Blind flamingo attacked at Australian zoo
A blind flamingo, believed to be among the oldest in the world, is recovering after a near-fatal attack by teenagers at an Australian zoo.
Archive for November 1st, 2008
Time to rank the best ideas to engineer the climate?
There is an urgent need to prioritise the various geoengineering proposals put forward to cool Earth’s climate, according to a researcher
‘Living Fossil’ Tree Contains Genetic Imprints Of Rain Forests Under Climate Change
A “living fossil” tree species is helping a researcher understand how tropical forests responded to past climate change and how they may react to global warming in the future.
President Signs Major Mercury Protection Bill into Law
WASHINGTON (October 15, 2008) –Yesterday evening the President signed into law critical legislation that will help protect Americans and people around the world from mercury poisoning by banning the export of elemental mercury from the United States, according to scientists and policy experts at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC).
Global-warming methane spiked in 2007
Levels of methane in the atmosphere jumped mysteriously in 2007, even far away from known sources of the gas
The making of a supervillain – Coalfinger
Before you do anything else, watch Coalfinger. I’m just going to babble on about how much fun it was to make it which isn’t nearly as amusing as watching the animation. While you’re at it, share it with your friends because we need to expose the real coalfingers of the world and their carbon cronies [...]
Video: onboard the Rainbow Warrior
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Over the past couple of weeks, we’ve had a huge number of visitors onboard the Rainbow Warrior, from scientists and campaigners to politicians and journalists. Many of the visitors – like The RSPB and Oxfam – have written about their experiences. The Telegraph went one [...]
Captain’s blog: Medway Morning Mooring
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Here’s Captain Mike’s take on today’s events, written for his personal blog
“Rainbow Warrior you are entering the Medway compulsory pilotage area without a pilot. You must stop your vessel and leave the area. You are breaking maritime law.” That’s what the Medway Vessel Traffic [...]
Climate change at the poles is man-made
Changes to the climate due to human activity can now be detected on every continent, following a study showing that temperature rises in the Antarctic as well as the Arctic are the result of man-made emissions of greenhouse gases.
Rwanda: Cleaner Production – a Measure to Curb Global Warming
Cleaner production may seem to be a new thing to our ears but I bet global warming is not.