Tag: Global Warming Causes - Page 5
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Major Asian Paper Corps Undermine Indonesia's Carbon Emission Reduction Commitments
Echoing a recent Greenpeace report on the deforestation in Indonesia by the paper industry, Eyes on the Forest is highlighting the actions of Asia Pulp & Paper and APRIL in illegally clearing forests and undermining government
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Prehistoric Humans Caused Climate Changes, Too?
It's almost quaint to think that our ancient ancestors, living some 10,000 years ago, may have altered the planet's climate, just like us. Though unlike today, a time when our thirst of fossil fuels is heating up the planet, a new
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Scientists Hope BP Oil Spill Offers Clues About Global Warming
While everyone else worries about the toxicity of the oil, the physics of plume dispersion, and the costs to wildlife and workers across the gulf, one crew of scientists see a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. The
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CO2 Concentration in Atmosphere Reaches New Highs in 2010
Well, that didn't take long. After global emissions stalled following the worldwide recession around 2008--even falling in some otherwise heavily polluting nations like the US of A--it looks like everyone can rest assured: we're
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Busting a Myth: Does Facebook Water Vapor Comment Disprove Global Warming?
This one goes out to mig. Mig wrote us and explained that yesterday a distant facebook friend posted this:
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New Gallup Poll Shows Global Warming Skepticism Growing - But Really Among Conservatives (Shocker!)
There have been a number of surveys released in the past few months about shifting attitudes of the American public regarding global warming. The general trend seems to be towards more climate skepticism and issue fatigue, and
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Even More Methane Found Leaking From Arctic Seafloor
More evidence is emerging that methane previously trapped in the permafrost below the Arctic sea is starting to
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Your Car & Your Meat-Eating: The Biggest Causes of Climate Change
A new study coming out of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, and published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, shows that when it comes to the net contribution to climate change on-road
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90% of Himalayan Glacier Melting Caused by Aerosols & Black Carbon
We've reported a number of times on the growing body of knowledge pointing to aerosols being a greater component of climate change than previously thought, and to black carbon soot accelerating Himalayan glacier melting. Well,
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Climate Scientists Aren't 'Idiots Just Going Around Looking at CO2, CO2, CO2'
While there may be consensus among mainstream scientists that climate change is definitely happening, and that human activity
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Poorly-Placed US Weather Stations Produce Cool Bias in Temperature Record - Not Warm as Claimed
Here's one for the more climate contrarian people among TreeHugger's readership: A new study published in the Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres shows that Anthony Watts and SurfaceStations.org was indeed correct.
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Decreased Water Vapor in Atmosphere Slowed Last Decade's Warming
Here's an interesting addition to global warming science: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says that decreases in water vapor ten miles above the Earth have slowed by one quarter the amount of surface warming that has
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Wild Salmon In Scotland in Peril
The Tay is one of Scotland's greatest salmon fishing rivers. The opening of the 2010 angling season is historically heralded by a pipe band, pouring rain and the traditional quaich of whisky. However the difference this year is
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Desertification May Curb Global Warming in the Short Term
Forests, we know, absorb CO2 which helps curb global warming. These natural carbon sinks are the basis of offset programs, climate models, and most future-looking policy. Forests also absorb and retain heat, however, and new
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All Alaskan Tundra Gone by 2100 as Fires and Permafrost Melting Change Vegetation
While recent weird Arctic weather may have more to do with natural variability than upward trends in temperatures, the fact of the matter is the Arctic is warming
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More Methane Discovered Bubbling From Arctic Sea Floor - 1000 Times Background Levels in Places
While the scientists involved say there is no current reason for alarm, and that more study is needed to determine exact causes, pay attention to this one: Following up on a story that emerged back in August, BBC News
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Beef Association's Beef with EPA
In a harbinger of environmental battles to come, the National Cattlemen's Beef Association filed a petition in the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals this week, saying EPA climate regulations would hurt large farms. The EPA's regulation of greenhouse gases
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Black Carbon Identified as a Key Element in Himalayan Glacier Melting
After the Arctic and Antarctica, the snow and glaciers of the Himalayas are the largest store of water on the planet. When the ice of this "Third Pole" melts each spring, it supplies the largest rivers in
