Posts Tagged ‘Iceland’

• Eyjafjallajökull caused fall in carbon emissions

  This past week the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull was officially declared dormant. The volcano, which you almost certainly remember from the news, had a big eruption in the early months of this year effectively grounding flights all over Europe. “This second …

• James Lovelock: “I hope we are civilised when climate disaster strikes”

  The Inter Press Service has an interesting interview with James Lovelock, known for proposing the Gaia hypothesis, about everything from the IPCC to geo-engineering and climate tipping points. Lovelock has earlier said that he believes that climate change is now …

• Two polar bears are killed on Iceland just weeks after USA lists them as a “threatened” species

  Iceland has killed two polar bears since the U.S. Department of Interior formally listed the polar bear as a “threatened” species a few weeks ago. The first polar bear, named Björn Björnesson, came to Iceland in the beginning of June …

• An end to “scientific” whaling in sight?

  Well, that’s a maybe. The Australian government is hoping that a new proposal from them will be able to cover up a loophole that let’s Japan conduct whaling for “scientific reasons”. The Australian environmental minister Peter Garett said today that …