Giant iceberg breaks off from Antarctic glacier | Reuters

Giant iceberg breaks off from Antarctic glacier | Reuters: "SINGAPORE (Reuters) - An iceberg the size of Luxembourg has broken off from a glacier in Antarctica after being rammed by another giant iceberg, scientists said on Friday, in an event that could affect ocean circulation patterns."

Independent Board to Review Work of Top Climate Panel - NYTimes.com

Independent Board to Review Work of Top Climate Panel - NYTimes.com: "NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) — An independent board of scientists will be appointed to review the workings of the world’s top climate science panel, which has faced recriminations over inaccuracies in a 2007 report, a United Nations environmental spokesman said Friday."

Smoke bomb: The other climate culprits - environment - 19 February 2010 - New Scientist

Smoke bomb: The other climate culprits - environment - 19 February 2010 - New Scientist: "N JUNE 1783, lava and gases began pouring from the Laki fissure in Iceland in one of the biggest and most devastating eruptions in history. Poisonous gases and starvation killed a quarter of Iceland's population. The effects of the eight-month-long eruption were felt further afield, too. In the rest of Europe, a scorching summer of strange fogs was followed by a series of devastating winters. In North America, the winter of 1784 was so cold the Mississippi froze at New Orleans."

Even "green" technologies depend on dirty, destructive mining operations for rare metals

Even "green" technologies depend on dirty, destructive mining operations for rare metals: "(NaturalNews) The advent of new 'green' technologies may seem like a perfect remedy to many former methods that caused heavy pollution and environmental destruction. The only problem is that many of these new technologies require the mining of rare earth metals which often leads to the destruction of land, farms, and water supplies."

Greenland's glaciers disappearing from the bottom up - environment - 14 February 2010 - New Scientist

Greenland's glaciers disappearing from the bottom up - environment - 14 February 2010 - New Scientist: "Water warmed by climate change is taking giant bites out of the underbellies of Greenland's glaciers. As much as 75 per cent of the ice lost by the glaciers is melted by ocean warmth. 'There's an entrenched view in the public community that glaciers only lose ice when icebergs calve off,' says Eric Rignot at the University of California, Irvine. 'Our study shows that what's happening beneath the water is just as important.'"

Dramatic changes in agriculture needed as world warms and grows

Dramatic changes in agriculture needed as world warms and grows: "An international panel of scientists writing in the Feb. 12 edition of the journal Science is urging world leaders to dramatically alter their notions about sustainable agriculture to prevent a major starvation catastrophe by the end of this century among the more than 3 billion people who live relatively close to the equator."

A Reply to the Attacks on Climate Change Science : Greentech Media

A Reply to the Attacks on Climate Change Science : Greentech Media: "The Union of Concerned Scientists today issues a response to some of the recent criticisms about the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. (We also recently posted a set of pro and con columns on the expansion of nuclear power in conjunction with the UPC.) Rather than paraphrase the report, we've posted it in full below. Please add your comments below and if you'd like to reply in a more full manner, please contact us."

How to Reform the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: Scientific American

How to Reform the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: Scientific American: "Himalayan glaciers to disappear by 2035. Nuclear power plants cheaper than fossil fuel–fired ones. A chairman who might have financial conflicts of interest (and an interest in penning a racy, loosely autobiographical romance novel). These are some of the mistakes currently argued to have been made by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)—a panel of more than 2,500 volunteer scientists and other experts from 154 countries tasked with assessing climate change."

Defusing the Methane Greenhouse Time Bomb: Scientific American

Defusing the Methane Greenhouse Time Bomb: Scientific American: "Methane trapped in Arctic ice (and elsewhere) could be rapidly released into the atmosphere as a result of global warming in a possible doomsday scenario for climate change, some scientists worry. After all, methane is 72 times more powerful as a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide over a 20-year timescale. But research announced at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union this December suggests that marine microbes could at least partially defeat the methane 'time bomb' sitting at the bottom of the world's oceans."

New UN emissions pledges still stack up to 3.5°C - environment - 08 February 2010 - New Scientist

New UN emissions pledges still stack up to 3.5°C - environment - 08 February 2010 - New Scientist: "THE Copenhagen climate dance continues. This week, 55 nations representing 78 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions from energy use, submitted pledges to the UN to cut emissions by 2020."

The Hindu : Front Page : IMD declares 2009 warmest year since 1901

The Hindu : Front Page : IMD declares 2009 warmest year since 1901: "NEW DELHI: It is now official. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Saturday declared 2009 the warmest year since 1901, the year it started keeping records of temperatures and other weather parameters."

Engineers aim to make air travel greener

Engineers aim to make air travel greener: "Carbon emissions from air travel could be reduced thanks to a new collaboration between engineers from the Universities of Bath and Bristol and the aerospace industry."

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My Yahoo!: "Pew Environment Report Says Melting Arctic Could Cost a Minimum of $2.4 Trillion by 2050 Rapid melting of the Arctic region could carry a minimum global cost of US$2.4 trillion by 2050, according to a new report, “An Initial Estimate of the Cost of Lost Climate Services Due to Changes in the Arctic Cryosphere”, released by the Pew Environment Group."

The Bigger Kahuna: Are More Frequent and Higher Extreme Ocean Waves a By-Product of Global Warming?: Scientific American

The Bigger Kahuna: Are More Frequent and Higher Extreme Ocean Waves a By-Product of Global Warming?: Scientific American

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My Yahoo!: "A team of researchers from the US and India has found that airborne black carbon aerosols, or soot, from India is a major contributor to the decline in snow and ice cover on the glaciers in the Himalayan mountains."

India to have own panel on climate change: Jairam Ramesh - Yahoo! India News

India to have own panel on climate change: Jairam Ramesh - Yahoo! India News: "New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) India would soon have its very own panel on climate change, union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh announced Thursday and added that the country could not depend only on reports from the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)."

The Space-Age Disco Ball For Combating Climate Change : Greentech Media

The Space-Age Disco Ball For Combating Climate Change : Greentech Media: "Three mirrors can make a 20-kilometer beam of light used for measuring carbon dioxide. Smoke and mirrors: that is one way to think about the Picarro Wavelength-Scanned Cavity Ring Down Spectroscopy instrument. The $50,000 machine employs lasers and a specially designed chamber that contains three calibrated mirrors that Picarro claims can measure greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide and methane with far more accuracy and geographic specificity than conventional detectors."

Why Open Source is Needed to Combat Climate Change : Greentech Media

Why Open Source is Needed to Combat Climate Change : Greentech Media: "We have to speed up energy innovation to the pace demonstrated in the growth of the Internet if we are to prevent irreversible climate disruptions that will irreparably harm the planet for our children's generation and all those that follow. The scale and speed of change required to ward off disaster cannot be achieved using conventional models. We need to constantly compress seven years of innovation into one - the pace described as innovating on 'Internet time'."

The Hindu : Kerala / Palakkad News : Green blocks for buildings

The Hindu : Kerala / Palakkad News : Green blocks for buildings: "A U.S.-based scientist from Chittur near here, Narayanan Neithalath, has developed ‘green building blocks,’ in which cement in concrete blocks is replaced with recycled industrial glass powder."

Challenge of climate change, post-Copenhagen

The Hindu : Opinion / Leader Page Articles : Challenge of climate change, post-Copenhagen: "Are the world and human society in general ready and willing to take action on critical issues that require a major change in the manner in which we produce and consume goods and services?" It is a matter of concern that Dr. Pachauri and his colleagues at the IPCC are not helping the fight against global warming by their inaccurate and over-zealous predictions of calamity.