Climos in the NewsAt the Poles, Melting Occurring at an Alarming Rate [archive]by Doug Struck, Washington Post, 10/22/2007 CEO Dan Whaley is quoted in the fourth of a monthly series on climate change from the Washington Post. | |
Climate Change/Global WarmingWorld's Carbon Dioxide Rising at an Alarming Rate [archive]by Doyle Rice, USA Today, 10/25/2007 Carbon dioxide — the greenhouse gas considered most responsible for global warming — has been emitted into the Earth's atmosphere at a dramatically accelerating pace since 2000, researchers have reported. Senators, Scientists Explore Climate Change's Health Impact [archive] by Frank Davies, Mercury News, 10/24/2007 Using careful qualifiers such as "potential effects," scientists and doctors Tuesday linked climate change to health problems during a Senate Environment Committee hearing. Climate Change's Uncertainty Principle [archive] by David Biello, Scientific American, 10/25/2007 Scientists say they can never be sure exactly how extreme global warming might become, but that's no excuse for delaying action How to Cool the Globe [archive] by Ken Caldeira, Op-Ed in the New York Times, 10/24/2007 Ken Caldeira, a scientist at the Carnegie Institution’s department of global ecology, offers support for geoengineering as a "backup plan." |
ScienceCould Warmer Oceans Make Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Rise Faster Than Expected? [archive]from ScienceDaily, 10/24/2007 Could the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere rise more drastically than previously assumed? The air contains greenhouse gases such as CO2, which are now known to be responsible for global warming because their concentration has risen continuously for a number of years. In contrast to the atmosphere, the concentration of CO2 in the oceans is sixty times higher. Scientists Gauge Greenhouse Gases Above San Francisco in Global Warming Experiment [archive] by Jane Kay, San Francisco Chronicle, 10/15/2007 In a first-of-its kind experiment, a group of university and government scientists has begun to monitor greenhouse gases in the air above San Francisco. |
Carbon MarketCarbon Market Improving, Price Should Increase [archive]by James Cummins, Hattiesburg American, 10/22/2007 A discussion of the carbon market's development, with specific regard to land usage. The author is executive director of Wildlife Mississippi, a nonprofit conservation organization. EU to Link Emissions Scheme with 3 Countries [archive] from Reuters, 10/26/2007 The EC said it had finalized agreements to link its system of trading carbon dioxide emissions rights with schemes in Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein, making the full system cover 30 countries in total. DOE Seeks Venture Capital Specialists to Help Market Technologies [archive] from Platts, 10/23/2007 The US Department of Energy plans to select representatives of venture capital firms to help national laboratories commercialize energy technologies with the potential to reduce emissions and reliance on foreign oil. |
Politics/LegislationStates Set to Sue the U.S. Over Greenhouse Gases [archive]by Danny Hakim, New York Times, 10/24/2007 New York is one of more than a dozen states, led by California, preparing to sue the Bush administration for holding up efforts to regulate emissions from cars and trucks, several people involved in the lawsuit said on Tuesday. Scientists Denounce Global Warming Report 'Edits' [archive] by Raja Jadadeesan, MD, and Carla Williams, ABC News, 10/25/2007 Environmental and public health experts overwhelmingly denounced editing by the White House of a federal health agency head's testimony to Congress Tuesday. Significant deletions were made from the testimony, concerning global warming and the potential impact on human health. New Ocean Threats Underline Need for Urgent Action to Protect the High Seas [archive] IUCN (World Conservation Union) Press Release, 10/24/2007 In a statement, the World Conservation Union states: "New threats to the marine environment are arising from unregulated activities in areas beyond national jurisdiction such as ocean iron fertilization...in conjunction with the predicted effects of climate change, these activities threaten to undermine the ocean’s ability to sustain life..." Seeing the Carbon for the Trees [archive] by Peter Seligmann for BBC, 10/22/2007 Protecting the world's remaining tropical forests will play a vital role in preventing dangerous climate change in the future, says Peter Seligmann, chairman and chief executive of Conservation International. |