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Antarctic ice sheet losing mass (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 03-03-2006 at 03:00:19
| Innovations Report: University of Colorado at Boulder researchers have used data from a pair of NASA satellites orbiting Earth in tandem to determine that the Antarctic ice sheet, which harbors 90 percent of Earth's ice, has lost significant mass in recent years. The team used measurements taken with the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment, or GRACE, to conclude the Antarctic ice sheet is losing up to 36 cubic miles of ice, or 152 cubic kilometers, annually. By comparison, the city of Los Angeles ... |
Warming Threatens Key Water Sources (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 03-03-2006 at 03:00:19
| Inter Press Service: Declines in rainfall caused by global warming threaten rivers and other local sources of fresh water in densely populated areas of Africa, according to a new study published here by Science magazine Friday. Some of these areas, particularly in southern Africa, already suffer periodic droughts, so further declines in rainfall could have "devastating implications" for people who depend on local water supplies, according to the two authors, Maarten de Wit and Jacek Stankiewicz ... |
Water supply 'unstable' for most of Africa (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 03-03-2006 at 03:00:19
| SciDev.Net: Water supplies across Africa could be significantly depleted by climate change by the late 21st century, say South African geologists in a paper published online by Science today (3 March). They say their findings underline the need to have effective water management systems across the continent, and particularly in rural areas whose normally year-round rivers are at risk of drying out in future. Maarten de Wit and Jacek Stankiewicz of the Africa Earth Observatory Network in ... |
World faces water crisis as global warming upsets delicate balance (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 03-03-2006 at 03:00:20
| Sydney Morning Herald: THE ice sheets of Antarctica - the world's largest reservoir of fresh water - are shrinking faster than new snow can fall, scientists have reported in the first comprehensive survey of the continent. Researchers at the University of Colorado found that between 2002 and 2005 Antarctica lost its ice at a rate of 150 cubic kilometres a year, rather than growing from heavier snowfalls as previous research had predicted. At the same time, Africa's rivers face dramatic disruption ... |
Gore: Greens Plan Big Ad Spend (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 03-03-2006 at 03:00:20
| New York Post: Former Vice President and wannabe media mogul Al Gore is hitting up Madison Avenue for help on a major ad blitz aimed at fighting global warming. Speaking to a room of advertising and media executives, Gore announced yesterday that a coalition of environmental, labor and religious groups will launch a three-year campaign to warn the U.S. public about the "climate crisis." "Mother nature is knocking on our door," said Gore, who delivered the keynote speech at ... |
United Kingdom: Greens furious as huge wind farm rejected (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 03-03-2006 at 03:00:20
| Edie: The UK has been relying heavily on wind power to meet its pledge of cutting CO2 emissions by 20% from 1990 levels in the next 4 years. Thursday's rejection of the 27 turbine wind farm, which would have provided clean electricity to 45,000 homes, has put a question mark over other on-shore wind power projects. The ministers' decision follows long-standing controversy over the wind farm (see related story), resulting in a seven-week inquiry by an independent inspector last year that ... |
India and US sign milestone nuclear deal (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 03-03-2006 at 03:00:20
| SciDev.Net: India and the United States have reached an agreement that ends decades of India being isolated from the international nuclear community. They will also create a joint science and technology fund and a bilateral commission to promote technical cooperation. The announcements were made yesterday (2 March) during US president George Bush's three-day visit to India. Under the nuclear agreement, the United States will sell reactors, fuel and equipment for India to build ... |
Loss of ice accelerating in Antarctic, study says (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 03-03-2006 at 03:00:20
| Washington Post: The Antarctic ice sheet is losing as much as 36 cubic miles of ice a year in a trend scientists link to global warming, according to a paper that provides the first evidence the sheet's total mass is shrinking significantly. The findings, which are being published today in the journal Science, suggest the global sea level could rise substantially over the next several centuries. It is one of a slew of scientific papers in recent weeks that have sought to gauge the impact of ... |
Melting Antarctic raising sea levels (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 03-03-2006 at 03:00:20
| Independent: More evidence has emerged indicating the Antarctic ice sheet is melting so fast it is contributing to a rise in global sea levels. The first satellite study of the continent's ice inventory has revealed that Antarctica is releasing around 35 cubic miles of water into the sea each year. This is equivalent to an increase in global sea level of about 0.4mm a year. This would account for between 20 and 50 per cent of the average rise seen each year for the past century. The ... |
Much Talk of a Nuclear Renaissance, but So Far Little Action (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 03-03-2006 at 03:00:20
| New York Times: With industry hopes rising for a revival in orders for nuclear power reactors, the sale last month of Westinghouse's former nuclear division to Toshiba might stand out as a landmark. But not necessarily because the industry seems ready to take off. Toshiba surprised many in the industry by agreeing to pay a lofty $5.4 billion for a collection of nuclear power manufacturing facilities, with Westinghouse's being the centerpiece, assembled by British Nuclear Fuels. That move has ... |
United Kingdom: 'Hypocritical' ministers reject wind power plan (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 03-03-2006 at 03:00:20
| Independent: The role of wind power in the battle against climate change is in doubt after plans for England's biggest turbine development on the eastern fringe of the Lake District National Park were rejected by ministers. To the dismay of some environmentalists, who believe the decision shifts Britain closer to a new generation of nuclear power stations, the Energy minister, Malcolm Wicks, and the Rural Affairs minister, Jim Knight, ruled that a four-mile development of 27 turbines on an ... |
Africa could face more droughts (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 03-03-2006 at 03:00:20
| BBC: Africa could be faced with 25% less water by the end of the century because of global warming, scientists have warned. The research, published in the journal Science, shows geographical factors will amplify changes in rainfall patterns resulting from climate change. Semi-arid areas such as southern Africa would be the most vulnerable. The authors add that water shortages could provoke conflicts over rivers that cross borders. Failing rains are already a major ... |
Antarctic ice sheet is shrinking (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 03-03-2006 at 03:00:20
| Financial Times: The Antarctic ice sheet, which contains 90 per cent of Earth's ice, has lost significant mass in recent years, according to a new study. Using data collected from a pair of satellites orbiting Earth in tandem, researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder have concluded that the ice sheet is annually losing up to 36 cubic miles of ice, or 152 cubic km. The city of Los Angeles uses about 1 cubic mile of fresh water a year. Antarctica - the fifth largest continent and ... |
Antarctic Ice Sheet Shrinking (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 03-03-2006 at 03:00:20
| Washington Post: The Antarctic ice sheet is losing as much as 36 cubic miles of ice a year in a trend that scientists link to global warming, according to a new paper that provides the first evidence that the sheet's total mass is shrinking significantly. The new findings, which are being published today in the journal Science, suggest that global sea level could rise substantially over the next several centuries. It is one of a slew of scientific papers in recent weeks that have sought to ... |
Antarctica Cannot Replace Ice Loss (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 03-03-2006 at 03:00:20
| LA Times: The ice sheets of Antarctica – the world's largest reservoir of fresh water – are shrinking faster than new snow can fall, scientists reported Thursday in the first comprehensive satellite survey of the entire continent. Researchers at the University of Colorado determined that between 2002 and 2005 Antarctica lost ice at a rate of 36 cubic miles a year, rather than growing from heavier snowfalls as had been predicted. That amount of ice is equivalent to about 30 times the fresh ... |
United Kingdom: Climate campaigners outraged as wind farm plan is axed (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 03-03-2006 at 03:00:20
| Guardian: Climate change campaigners yesterday condemned the government for rejecting a £55m plan to build 27 wind turbines each 115 metres (377ft) high on a windy ridge just outside the eastern boundary of the Lake District national park. The energy minister, Malcolm Wicks, and rural affairs minister Jim Knight said they had accepted an inspector's conclusions that the need to protect the landscape outweighed the benefits of securing a source of renewable energy. The decision was ... |
United Kingdom: Green campaigners furious as wind farm plans are rejected (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 03-03-2006 at 03:00:20
| Telegraph: Plans to build 27 wind turbines, each 400ft-tall, on the border between the Yorkshire Dales and the Lake District National Parks have been turned down following a public inquiry. Those opposing the plans included the naturalist David Bellamy, the climber Sir Chris Bonington and the broadcaster Lord Bragg, who said they would spoil the countryside around the Whinash ridge. The plans also divided the family which owns the land where the turbines were to be built. While the ... |
Like the West, Asia struggling to cut fuel usage (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 03-03-2006 at 03:00:20
| Associated Press: G Steel, one of Thailand's leading steel firms, recycles all its waste water and has cut its electricity use by 38 percent over the past five years. In China, the government has threatened contractors with hefty fines if they violate building codes designed to save energy. South Korea has launched a campaign to persuade consumers to toss out their old, less efficient appliances, while Japan's Environment Ministry last week turned off its heating to save fuel. Across ... |
Loss of Antarctic Ice Increases (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 03-03-2006 at 03:00:20
| New York Times: Two new satellite surveys show that warming air and water are causing Antarctica to lose ice faster than it can be replenished by interior snowfall, and thus are contributing to rising global sea levels. Images From NASA's Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment The studies differed significantly in estimates of how much water was being added to the oceans this way, but their authors both said that the work added credence to recent conclusions that global warming caused by humans was ... |
WWF bashes EU on endangered species and climate change (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 03-03-2006 at 03:00:20
| EU Observer: Brussels is spending millions of European Union fund money on roads and dams that constitute a threat to the survival of endangered animals, a new environmental study says. The WWF report "Conflicting EU funds" shows that despite the EU's pronounced commitment to halt the decrease of biodiversity by 2010, vast sums of EU money are being spent on infrastructural projects which threaten endangered species in Europe. EU funds have for instance been used to fund ... |
United Kingdom: Huge wind farm in north rejected (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 03-03-2006 at 03:00:20
| Reuters: The government rejected on Thursday an application to build a large wind farm in Cumbria because of the impact it would have on the landscape. The UK is relying on expanding wind power to meet its renewable energy target but many schemes face fierce local opposition. This wind farm would have been built on land near the scenic Lake District and provided clean electricity for over 45,000 homes. Energy Minister Malcolm Wicks accepted the recommendation of the planning ... |
Huge, Wet And Mysterious: New Climate Study Probes The World's Largest Ocean Current (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 03-03-2006 at 03:00:20
| Science Daily: The vast icy ocean current that circles around Antarctica is so huge that it carries 100 times more water than all the world's rivers combined, yet its influence on the world's climate is barely understood. But now, with concern growing about the impact of global climate change, a new international research project aims to use the awesome powers of supercomputers to quickly fill that black hole in our knowledge of the world's largest ocean current. The joint French-Australian ... |
Who's afraid of a gas tax? (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 03-03-2006 at 03:00:20
| New York Times: MY GUT told me this was the case, but it's great to see it confirmed by the latest New York Times/CBS News poll: Americans not only know that our oil addiction is really bad for us, but they would be willing to accept a gasoline tax if some leader would just frame the stakes for the country the right way. I am sure one reason President Bush suddenly chose to build his State of the Union address around ending our oil addiction and moving toward a renewable-energy future was because his ... |
United States: Aspen commits to using 100% renewable energy (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 03-03-2006 at 03:00:20
| Aspen Times: The Aspen Times has reported that The Aspen Skiing Company will offset 100 percent of its electricity use through the purchase of renewable energy certificates from wind farms. The move is believed to be a first within the U.S. ski industry. "This purchase represents our guiding principles in action," said Pat O'Donnell, Skico president and CEO, in a prepared statement. "Clearly, the most pressing issue of our time is climate change, and addressing energy use is one of ... |
Could giant shades in space curb climate change on Earth? (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 03-03-2006 at 03:00:20
| BBC: Any cook who has tasted a dish after tossing in too much salt or hot pepper knows the panic of trying to undo the damage. You raid the spice rack to mask the glut of cayenne, but oops - now it is swimming in oregano. It is hard to restore the balance once you overdo it. We have experienced this with the Earth's atmosphere for some time now; concentrations of greenhouse gases continue to grow even as we adopt international protocols and clean technologies in an attempt to ... |
Antarctica losing ice to oceans (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 03-03-2006 at 03:00:20
| BBC: A new space-based study of Antarctica shows its ice sheet is shrinking. Researchers used satellites to plot changes in the Earth's gravity in the Antarctic during the period 2002-2005. Writing in the journal Science, they conclude that the continent is losing 152 cubic km of ice each year, with most loss in the west. In recent years scientists have found other evidence that West Antarctic ice is melting, which could contribute to sea level rise. In his ... |
Antarctica's Annual Melt Equals Water in Lake Tahoe, Study Says (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 03-03-2006 at 03:00:20
| Bloomberg: Antarctica is melting at an annual rate equal to dumping Lake Tahoe into the ocean, causing global seawater to rise as much as 0.6 millimeters (0.02 inches) a year, according to a study published by Science. Researchers used two NASA satellites to measure the loss of the ice sheet on the Earth's fifth-largest continent between April 2002 and August 2005. The findings contradict an Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change assessment in 2001, which predicted the ice sheet would gain ... |
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