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Methane Leak
Scientists have discovered the Arctic ocean seabed is leaking huge amounts of methane into the atmosphere.  The research published in the journal Science shows the permafrost under the East Siberian Arctic shelf, which was thought to be a barrier sealing methane, is perforated.  Read more here. (0)

NYT: Pachauri Faces Credibility Siege
The New York Times is reporting that: Dr. Pachauri and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change are now under intense scrutiny, facing accusations of scientific sloppiness and potential financial conflicts of interest from climate skeptics, right-leaning politicians and even some mainstream scientists.  More here. (1)

Phil Jones Guilty, But
The university at the centre of the climate change row over stolen e-mails broke the law by refusing to hand over its raw data for public scrutiny.  B ut…  Read more here. (0)

Banks Leave Carbon Market
Banks and investors are pulling out of the carbon market after the failure to make progress at Copenhagen on reaching new emissions targets after 2012.  Read more here. (0)

UK Met Office Can't Forecast Weather
The UK Met Office is debating what to do with its long-term and seasonal forecasting after criticism for failing to predict extreme weather.   It was predicted that this winter would be warmer than average – yet it has been unusually cold.  Read more here. (2)

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Archive for January 13th, 2009

New Report on Corals and Carbon for the Curious

Posted by jennifer, January 13th, 2009 - under News, Opinion.
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HAVE you ever wondered what happens when corals grow so tall they are above sea level or whether the Great Barrier Reef could extend its range further south with global warming?
If you are curious you will probably enjoy and learn much from a new 81-page report by Craig D. Idso on global warming and coral [...]

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Accessing US Senate Webpages

Posted by jennifer, January 13th, 2009 - under Community.
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Hi Jennifer
 
When you put the article about 650 scientists a while back I found I could not access it. I also noticed in the blog others who stated they could not access it either. I also found no US Senate page was accessible. After trying various things and knowing I could access it from work [...]

Vote Now for This Blog

Posted by jennifer, January 13th, 2009 - under Good Causes.
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WE are into the final days of voting for the 2008 Weblog Awards. 
This blog is a finalist in the online community section.   There is no environment section.  
You can vote every 24 hours.  We are only short a few hundred or so votes.  
So please, vote now, and then vote again tomorrow, and then it will be all over.
Click here: http://2008.weblogawards.org/polls/best-online-community/

From Gaia to Medea: More Hubris

Posted by jennifer, January 13th, 2009 - under Books, Opinion.
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THE Gaia hypothesis first proposed by British scientist James Lovelock – the notion that all living things are interlinked as a single self-regulating body – is popular with some scientists and accords with the idea that because human activity has changed the chemical composition of the atmosphere we are likely to be interfering with the [...]