Why electric buses may very well be the future of getting to school. References via https://arstechnica.com/cars/2017/01/why-electric-buses-may-very-well-be-the-future-of-getting-to-school/ Hansen et al quote Click to access acp-16-3761-2016.pdf Images by Pixabay.com Music by Stock media Kevin MacLeod https://www.youtube.com/user/kmmusic
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Check out powerful #Film4Climate video on the need for carbon pricing. http://Connect4Climate.org Related https://www.weforum.org/events/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2017/sessions/the-return-of-carbon-markets Reference Check out powerful #Film4Climate video on the need for carbon pricing https://t.co/bCPGU4j4dU #wef17 @Connect4Climate pic.twitter.com/JGgerPQ3bu — UN Climate Change (@UNFCCC) January 28, 2017
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The solar and wind industries are each creating jobs at a rate 12 times faster than that of the rest of the U.S. economy, according to a new report. References Renewable Energy Is Creating Jobs 12 Times Faster Than the Rest of the Economy http://fortune.com/2017/01/27/solar-wind-renewable-jobs/ Click to access the_growth_of_americas_clean_energy_and_sustainability_jobs.pdf Hansen et al quote Click to…
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One-third of the Trump team has ties to the Koch brothers.http://www.salon.com/2017/01/11/koch-allies-in-the-white-house_partner RELATEDDonald Trump’s Socialism For The Rich Begins! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7gkoCjWRh4
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Recently a new President took office in the United States of America. His agenda includes the removal and dismantling of standard environmental protection safeguards. Actions resemble a war on clean air and healthy drinking water.
Video: Dr Lori Bruhwiler (NOAA), elaborates briefly on new methane estimates, with the focus on the Arctic (September 2016). Methane emissions from fossil fuel development around the world are up to 60 percent greater than estimated by previous studies, according to new research led by scientists from NOAA and CIRES. The study found that fossil…
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September 2016: Professor Andrew Bakun (University of Miami, USA) speaks at Royal Society event Ocean ventilation and deoxygenation in a warming world. Abstract Major deoxygenation commonly takes place in ocean regions that feature particularly intense coastal upwelling circulations. Prominent examples discussed herein include the seasonal Somali Current upwelling, which during the southwest monsoon becomes the…
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September 2016: Professor Andrew Watson FRS, (University of Exeter, UK) speaks at Royal Society event Ocean ventilation and deoxygenation in a warming world. Abstract The major biogeochemical cycles which keep the present-day Earth habitable are linked by a network of feedbacks which has led to a broadly stable chemical composition of the oceans and atmosphere…
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The first time you see Planet Earth from space, it’s stunning; when you’ve spent 534 days in space—more than any other American—it still is! On his most recent trip the International Space Station NASA astronaut Jeff Williams used an Ultra High Definition video camera that he pointed at the planet 250 miles below; here he…
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September 2016: Professor Ralph Keeling ( Scripps Institute for Oceanography, USA) speaks at The Royal Society event, Ocean ventilation and deoxygenation in a warming world. Abstract Human activities are causing systematic decreases in the O2 content of both the atmosphere and the oceans. The atmospheric loss is driven primarily by the burning of fossil-fuels while…
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Shape up or ship out – that’s the message we’re sending to any landlords who fail to modernise their properties to improve safety and reduce carbon emissions. Yet, in the UK, the rules and regulations restricting landlords are few and far between – not least because a large number of MPs are also landlords. According…
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