Displaying items by tag: Global warming

Digital infrastructure company Equinix says it is committed to becoming climate-neutral and has set a science-based target (SBT) for emissions reduction across its global operations and supply chain by 2030.

The Malala Fund, a girls' education non-profit, with the aid of analytics vendor SAS has uncovered countries where girls are most at risk of experiencing educational interruption due to the ripple effect of catastrophic weather events.

Sydney radio shock jock Alan Jones has been rapped over the knuckles by the media watchdog ACMA for factually unsupported comments he made two years ago about the rate of warming of the planet due to climate change.

A new study based on satellite observations, just released globally by Australia's science agency the CSIRO, is likely to cause a stir among anti-carbon dioxide global warming alarmist circles. According to the study, over the past three decades the rise in atmospheric CO2 has contributed significantly to the greening of our planet.

It is said that to limit global temperature rise to 2°C, emissions need to be capped at approximately 44 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent by 2020. However emission are likely to hit 53 gigatonnes by 2020. The ITU says that ICT and broadband-enabled applications could limit the total to just 45.2 gigatonnes by 2020.

 

Actually, no it isn't.

 

After a mission failure in 2009, NASA plans to launch the replacement Orbiting Carbon Observatory in February 2013.

Under a plan to counter global warming, advance cleaner energies, and promote energy security, Japan is heading toward an expansion of its nuclear power capabilities. With a majority of its energy needs imported from foreign sources, Japan wants to change that instability.

 

Today the Australian Bureau of Meteorology and the CSIRO published a snapshot of the state of climate change in Australia.

A Swiss-U.S. study has found that over the last half century North American birds have become smaller by about 1.3% in mass. The fairly rapid evolution to a more compact size is concluded to be caused by climate change.

Everywhere I turn these days I hear the catch phrase "the science of man-made global warming is settled - there can be no more debate." Well I'm sorry to be a thorn in the side of anthropogenic global warming zealotry but nothing could be further from the truth.

Better weather forecasting computer programs are needed to improve on the specifics of each violent storm system occurring in the eastern coast region of Australia, especially as the world's climate increases in temperature.

According to a British study, the amount of carbon dioxide able to be absorbed into Earth’s oceans is much larger than previously thought.

Sometimes America's spy satellites have to pass over 'friendly territory.'  When they do, they can still be put to good use – in this case, monitoring sea ice for evidence of climate change.

According to a U.S. study of the Gulf Stream and the North Atlantic Current, a dramatic increase in the sea level of the northeast coast of the United States is possible by the end of the twenty-first century. Watch out Boston, New York City, and Washington D.C.

Due to the warming of the global climate the snow and ice in and around The Matterhorn has been melting, which is spurring Italian and Swiss officials to re-draw the border between their two countries. This peaceful negotiation will result in a new border for the two countries, but elsewhere in the world other border changes caused by global warming could possibly be not so peaceful.

On March 28, 1979, a nuclear accident at the Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station caused a partial meltdown of one of its reactors but a near total meltdown for U.S. nuclear power over the next 30 years. Now, the nuclear power industry is coming back in the face of a dirty atmosphere.

Research in Motion (RIM) is supporting global Earth Hour on Saturday, 28 March with the launch of a dedicated mobile site for users of its BlackBerry smartphones.

After lifting off at 1:55 a.m. Pacific Standard Time (PST) on Tuesday, February, 24, 2009, NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory did not reach its intended orbit. Its mission was declared 'lost' when it crashed into the Antarctic Ocean.

According to a Dutch study, if all humans went on a low-meat diet, then the actions to counter global climate change would be easier and less expensive to accomplish over the next forty years. Are you willing to give up your Big Mac for a Big Veggie?