Cooker reduces black carbon problem
Roger Harrabin Sep 24, 2013
It's a wonder gadget. It safeguards eyes and lungs.
It protects glaciers from melting. It saves forests. This miracle device is... a cooker.
Oceans face "deadly trio" of threats, study says
Alister Doyle, Oct 3, 2013
OSLO, Oct 3 (Reuters) - The world's oceans are under greater threat than previously believed from a "deadly trio" of global warming, declining oxygen levels and acidification, an international study said on Thursday.
Google Earth SHOCK: ZERO point ZERO ZERO SIX of world forests disappear each year Not to mention 'Great Reversal' density increase
Lewis Page, Nov 15 2013
The technical team behind Google Earth have partnered with US government boffins to produce dramatic satellite maps showing how the area of the world covered by forests has changed across the years 2000 to 2012.
Deforestation in Amazon jungle increases by nearly a third in one year
The Guardian, November 14 2013
Deforestation in the Amazon increased by nearly a third over the past year, according to Brazilian government figures released on Thursday.
China's newest environmental disaster
Carmel Lobello SEP 26 2013
So much for China's change of heart when it comes to taking care of the environment.
What Leading Scientists Want You to Know About Today's Frightening Climate Report
RICHARD SCHIFFMAN SEP 27 2013
The polar icecaps are melting faster than we thought they would; seas are rising faster than we thought they would; extreme weather events are increasing.
Planning and Financing Low-Carbon, Livable Cities
The World Bank News
What do Kampala and Rio de Janeiro have in common? At first sight, the capital of landlocked Uganda and the megacity on the Brazilian coast may appear very different, but they share more than meets the eye.
Seeing America From This Perspective Makes Me Feel Like A Total Heel
Upworthy
A few nations are making the planet a whole let messier for the rest of the gang. Maybe we should start thinking about being better neighbors.
IPCC "conservative" on sea level rise
IRIN NEWS
JOHANNESBURG, 8 October 2013 (IRIN) - The international scientific community’s new assessment of the estimated sea level rise caused by global warming is a significant development, but experts say the projections for higher sea levels in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate (IPCC) assessm
Shift to a new climate likely by mid-century - study
Reuters
OSLO, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Billions of people could be living in regions where temperatures are hotter than their historical ranges by mid-century, creating a "new normal" that could force profound changes on nature and society, scientists said on Wednesday.