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Sea Rise Will Be Irreversible Over Next Several Thousand Years Due To Greenhouse Gas Emissions
redOrbit: A groundbreaking study by a team of European researchers warns that greenhouse gas emissions will cause an irreversible rise in sea level over the next several thousand years. The study, published in the latest edition of the journal Environmental Research Letters, expanded the scope of typical climate change studies to include thousands of years in its projections and also took into consideration all of the Earth’s land ice, something which had never been done before. Using thermomechanical… Continue reading
Sea Rise Will Be Irreversible Over Next Several Thousand Years Due To Greenhouse Gas Emissions
redOrbit: A groundbreaking study by a team of European researchers warns that greenhouse gas emissions will cause an irreversible rise in sea level over the next several thousand years. The study, published in the latest edition of the journal Environmental Research Letters, expanded the scope of typical climate change studies to include thousands of years in its projections and also took into consideration all of the Earth’s land ice, something which had never been done before. Using thermomechanical… Continue reading
Water for Phosphate, Not People
Inter Press Service: Gafsa region in the south of Tunisia was once an oasis; today the phosphate industry has plunged it into a water crisis. Continue reading
Climate change: all that is solid melts into water
Guardian: Sometimes, the future arrives with alarming speed. In the 1990s, and again in 2000, climate scientists warned that – unless urgent action was taken – the Arctic Ocean could be clear blue water in summer by 2050. Continue reading
EU raises fresh concerns over environmental impact of Shale Gas
BusinessGreen: The chances of the European Union taking tough new action to regulate controversial Shale Gas projects received a major boost late last week, with the publication of three new in-depth reports that raised serious concerns about the environmental impact of hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking” as it is more commonly known. The EU-commissioned reports from the EU Joint Research Centre and environmental consultancy AEA assessed the risks shale gas projects pose to the environment and human health,… Continue reading
Canada’s Mackenzie River needs aid as climate "refrigerator"
Reuters: Canada’s Mackenzie River basin needs better protection as a vast northern “refrigerator” slowing global climate change, experts said on Monday. Canada’s longest river also needs a unifying plan to oversee water quality, wildlife and oil pollution that would be similar to European Union directives governing rivers such as the Rhine or Danube, they said. Continue reading
Baltic fishing limits too high to save wild salmon: campaigners
Reuters: Fishing limits for wild salmon in the Baltic Sea will be unchanged or cut slightly next year, under European proposals published on Friday, which environmentalists say ignore concerns that some sub-species could face extinction. The European Commission says there should be a year-on-year cut of 11 percent in the allowable catch for “main basin” salmon, referring to most of the salmon in the Baltic, for 2013. That followed the agreement by European Union ministers for a cut of 51 percent for… Continue reading
Satellites for Climate Checks Get Boost in Demand After Durban Talks
Bloomberg: Brazilian deforestation and melting polar ice caps are feeding a boom in demand in the $2.1 billion market for satellite data, images and services used to monitor the planet. More images means more satellites and that need has spurred the development of the European Space Agency’s Vega rocket, which lifted off from Kourou, French Guiana, today at about 7 a.m Continue reading
EU energy-saving law hit by amendments avalanche
Reuters: Plans to improve the European Union’s record on energy saving risk stalling over hundreds of highly technical amendments, including one that could be good for Germany and its giant utilities, but bad for poorer nations. Denmark has made moving towards a political deal on the EU’s Energy Efficiency Directive a priority for its six-month tenure as president of the 27-member bloc. It argues saving energy through measures such as better building insulation would create jobs and help to reduce reliance… Continue reading
Middle East trails again in green energy growth
Reuters: Talk of a Middle Eastern green energy boom is likely to prove no more than a mirage with little hope of the region saving clean technology companies from the shrinking project pools of Europe. Instead India, China and Latin America offer some hope for green energy companies struggling in a European market drowning in debt and a North American market awash with gas Continue reading
