Topic: Reports
..if carbon dioxide is the most important factor [in the earth’s climate], long-term temperature records will rise continuously as long as man consumes the earth’s reserves of fossil fuels. // Gilbert Plass, Scientific American, July 1959, p 47
After IPCC Report
Nov 8, 2008
Prepared by Dr. Tina Tin this report compiles the scientific outcome published after the latest IPCC report.
She points out the Arctic sea ice coverage was low this and last year and is stressed by an albedo feedback effect.
Findings lead to a new maxi ...>>
Melting Arctic
Aug 26, 2008
The Arctic sea ice conditions are now very similar to last year. The maritime shortcuts through the Artic Sea are almost open or already open. The total extent two days before - the NSDIC reported yesterday - was 5.47 million square kilometers.
Buoys ind ...>>
Poll & Opinions
Mar 21, 2008
Between the 9th of November and the 14th of December 2007, TNS Opinion & Social, carried out wave 68.2 of the EUROBAROMETER, on request of the EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Directorate-General for Communication, “Research and Political Analysis”.
Report: 127 ...>>
Aug 30, 2007
Every month the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) has a look at the month before and publishes a report from a historical perspective.
July 2007 brought record and near-record warmth to the western United States, while much of the eastern and southern ...>>
Winter Cancelled
Feb 27, 2007
Compared to winters since 1864 this winter ist still warmest in Switzerland. Basel reports a mean temperature of 5°C over last record from 1916 - diference of 0°C. Zurich had only 2 Days with snow (12cm in total).
Despite latest 2 cold and snowy ...>>
Winter Tourism
Report: Climate Change in the European Alps - Adapting Winter Tourism and Natural Hazards Management
Feb 3, 2007
Under present climate conditions, 609 out of the 666 (or 91%) Alpine ski areas in Austria, France, Germany, Italy, and Switzerland can be considered as naturally snow-reliable.
The remaining 9% are already operating under marginal conditions. The number ...>>
IPCC
Feb 2, 2007
Political Pressure
Feb 1, 2007
Policy should be based on sound science; results of science should not be diluted or . . . adjusted to justify policy.
This particular Administration has gone beyond reasonable boundaries, on this issue.
To be in denial on climate change is a crime ...>>
Lights Out
Jan 30, 2007
Currently in Paris, France, hundreds of Scientists are approving the IPCC report from Working Group 1 "The Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis" (chapters outline) in closed-door sessions. They finish 1st February 2007 and next day the release is p ...>>
GHG Market Report
Jan 23, 2007
The International Emissions Trading Association (IETA) analyzes, documents and promotes market-based trading systems to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
'ETA's 2006 Greenhouse Gas Market Report - Moving to Action' breaks down the flexible instruments imple ...>>
Lessons From The Pioneers
Jan 17, 2007
The Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) located in Minneapolis is a nonprofit research and educational organization and provides technical assistance and information to city and state governments, citizen organizations and industry.
While the Bush adm ...>>
NCDC Report
Jan 13, 2007
Though presenting warmest year on record for US most surprising sentence in the 2006 report from National Climatic Data Center is this one:
A contributing factor to the unusually warm temperatures throughout 2006 also is the long-term warming trend,
w ...>>
Climate Calendar
Jan 10, 2007
UK based World Development Movement (WDM) tackles the underlying causes of poverty and forces decision makers to change the policies that keep people poor.
WDM defines itself as a democratic membership organisation of individuals and local groups.
The C ...>>
Records
Jan 9, 2007
Australian annual mean temperature anomalies
(compared to the 1961-90 average) since 1910 to present
Data collected by the Bureau of Meteorology indicate that Australias annual mean temperature for 2006 was 0.47°C above the standard 1961-1990 average, ...>>
ExxonMobil
Jan 9, 2007
Latest report from the Union of Concerned Scientists offers the most comprehensive documentation of how ExxonMobil [ NYSE:XOM ] has adopted the tobacco industry's disinformation tactics, as well as some of the same organizations and personnel, to cloud the sci ...>>
Poverty
Jan 9, 2007
Every year since 1990, the UNDP has commissioned the Human Development Report by an independent team of experts to explore major issues of global concern.
Last year report focusses the global water crisis and investigates the underlying causes and conseque ...>>
Grain Prices
Jan 5, 2007
The World Health Organization states:
Poor nutrition contributes to 1 out of 2 deaths (53%) associated with infectious diseases among children aged under five in developing countries.
1 out of 4 preschool children suffers from under-nutrition, which ca ...>>
Aviation
Jan 5, 2007
Aviation contributes to global climate change, and its contribution is increasing. While the EU's total greenhouse gas emissions fell by 3 % from 1990 to 2002, emissions from international aviation increased by almost 70 %.
In spite of significant improv ...>>
