Topic: Resources
Data is a precious thing and will last longer than the systems themselves. // Tim Berners-Lee
Resources
May 13, 2009
Available from Natural Resources Canada is this detailed geological map of the Arctic. The map was completed in November 2008 as part of a two-year, seven-nation collaboration. Resources as minerals, gas and oil could be very often found in similar geologi ...>>
UNFCCC Crossword
Apr 19, 2009
IISD: Print Version
ACROSS:
1: decisions provide it; 4: one was agreed in Kyoto; 9: observer Party to the Protocol;
12: used by Annex I Parties for the preparation of inventories;
13: [backwards] COP 11 host’s domain; 14: --NGOs; 15: UNFCCC’s ...>>
About Size
Nov 8, 2008
Ever wondered how something as little as a molecule of C02 can change the world? But more is different: CO2 turned Venus into a overheated hostile planet and without greenhouse gases Earth would be a snowball.
This post collects - without any special order ...>>
Visual Education
Oct 12, 2008
Nearly any activity consumes energy and therefore forces emissions of CO2.
Of course using green energy is different. However, it is useful to know the emissions generated by different goods or activities.
Kick the Habit is a excellent guide to climate ...>>
CO2 Emissions 2004
Aug 17, 2008
I was quite excited while visiting this UN site: data.un.org. You'll find a huge amount of figures provided by different UN agencies. The data is free to use, ready to download and presented by a slick WEB2.0 interface. Of cource data from the UNFCCC is ther ...>>
Site Upgrade
Oct 28, 2007
The NEO Project (NASA Earth Observations) provides an advanced flash interface, map download, analysis features and a full fledged OGC WMS server. The range of available layers are all related to Climate Change and Global Warming.
As a first try ExploreOur ...>>
Emissions Register
Nov 23, 2006
The EU's public register of industrial emissions to air and water, the European Pollutant Emission Register (EPER), was today updated with the latest emissions data from some 12,000 industrial installations across Europe.
The data for 2004 for the first ti ...>>
Defra Video
Nov 15, 2006
Climate Change2:01 min, added August 5th, 2006 by tsweblog.
A two-minute film broadcasted in UK that starts to tell the story of why climate change is happening and why it needs to be tackled together.
Original source: climatechallenge.gov.uk, Quicktime ...>>
Emissions Report
Nov 15, 2006
The US Energy Information Administration published yesterday the numbers on the greenhose gas emissions from 2005. The 'good' news is the emissions 'Growth Lower than Average in 2005'.
Quoted from press release:
Total U.S. greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions ...>>
Battling Climate Change
Nov 14, 2006
The second week in Nairobi started with new ideas, e.g. a more flexible aproach to include more countries and to avoid 'islands' of pollution.
Australian's Environment Minister Ian Campbell's suggested a 'New Kyoto' and earned laughter and the 'Fossil of t ...>>
GeoRSS Feeds
May 14, 2006
During the development of the geoRSS widget for ExploreOurPla.net I used this list for testing:
newsrss.bbc.co.uk//rss/newsonline_world_ ...
rss.news.yahoo.com/rss/climatechange ...
rss.news.yahoo.com/rss/earthquakes ...
rss.news.yahoo.com/rss/hurricane ...>>
