Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Ian M. Howat et al.: Rates of southeast Greenland ice volume loss from combined ICESat and ASTER observations

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Geophysical Research Letters , Vol. 35, L17505; doi:10.1029/2008GL034496, 2008 ...

Marten Scheffer: Thresholds for catastrophic shifts in nature and society

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Global change implies gradual changes in climate, pollution or biotic exploitation. Nature is usually assumed to respond to gradual change i...

Marten Scheffer: Subtle slowdowns may predict dramatic climate shitfts

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Environmental Research Letters , September 12, 2008 Slowdown predicts 'tipping points' There's a theory that as climate ch...

Graphene shows promise for storing large quantities of renew electrical energy

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Breakthrough In Energy Storage: New Carbon Material Shows Promise Of Storing Large Quantities Of Renewable Electrical Energy Sc...

Alex Morales: Arctic Ice Retreat May Be Harbinger of Climate Change (Update1)

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Arctic Ice Retreat May Be Harbinger of Climate Change (Update1) by Alex Morales Sept. 16, 2008...

Elizabeth Kolbert sounds alarm on climate change

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At the University of Rhode Island, author sounds alarm on climate change b y Peter B. Lord, Journal Environment Writer , September 11, 2008 ...

NSIDC: Arctic sea ice settles at second-lowest, underscores accelerating decline

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Arctic sea ice reflects sunlight, keeping the polar regions cool and moderating global climate. According to scientific me...

NSIDC: Arctic Sea ice reaches lowest extent for 2008

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16 September 2008 Media Advisory: Arctic sea ice reaches lowest extent for 2008 This is a joint announcement with NASA and the Unive...
Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Bad Science by Ben Goldacre: The Telegraph screws up on global warming -- again

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Don't let the facts spoil a good story by Ben Goldacre, The Guardian , September 13, 2008 Here is a cautionary tale for anyone working i...
Tuesday, September 9, 2008

William Ruddiman and "The Ice Age That Never Was" by Helen Muir

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by Hazel Muir, NewScientist , September 3, 2008 THE romantic notion that early humans lived in harmony with their environment has taken qui...
Monday, September 8, 2008

Douglas Fox: WAIS, The Ground Zero of Climate Change

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Antarctica's Whillans Ice Stream helps researchers predict climate change—and the fate of coastal cities around the world. by Douglas Fo...