Climate Change

A toast to garbage

thestar.com.my     11 hrs ago          

Committed to leaving the smallest footprint possible, one woman is waging war on global warming. “I was devastated when I found out that Malaysia was on the brink of sinking due to global warming,” says Oon at her Naturopathic...                

Patrick Pfeiffer: The Big Green Bus: Environmentalism Done Right

huffingtonpost.com     11 hrs ago          

"Either you're on the bus or you're off the bus," was the hackneyed statement proposed to me by three members of Dartmouth College's Big Green Bus; an ex-diesel goes veggie 37' foot school bus. My hometown San Francisco weekend...                

Obama links NATO troops to U.S. tax cuts

cnn.com     20 hrs ago   1,141 related          

White House hopeful Barack Obama has said that persuading NATO allies to send more troops to Afghanistan could cut U.S. army numbers -- and divert military spending into tax cuts to help American families. Obama made his...                

Oil spills onto ice, climate among Arctic risks

reuters.com     21 hrs ago   182 related          

By Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent OSLO (Reuters) - Companies seeking oil in the Arctic will need better technology to clean up spills onto ice and could new face hazards such as rougher seas caused by climate change,...                

Global Warming: Not So Bad?

popsci.com     14 hrs ago   42 related          

Birds and power companies adapt to climate change; scientists downgrade its role in hurricane formation By Jessica Cheng Posted 07.25.2008 at 4:58 pm 0 Comments Slow Flow: Ice forms on the Hálslón hydroelectric reservoir, the...                

Boise mill joins climate exchange

tri-cityherald.com     19 hrs ago   7 related          

By Ingrid Stegemoeller, Herald staff writer At Wallula's Boise paper mill, Ray Lam knows environmental good is usually also business good. So Boise Inc.'s decision to join the Chicago Climate Exchange is one more avenue for the...                

Could Wildfires Save the Arctic? [60-Second Science Blog]

sciam.com     13 hrs ago   7 related          

Alaskan residents who watched as wildfires claimed a record 10,000 square miles (26,00 square kilometers) of land in 2004 can take cold comfort in the fact that the choking smoke endured during wildfire season could blunt some...                

Swamps ("Wetlands") a ticking 'carbon bomb'

astuteblogger.blogspot.com     22 hrs ago   4 related          

These guys send themselves up. After we hear what a bomblike disaster it is to destroy swamps, we read: "About 60% of wetlands worldwide have been destroyed in the past century". So how come nobody noticed the bomb going...                

Scientists search for answers from the carbon in the clouds

physorg.com     21 hrs ago   3 related          

An aerosol mass spectrometer developed by chemists from Aerodyne Research Inc. and Boston College is giving scientists who study airborne particles the technology they need to examine the life cycles of atmospheric aerosols -...                

FAU Accompanies Florida Governor Charlie Crist on UK Trade Mission for Ocean Energy Research and...

prnewswire.com     16 hrs ago   2 related          

FAU Accompanies Florida Governor Charlie Crist on UK Trade Mission for Ocean Energy Research and Development BOCA RATON, Fla., July 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Officials from Florida Atlantic University (FAU) and FAU's Center...                

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