Posts Tagged ‘NASA’

• 2010 ended as the warmest year on record

  According to climate scientists from NASA and the National Climatic Data Center last year’s temperatures ended in a tie with 2005 as the warmest on record. NASA writes that: “Global surface temperatures in 2010 tied 2005 as the warmest on …

• 2010 might be the hottest year ever recorded in human history

  Climate institutions and scientists are warning that 2010 might end up as one of the hottest years ever recorded in human history. According to new data from the US National Snow and Ice Centre Data Centre (NSIDC)arctic sea ice levels …

• As the Arctic melts polar bears are resorting to cannibalism

  Besides changing the climate and environment for people around the world the loss of Arctic sea ice is destroying the habitats for polar bears. Recently we reported about polar bears swimming to Iceland trying to find food and land. And …

• NASA: Arctic sea ice reaches second-lowest level on record

  A new preliminary report from NASA confirms our worries. The sea ice at the Arctic is disappearing. NASA reports that the Arctic sea ice has reached a second all-time low “since the dawn of the satellite era”. Previous record low …

• Dr James Hansen says we should prosecute climate change liars

  Dr James Hansen, director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York and one of the worlds most prominent climate scientist, says in an article on the WorldWatch Institute website that climate change liars “should be tried …

• Pollutants from coal-based electricity generation kill 170,000 people annually

  The image shows the old Cahokia Power Plant in Sauget, IL which has been decommissioned for 31 years. Photo: Jay Dugger Top British climate scientist Professor James Lovelock FRS has warned that over 6 billion people will die this century …

• The Arctic is losing its ice faster than ever

  This is a continuation on an earlier post called “It keeps getting warmer, no matter what some people say“. Just like the global warming deniers say the Arctic ice is approximately the same as it was last year, as data …

• Declare Climate State of Emergency – Australian Climate Movement Convergence

  Australian Climate Action Groups from Melbourne and wider afield gathered together on Saturday 9 February, 2008 for a Climate Movement Convergence at Melbourne’s Northcote High School. A major event was the launching of an important book published by Friends of …

• Six Degrees Could Change the World

  National Geographic have made a movie out of Mark Lynas latest and most terrifying book, ever. In the book, which is called “Six Degrees: our future on a hotter planet“, Mark Lynas goes through each of the different degrees and …