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THE Earth is a big thing; if you divided it up evenly among its 7 billion inhabitants, they would get almost 1 trillion tonnes each. To think that the workings of so vast an entity could be lastingly changed by a species that has been scampering across its surface for less than 1% of 1% of its history seems, on the face of it, absurd. But it is not.
The geology of the planet: Welcome to the Anthropocene | The Economist
Good. Just know that it won’t save the tuna, protect the rain forest or stop global warming. The changes necessary are so large and profound that they are beyond the reach of individual action. You refuse the plastic bag at the register, believing this one gesture somehow makes a difference, and then carry your takeout meal back to your car for a carbon-emitting trip home.
Going Green but Getting Nowhere - NYTimes.com
21 October 2011 Last updated at 00:29 GMT By Richard Black Environment correspondent, BBC News Weather stations are giving a true picture of global warming, the group found The Earth's surface really is getting warmer, a new analysis by a US scientific group set up in the wake of the "Climategate" affair has concluded. The Berkeley Earth Project has used new methods and some new data, but finds the same warming trend seen by groups such as the UK Met Office and Nasa. Emails of University of East Anglia (UEA) climate scientists were hacked, posted online and used by critics to allege manipulation of climate change data.
BBC News - Global warming 'confirmed' by independent study
Within these categories of the environmental sector there are a broad spectrum of employment opportunities including (but not limited to) Air Quality, Water Quality, Waste Management, Fisheries and Wildlife, Mining, Energy, Research and Development, and Communication and Public Awareness. The scope of the environment industry is very broad with environmental employment spanning all major industries in Canada. There are over 682,000 environmental employees in Canada who spend 50% or more of their time on environmental activities.
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Climate Change, White Roofs, and Common Sense – The Great Energy Challenge
Recently I’ve argued on TheGreenGrok.com that in some cases, as in discerning the long-term global temperature trend (or employing smart regulation when it comes to deepwater drilling ) a little common sense will suffice .
Can you believe this? Does this get you riled up? You need to take a gander at this new commercial for Mazda's CX-5, an advertising partner for Universal Pictures Dr. Suess' "The Lorax". It's the latest, most outrageous act of Hollywood greed.
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Map shows stark divide between who caused climate change and who's being hit | Damian Carrington | Environment | guardian.co.uk
The global north is at lower risk of global warming impacts and is better placed to cope than the global south, but globalisation means we are all affected When the world's nations convene in Durban in November in the latest attempt to inch towards a global deal to tackle climate change, one fundamental principle will, as ever, underlie the negotiations. Is is the contention that while rich, industrialised nations caused climate change through past carbon emissions, it is the developing world that is bearing the brunt. It follows from that, developing nations say, that the rich nations must therefore pay to enable the developing nations to both develop cleanly and adapt to the impacts of global warming. The point is starkly illustrated in a new map of climate vulnerability (above): the rich global north has low vulnerability, the poor global south has high vulnerability.Breathingearth - CO2, birth &death rates by country, simulated real-time - StumbleUpon
The Breathing Earth simulation Welcome to Breathing Earth . This real-time simulation displays the CO2 emissions of every country in the world, as well as their birth and death rates. Please remember that this is just a simulation.
Ecosia - The green search
Nouveau sur Ecosia ? Découvrez comment vous pouvez contribuer à la protection de la forêt tropicale en effectuant des recherches sur Internet .
22 Oct There have been several versions of the Earth flag over the past century. However, there is no one official flag, since there is no one governing body over the planet. The most well-known flag is the
Green Earth Facts – Incredible facts about our planet
Plus d'un milliard de personnes n'ont pas accès à l'eau potable dans le monde. Les enfants sont particulièrement vulnérables. (Article publié dans Le Figaro du 10 novembre 2006)..
Le Figaro - Environnement
Le réchauffement climatique aurait une conséquence inattendue : le rapetissement des plantes et des animaux. Selon un article paru cette semaine dans la revue scientifique américaine Nature Climate Change , la mise en perspective de plusieurs études démontrerait que l'augmentation de la température de l'air et de l'eau provoque une baisse de la taille des animaux, des plantes et des micro-organismes. Les biologistes David Bickford et Jennifer Sheridan, de l'université de Singapour, s'appuient notamment sur des études menées sur une précédente période exceptionnelle de réchauffement climatique. Il y a 55,8 millions d'année, la température de la Terre a augmenté en moyenne de 6°C.
Le Figaro - Environnement : Les animaux rapetissent avec le réchauffement climatique
In Cornwall, England, the UK's first wind farm. (Photo by Skyscan) The environmental debate has traditionally been characterized as a conflict between economic progress and preservation of the planet. Most TED speakers, however, insist that we can have both -- provided we're smart about it.