It’s not just Europe feeling the heat, The BBC is reporting Blackouts as US temperatures soar
Hundreds of thousands of people in different parts of the US continue to be affected by power outages as temperatures soar to record highs.
In California, where temperatures reached 50C (122F), the heat may have killed up to eight people.
Even the […]
Trust my luck to be packing up my house during one of Europe’s most intense heatwaves. The Guargian in the UK is saying 100º - get used to it
Britain experienced its hottest July day on record last week and forecasters say more is to come as climate change tightens its grip on the […]
It’s hot here in Europe. Damn hot. In fact it’s just after 11pm here in Amsterdam and the thermometer in the street says its 27 degrees C. In the UK, The Independent is saying Temperature set to hit 100 degrees - and global warming is to blame.
With the mercury expected to approach […]
“The only thing worse than listening to Al Gore talk of impending doom is listening to Roseanne Barr sing the national anthem.” So says Mr Cranky in his review of An Inconvenient Truth . He then proceeds to rant out all of the usual right-wing rants about how global warming is a myth.
Let’s remember […]
The UK’s Independent newspaper is running a story, Plan for ‘credit cards’ to ration individuals’ carbon use.
A limit could be imposed on the carbon each person pumps into the atmosphere under proposals being considered by the Government to combat global warming.
A credit card-style trading system would ensure that people pay for air travel, electricity, gas […]
Just to continue the glacier theme, according to the space-reporting group SpaceRef, “Alpine Glaciers Could All But Disappear Within This Century“, the European Alps could lose most of their glacier cover by the end of this century, if summer air temperatures rise by three degrees Celsius. If temperatures increase by five degrees Celsius, the […]
Yahoo is running a story, Massive chunk falls from Eiger mountain.
To sum up, huge chunks of rock on the Eiger Mountain in Switzerland have been crumbling in recent days because the glacial ice that had been holding it together has melted.
20 million cubic feet of stone from the east face of Eiger mountain fell hundreds […]
Grist is running a story Gotta Wear Shades: Drop that apocalyptic vision and start imagining a positive future.
Sure, it can be depressing to think about the future, what with the whole “if we don’t do something about climate change in the next 10 years we’ll all be doomed” thing. But does it have to be […]
Seen on Digg.
The first half of the year was the warmest on record for the United States. The government reported Friday that the average temperature for the 48 contiguous United States from January through June was 51.8 degrees Fahrenheit, or 3.4 degrees above average for the 20th century.
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The people at Discovery Channel sent me a review screener of Global Warming: What You Need to Know. It screens tomorrow.
The content of the show is largely sourced from David Attenborough’s recent Climate Chaos special on the BBC, but with a new narration and a lot of earnest looks by Tom Brokaw.
Where […]