Evidence indicates that the Jamal sink hole (Siberia) has been caused by permafrost thaw, still under investigation. New footage (July, 18 2014) shows the crater in more detail, and Dan Miller explains the interconnections of climate change and permafrost. Anna Kurchatova: Siberia’s frozen soil — known as permafrost — contains millions of tons of methane…
Nachdem Deutschland den Weltmeister Titel im Fussball gewonnen hat, folgt nun nach kurzer Pause ein erneuter globaler Titel, Deutschland wurde zum Weltmeister in Energieeffizienz gewählt. Eine Studie ergab, dass Bemühungen bei der Gebäudesanierung, Deutschland zum Titel verhalf. Die Umweltgruppe American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy aus Washington, lobte die Maßnahmen Deutschlands bei Gebäudesanierungen, welche als Ziel haben den…
Video, David McKenzie (CNN) describes China’s preparations to deal with the enormous Typhoon Rammasun, and considered the strongest typhoon in 40 years, to target China. Jeff Masters: Deadly Typhoon Rammasun is located about 440NM NW of Manila heading towards the South China Island of Hainan (population of 9 million). Latest satellite imagery estimates indicate the…
Severer storms caused record floods in the ancient Chinese town of Fenghuang (Hunan province), Guizhou province and Jiangxi province. Today (Saturday 18th, July 2014) Rammasun, a super typhoon is approaching the China coast, considered the strongest storm to target China in 40 years. The Telegraph: According to China’s official Xinhua news agency, the Tuojiang river in…
Salon: According to Anna Kurchatova, with the Sub-Arctic Scientific Research Centre, the hole could have to do with the thawing of Siberia’s permafrost, a consequence of global warming. The rapid release of gas previously trapped in the ice, she said, could have combined with sand beneath the surface to form an underground explosion. The Siberian…
Dark Snow Project Chief Scientist Dr. Jason Box interviewed by Bill Maher on Real Time, on July 12, 2014. Peter Sinclair, noted: It’s difficult to keep up with, much less steer, an interview with someone as mercurial as Bill Maher, but Dr. Box does a decent job. He gives a good description of the “dark snow”…
First posted in 2011, still popular on denialist blogs. Peter Sinclair explains: A widely circulated piece of climate denial nonsense purports to use legitimate evidence from Greenland ice cores to debunk the record of global warming. Displaying temperature records out of context, and making the claim of legitimacy by citing the data, and it’s primary author,…
Rupert Murdoch, recently gave an interview to Sky News Australia. When it comes to climate impacts, according to Murdoch we just have to move a bit inland and the worst is a temperature rise of 3 degree and a modest sea level rise of six inches. However, according to the IPCC (representing the best science…
Wie The Guardian berichtete, hat der Weltkirchenrat (mehr als 500 Millionen Mitglieder), sich gegen weitere Investitionen bei fossilen Energien ausgesprochen. Die Dachorganisation umfasst 345 verschiedene Kirchen. Im April diesen Jahres gab Erzbischof Desmond Tutu folgende Stellungsnahme, “Menschen mit Gewissen, müssen Beziehungen zu Unternehmen welche Ungerechtigkeit finanzieren beenden und um den Klimawandel zu brechen, dazu können Veranstaltungen, die von…