I decided rather than posting the first part of each article I write on here verbatim that I would start doing a one-article summary once a week of the articles I wrote during the week. We’ll see how this goes.…
Global Warming in 5 Minutes, from a Top Hedge Fund Manager
As good of a summary on global warming as you can find. You can read what green bloggers have to write about global warming all day, but when a top hedge fund manager gives you a 5-minute summary of global warming…
TED Talk: Oil Spill’s Unseen Culprits & Victims
Carl Safina, author of five books and over 100 scientific and popular publications on ecology and the oceans (including featured work in National Geographic and The New York Times), is about as expert as it gets when we talk about the oceans.…
Global Carbon Dioxide Emissions Fall in 2009 – Past Decade Still Sees Rapid Emissions Growth
The latest EPI release is on carbon emissions trends and the potential results. by Amy Heinzerling In 2009, carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in China—the world’s leading emitter—grew by nearly 9 percent. At the same time, emissions in most industrial countries dropped,…
Food & Climate Change [VIDEO]
Food and climate change don’t get discussed much together. Well, they do in certain circles, but not in the mass media. But our food system is a leading contributor to climate change, and is also one of the areas to…
Climate Change and National Security [VIDEO]
I mentioned this video in last week’s greencast, but I have decided that really didn’t do it justice. This is such an excellent video it deserves its own post. I highly recommend watching it now. Read the rest of this entry…
June Heat Records Continue Year-Long & Multi-Decade Trend: Global Warming?
NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) posted itsState of the Climate, Global Analysis for June last week. The news? It was hot, hotter than it should be, hotter than anyone (who doesn’t believe in climate change) could have ever guessed it…
Then & Now Photos Show Melting of Himalayan Glaciers
Stunning then & now photos of the Himalayan Glaciers show the clear results of climate change in the “Third Pole.” Mountaineer, photographer, and filmmaker, David Breashears, has climbed the Himalayan Mountains 5 times in the last 3 years. Working on…
Google Earth Map Now Highlighting Effects of Climate Change
Using peer-reviewed science and Google Earth technology, anew map shows what will happen if the global average temperature goes 4°C above the pre-industrial average. Climate change is very abstract, even to those who think, read, and write about it a…
If Global Warming Were Caused by Aliens…
What a great cartoon. I ran across it on ClimateProgresstoday, but think I’ve heard this idea mentioned before. As Horsey (the cartoonist) shows, if the threats we are facing due to climate change were coming from any external source, most people…