Global Warming/Climate Change
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Climate Debate: Opinion vs. Evidence
by Stephan Lewandowsky, Winthrop Professor and an Australian Professorial Fellow at the University of Western Australia. What exactly is "balance"?…
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Choosing Choice
Click for full view Courtesy: Throbgoblins Many folk are wondering just how to get the seriousness of this thing across…
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Hubble, Bubble, Toil and Trouble
Click for full view Courtesy: Throbgoblins Permafrost is not so permanent after all – here, here and here.
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Hitting Methane Tipping Point?
Click for full view Courtesy: Throbgoblins This strip, from June 2008, fits just as well into today’s news.
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Zero Carbon Australia?
A new study attempts to flesh out a blueprint for a rapid energy descent for Australia It’s clear that the…
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Mounting Stresses, Failing States
by Lester R. Brown, Earth Policy Institute After a half-century of forming new states from former colonies and from the…
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Eco-Economy Indicator: Past Decade the Hottest on Record
by Amy Heinzerling, Earth Policy Institute The first decade of the twenty-first century was the hottest since recordkeeping began in…
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The Looming Food Crisis and the ‘Food 2030’ Report
It can’t go on like this…. Not long ago I was standing in a bookshop, minding my own business, when…
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Anupam Mishra: The Ancient Ingenuity of Water Harvesting (Video)
India is a country where water shortages have become so acute that the failed monsoon rains in 2009 had people…
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Ice Melting Faster Everywhere
By Alexandra Giese, Earth Policy Institute From the Arctic sea ice to the Antarctic interior and the mountainous peaks of…
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Introducing the Wondrous CO2 Knob
Upsala Glacier: William L. Stefanov, NASA-JSC It may seem that the Earth has always looked like it does now. It…
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The Tricks of the Human Mind
When studying the human mind, one of the most fascinating – and at times startling – insights is that there…
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