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Shogun for Waiting
Posted in Climate, Map, Politics
Tagged adaptation, Africa, Agriculture, Biodiversity, biofuel, Climate Change, Indigenous Knowledeg, IPCC, Soil
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GOOGLE Invicible status not working
Have you noticed lately that most of your contacts who prefer to be invisible in google mail are suddenly visible?
Incidentally, in their message panel, it still shows that they are invisible.. but to their contacts, it shows they are available to chat!!google do something!!!
..: Ristorante Mystica :.. Iceland volcano panic button
”For an Icelandic volcano this was a relatively small eruption, but there are fears that it could set off the nearby Katla volcano, a far more violent beast capable of inflicting immense damage.
The precedents are not good. In the past 1,000 years, Eyjafjallajökull has erupted three times, in AD920, 1612 and 1821, and each time the Katla volcano blew up soon afterwards. And because Katla lies under a glacier, it sets off colossal floods as the ice rapidly melts. Worse still, Katla can shoot up enormous plumes of ash, gas and acid high into the atmosphere, blocking out the Sun’s energy and creating a deep chill.
The effects on the UK could be severe. In June 1783 the Laki volcano close to Katla erupted for several months with clouds of poisonous gas that killed 9,000 people in Iceland. But the eruption also created a cold fog that spread across much of Europe and North America, in some places causing the coldest summer for 500 years as the Sun’s warmth was blotted out. ”
Posted in Climate, Coal, Countries, Floods, Map, solar
Tagged Agriculture, Biodiversity, Carbon Cycle, Climate Change, iceland, NASA, volcanoes, WB Carbon
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Ecology and Biosphere Sustainability
The human family faces the imminent collapse of the biosphere – the thin layer of life organized into ecosystems, upon an otherwise lifeless planet – that makes Earth habitable. Marshes and rivers and forests and fish are far more than resources – they and all natural ecosystems provide for humanity’s habitat and existence upon Earth. A few centuries of unprecedented explosion in human numbers and surging inequitable consumption are needlessly destroying being for all living things. Environmental movement accommodation and compromise have not brought required policies necessary to avert widespread ecosystem collapse, or to lay the basis for achieving global ecological sustainability.
Ecology and Biosphere Sustainability
The human family faces the imminent collapse of the biosphere – the thin layer of life organized into ecosystems, upon an otherwise lifeless planet – that makes Earth habitable. Marshes and rivers and forests and fish are far more than resources – they and all natural ecosystems provide for humanity’s habitat and existence upon Earth. A few centuries of unprecedented explosion in human numbers and surging inequitable consumption are needlessly destroying being for all living things. Environmental movement accommodation and compromise have not brought required policies necessary to avert widespread ecosystem collapse, or to lay the basis for achieving global ecological sustainability.
Bolivia summit to seeks global climate deal
Thousands of people, mostly members of social movements and indigenous groups, are expected to attend the People's World Conference on Climate Change and Mother Earth Rights from April 20-22.Organizers say it is intended to “give a voice to the people” on climate change after the perceived failure of the United Nations-sponsored Copenhagen summit on the same issue.Solon said he expected participants from 94 countries and representatives from 70 governments to attend, without giving further details.
via AFP: Bolivia summit to seek global climate change referendum.
Posted in Climate, Coal, Countries, Map, Opposing Views, Politics, UNFCCC, World Bank Funds, solar
Tagged Bolivia, Climate Change, evo, Morales
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Algae contributing to petroleum deposits from hundreds of millions of years
“Oils from the green algae Botryococcus braunii can be readily detected in petroleum deposits and coal deposits suggesting that B. braunii has been a contributor to developing these deposits and may be the major contributor,” said Dr. Devarenne.”This means that we are already using these oils to produce gasoline from petroleum,” he added.Devarenne said that B. braunii is a prime candidate for biofuel production because some races of the green algae typically “accumulate hydrocarbons from to 30 percent to 40 percent of their dry weight, and are capable of obtaining hydrocarbon contents up to 86 percent of their dry weight.”"As a group, algae may be the only photosynthetic organism capable of producing enough biofuel to meet transportation fuel demands,” he said.
via Algae contributing to petroleum deposits from hundreds of millions of years.
Posted in Climate, Coal, Map, Opposing Views, Politics
Tagged algae, biofuel, biofuels
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What is wrong with the Global Climate Change Architecture?
In his submission before retiring to the private sector, Yvo de Boer sent a warning short, it is impossible to change the climate change architecture from inside the UN.
Does he know something we dont know? What is wrong with the current architecture? Is it at the Kyoto Protocol level or is it at the “Financing mechanism level”, or is the current framework not able to deliver any depictable positive change?
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Posted in Climate, Coal, Floods, Freeze, Map, Opposing Views, Politics, UNFCCC, solar
Tagged architecture, Climate, de boer, developing countries
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BBC News – Vast iceberg ‘may disrupt ocean currents’
Dr Neal Young, a glaciologist at the Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Research Centre in Tasmania, told the BBC that any disruption to the production of the super cold water – known as bottom water – in the region would affect ocean currents, and consequently weather patterns, for years to come.”This area accounts for about 25% of the production of bottom water in Antarctica, and therefore it will reduce the overturning circulation rate,” he said.
Posted in Climate, Countries, Freeze, Map, Opposing Views, UNFCCC
Tagged Australia, bottom water, glaciology, iceberg, Neal Young
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Hard to agree on U.N. climate treaty in 2010: de Boer | Reuters
De Boer said developing countries would want to know what a treaty would mean “in terms of obligations and what its going to bring for them in terms of finance and technology, before they are willing to take that step and say yes, we are willing to work toward a legally binding treaty.”
“So I think the first step will be to get the architecture right and I think that can be done in Mexico (Cancun, Mexico, from November 29-December 10). The next step would be to decide on a treaty on it,” he said
via Hard to agree on U.N. climate treaty in 2010: de Boer | Reuters.