Daily Archives: November 15, 2010

Environ. Res. Lett. 2 (April-June 2007) 024002 doi:10.1088/1748-9326/2/2/024002 Scientific reticence and sea level rise J E Hansen NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, 2880 Broadway, New York, NY 10025, USA Email: jhansen@giss.nasa.gov Under BAU forcing in the 21st century, the sea level rise surely … Continue reading →

the latest science says we are facing 3 to 6 feet of sea level rise this century. Over the last five years, sea level is rising at 2 mm/year according to University of Colorado numbers. That would require 1000 years … Continue reading →

http://top500.org/lists/2010/11/press-release Meanwhile, NASA focuses on relations with the Islamic world and figuring out new ways to keep 2010 as the hottest year ever. —————————————————————— And we wonder why we are falling behind.

Temperature anomalies ºC http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/map/images/fnl/sfctmpmer_01a.fnl.anim.html Antarctica is only two weeks away from the start of meteorological summer, yet temperatures there remain more like winter.

It may surprise you to learn that our diets account for up to twice as many greenhouse emissions as driving. One recent study suggested that the average US household’s annual carbon food-print is 8.1 tonnes of “equivalent CO2 emissions” or … Continue reading →

It is expensive for most industries to do business in the US, because of very high tax rates and high labour costs. Proposals to close “overseas tax loopholes” simply drive corporations to move more of their operations overseas. It was … Continue reading →