Arkiv for kategorien ‘Global Warming’


Climate Change Has Intensified the Global Water Cycle

fredag, 27. april 2012

ClimateCentral: Climate scientists have been saying for years that one of the many downsides of a warming planet is that…

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Past extreme warming events linked to massive carbon release from thawing permafrost

torsdag, 5. april 2012

Guardian: Study suggests rising CO2 in the past caused global warming

A scientific conundrum that has puzzled climate experts for years…

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Gravity is climate

mandag, 19. marts 2012

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GFZ: For the first time, the melting of glaciers in Greenland could now be measured with high accuracy from space.…

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The concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere in 2011 was 390 parts per million – higher than at any ime for the past 800,000 years.

onsdag, 14. marts 2012

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State of the Climate – 2012

Fast Facts

Climate change is continuing

Warming has been measured around Australia and globally during recent decades

2010…

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James Hansen: Why I must speak out about climate change

torsdag, 8. marts 2012

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Top climate scientist James Hansen tells the story of his involvement in the science of and debate over global climate…

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Linking Weird Weather to Rapid Warming of the Arctic

onsdag, 7. marts 2012

Yale 360: The loss of Arctic summer sea ice and the rapid warming of the Far North are altering the…

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NASA: Thickest Parts of Arctic Ice Cap Melting Faster

søndag, 4. marts 2012

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This interactive illustrates how perennial sea ice has declined from 1980 to 2012. The bright white central mass shows the perennial sea…

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Global Warming ‘Not Slowing Down’

tirsdag, 6. december 2011

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ScienceDaily: Researchers have added further clarity to the global climate trend, proving that global warming is showing no signs of…

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Global Climate Risk Index 2012

torsdag, 1. december 2011

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GermanWatch: Weather-related loss events and their impacts on countries in 2010 and 1991 to 2010

“Both extraordinary weather extremes in 2010…

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WMO: 2001-10 the warmest 10-year period on record.

tirsdag, 29. november 2011

(Reuters) – The world is getting hotter, with 2011 one of the warmest years on record, and humans are to…

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Climate Change Knowledge Portal

søndag, 27. november 2011

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The World Bank: The Climate Change Knowledge Portal (CCKP) Beta is a central hub of information, data and reports about…

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OECD: We are far off course

lørdag, 26. november 2011

OECD Environmental Outlook to 2050, Forthcoming in 2012

Global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions continue to increase, and in 2010 global energy-related…

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Extreme weather to worsen with climate change-IPCC

lørdag, 19. november 2011

Guardian: Heavier rainfall, fiercer storms and intensifying droughts are likely to strike the world in the coming decades as climate…

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Since the 1950s, the earth has warmed about 1° C.

lørdag, 22. oktober 2011

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The Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature study aims to contribute to a clearer understanding of global warming based on a more…

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Climate Science 2009-2010

lørdag, 15. oktober 2011

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The Climate Science series summarizes research highlights from the latest climate change science, from leading universities and laboratories. We have been…

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An Illustrated Guide to the Science of Global Warming Impacts

lørdag, 1. oktober 2011

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How We Know Inaction Is the Gravest Threat Humanity Faces

In this post, Joe Romm  summarizes what the recent scientific literature…

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NOAA- July 7th Warmest on Record Globally;NASA Ranks It 3rd.

tirsdag, 16. august 2011

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The NCDC has the July data out today and it was the 7th warmest on record,while NASA GISS (using…

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Everything you need to know about climate change – interactive

mandag, 15. august 2011

Everything you need to know about climate change - interactive - Environment - guardian.co.uk 2011-08-15 14-26-21

Guardian: Our one-stop guide to the facts of global warming, from the science and politics to economics and technology

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Are you ready for a four degree world?

fredag, 5. august 2011

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Climate scientists agree that the existing gap between climate science and climate policy is profound. If the international community –…

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Forget carbon, nitrous oxide is worse

torsdag, 16. juni 2011

Attention should turn to nitrous oxide if climate change is to be properly addressed, according to a Brisbane-based member of…

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A link between climate change and Joplin tornadoes? Never.

søndag, 12. juni 2011

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YouTube: an op-ed by Bill McKibben, author and founder of 350.org, narrated and illustrated by Stephen Thomson of Plomomedia.com

Bill McKibben…

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Climate Change: Global Risks, Challenges and Decisions

fredag, 6. maj 2011

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Providing an up-to-date synthesis of all knowledge relevant to the climate change issue, this book ranges from the basic…

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Veteran meteorologist: How a warmer Arctic disrupts global weather

tirsdag, 8. marts 2011

As part of a post on the WWF US Climate Blog, meteorologist Dave Eichorn from the State University of New…

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A basic overview of melting ice around the globe

torsdag, 17. februar 2011

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Ice is melting at accelerating rates in the Arctic, Antarctica, Greenland, and glaciers all over the world. Arctic summer sea…

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4 degrees hotter: an adaptation trap?

mandag, 14. februar 2011

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Can, and how would, we live in a world 4 degrees Celsius warmer?” is no longer an abstract question, but…

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The American Denial of Global Warming

torsdag, 10. februar 2011

Merchants of doubt

The troubling story of how a cadre of influential scientists have clouded public understanding of scientific facts to advance a…

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Rethinking a “safe climate”: have we already gone too far?

mandag, 31. januar 2011

It is hard to argue that anything above the Holocene maximum (of around 0.5 degrees above the pre-industrial temperature) can…

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World on the Edge: Quick Facts

torsdag, 27. januar 2011

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EPI: We are facing issues of near-overwhelming complexity and unprecedented urgency. Can we think systemically and fashion policies accordingly? Can…

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NOAA: 2010 Tied For Warmest Year on Record

torsdag, 13. januar 2011

According to NOAA scientists, 2010 tied with 2005 as the warmest year of the global surface temperature record, beginning in…

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Top 10 Climate-Related Events 2010

fredag, 17. december 2010

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NASA: Global Temperatures

onsdag, 15. december 2010

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Temp Anomaly 1880 -1889

The world is getting warmer. Whether the cause is human activity or natural variability—and the preponderance of…

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Two thirds of states highly vulnerable to climate change by 2030

mandag, 6. december 2010

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The Climate Vulnerability Monitor is a new tool built to assess the vulnerability of our world to the many effects…

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Germanwatch Climate Risk Index 2011

lørdag, 4. december 2010

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Cancún, 03.12.10: With the today published Climate Risk Index 2011 in Cancun, Germanwatch has, for the sixth time, examined which…

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2010 on track to being one of three warmest years on record

fredag, 3. december 2010

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The year 2010 is almost certain to rank among the three warmest years since the beginning of instrumental climate records…

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Four degrees and beyond

tirsdag, 30. november 2010

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United Nations climate change negotiations have failed to deliver an agreement on reducing future greenhouse gas emissions to levels that…

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World is warming quicker than thought in past decade

fredag, 26. november 2010

The world warmed more rapidly than previously thought over the past decade, according to a Met Office report published today,…

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NASA Study Finds Earth’s Lakes are Warming

onsdag, 24. november 2010

In the first comprehensive global survey of temperature trends in major lakes, NASA researchers determined Earth’s largest lakes have warmed…

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Linking Climate Change to Global Extreme Weather Events

torsdag, 7. oktober 2010

On September 23, 2010, in a briefing on “Extreme Weather in a Warming World” before the House Select Committee on…

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More Fresh Water Flowing Into the World’s Oceans

torsdag, 7. oktober 2010

Freshwater is flowing into Earth’s oceans in greater amounts every year, a team of researchers has found, thanks to more…

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How Warm Was Summer 2010?

fredag, 1. oktober 2010

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An unparalleled heat wave in eastern Europe, coupled with intense droughts and fires around Moscow, put Earth’s temperatures in the…

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Best Coverage of Climate Change

torsdag, 30. september 2010

Details of the annual International Media Excellence Awards run by the Association for International Broadcasting

Welcome to the AIBs People’s Choice…

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2010 Climate Change Resource Roundup

mandag, 27. september 2010

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The availability of accurate, dependable, concise and clear information on anthropogenic climate change increases every year.

Here  is a shortlist of…

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Explaining the science of climate change

søndag, 26. september 2010

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The web pages, produced with the support of leading scientists from the Met Office Hadley Centre and others, present an…

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A South American hockey stick

søndag, 19. september 2010

A new paper has just been published employing a new technique for reconstructing past temperatures (Kellerhals 2010). It uses Ammonium…

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Record Hot Summer Wreaks Havoc

torsdag, 16. september 2010

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Record-breaking summer temperatures and the warmest year to date in 131 years are wreaking havoc on the global environment, say…

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Reanalysis confirms record warmth

mandag, 13. september 2010

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Consistent with widespread media reports of extreme heat and adverse impacts in various places, the latest results from ERA-Interim indicate…

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Global warming blamed for 40 per cent decline in the ocean’s phytoplankton

torsdag, 9. september 2010

The microscopic plants that support all life in the oceans are dying off at a dramatic rate, according to a…

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Climate change most visible through freshwater lens

torsdag, 9. september 2010

Published by Nick Sundt on Wed, 09/08/2010 – 16:56

From WWF International, 7 September 2010….

Stockholm, Sweden– The impacts of climate change…

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WMO: Unprecedented sequence of extreme weather events

torsdag, 12. august 2010

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Several regions of the world are currently coping with severe weather-related events: flash floods and widespread flooding in large parts…

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NOAA: Past Decade Warmest on Record According to Scientists in 48 Countries

tirsdag, 10. august 2010

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The 2009 State of the Climate report draws on data for 10 key climate indicators that all point to the…

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