Climos in the NewsPlankton-booster Climos raises $3.5 M [archive]by Stephen E.F. Brown, San Francisco Business Times, 3/5/2008 The San Francisco Business Times covers the closing of Climos's $3.5 M venture investment round. Ocean Fertilization Firm Climos Gains Financial Backing [archive] by Martin LaMonica, CNet, 3/5/2008 CNet's coverage of the closing of Climos's investment round. Climos Grabs $3.5 M to Fertilize Ocean [archive] by Justin Moresco, Red Herring, 3/5/2008 Red Herring's coverage of the closing of Climos's investment round. Climate-Focused Start-up gets Funding [archive] by Matt Nauman, Mercury News, 3/6/2008 Local bay area coverage of the closing of Climos's investment round. | |
Climate Change/Global WarmingWhere Climate Change Meets National Security [archive]by Brad Knickerbocker, Christian Science Monitor, 3/13/2008 Last year, a group of retired American military officers warned that, left unchecked, climate change could lead to international instability. In a report to be presented at a summit of the 27-nation European Union in Brussels on Thursday, two top EU officials will add urgency. Glaciers Suffer Record Shrinkage [archive] from BBC, 3/16/2008 The rate at which some of the world's glaciers are melting has more than doubled, data from the United Nations Environment Programme has shown. Minorities the Forgotten Victims of Climate Change [archive] by Jeremy Lovell, Reuters, 3/11/2008 Minorities and indigenous people frequently bear the brunt of the ravages of climate change but also often come last on the aid list because they are on the margins of society, a report said on Tuesday. |
ScienceModern Physics is Critical to Global Warming Research [archive]Release from Brown University, 3/11/2008 Science has come a long way with predicting climate. Increasingly sophisticated models and instruments can zero in on a specific storm formation or make detailed weather forecasts – all useful to our daily lives. But to understand global climate change, scientists need more than just a one-day forecast. They need a deeper understanding of the complex and interrelated forces that shape climate. 'Green' Storage in Forests May be Going Up In Smoke [archive] by Tom Knudson, Sacramento Bee, 3/12/2008 A new study has found that California wildfires emit more greenhouse gases than previously believed largely through the post-fire decay of dead wood, a finding that is raising questions about how effective the state's forests are at storing carbon and slowing global warming. |
Carbon MarketGreen-Tech Investing is Red Hot [archive]from PC Magazine, 3/16/08 Green is in, and this year could see the development and production of technologies that both alleviate environmental impacts and change the very ways in which we conduct our lives. CEOs See Green Energy Policies Preserving US Jobs [archive] from Reuters, 3/14/2008 It's not often you hear executives from the biggest U.S. industries and a Republican governor clamoring for stronger regulations on climate change. But that's exactly what they want. Carbon Market Risks Rise in Uncertain Climate Talks [archive] from PlanetArk, 3/13/2008 The risks of investing in global carbon markets are soaring as the trade in emissions rights between rich and poor countries becomes a pawn in talks to agree a new global climate change deal by 2009. |
Politics/LegislationEU to Consider Tax Breaks for Green Products [archive]from Reuters, 3/14/2008 European Union leaders agreed on Friday to consider at the request of Britain and France how sales tax breaks for environmentally friendly products could help fight global warming, a British official said. EU Agrees Climate Plan Deadline [archive] From BBC, 3/14/2008 EU leaders have agreed to finish talks by the end of the year on an ambitious plan to fight climate change. EPA Puts Climate Legislation Cost at $2.9 Trillion in 2050 [archive] from Bloomberg News, 3/15/2008 Climate legislation sponsored by Sens. Joseph Lieberman, a Connecticut independent, and John Warner, a Virginia Republican, may cost the U.S. economy as much as $2.9 trillion in 2050, the Environmental Protection Agency said in a report Friday. Rich, Poor Nations Clash at Climate Talks [archive] from Agence France-Presse, 3/16/2008 Disagreements between rich and developing countries came into the open Sunday as the world's top 20 greenhouse gas emitters worked to lay the groundwork for a new deal on climate change. |