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ReplyDeleteDisputed isle in Bay of Bengal disappears into sea
ReplyDeleteBy Nirmala George, Associated Press Writer – Wed Mar 24, 9:29 am ET
NEW DELHI – For nearly 30 years, India and Bangladesh have argued over control of a tiny rock island in the Bay of Bengal. Now rising sea levels have resolved the dispute for them: the island's gone.
New Moore Island in the Sunderbans has been completely submerged, said oceanographer Sugata Hazra, a professor at Jadavpur University in Calcutta. Its disappearance has been confirmed by satellite imagery and sea patrols, he said.
"What these two countries could not achieve from years of talking, has been resolved by global warming," said Hazra.
Scientists at the School of Oceanographic Studies at the university have noted an alarming increase in the rate at which sea levels have risen over the past decade in the Bay of Bengal...
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Administration releases new fuel efficiency rules
ReplyDeleteBy Ken Thomas, Associated Press Writer – 56 mins ago
WASHINGTON – The Obama administration set tougher gas mileage standards for new cars and trucks Thursday, spurring the next generation of fuel-sipping gas-electric hybrids, efficient engines and electric cars.
The heads of the Transportation Department and the Environmental Protection Agency signed final rules setting fuel efficiency standards for model years 2012-2016, with a goal of achieving by 2016 the equivalent of 35.5 miles per gallon combined for cars and trucks, an increase of nearly 10 mpg over current standards set by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
The EPA set a tailpipe emissions standard of 250 grams (8.75 ounces) of carbon dioxide per mile for vehicles sold in 2016, equal to what would be emitted by vehicles meeting the mileage standard. The EPA issued its first rules ever on vehicle greenhouse gas emissions following a 2007 Supreme Court decision...
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Thousands of Quakes Strike Glaciers Every Day
ReplyDeleteCharles Q. Choi
LiveScience Contributor
livescience.com – Fri Apr 2, 9:10 am ET
Up to thousands of "icequakes" may shake a glacier a day, rumblings that could shed light on how climate is changing.
Just as volcanoes involve magma interacting with rock, so too do glaciers often involve interplays between water and ice. As such, giant events within glaciers can occur, with icequakes in Antarctica known to reach the force of a magnitude 7 earthquake.
To learn more about icequakes, scientists in Alaska used equipment and techniques normally employed for monitoring seismic events to investigate the Bering Glacier, which flows from the St. Elias mountain range to the south-central coast of Alaska. Ice in this temperate glacier is near its melting point, leading to a history of dramatic surges.
Snap, crackle, pop
In the spring of 2007, researchers deployed five monitoring stations a mile or so apart from each other on the glacier. The area proved extraordinarily active, generating 160,000 seismic events over the course of some two months in both the shallow and deep portions of the ice, with an average of one event roughly every 30 seconds...
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ReplyDeleteGlobal warming trumps climate change?
by Simon Donner on 04/03/2010 11:36
So much of the online climate "debate" is about effective communication, not science. Earlier this week, I met with a public opinion expert who critiqued the way many scientists and environmental groups speak about, er, climate change, no global warming, maybe the climate crisis, global heating, countdown to a meltdown, springtime for CO2, waterworld, the greatest threat facing humanity, well, you know what I mean.
The expert raised example after example of scientists, NGOs, government, etc. shooting themselves in the foot while talking about, um, the impact of human activity on the climate system. Take the oldest argument of them all: global warming or climate change?
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Australia rushes to contain Barrier Reef oil spill
ReplyDeleteBy Rob Griffith, Associated Press Writer – 39 mins ago
ROCKHAMPTON, Australia – Workers rushed to contain an oil spill Monday from a coal-carrying ship grounded on Australia's Great Barrier Reef, sending two tugboats to stabilize the vessel so that it would not break apart and further damage the fragile coral beneath.
The Chinese-registered Shen Neng 1 rammed into Douglas Shoals late Saturday, an area that has shipping restrictions in order to protect what is the world's largest coral reef and one that is listed as a World Heritage site because of its gleaming waters and environmental value as home to thousands of marine species.
About 2 tons (metric tons) of oil have already spilled from the 1,000 tons (950 metric tons) of fuel on board, creating a 100-yard (meter) slick that stretches 2 miles (3 kilometers), Marine Safety Queensland said in a statement...
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Climate-change skeptics have it wrong, memo to minister says
ReplyDeleteBy Mike De Souza, Canwest News ServiceApril 5, 2010 7:02 AM
OTTAWA — Canadian scientists from six different federal departments have shot down a recent controversy that raised doubts about whether humans are causing global warming and have urged the government to base its climate-change policies on peer-reviewed research.
In a memorandum, prepared for Environment Minister Jim Prentice prior to his participation at the Copenhagen conference last December, the top-ranking official at Environment Canada said a controversy surrounding stolen e-mails from a climate-research centre in the United Kingdom does not call into question the reliability of the science...
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EU satellite to check climate change impact on ice
ReplyDeleteBy VERENA SCHMITT-ROSCHMANN (AP) – 5 hours ago
BERLIN — The European Space Agency is launching a satellite that scientists hope will help them pin down the effects of global warming on the Earth's ice packs more precisely.
The CryoSat 2 mission, which starts Thursday after years of delays, will be able to pinpoint details of changes in polar ice so scientists can better understand the alarming picture of the world's retreating ice caps.
Although most scientists agree that global warming is significantly affecting the Earth's ice sheets, many also say too little is known with certainty, and that is where the CryoSat 2 mission aims to help.
"We hope to find out more about the role the sea ice plays for the climate system and more about the height of the land ice," Heinrich Miller, one of the two CryoSat project directors, told The Associated Press in a telephone interview.
"We know that it is dwindling but we don't know exactly what mechanisms are at work," the glacial scientist said.
CryoSat 2 will be the only satellite that can deliver the necessary data, Miller said.
Earlier satellites helped lay the groundwork for decades worth of research on the Arctic and Antarctic ice sheets, but those have gone out of operation without being replaced in time, Miller said.
The CryoSat mission originally was to start in 2005 but suffered a severe setback when the launcher rocket failed and the satellite was lost — costing about euro110 million ($148 million).
In 2006, ESA decided to rebuild the satellite and launch it in 2009. Lift-off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan was then postponed several times, the last of which was in February because of technical problems with the transport rocket.
ESA says its new 700-kilogram (1,543-pound) satellite is the "most sophisticated ever to investigate the Earth's ice fields." It aims to operate for at least three to five years, hopefully longer, Miller said, and the European space agency estimates the total cost for the mission at euro140 million.
Using radar technology from 447 miles (720 kilometers) above Earth's surface, CryoSat will measure the thickness of both land and floating ice and pinpoint changes to within 1 centimeter (0.39-inch) — impressive considering that the Antarctic ice sheet can be up to 3.1 miles (5 kilometers) thick.
Scientists know there have been significant changes in the polar regions and recent summers have seen record lows in the extent of summer ice cover in the Arctic sea, ESA said.
However, to understand more about how climate change is affecting these sensitive regions, "there is also an urgent need to determine how ice thickness is changing," the agency said.
For coastal cities and islands, the information may be a question of survival.
If all of the Earth's polar ice and glaciers were to melt, sea levels could rise up to 230 feet (70 meters), Miller said.
If only Greenland became ice-free, it would mean a 21.33-foot (6.5-meter) rise, he said.
Pessimists expect a sea rise by 2 to 3 meters (6.6 feet to 9.8 feet) by the year 2100, he said.
In its 2007 report, the world's leading climate change scientists on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) project only some 20 to 60 centimeters (7.9 inches to 23.6 inches), but without calculating the possibility of a dramatic increase in the rate of polar ice melt.
"It is just very hard to predict this," because there are multiple reasons for the loss of ice mass — not only warming, but also changes in sea currents, Miller said. "By repeated observation, we hope to register even small changes within a brief period of time."
2 more glaciers gone from Glacier National Park
ReplyDeleteBy Matthew Brown, Associated Press Writer – 44 mins ago
BILLINGS, Mont. – Glacier National Park has lost two more of its namesake moving icefields to climate change, which is shrinking the rivers of ice until they grind to a halt, a government researcher said Wednesday.
Warmer temperatures have reduced the number of named glaciers in the northwestern Montana park to 25, said Dan Fagre, an ecologist with the U.S. Geological Survey. He warned the rest of the glaciers may be gone by the end of the decade...
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ReplyDeleteU.S. Wind Industry Bullish on Offshore Potential, but Breakthrough Needed
12 Projects In Development, But First Offshore Turbine Has Yet to Spin
by Dave Levitan - Apr 8th, 2010
The American Wind Energy Association released its annual report on the industry Thursday, highlighting impressive growth of wind installations and manufacturing in 2009 despite the economic slowdown.
More than 10,000 megawatts of wind power was installed across the United States last year, raising the total installed capacity to over 35,000 MW — about 1.8 percent of all electricity generated in the country. Manufacturing of wind turbines is also picking up steam, with the industry now supporting about 85,000 U.S. jobs in more than 200 facilities. China is gaining ground quickly, but for now, the U.S. remains the biggest user of wind power in the world.
One subsector of the wind industry is still trying to power up, though, and that is offshore wind. The AWEA report lists 12 proposed offshore projects around the United States, and while the industry seems optimistic about their potential, there are clear obstacles...
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Endangered vacations
ReplyDeleteBy Dan Shapley
Posted Thu Apr 8, 2010 7:47pm PDT
You've heard of a "life list" -- the vacation spots you want to see before you die. This is a little different. These are top U.S. destinations you might want to see before they die. "They" being the destinations themselves. Each of these vacation ideas is located in a landscape that is threatened in some way by an environmental hazard.
While inclusion on this list isn't an indication that these sites are in imminent danger of disappearing, the fact that this list seems plausible is a distinctly 21st-century phenomenon. After all, destinations are supposed to be permanent, even though our lives are not -- that's what makes the Wonders of the World so mysterious and attractive. It's not just their beauty and scale, but their endurance.
This summer is the perfect time to take to the road and see one of these endangered U.S. destinations. You may have another chance, but your kids or their kids may not...
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US climate bill weak for N.E., critics say
ReplyDeleteFear losing gains from states’ pact
By Beth Daley
Globe Staff / April 9, 2010
Climate and energy legislation being crafted in Washington could dismantle a landmark program to curb greenhouse gases in the Northeast and mid-Atlantic states and replace it with a less flexible and weaker federal plan, according to New England officials...
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About the Dan Shapley Endangered Vacations link...does anyone but me see some irony in promoting travel burning fuels that causes ecosystem collapse to view exotic and beautiful ecosystems??
ReplyDeleteHello Gail and welcome!
ReplyDeleteI see your point quite well and I am also annoyed at the wanting to save and view the earth at the expense of burning more fuels. I choose to save the Earth but appreciate the knowledge.
Howdy Gail!
ReplyDeleteGlad you joined us!
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ReplyDeleteMy friends and I appreciate your arrival and your words of wisdom. Fly to see the world we are destroying by useless traveling.
It may not be totally useless if these examples have an impact to start and correct our bad behavior.
New York Times
ReplyDeleteFriday, April 16, 2010
Science
Updated
By ANDREW C. REVKIN
Overview
Global warming has become perhaps the most complicated issue facing world leaders. On the one hand, warnings from the scientific community are becoming louder, as an increasing body of science points to rising dangers from the ongoing buildup of human-related greenhouse gases — produced mainly by the burning of fossil fuels and forests. On the other, the technological, economic and political issues that have to be resolved before a concerted worldwide effort to reduce emissions can begin have gotten no simpler, particularly in the face of a global economic slowdown.
After years of preparation for climate talks taking place in Copenhagen through Dec. 18, 2009, President Obama and other leaders announced on Nov. 15 what had already become evident — that no formal treaty could be produced anytime soon. Instead, the leaders pledged to reach a placeholder accord that would call for reductions in emissions and increased aid to help developing nations adapt to a changing climate and get access to non-polluting energy options.
This would in theory give the nations more time to work out the all-important details. Negotiators would then seek a binding global agreement in 2010, complete with firm emission targets, enforcement mechanisms and specific dollar amounts to aid poorer nations...
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The selling of Earth Day
ReplyDelete‘Where have all the flowers gone’ has been replaced by ‘where are all the sales going on?’
By Christopher Muther
Globe Staff / April 22, 2010
It was 40 years ago today at Logan Airport that demonstrators gathered with hastily assembled coffins to show how airplane exhaust was killing us. They tossed flowers and sang “Give Earth a Chance,’’ instead of “Give Peace a Chance.’’
In New York City, tony Fifth Avenue was closed to automobiles and turned into a pedestrian thoroughfare for the day. Volunteers, their frayed and patched bell bottoms rippling in the breeze, swept streets in Union Square.
In Chicago, they harmonized about the carbon monoxide filling the air at a demonstration in the Loop...
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Climate bill placed on hold over Senate dispute
ReplyDeleteBy MATTHEW DALY, Associated Press Writer
Sun Apr 25, 3:15 am ET
WASHINGTON – Long-awaited climate change legislation was put on hold by its authors Saturday when a dispute over immigration politics and Senate priorities threatened to unravel a bipartisan effort that took months of work.
Voicing regrets, Sen. John Kerry said Saturday he is postponing the much anticipated unveiling of comprehensive energy and climate change legislation scheduled for Monday. The Massachusetts Democrat made his announcement after a key partner in drafting the bill, Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, threatened to withhold support if Senate Democratic leaders push ahead first with an immigration bill.
Graham is angry that Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada is considering that. Legislation to overhaul immigration laws and grant legal status to millions of long term immigrants unlawfully in the country could create problems for Republicans in the midterm elections. It's a top priority for Hispanic voters — and most Republicans are opposed. Reid's idea amounts to a "cynical political ploy," Graham asserted...
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I find our Senate to be a disgusting place.
ReplyDeleteEach Bill should be judged and moved on its own merits. Definitely not used as a bargaining chip for unrelated legislation!
Climate bill could be harmed by Gulf spill
ReplyDeleteBy MATTHEW DALY and NOAKI SCHWARTZ, Associated Press Writers Matthew Daly And Noaki Schwartz, Associated Press Writers – 15 mins ago
WASHINGTON – A historic environmental protection bill is in danger after a massive oil spill put a new focus on the perils of offshore drilling, a feature that was supposed to win wider support for the legislation.
The bill, supported by President Barack Obama, calls for new offshore drilling — a concession by environmentalists. But with the tragedy off the Gulf Coast growing daily, even conservationists who have waited a decade for the legislation are now saying it will fail if offshore drilling remains in the bill...
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Why Cape Cod Is Perfect for Wind Farms
ReplyDeleteUpdated: 3 hours 28 minutes ago
By Paul Yeager AOL News/Science
(May 1) -- With thousands of gallons of crude oil pouring into the Gulf of Mexico every day from an oil rig explosion, and the threat that it could continue for months to come, it turns out that the Obama administration had perfect timing -- and a perfect sense of location -- when it announced this week the approval of a wind farm off Cape Cod.
Cape Wind, as the project is called, will face a number of legal battles before any actual energy is produced, but project officials believe it will be turning one of New England's seemingly never-ending natural resources, the wind, into energy by 2012. When fully operational, Cape Wind is expected to produce about 75 percent of the energy needed by Cape Cod's 225,000 residents, along with additional jobs for the region...
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