Carbon Footprints

In the UK today The Independent is saying in an article titled “The pollution gap” that the world’s poorer countries are being forced to pay for the CO2 emissions of the developed nations: I have selected some quotes, but please check out the whole article before they archive it and you have to pay.
Over 70 [...]

In the UK’s Sunday Times today: Brighter sun adds to fears of climate change
THE amount of sunshine reaching earth is increasing, accelerating the pace of climate change, scientists have found.
A series of independent studies around the world show a significant rise in the amount of sunshine penetrating the atmosphere to be absorbed by the earth’s [...]

New Scientist are saying Glacial earthquakes rock Greenland ice sheet
A rapid increase in “glacial earthquakes” – caused by sudden large movements of glaciers – over the past few years indicates that warmer temperatures will destroy the Greenland ice sheet faster than expected, a new study warns.
Surface meltwater is not dribbling away, as if from a [...]

Today’s Sydney Morning Herald is saying Climate change not to blame for Larry’s force
TROPICAL cyclones will become more intense as the planet heats up, although the ferocity of individual storms such as Cyclone Larry cannot be blamed on global warming, say Australian scientists.
The scientific consensus, however, was that global warming was expected to increase cyclone [...]

Reuters quote the Financial Times, saying Climate change review still undecided
The [UK] government has not yet agreed on how much businesses should be forced to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide to hit a self-imposed target to cut 20 percent by 2010.
The Financial Times quoted trade and industry minister Alan Johnson as saying that the basis [...]

From this month’s Scientific American: Climate Model Predicts Greater Melting, Submerged Cities

Over the past 30 years, temperatures in the Arctic have been creeping up, rising half a degree Celsius with attendant increases in glacial melting and decreases in sea ice. Experts predict that at current levels of greenhouse gases–carbon dioxide alone is at 375 parts [...]

From The Scotsman: 4×4s penalised to save planet
A new top-rate vehicle tax will be created for cars registered [in the UK] from today that emit the most carbon dioxide, with increases for those in the next highest band.
To encourage greener motoring, the tax is being abolished for the cleanest cars - although these numbered just [...]

From Reuters: Climate change to create African ‘water refugees’ - scientists

Climate change is expected to shrink many African rivers dramatically, triggering massive refugee movements and even war, according to scientists at the Africa Earth Observatory Network.
The research found that, in regions receiving 500mm of rain per year, a 10 percent fall in precipitation would cut [...]

From the WWF’s website today: Climate change a threat to Amazon rainforest, warns WWF
Curitiba, Brazil – Climate change and deforestation could convert the majority of the Amazon rainforest into savannah, with massive impacts on the world’s biodiversity and climate, WWF said today at the 8th UN Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological [...]

It’s not new news but its worth keeping in mind, in 2002 NASA reported: Greenland ice sheet flows faster during summer melting.
New measurements show that the flow of ice in the Greenland ice sheet has been accelerating since 1996 during the summer melt season. The results suggest that the ice sheet may be responding more [...]