Tag: climate change

group name: global-warming
posts (76) | photos (0) | videos (0)
The following posts were tagged climate change.
1 2  3  4  | next > 
Sort by Short List ViewList View

March 08, 2007 01:37 AM EST -- What are the basics of Global Warming, specifically the impact of extra heat? What is extra heat? What is its impact on global warming? Feel free to make comments if you see things differently! . . . more
March 07, 2007 12:18 AM EST -- Let's have a look at the many concerns and dangers associated with global warming and the resulting changes in climate around the world. I've tentatively grouped them into ten points.   . . . more
Antarctic ice shelf collapse
by Sam Carana
views: 275 | rating: 9.8 | comments: 65
March 27, 2008 01:18 PM EDT -- A huge ice shelf, measuring 5,282 square miles (13,680 square kilometers), has begun to collapse because of rapid climate change on Antarctica. The Wilkins Ice Shelf is a broad plate of permanent floating . . . more
October 07, 2007 08:28 PM EDT -- Regardless of your feelings about Wal-Mart as a corporation, it is no small matter when the corporate giant begins installing energy saving solar systems on its supercenters. This past week, Wal-Mart and . . . more
Beyond Kyoto
by Sam Carana
views: 79 | rating: 9.4 | comments: 14
February 27, 2008 06:43 PM EST -- The Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change was agreed on December 11, 1997 in Kyoto, Japan. Under the protocol, countries committed to monitor and report their . . . more
January 08, 2008 08:57 PM EST -- In my blog called Chemistry for a Sustainable World, I have noted a number of recent stories in the press that may be of interest.  Since I just joined Gather and have not yet made any connections, . . . more
September 16, 2007 12:41 PM EDT -- 10 Reasons why nukes don’t answer our most compelling environmental problem Proponents of nuclear energy are opportunistically attempting to take advantage of the global warming issue to resurrect . . . more
October 16, 2007 05:10 PM EDT -- Nuclear proponents often proclaim that nuclear energy is safe, and that worries about its safety are irrational and emotionally laden. When challenged, they will quickly assert that nuclear energy has . . . more
January 08, 2008 03:46 AM EST -- I have a blog on environmental issues and was excited to see that Reuters had picked up one of my posts. If you are interested in geothermal power, you might want to take a look : Thanks to Sam, you . . . more
What will Bali bring?
by Sam Carana
views: 51 | rating: 10 | comments: 9
November 30, 2007 12:18 AM EST -- What can we expect from the United Nations Climate Change Conference , to be held in Bali, from 3 to 14 December 2007? One outcome could be an international cap and trade system, allowing nations . . . more
April 16, 2008 06:20 AM EDT -- After publication of Ten Dangers of Global Warming , now more than a year ago, some said that the article was 'alarmist' and had 'dramatized' the impact of global warming. After the Intergovernmental . . . more
December 25, 2008 05:54 PM EST -- Some time ago, I wrote that climate skeptics should throw in the towel when Fox News owner, Rupert Murdoch abandoned the skeptics' camp. http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?memberId=84960&articleId=281474977097716&nav=MyGather . . . more
January 11, 2008 04:16 PM EST -- In response to a question submitted on one of my blog posts , I wonder if anyone here knows of any comparisons or validations of the various online environmental or carbon footprint calculators?  . . . more
September 26, 2007 06:44 PM EDT -- I continue to be surprised by the solar energy activity in Canada. Listening to some skeptics, you would think that solar energy won't work outside southern or southwestern U.S. In a previous article, . . . more
Clean Coal?
by Steve B.
views: 107 | rating: 10 | comments: 14
December 31, 2008 12:50 PM EST -- A billion gallon coal sludge spill in Tennessee again raises the question, is there really any such thing as clean coal? http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/12/26/tennessee.sludge/index.html?section=cnn_latest . . . more
November 18, 2008 01:56 PM EST -- California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger welcomes more than 600 climate change leaders from across the country and around the world today for the opening sessions of the Governors' Global Climate . . . more
Solar Energy Potential
by Steve B.
views: 15 | rating: 10 | comments: 5
September 27, 2007 07:47 PM EDT -- Skeptics about renewable energy will frequently say things like, "Solar and wind will never be anything but a minor contributor to the entire energy needs of our country." If that is the case, . . . more
October 31, 2007 06:48 PM EDT -- The Sacramento Municipal Utility District is nearing completion of a solar-hydrogen fueling station that will fuel 14 hydrogen, fuel-cell cars. The demonstration project will be completed at the end of . . . more
November 11, 2007 09:44 PM EST -- The Rocky Mountain Institute and the U.S. Green Building Council have teamed up to produce a program (approx. 30 minutes), which features the economic sense of building green. In this program, several . . . more
January 12, 2008 03:25 PM EST -- Winter Ice on Lakes, Rivers, Ponds: A Thing of the Past? Planningto ice skate on a local lake or river this winter? You may need tothink twice, say scientists J. Magnuson, O. Jensen and B. Benson . . . more
1 2  3  4  | next > 
 
Gather | People | Groups | Explore