Global Warming
Japan Meteorological Agency Adds to Global Warming Statistics
The Japan Meteorological Agency has some new global warming statistics. According to the agency, the pace of global warming appears to be slowing. "The average temperature in the world in 2008 registering a rise of 0.2 degree Celsius compared with the average rise between 1971 and 2000." Even so, it was the 10th largest margin of increase from benchmark average ...
Shivers Down Your Spine: Melting Ice Caps Welcome Tourists to Antarctica
The very fact that 46,000 cruise ship passengers have been able to make their way to Antarctica - places which would have been inaccessible 20 years ago, are good examples of the effects of global warming at the South Pole. While the world still argues about how real or unreal the threat of global warming is, the effects though are giving ...
Venice Faces Worst Flooding in Two Decades – Climate Change Blamed
When the Earth fights back, it ain't pretty. What could be worse than too much snow on Mt. Everest? How about too much water in Venice? Venice is suffering from its worst flooding in 22 years. In the Renaissance city water stood more than 1.5 meter deep. Authorities worried that the sea lapping at the lagoon city would rise to ...
Lifejackets to Rescue the Polar Bears from melting ice!
There is absolutely no doubt that carbon emissions caused by excessive use of fossil fuel and our callous cutting of trees have caused global warming to creep up to such dangerous levels that it is causing a serious threat to the polar ice caps and all the animals that reside in the cold paradise. Polar Bears have been stranded on melting ...
Not Evil Just Wrong Documentary Goes After Gore and Inconvenient Truth
Not Evil Just Wrong Documentary is pledging to do to Al Gore and his Inconvenient Truth what Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 9/11 did for George W Bush. You all can yell at me later, but I totally believe in free speech, open and honest discussion. Watch out as I attempt to take a leap into the Prop 8 arena here. When ...
Sydney Beaches to be Eroded by Rising Sea Levels
If the rising sea levels continue to be at the present rate or higher, then by 2050 the much loved coastline of Sydney could all be but gone. Scientists say that with the rate of global warming and the rise in sea level associated with it, the sea levels in Sydney are expected to rise with a minimum of 40 ...
Japanese Government Takes 1st Step Toward Implementing Carbon Credit Trading
The Japanese government has taken the 1st step toward implementing carbon credit trading. The system will allow large companies to gain carbon credits by assisting small and midsize companies in reducing their emissions. "Firms that come in below their designated emission levels can sell the unused portions as carbon credits to businesses that exceed their caps." Tokyo is taking applications from ...
Methane Gas Levels on the Rise
Methane gas is 25 times more powerful as a greenhouse gas than CO2. Methane is produced by wetlands, rice paddies, cattle and gas and coal industries. It is held into check by a reaction with the hydroxyl free radical (OH) and according to a team led by researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, methane gas in the atmosphere is on ...
UK’s Royal Society Explores Adventurous New Ways to Curb Global Warming
Global warming is one phenomenon that has pretty much grown into the biggest demon the planet is trying to get off of its back and not too surprisingly, we have not been all that successful till today. Despite growing concerns over how the greenhouse gases must be controlled and their volume curbed, it seems the progress is either too slow or ...
Stop Global Warming Commercial That Gets to You
Usually seeing a sensitive movie is not really getting me, but this commercial by Quercus - a non-profit trying to raise awareness of Portuguese environmental problems and campaigns against nuclear power, is more than enough for a day. Created by McCann Erickson Portugal and produced by the Seagulls Fly Sao Paulo, the commercial was posted last month on QuercusTV to make ...
