose Ban on Chemical in Plastics Research links common chemicals to obesity Heating Plastic Bottles Releases Potentially Harmful Chemical Toxic alert: Bottles, Cans and BPA EU bans 30,000 chemicals used in the US Když už úřady váhají se zpřísněním legislativy, pak alespoň někteří výrobci nabízejí řešení, kterým jsou lahve a obaly neobsahující BPA (BPA free). Zajímalo by mne, jak jsou na tom plastové lahve a potravinové obaly v
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Editorial on THE ENVIRONMENTALIST
http://op-ed.the-environmentalist.orgTonight! Sherman Yellen received a lifetime achievement award in Arts and Letters from Bard College. __________________________________________________________________________ Labels: Barack Obama, Commentary, History, John McCain, Politics, Sherman Yellen
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