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The Daily Galaxy: Great Discoveries Channel (Free subscription) | yesterday
One of the leading experts on planet Earth, James Lovelock, believes that there is very little we can do to stave off global warming catastrophes. Lovelock is the man who created the Gaia theory – that the earth is essentially...
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Conservation Value Notes (Free subscription) | yesterday
One of the things we are seeing with climate disruption is that its impacts, such as the disappearance of polar ice caps, are happening much faster than predicted . Phenomena like this serve as a reminder that we humans are just, as EO Wilson points out , a tribal and aggressively territorial species of primate, and as we impact the earth's systems, we really have no idea, ultimately,...
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It's Getting Hot In Here (Free subscription) | yesterday
The world including the sea level, climate, and landscape has been shaped by the power of ice for billions of years. And now, as we’ve pushed co2 concentrations well beyond historical ranges (at least the range of the last 800,000 years), ice is becoming harder to find. There’s even the potential that earth may become [...]
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Mail & Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
... gas emissions, such as carbon dioxide (CO2) from burning fossil fuels or deforestation."Our system is not good enough right now to be able finger one country versus another. I think the density of observations needs to be cranked up two orders of magnitude," said Pieter Tans of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in Boulder, Colorado.Rich nations, he said, weren't...
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Hindu (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
... to learn from nature, the Vice-Chancellor said, referring to the self-curing properties of the earth system. Quoting from Tirukural, he said, all living beings must be accorded equal importance for maintaining the balance of ecosystem. He released the seminar souvenir in the presence of the Department Head, M. Ravichandran. Delivering the keynote address, Siva Subramanian,...
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Phd Position in Biology (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
KERALA STATE COUNCIL FOR SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT Sasthra Bhavan, Pattom, Thiruvananthapuram 695004 Kerala KSCSTE PhD FELLOWSHIPS 2009 The application will be invited from the first five rank holders in Agricultural Sciences, Bioinformatics, Biotechnology , Chemical Sciences, Earth System Sciences, Engineering Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Life Sciences, Mathematical Sciences,...
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DC Dispatches (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Over at ClimateWire yesterday (subscription required), there was a story about the “new” controversy that’s brewing in climate crisis response. It seems there’s now open debate in the climate science community about whether geoengineering – active manipulation by humans of the Earth’s many systems – should be on the table as part of our climate...
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Space Ref (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
... ocean. SMOS is part of ESA's Living Planet Programme, aimed at improving our understanding of the Earth system and the impacts of human activity. A second salinity satellite, the US/Argentinian mission Aquarius, is expected for launch in Fall 2010. Salinity data from SMOS and Aquarius will help to determine the role of the ocean in the global water cycle, and help forecast weather...