All Entries Tagged With: "Global Warming"
Chinese Glaciers Are Melting
Glaciers covering China’s Qinghai-Tibet plateau are shrinking by 7 percent a year due to global warming. Because of warmer temperatures in the area known as “The roof of the world” Tibet and the surrounding high areas will be turned into a desert. If the temperature continues to rise it will cause a massive drought. It [...]
Head NASA Scientist Makes Climate Change Plea To Obamas
James Hansen, one of NASA’s top ranking climate experts, has written a new year’s plea to the newly elected Presidential couple, the Obama’s. In his letter, James Hansen has pointed out the public’s lack of awareness on climate change and the [...]
Australia Has Pledged To Decrease Emissions By 15%
Australia, highly criticized by environmentalists for not signing the Kyoto Protocol, has vowed to try to cut emissions by 5%-15% by the year 2020. Kevin Rudd, the 26th and current Prime Minister of Australia and federal leader of the centre-left Australian Labor Party (ALP), says that this plan will not affect a previous commitment to slash [...]
Alaskan Coast Line Eroding Before Our Eyes
The Alaskan Coast Line is eroding rapidly. Climate change is believed to be at fault since Arctic Sea Ice recedes seasonally. The water warms up and transfers the heat energy to the shoreline, melting the frigid soil, allowing it to break off and dissipate in the water. The ice has always receded seasonally, however the amount of time the [...]
Hurricanes And Global Warming
Hurricanes are intense low pressure areas that form over warm ocean waters in the summer and early fall. Their source of energy is water vapor which is evaporated from the ocean surface. Water vapor is the “fuel” for the hurricanes because it releases the “latent heat of condensation” when it condenses to form clouds and [...]
How To Build A Sustainable Bamboo Fence
Bamboo is a material that can be used in hundreds of applications where wood was used. It is considered both sustainable and renewable because of it’s quick growth rate and durability. Bamboo can be used for fencing, flooring, boat building, fly fishing rods, wall paper, bridges and hundreds of other uses. Bamboo has also been [...]
Everything You Ever Needed To Know About The Kyoto Protocol
The Kyoto Protocol is an international agreement linked to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The major feature of the Kyoto Protocol is that it sets binding targets for 37 industrialized countries and the European community for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
