Archive for 'Climate Science & Research'
What’s the Role of Science for Advocacy?
As the “energy sprawl” idea has been discussed and debated in the media, I (one of the paper’s co-authors) have grown a thick skin against criticism. Perhaps the harshest piece of invective, however, still bothers me: the criticism by Matt Wasson in the Huffington Post.
The factual criticisms Matt makes aren’t that troublesome to me, and [...]
Posted: November 5th, 2009 under Climate Change, Climate Science & Research, Energy, Media, Science, The Nature Conservancy.
Tags: coal, coal energy, coal sprawl, energy sprawl, Huffington Post, land use sprawl, marketplace idea, Matt Wasson, nuclear energy sprawl, public debate, Rob McDonald, Science magazine, scientist role, Searchinger, TV science, wind power, wind turbine
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Cool Green Morning: Tuesday, November 3
It’s Election Day in the United States — get out and vote! Then immediately get back on your smartphone and check out the hottest in online green this morning — including what might possibly be the best green name ever…
Mt. Kilimanjaro’s ice cap is disappearing — but is that climate change’s fault? Two research teams [...]
Posted: November 3rd, 2009 under Africa, Asia Pacific, Climate Change, Climate Science & Research, Cool Green Morning, Fresh Water, Green Living, Media, Science, Water Conservation.
Tags: Associated Press, carbon emissions, climate change survivor, Gaia Vince, glacier melt, green patriarch, Himalayan glacier, Kilimanjaro ice cap, Kilimanjaro melt, Laos, Nepal cabinet Everest, Orthodox green, Patriarch Bartholomew, The New York Times, Toto, Toto Africa, Treehugger, Washington Post, Yale Environment 360
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Cool Green Morning: Monday, November 2
Orangutan-friendly palm oil sales are on the rise! Yah! Vandals are throwing the community bicycles of Paris into the Seine! Boo! Beware emotional whiplash in this roller-coaster edition of Cool Green Morning — just slip the buckle into the clasp and pull tight across your waist…
Can long-range climate forecasting get good enough to help us [...]
Posted: November 2nd, 2009 under Animals, Asia Pacific, Climate Change, Climate Science & Research, Cool Green Morning, Energy, Europe, Green Living, United States.
Tags: Climate Change, Climate Feedback, climate forecast, climate scare, Dot Earth, energy sprawl, Environmental Leader, global warming, Jane Lubchenco, New Scientist, NOAA, orangutan, palm oil, Paris bicycle, pets climate change, sustainable palm oil, Times of London, Triple Pundit, Wired Science
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Cool Green Morning: Friday, October 30
What’s more frightening than more Americans getting their news from Jon Stewart than a newspaper? When Jon Stewart says putting giant reflective mirrors into space will slow climate change…and he means it! It’s real scary stuff, kids, so we put it last in this morning’s Coolness to give you a good fright for the weekend! [...]
Posted: October 30th, 2009 under Air Pollution, Birds, Climate Change, Climate Science & Research, Cool Green Morning, Energy, Media, Policy, Water Conservation.
Tags: air pollution global warming, bird extinction, bird threat, CleanTechnica, climate change bird, Climate Feedback, Copenhagen, EcoGeek, Freakonomics, global warming, Jon Stewart, Jon Stewart climate, Jon Stewart geoengineering, Journal Watch Online, Nature Reports Climate Change, Science air pollution, Science magazine, solar farm water, solar water, Steven Dubner, Steven Levitt, The Guardian, Todd Stern, Treehugger, wind turbine bird
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Cool Green Morning: Tuesday, October 27
It’s indeed a bright green morning today, with positive news everywhere: International Climate Day of Action a big success! Smart meters galore! And here’s the big news: a new study shows your personal actions can make a difference in the fight against climate change! Take that, all you climate change pessimists.
Bill McKibben says we need to “stop whining [...]
Posted: October 27th, 2009 under Animals, Climate Change, Climate Science & Research, Conservation Issues, Cool Green Morning, Ecosystem Services, Energy, Environmental Science, Green Living, Green Technology, Markets, Media, Sustainable Livelihoods, The Nature Conservancy, United States.
Tags: 350.org, Bill McKibben, chytrid fungus, deadly fungus, energy efficiency, frogs, government energy grant, Grist, International Climate Day of Action, Mark Tercek, personal change reduces emissions, Reuters, smart meter
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Cool Green Morning: Friday, October 23
Some days you wake up and find everything you’re doing and believing is wrong — like eating tomatoes or thinking your fellow Americans trust the scientific consensus that man is causing climate change. This, ladies and gentlemen, is one of those days. But tomorrow is Climate Action Day, so…maybe slice a tomato and take [...]
Posted: October 23rd, 2009 under Animals, Climate Change, Climate Science & Research, Conservation Issues, Cool Green Morning, Energy, Green Living, Policy, United States.
Tags: American believe global warming, Americans believe climate change, biofuel, biofuel carbon emission, biofuel climate change, biofuel science, biofuel Science magazine, carrots carbon emission, clean energy, Climate Action Day, Climate Change, coal climate, Dave Roberts, Environmental Capital, global warming, Grist, Jeffrey Sachs, Pew Climate poll, reptile extinction, Richard Black, Science magazine, Sweden food emissions, The Guardian, The New York Times, tomato carbon emission, Washington Post
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Cool Green Morning: Tuesday, October 20
It seems that everything comes back to climate change… sudden aspen decline, Hurricane Katrina, the Patriots playing in the snow and more. Check it out in today’s round-up of Cool Green Morning news links.
According to a new poll, American voters still don’t think climate change should be high on the government’s agenda. The poll from Politico [...]
Posted: October 20th, 2009 under Climate Change, Climate Science & Research, Conservation Issues, Cool Green Morning, Environmental Science, Policy, United States.
Tags: aspen trees, bee colony collapse disorder, Bright Green Blog, Climate Change, climate change legislation, climate change poll, conservation medicine, global warming, Hurricane Katrina, Politico poll, sudden aspen decline, white nose syndrome
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Cool Green Morning: Monday, October 19
Salmon adapting to dams? Solar panels causing climate change? Optimistic conservationists? There is nothing wrong with your computer. Do not attempt to adjust your monitor. We are now in control of the transmission…here on the best darn roundup of daily cool green news ever:
The Royal Botanic Gardens in England announces that it’s collected seeds from [...]
Posted: October 19th, 2009 under Climate Change, Climate Science & Research, Conservation Issues, Cool Green Morning, Europe, Fire, Green Technology, Media, United States.
Tags: Ask Pablo, Biological Conservation, Chinook salmon, Climate Change, climate change TV, climate change TV study, Columbia salmon, Communications Research, conservationists, extinction, Freakonomics, Journal Watch Online, Kew Gardens seed bank, Kew seed, Mongabay, Oregonian salmon, Royal Botanic Gardens seed, salmon, seed bank, Snake salmon, solar panel climate change, solar panel global warming, Treehugger, WaterWired
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Cool Green Morning: Friday, October 9
Congratulations to President Obama for winning the Nobel Peace Prize! Now, what about the real news of the day…such as the most bizarre claim against the dangers of global warming yet floated? Read below for that and more, as always in your daily Coolness:
You’ve heard of The Sibley Guide to Birds — the serious birder’s [...]
Posted: October 9th, 2009 under Climate Change, Climate Science & Research, Green Living, Green Technology, Media, Policy, The Nature Conservancy, United States.
Tags: 10000 Birds, carbon Navy sub, Climate Feedback, climate geoengineering, cool global warming, Cool Green Science, Department of Energy, Eric Haxthausen, Geophysical Research Letters, global warming deny, H. Leighton Steward, Island of Doubt, National Geographic Green Guide, neighborhood electric vehicle, ozone hole climate, Senate climate bill, Sibley Guide to Birds, Sibley Guide to Trees, stratosphere sulphate
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Cool Green Morning: Thursday, October 8
Solar roads, “artificial trees” that pull CO2 from the air, and using dead people to run the air conditioning unit… it’s just another round-up of Cool Green News.
Driving on glass sounds kind of sketchy, but an Idaho-based engineer has invented solar panels that you can indeed drive on. The next step is lots and lots of testing.
U.S. climate legislation [...]
Posted: October 8th, 2009 under Asia Pacific, Climate Change, Climate Science & Research, Cool Green Morning, Energy, Environmental Science, Green Technology, Policy, The Nature Conservancy, United States.
Tags: artificial trees, crematorium furnace, David Biello, nature study, nuclear power, offshore drilling, solar panel road, solar road, Taiwan, U.S. climate legislation, wasted heat, Yale 360
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