Global warming stopped 16 years ago, reveals Met Office report quietly released… and here is the chart to prove it
- The figures reveal that from the beginning of 1997 until August 2012 there was no discernible rise in aggregate global
Category: Environment
Things that grab me about environmental stuff.
Duckweed
I have become convinced that duckweed as a source for biofuel is a total winner. Having just read a couple of articles about using duckweed as a source of starch to produce ethanol, I am convinced that, coupled with a …
Global cooling?
Night-Shining Clouds Get Glow from Meteor Smoke
A key ingredient in noctilucent clouds appears to be “smoke” from meteors as they burn up.
http://news.discovery.com/space/noctilucent-clouds-meteor-strike-120904.html
This article motivated me to write on a subject I have been thinking on a while …
Humans impacting climate by not burning fossil fuels…
A new global warming offender: Dam drawdowns
http://www.petridishnews.com/news/a-new-global-warming-offender-dam-drawdowns/
I wonder how this changes the proportion of CO2 to methane that otherwise would have happened without the dam. The vast majority of biological material is recycled, most of it on an …
Sudden melt
NASA: Strange and sudden massive melt in Greenland
The abnormally warm weather is causing meltdowns even in Greenland’s highest and coldest places
http://www.salon.com/2012/07/25/nasa_strange_and_sudden_massive_melt_in_greenland/
I read this yesterday but wasn’t motivated to post at the time. To me this is just …
A thing that makes you go Duh!
Wind turbine creates water from thin air
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/04/29/world/eole-water-turbine/index.html?hpt=hp_bn7
Not living in an area where water scarcity is an issue I can say that this never really served as an idea for me. However, I have thought about the use of …
Are you corrupt when you turna blind eye?
Injection wells: The poison beneath us
The hidden risks of pumping waste underground
http://www.salon.com/2012/06/21/injection_wells_the_poison_beneath_us_salpart/
This is a really amazing article and I really encourage you to read it. I had no idea this was going on and I follow the …
As if proof was needed
Scientists confirm existence of ‘old person smell’
http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2012/05/30/scientists-confirm-existence-of-old-person-smell/?hpt=hp_c2
It is not all old people that have a particular smell about them, but quite a few really do seem to have an air of decay. I have found a lot of …
Now this is really cool…
Can a Surfboard-Sized Watercraft Cross the Pacific on Wave Power Alone?
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/05/wave-glider-crosses-pacific/
This is another one of those ideas that are so obvious once stated and yet remain so obscure until then. Once I read the description I easily envisioned …
More about unintended consequences
Better bird nesting also good for giant manta rays
Disrupting tree canopies on a Pacific atoll has ecological consequences
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/340803/title/Better_bird_nesting_also_good_for_giant_manta_rays
A lot of people don’t realize that the iconic coconut palm along island’s coast is, for the most part, a …