Gore launches $300 mln climate change campaign
Washington, March 31, 2008 - Al Gore, former U.S. vice president, Academy Award winner and Nobel peace laureate, on Monday launched a $300 million, three-year campaign to mobilize Americans on climate change.
"We can solve the climate crisis, but it will require a major shift in public opinion and engagement," Gore said in a statement.
"The technologies exist, but our elected leaders don't yet have the political will to take the bold actions required. When politicians hear the American people calling loud and clear for change, they'll listen," he said.
A longtime environmental activist, Gore chairs the Alliance for Climate Protection, which unveiled the "We" campaign with a series of videos, a Web site -- www.wecansolveit.org -- and a television advertisement set to air during such programs as "American Idol," "House," and "Law & Order."
www.reuters.com: Gore launches $300 mln climate change campaign

U.N. human rights body turns to climate change

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Geneva, March 28 / 30, 2008 - Climate change could erode the human rights of people living in small island states, coastal areas and parts of the world subjected to drought and floods, the U.N. Human Rights Council said.
Rising sea levels threaten for instance to flood many of the islands in the fertile Ganges delta, leading to an environmental disaster and a refugee crisis for India and Bangladesh. Millions could be on the run for the water till the end of the century.
www.reuters.com: U.N. human rights body turns to climate change
www.guardian.co.uk: Time runs out for islanders on global warming's front line

Massive Computer Centers Worse than Air Traffic
Frankfurt, March 28, 2008 - There's been a lot of hand-wringing lately about how much air traffic contributes to global warming. An even more damaging culprit, however, has recently been found: the Internet. Computer centers consume massive amounts of energy, and their use is growing astronomically. Creative solutions are being sought -- and found.
www.spiegel.de: Massive Computer Centers Worse than Air Traffic

France and UK to forge deals on nuclear and defence issues

Brussels, March 25 2008 - The leaders of France and Britain are to hold a joint meeting later this week expected to result in an agreement to promote nuclear power as well as further co-operation on defence, immigration and money markets.
euobserver.com: France and UK to forge deals on nuclear and defence issues

Black Carbon Pollution Emerges as Major Player in Global Warming
San Diego (US), March 23, 2008 - Soot from biomass burning, diesel exhaust has 60 percent of the effect of carbon dioxide on warming but mitigation offers immediate benefits.
Black carbon, a form of particulate air pollution most often produced from biomass burning, cooking with solid fuels and diesel exhaust, has a warming effect in the atmosphere three to four times greater than prevailing estimates, according to scientists in an upcoming review article in the journal Nature Geoscience.
scrippsnews.ucsd.edu: Black Carbon Pollution Emerges as Major Player in Global Warming

Warlords turn to ivory trade to fund slaughter of humans
Nairobi, 17 March 2008 - In Chad, Janjaweed militia from Sudan killed 100 elephants in one afternoon; in Kenya, Somali warlords armed with rocket-propelled grenades killed four wildlife rangers during a bloody raid on herds in the Tana Delta; in Democratic Republic of Congo, a whole host of rebel groups have turned the country's dwindling elephant population into a new cash crop.
www.independent.co.uk: Warlords turn to ivory trade to fund slaughter of humans
www.time.com: Asias vanishing giants

Business Books: Is Carbon Control Energy Relief Or Delusion?
New York (US) March 14 2008 - Two new books reflect a debate between those who say global warming must be reversed and those who say we just have to learn to live with it.
www.planetark.com: Is Carbon Control Energy Relief Or Delusion?

Build "Green" To Cut North American Emissions
Washington, (US) March 14 2008 - "Green" construction could cut North America's climate-warming emissions faster and more cheaply than any other measure, environmental experts from Canada, Mexico and the United States reported on Thursday.
www.planetark.com: Build "Green" To Cut North American Emissions

British Budget Dismissed As Pale Shade Of Green
London, (UK) March 13 2008 - The government billed it as the greenest budget ever, but on Wednesday British finance minister Alistair Darling failed to deliver on most counts, climate campaigners said.
www.planetark.com: British Budget Dismissed As Pale Shade Of Green

'Myth and realities' behind industry lobbying on climate change
Brussels 12 March 2008 - The EU's energy intensive industries are trying to get a "free lunch" in the EU's climate change agenda by making false claims and creating excessive "hype" about the threat of delocalisation or "carbon leakage", writes Green MEP Claude Turmes ahead of the upcoming Council summit.
www.euractiv.com: 'Myth and realities' behind industry lobbying on climate change

Blind date with disaster
London, (UK) March 12 2008 - We are constantly warned by scientists that our planet is in big trouble, so why can't we change direction? David Suzuki, one of the world's leading ecologists, on how humans have lost the vital skill of foresight.
www.guardian.co.uk: Blind date with disaster

Biofuels maker says airlines worried about survival, not CO2
Los Angeles, (US) March 11 2008 - U.S. airlines are too worried about survival to address the big impact their planes are having on the environment, the company behind the world's first commercial bio jet fuel plant said on Tuesday.
www.reuters.com: Biofuels maker says airlines worried about survival, not CO2

Make solar lamps not war, says Nobel scientist
Copenhagen, March 11, 2008 - One billion people can get electricity for the first time for little more than the reported cost of one month's war in Iraq said Rajendra Pachauri, the head of a Nobel peace prize-winning U.N. panel of climate scientists.
www.reuters.com: Make solar lamps not war, says Nobel scientist

World warned on food price spiral
Copenhagen, March 11, 2008 - As the BBC looks at the impact of rising food prices around the world, Sydney correspondent Nick Bryant reports from Australia on how the worst drought on record has slashed its exports of wheat.
www.bbc.com: World warned on food price spiral

Climate change 'hits minorities hardest'
London, 11 March 2008 When the floods subsided in India last year more than half of the bodies found were Dalits, or untouchables; the recent droughts in Kenya have devastated the herds pastoralists in the north rely on for survival; in Arctic Norway the Sami people's reindeer are starving as warmer rains destroy their grazing land.
www.independent.co.uk: Climate change 'hits minorities hardest

Vatican lists new sinful behaviors
Rome, (It) March 11 2008 - A Vatican official has listed drugs, pollution and genetic manipulations as well as social and economic injustices as new areas of sinful behavior.
www.cnn.com: Vatican lists new sinful behaviors

This foolish rush into the arms of the dirtiest fuel

London, 10 March 2008 - Coal is easily the most carbon-intensive and polluting form of energy generation available. As a society, we ought to be moving in the very opposite direction for ourenergy needs, towards conservation and renewables. It is inconceivable that a government serious about cutting carbon emissions would give the go-ahead for a new generation of coal-fired power stations to be built. Yet this is precisely what the UK Business Secretary, John Hutton, will come perilously close to doing in a speech today. Mr Hutton is expected to hint strongly that government approval is to be granted for a new coal-fired power station at Kingsnorth, Kent.
www.independent.co.uk: This foolish rush into the arms of the dirtiest fuel

UN Sees More Hunger, Unrest Over Food Inflation
Brussels, March 7, 2008 - Record high food prices and resulting inflation are set to continue until at least 2010, fuelling a "new hunger" across the globe and anarchy on the streets of poorer nations, a top UN official said.
www.planetark.com: UN Sees More Hunger, Unrest Over Food Inflation
www.grist.org: Pay Rent and Eat Too?

2008 OECD Environmental Outlook - How much will it cost to address today's key environmental problems?

Oslo (NO), March 5 2008 - "Solutions to the key environmental challenges are available, achievable and affordable, especially when compared to the expected economic growth and the costs and consequences of inaction", OECD Secretary General Angel Gurria said at the worldwide launch of the 2008 OECD Environmental Outlook in Oslo.
www.oecd.org: How much will it cost to address today's key environmental problems?
www.oecd.org: OECD Environmental Outlook to 2030

Killer freeze of '07 illustrates paradoxes of warming climate
Oak Ridge, (Tenn./USA), March 5, 2008 — A destructive spring freeze that chilled the eastern United States almost a year ago illustrates the threat a warming climate poses to plants and crops, according to a paper just published in the journal BioScience. The study was led by a team from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
www.enn.org: Killer freeze of '07 illustrates paradoxes of warming climate

London, March 1 2008 - At the end of a week that has seen protests against airport expansion, predictions of further airport chaos, and record oil prices, British travellers are showing no sign of shaking off their addiction to CO2-heavy cheap flights.
www.independent.co.uk: "It is plain and simple... this aviation boom threatens the world's future"
www.independent.co.uk / Michael McCarthy: "Proof that we are not taking climate change seriously"

Lovelock: 'Enjoy life while you can'

London, March 1 2008 - Climate science maverick James Lovelock believes catastrophe is inevitable, carbon offsetting is a joke and ethical living a scam. So what would he do?
James Lovelock: 'Enjoy life while you can'
ZN May/July 2006: The Revenge of Gaia, book and debate

Ocean Cooling May Solve Antarctic Mystery
Oslo: February 29, 2008 Fossil evidence of a cooling of the oceans 35 million years ago may have solved a mystery about how Antarctica froze over in one of the big climate shifts in Earth's history, scientists said on Thursday.
www.planetark.com: Ocean Cooling May Solve Antarctic Mystery

From geeks to greens
New York, February 27, 2008 - Executives are switching in droves from the computer industry to clean-technology firms. Do they have what it takes to succeed?
www.economist.com: From geeks to greens

Texas: The CO2 State
New York, February 27, 2008 - Texas produces more carbon emissions than most countries, but the state government and business community don't seem too concerned.
James Lovelock: The CO2 State

De Boer: "Rich Nations Should Agree 2020 Carbon Targets"
New York, February 27, 2008 - The world's rich countries should set a goal of cutting planet-warming gases by 2020, not by 2050 as some have suggested, so businesses can get a clearer signal on actions they need to take to fight global warming, the UN's top climate change official said on Monday.
www.planetark.com: "Rich Nations Should Agree 2020 Carbon Targets"

Virgin biofuel flight misleading ‘breakthrough’
London, February 25, 2008 - Wetlands International is surprised by the statement of Virgin Atlantic that their test-aircraft flight powered by biofuels yesterday, marks a biofuel breakthrough for the whole airline industry. The NGO raises alarm on this issue because there are still no certification schemes in place that can guarantee the fulfillment of sustainability criteria of biofuels. For many biofuels the carbon savings are negligible, and recently it has become clear that many biofuels may actually be much more polluting than the use of fossil fuels.
www.wetlands.org: Virgin biofuel flight misleading ‘breakthrough’

Australia says carbon emissions keep growing
Canberra, February 25, 2008 - Australia's carbon emissions would continue to grow due to a heavy reliance on coal for electricity, a government report said on Monday, although the country would meet its Kyoto emissions targets by 2012.
www.reuters.com: Australia says carbon emissions keep growing

Europe's captains of industry say they're steering a greener course
Bruxelles, February 22, 2008 - The great and the good of corporate Europe have been meeting in Brussels over the last two days (21-22 February) for the fifth annual European Business Summit, burnishing their green credentials.
euobserver.com: Europe's captains of industry say they're steering a greener course

Greece seen facing bleak climate future
Athens, February 22, 2008 - Greece will face droughts, higher temperatures and sea levels, and desertification that will damage agriculture and tourism because of climate change, EU Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas said on Friday.
"The problem of parched land and drought will intensify and desertification will speed up (in Greece)," Dimas said in a speech. "Areas in seaside towns like Thessaloniki and Messolongi, will most likely find themselves under water."
www.reuters.com: Greece seen facing bleak climate future
www.bbc.co.uk: Spain suffering worst drought in over a decade

UNEP Unveils the Climate Neutral Network to Catalyze a Transition to a Low Carbon World
Monaco, February 21, 2008 - Four countries, four cities and five corporations have become the pioneering founders of a bold new initiative to address climate change and the urgent need to de-carbonize the global economy.
www.unep.org: UNEP Unveils the Climate Neutral Network to Catalyze a Transition to a Low Carbon World

EU exporting climate pollution to emerging economies
Brussel, February 21, 2008 - Europeans are responsible for greenhouse gas emissions produced not only in Europe but in other rapidly industrialising countries because of their consumption and trade patterns.
www.panda.org: EU exporting climate pollution to emerging economies
pubs.acs.org: CO2 Embodied in International Trade with Implications for Global Climate Policy

Gorilla project unites Uganda, Rwanda and Congo
Kampala, February 20, 2008 - Uganda, Rwanda and Congo launched a joint effort on Wednesday to protect endangered mountain gorillas that roam the three nations' jungle borders.
Fewer than 720 of the primates -- famous for the shimmering silver hair on the backs of males -- are believed to exist in the wild, spread across the remote Virunga hills where Democratic Republic of Congo meets Uganda and Rwanda.
www.reuters.com: Gorilla project unites Uganda, Rwanda and Congo

Stabilizing Climate Requires Near-zero Carbon Emissions
Washington DC, (US), February 18, 2008 - Now that scientists have reached a consensus that carbon dioxide emissions from human activities are the major cause of global warming, the next question is: How can we stop it? Can we just cut back on carbon, or do we need to go cold turkey? According to a new study by scientists at the Carnegie Institution, halfway measures won’t do the job. To stabilize our planet’s climate, we need to find ways to kick the carbon habit altogether.
www.ciw.edu: Stabilizing Climate Requires Near-zero Carbon Emissions
(Source: Matthews, H. D., and K. Caldeira (2008), Stabilizing climate requires near-zero emissions, Geophys. Res. Lett., doi:10.1029/2007GL032388, in press.)

Study Reveals More Sharks than Estimated Killed for Fin Soup

New York, February 17, 2008 - Populations of tiger, bull, dusky and other sea sharks have plummeted by more than 95 percent since the 1970s as fisherman kill the animals for their fins or when they scoop other fish from the ocean, according to an expert from the World Conservation Union, or IUCN.
www.enn.com: Study Reveals More Sharks than Estimated Killed for Fin Soup
www.telegraph.co.uk: Sharkwater - we can stop shark fin trade

Adapting to a changing climate
London, February 14, 2008 - The Met Office is hosting a series of workshops to explore the impacts an increasingly warm climate will have on animal and plant health in the decades ahead.
Defra, the NFU, the Veterinary Laboratory Agency and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), are all contributing to this Met Office led project.
www.metoffice.gov.uk: Adapting to a changing climate

Millions of animals are suffering unnecessarily at the hands of meat traders by enduring cruel, drawn-out journeys across the world to be slaughtered on arrival. Click on the picture for the full story. (Feb 13 2008)

Investors pledge $10 billion for renewable energy
UN, February 10 2008 - U.S. institutional investors pledged at a U.N. summit on Thursday to invest $10 billion over two years in technologies that aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to pressure companies to disclose their risks associated with climate change.
www.enn.com: Investors pledge $10 billion for renewable energy

EU says photos show reality of whaling
Brussels, February 8, 2008 - The EU executive repeated a call on Friday for EU members to adopt a unified stance on whaling, saying pictures released by Australia of whales being killed in the Southern Ocean illustrated the reality of Japanese hunting.
www.reuters.com: EU says photos show reality of whaling

Destroying native ecosystems for biofuel crops worsens global warming
New York, February 8, 2008 - Turning native ecosystems into “farms” for biofuel crops causes major carbon emissions that worsen the global warming that biofuels are meant to mitigate, according to a new study by the University of Minnesota and the Nature Conservancy.
The work will be published in Science later this month and will be posted online Thursday, Feb. 7.
www.eurekalert.org: Destroying native ecosystems for biofuel crops worsens global warming

Biofuels Are Bad for Feeding People and Combating Climate Change
New York, February 7, 2008 - By displacing agriculture for food—and causing more land clearing—biofuels are bad for hungry people and the environment.
www.sciam.com: Climate change may devastate crop yields

Climate change may devastate crop yields
London, 7 February 2008 - Recent reports from scientists at Stanford University suggest that climate change could cause severe crop losses in south Asia and southern Africa over the next 20 years.
>www.metoffice.gov.uk: Climate change may devastate crop yields
>news.bbc.co.uk: Climate 'could devastate crops'

Global meltdown: scientists isolate areas most at risk of climate change

Global Meltdown / World tipping points (Clicl on the graph for bigger size / Source: pnas.org)

London (Uk), February 6, 2008 - Scientists have long agreed that climate change could have a profound impact on the planet; from melting ice sheets and withering rainforests, to flash floods and droughts.
Now a team of climate experts has ranked the most fragile and vulnerable regions on the planet, and warned they are in danger of sudden and catastrophic collapse before the end of the century.
In a comprehensive study published today -Tipping elements in the Earth's climate system- the scientists identify the nine areas that are in gravest danger of passing critical thresholds or "tipping points", beyond which they will not recover.
>www.guardian.co.uk: Global meltdown: scientists isolate areas most at risk of climate change
> www.planetark.com: "Tipping Points" Seen for Greenland Ice, Amazon
> www1.uea.ac.uk: ‘Tipping points’ could come this century
> www.pnas.org / Timothy M. Lenton et all: Tipping elements in the Earth's climate system

"Climate Code Red: The case for a sustainability emergency"
February 4, 2008 - Climate policy is characterised by the habituation of low expectations and a culture of failure. There is an urgent need to understand global warming and the tipping points for dangerous impacts that we have already crossed as a sustainability emergency, that takes us beyond the politics of failure-inducing compromise. We are now in a race between climate tipping points and political tipping points.
www.climatecodered.net

Biofuels: the future?
London (Uk), February 1, 2008 - Biofuels are being championed as the eco-friendly alternative to oil, gas and coal, which could revive Britain's farming industry. But how green are they? And is it right to grow crops for fuel instead of food?
www.telegraph.co.uk: Biofuels: the future?

Greenhouse effect has 'significantly dried' the western United States
London (Uk), January 31, 2008 - Human activity is largely to blame for the worsening water shortages in the western United States over the past half-century, a new study shows. The analysis of climate trends that influence the availability of freshwater shows that humans are responsible for 60% of the observed changes.
www.nature.com: Greenhouse effect has 'significantly dried' the western United States

Big business says addressing climate change 'rates very low on agenda'
London (Uk), January 27, 2008 - Global warming ranks far down the concerns of the world's biggest companies, despite world leaders' hopes that they will pioneer solutions to the impending climate crisis, a startling survey will reveal this week.
Nearly nine in 10 of them do not rate it as a priority, says the study, which canvassed more than 500 big businesses in Britain, the US, Germany, Japan, India and China. Nearly twice as many see climate change as imposing costs on their business as those who believe it presents an opportunity to make money. And the report's publishers believe that big business will concentrate even less on climate change as the world economy deteriorates.
www.independent.com: Poll of 500 major firms reveals that only one in 10 regard global warming as a priority

Only three sustainable homes built in UK so far
London (Uk) Sunday, 27 January 2008 - Gordon Brown's dream of "eco-towns" with tens of thousands of homes powered by wind and solar power has failed to grip the public's imagination. Officials have confirmed that only three low-carbon homes are being built in the UK.
www.independent.com: Only three sustainable homes built in UK so far

EU-backed carbon capture and storage technology not without critics
Brussels (Be), 25 January 2008 - Within the European Commission's comprehensive package of legislative proposals on climate change and energy announced on Wednesday (23 January) is a plan to promote the development of a controversial carbon emissions mitigation technology known as "carbon capture and storage" (CCS).
euobserver.com: OEU-backed carbon capture and storage technology not without critics

Researchers study coral threats
Washington (US), January 25, 2008 - Even coral reefs thought to be pristine are facing challenges, researchers said Thursday launching the International Year of the Reef. Researchers say warming and other factors are threatening coral reefs.
The year of the reef is a "campaign to highlight the importance of coral reef ecosystems and to motivate people to protect them," Conrad Lautenbacher, head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, said at a briefing.
Climate warming has become an increasing threat to reefs, added Clive Wilkinson, coordinator of the Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network. Corals have an upper limit of temperatures they can tolerate, he said.
And added carbon dioxide in the ocean water is creating what Wilkinson called the "soda water" effect, increasing the acidity of the water and making it harder for corals to form their shells.
www.cnn.com: Even on the pristine island of Bonaire some effects are seen

A New Look into the Center of the Earth
Berlin, (DE), January 25, 2008 - For years, scientists have known that continents float around on the Earth's surface like ice bergs on the ocean. But what happens deep beneath our feet? A new theory envisions graveyards for continents and a life cycle not unlike the weather.
www.spiegel.de: A New Look into the Center of the Earth

The World's Greenest Countries
Yale, (US), January 23, 2008 - Yale University's newest ranking of the world's greenest countries offers a few surprises—and some useful lessons for business leaders.
www.newsweek.com: Green Listed
www.newsweek.com: The World's Greenest Countries

EU unveils comprehensive climate and energy package
Brussels (Be), 23 January 2008 - By 2020, Europe must cut greenhouse gas emissions by 20%, produce 20% of its energy from renewable sources and increase energy efficiency by 20%, according to new proposals – or "20/20/20 by 2020," in the words of commission President Jose Manuel Barroso.
euobserver.com: EU unveils comprehensive climate and energy package

Cars Warm Up, Ships Cool Down
Oslo (No), 21 January 2008 - Road traffic is by large the transport sector that contributes the most to global warming. Aviation has the second largest warming effect, while shipping has a net cooling effect on the earth’s climate, according to a study published recently.
www.cicero.uio.no: EU to set easier CO2 regime for heavy industries

EU to set easier CO2 regime for heavy industries
Brussels, January 20, 2008 - Europe's steel, aluminum and cement industries will have a special, less strict regime for greenhouse gas emissions under European Commission proposals to fight climate change to be announced this week.
www.reuters.com: EU to set easier CO2 regime for heavy industries

Greenhouse gases at new peak in sign of Asia growth
Troll Station (Antarctica), 19 January 2008 - Atmospheric levels of the main greenhouse gas CO2 have set another new peak in a sign of the industrial rise of Asian economies led by China, a senior scientist said on Saturday.
www.reuters.com: Greenhouse gases at new peak in sign of Asia growth

Adjustments to Agriculture May Help Mitigate Global Warming
London, January 19, 2008 - A recent report from Greenpeace details the direct and indirect effects of agriculture on climate change and suggests how the sector can move from being a major greenhouse gas emitter to being a carbon sink. “As a key contributor to climate change, the environmental impact of industrial farming has reached critical levels,”? said Jan van Aken, Greenpeace Sustainable Agriculture Campaigner. “Governments must support a farming future that works with nature, not against it.”?
www.enn.com: Adjustments to Agriculture May Help Mitigate Global Warming
www.greenpeace.org: Climate impacts of agriculture and mitigation potential

Expert speaks on La Niña

London, January 18, 2008 - Is La Niña to blame for the poor weather and the flooding? Although not completely responsible there are links between La Niña and mild, wet and windy weather in our region in late winter.
www.metoffice.gov.uk: Expert speaks on La Niña

EU: Commission's own scientists question biofuels
Bruxelles, January 18, 2008 - A study by the EU's Joint Research Centre says it is not known whether the bloc's biofuel targets will cut greenhouse gases. Meanwhile, the commission is set to announce a revision of its rules on state aid in order to permit greater government subsidising of environmental projects.
euobserver.com: Commission's own scientists question biofuels

Forests and carbon capture keys to climate: Norway's PM
Oslo / Cape Town, January 18, 2008 - Protecting forests and burying greenhouse gases are key ways of slowing world climate change, Norway's prime minister said on Friday a day after the Nordic nation set a stiff 2030 goal of becoming "carbon neutral."
www.reuters.com: Forests and carbon capture keys to climate

Nature: Year of planet Earth

London, January 17, 2008 - To celebrate the International Year of Planet Earth, Nature presented a special supplement that explores recent developments and future directions in the Earth sciences. With climate change to the fore, Earth scientists have much to offer society, and the articles in the supplement explore both our understanding of the planet and how this knowledge can be used to benefit the people who live on it.
www.nature.com: Year of planet Earth
yearofplanetearth.org

2007 was Tenth Warmest for U.S., Fifth Warmest Worldwide

Washington, January 15, 2008 - The average temperature for the contiguous U.S. in 2007 is officially the tenth warmest on record, according to data from scientists at NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, N.C. The agency also determined the global surface temperature last year was the fifth warmest on record.
On land only, it was the warmest year ever, since registration did start. (See lowest graph.)
www.noaanews.noaa.gov: 2007 was Tenth Warmest for U.S., Fifth Warmest Worldwide

Economic Collapse and Global Ecology
January 12, 2008 - Given widespread failure to pursue policies sufficient to reverse deterioration of the biosphere and avoid ecological collapse, the best we can hope for may be that the growth-based economic system crashes sooner rather than later.
earthmeanders.blogspot.com: Economic Collapse and Global Ecology

WMO: new global satellite strategy to monitor climate change
Geneva, Januari 11 2008 - The World Meteorological Organization is developing a new vision for using dozens of satellites to monitor climate change and weather.
At least 16 geostationary and low-earth orbit satellites currently provide operational data on the planet’s climate and weather as part of the WMO Global Observing System (GOS). They are, complemented by numerous experimental satellites designed for scientific missions or instrument technology demonstration. A record number of 17 satellites are planned for launch this year to further strengthen the system’s work.
WMO: new global satellite strategy to monitor climate change

2008 to be in top 10 warmest years say forecasters
London, 3 January 2008 - 2008 will be slightly cooler than recent years globally but will still be among the top 10 warmest years on record since 1850 and should not be seen as a sign global warming was on the wane, British forecasters said.
uk.reuters.com: 2008 to be in top 10 warmest years say forecasters
www.metoffice.gov.uk: 2008 to be in top 10 warmest years say forecasters

UK Met Office: A year to remember
London, 2 January 2008 - Looking back at 2007, the weather and climate change have never been far from the headlines meaning the Met Office has had another busy year."
For many people in the UK, 2007 will be remembered as the year without a summer. The extreme rainfall of May, June and July and the large-scale flooding that followed gripped the nation for much of the summer, and the consequences are still being felt by many of those affected.
www.metoffice.gov.uk: UK Met Office: A year to remember

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