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The alleged editing of the climate warming data at the University of East Anglia in the UK is another episode in the continuing saga of academic dishonesty that has beset scientific research so publicly in the last decade. There have been instances of massaged clinical trials of drugs, invention of data and false reporting in the measles-mumps-rubella (“MMR”) vaccine scandal (which led to the striking-off of a medical doctor/researcher) plus other examples of scientific fraud. It is by not a new feature of scientific research – cases go back many years. Piltdown Man was a notorious example of scientific fraud. This case originated in 1912 and was finally recognised as a forgery in 1953. A...

<!--post text with the read more link-->   The greatest threat we face is not Terrorism, but Global Warming.   The effects of  G W  are Rising sea levels Rise in cyclonic activity Rise in temperatures Change in climate Fickle precipitation Melting of glaciers in the Himalayas   Rising sea levels have submerged low level islands in the Sunderbans. Laccadives face threat of inundation due to sea level rise. Coastal lands are also under threat. The climate of India has become extremely volatile due to Climate Change. The Njattuvelas are less fierce than before &  water levels are being depleted. Bangladesh is affected adversely by Climate Change, triggered by Global Warming. Its...

Climate change is perhaps the biggest environmental challenge in history of mankind, and world leaders still hesitate whether to make significant emission cuts like many scientists expect them to do. Almost all politicians agree that each country needs to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions but once it comes down to actually making legally binding agreement politicians usually turn other face saying how at the present time, industry is too weak for such radical measures. We all know what we need to do to halt climate change. The answer to this question is very simple, decrease CO2 emissions. CO2 emissions are mostly the result of fossil fuels burning. So what we need to do is decrease the use of...

I suppose none of us are too happy about the fact that our home energy bills just keep on going up all the time. The costs of the gas and electricity bills just seem to go up year after year. The main reason for this continual rise is the rise in the cost of the fossil fuels. Statisticians have predicted that if these rises continue for the next ten years or so then the natural gas costs and electricity costs will be far higher than the minimum wage in lots of countries. But there are a few things that we could do to prevent these costs from soaring and lower our overall costs. In order to lower our energy costs and effectively live more comfortably we need to start using renewable energy sources at...

Climate change has become a frequently discussed issue over the past years, but in the last year there has been more and more discussion about it. The reason for this is that there is scarcely a day which goes by now without there being a major news story about unusual weather patterns. Just this Summer and Autumn (2007), we have seen floods in the UK, and in the US. Drought in parts of Australia has been even more acute that usual, and Greece and California have experienced massive forest fires. However, by far the most dramatic has been the completely unexpected extent of the melting of the north west passage in the Arctic, and we have all seen the satellite images showing a much shrunken ice cap...

In 2008, scientists from all over the world are jumping off the man-made global warming bandwagon. This is due to the fact that environmental study after study concludes that the behavior of man is not the cause of significant global warming. In a recently released Geological Society of America abstract, Dr. Don Easterbrook, Professor of Geology at Western Washington University, presented data showing that the global warming cycle from 1977 to 1998 is now over and that we have entered into a new global cooling period that should last for the next three decades. He also suggests that since the IPCC climate models are now so far off from what is actually happening that their projections for both this...

ndustrial revolution and increased use of fossil fuels like coal and oil that emit greenhouses gases, have increased in the earth’s mean surface temperature, During the twentieth century, an increase of around 0.60 C has been observed. In the past few decades, human activities have increased atmospheric concentrations of green house gases to their highest level in 420,000 years . A growing body of scientific research predicts rising temperatures and large scale alterations weather patterns that will continue through the 21st century, even if we manage to cultural green house gas emissions. What are the causes of global climate change? The causes of climate changes are mainly attributed to...

Global warming is a phrase that many of us have heard of. There are numerous articles which deal with the detailing of disastrous global warming effects. The different reports about global warming need our consideration as some of the causes of global warming are caused by us. When you see how the different global warming facts pertain to our lives you begin to understand that we have a role to play in stopping the worst damages from occurring. While we understand how storm effects like El Nino and La Nino. These storm fronts have different effects on the weather which can intensify how storm reacts. There are times when these storms which are relatively mild turn into...

tter who you are, the topic of global warming is one that will affect you. If you live on the planet Earth, then global warming is an issue that you need to be educated on and which everyone should take seriously and really care about. There are some disturbing global warming facts that really bring light to the situation and which allow people a better chance to truly understand what all the fuss is about and why this is such a hot topic in the world today. The Straight Facts The straight global warming facts are hard to swallow but there is no way to candy coat things. When it comes to global warming facts, the most important thing of all to know is that there are no signs of it stopping, at least...

Vanamahotsava, Global warming and Climate change As a great saying goes “Welcome, O life! I go to encounter for the millionth time the reality of experience and to forge in the smithy of my soul the uncreated conscience of my race.” Vanamahotsava is the festival of life. It was started in India, as a campaign to save mother earth. BUT HAS THIS CAMPAIGN REALLY BORE FRUIT? We all might have heard, some of us experienced the dreadful effect of global warming. The reason, greenhouse gases. The solution, stop emission. But is that possible? No country is ready to sacrifice its economy for the ecology! And when fossil fuels are continued to be burnt everyday, the amazon forest that sustains life on...

Introduction In the current debate on climate change, one of the frequent questions posed by climate change skeptics to those advocating action against climate change is "What if it turns out you are wrong?" In this article I will address this question and will also pose the same question back to climate change skeptics. I will then compare the risks of each camp getting it wrong and weigh up the potential ramifications for current and future generations. Background The vast majority of scientists and climate experts are of the opinion that the planet is warming and that this warming has been brought on by human activity since the start of industrialization. Furthermore, the majority of the...

Copyright (c) 2010 Alison Withers The changing climate due to global warming, deforestation and other issues is threatening water shortages in some places and too much water in others. This has enormous implications for flooding some populations out of places where they can live, but also for farming, as population growth means there is little new land available for agricultural development. In the UK's Independent Newspaper, May 11 2010, Holly Williams writes that water movement varies around the world. The Pacific Ocean has quite a self-contained cycle, with little water movement towards land while The Atlantic and Indian oceans see more water cycling onto land. The majority of water in Europe...

One aspect of being a green business is being aware how much carbon and other greenhouse gases the business emits into the atmosphere. We have all heard the terms global warming, climate change and greenhouse gas but as they are often used interchangeably, it can be difficult to understand exactly what these terms mean. However understanding these terms is important before taking action to reduce emissions from the business. Here is a brief guide to the most common terms: Global Warming: The phrase global warming refers to an overall warming of the planet based on the average temperature over the entire surface. Global warming has both natural and manmade causes with the main manmade cause being...

Climate change or poverty- what according to you is a more grave issue? Experts believe that one issue cannot be dealt without addressing the other. While climate change has a direct impact on the poor, poverty in turn poses hindrance in combating the effects of climate change. Deforestation and flooding is causing maximum damage to the people in developing nations. It is also affecting the capacity of low income groups to deal with shortage of food and water. Since the beginning of the century, global temperature has increased by .74 degree Celsius due to the greenhouse gas emission across the world. Climate experts are predicting a further increase of 2 degrees in the temperature if the emission...

The issue of climate change in the world is widely recognized as one of the major challenges for mankind in the 21st century. This is not only because it may ultimately affect many areas of our environment, nature and human activity, but also because its mitigation may have far reaching consequences for almost all sectors of the economy where energy conversation takes place. Climate change is happening and it can’t be stopped, but certain measures can be taken in order to slow it down. These measures must be at an acceptable level in order to significantly decrease the negative impacts. According to the newest EU SDS “Sustainable Development Strategy” calculations, the EU will save at least 20...

There certainly has been a lot in the newspaper and on TV about global warming. In fact, there has been more information on global warming than there ever was on Y2K, which if you'll recall was to be the calamity of all calamities caused by mankind. There were almost as many articles on Y2K in the media as during the Cold War; you remember that of course we were all supposed to die by nuclear holocaust during an exchange of nuclear weapons with Russia. Perhaps it is time that we get the facts straight about global warming. The global warming alarmist will have you believe that the Earth is heating up and yet what you might not realize is that the world set a global cool weather record in 2007. In...

An alarm is being raised about global warming causing dramatic rises in the temperature of ocean waters. Scientists are studying warming waters all over the globe to determine the extent of this rise in temperatures. The consequences of global warming are far-reaching. One of the most devastating effects of global warming is an impact on tropical storms. Hurricanes that would have been category 3 storms in years past are now category 4 or above because they are energized when they pick up warmer-than-normal ocean water. There has been a significant increase in these higher intensity storms over the last 35 years. In 2005, the Atlantic was bombarded with 27 tropical storms powerful enough to...

Global warming is causing not only health hazards, but it has many adverse economic and social consequences also. Native people living in high-altitude regions are already facing the ill effects of global warming. The future climate changes will have diverse effects on human lives. Africa may be the most exposed continent. Similarly, developing countries are more in danger than developed countries, because the developed countries have sufficient means to fight any disaster. Some regions like Arctic nations and small islands will be adversely affected if the temperature raises 1-2 degree Celsius, while above 2-3 degree Celsius warming would affect the most of the world. The net economic influences of...

For a long time it has been believed that the effects of global warming on agriculture and food supply is going to be a positive one. This is because the rising level of carbon-dioxide resulted for global warming will help the greeneries for photosynthesis. Thus there will be a rise of agricultural production and food supply. The theorem received a boost after the evidence of a sharp rise of barley production as one of the effects of global warming in Iceland which was quite impossible even few years ago. But more recent experiments and researches have revealed that the effects of global warming on agriculture and food supply are not that good after all. AN UNEP 2001 report on the global warming has...

What happened in New Mexico in 1993 is good enough for anyone to understand how deeply we are affected due to global warming. In the spring of the same year, many people died of an unknown disease that attacked on respiratory system of individuals. As per statistics, 413 people lost their lives in 1993 due to outbreak of an unknown virus. Later on scientists discovered that it was a result of a virus named Hantavirus. Hantavirus was a result of six consecutive droughts and heavy rains in New Mexico. A sudden climate change in the climate of New Mexico facilitated this virus spread easily throughout the country. Scientists now believe that 1993 epidemic can be considered as instigation of...

Global Warming Theory by definition is not merely the theory that the Earth is slowly warming and that we are experiencing climate change, rather it is the theory that mankind's emissions, specifically CO2 is what's causing the planet to heat up. Most of the media, and a good number of scientists would like you to believe that global warming theory has been proven, and "has been decided," as one French newspaper put it right before a major meeting of world climate leaders and scientists. This simply is not the case. A good number of people, including about 30 to 40% of the scientists out there, believe that the Earth goes through cycles, where it is very hot, and when it is very cold as an Ice Age...

Global warming is affecting the whole world very badly. But some countries are at higher risk from climate changes. According to the Stern report, Australia is among the most-risked countries, as the emission of greenhouse gases is very high in Australia and it is one of the main exporters of coal, the burning of which emits Carbon Dioxide. Besides, Australia has a very big agriculture area and long coastline, due to which it bears the brunt of climate change and global warming. It has large dry and semi-dry regions, highly exposed to changes in temperature, rainfall and corrosion. Australia's ecology is very receptive to any change in the climate and assault by unfamiliar animals and plant species...

The big debate over climate change hinges around the question of how much is mankind contributing to the perceived warming of the atmosphere around our pale blue dot? And if we are causing a shift in global warming then what should or can we do about it now? We know the Earth has ice ages and warming periods and it goes thru cycles; controlling of such events or minimizing one set of events might shallow out a major pendulum swing, which if gone unchecked could place hardship on human civilizations with 10-30 Billion people on the planet in a few decades. Consider if you will the potential eventuality of crop failures, lack of water, severe weather, natural disasters, etc. Knowing the most you can...

I am a mother of very young children here in the Philippines. The people in this third world country are more busy with making an income to survive a given day than with engaging in other social concerns. The Philippines as a nation has not been very keen on supporting the climate change problem. In my province, climate change forums come far in between. Solid Waste Management is a peripheral program here. The logging industry is very much alive while enrichment planting schemes are questionable. If this attitude goes on unchecked, then I am afraid that the the environment that our children and their children will inherit from us will no longer be fit for human survival. If the result of my...

Earth Hour 2010 The largest public demonstration for action on climate change will take place as lights are symbolically turned off for one hour. One billion citizens of the world joined in 2009 and this year won't be any less than massive. Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE...

Climate change can be defined as a change in climate variables, especially temperature and rainfall that occur gradually in a long period of time between 50 to 100 years. Besides it should be understood that the changes caused by human activity (anthropogenic), especially those related to fossil fuel consumption and over-land. So the changes caused by natural factors, such as additional aerosols from volcanic eruptions, are not accounted for in terms of climate change. So the natural phenomena that lead to extreme climatic conditions such as cyclones can occur in a year (inter-annual) and El-Nino and La Nina, which can happen in ten years (inter-decade) can not be classified into global climate...

"When talking about climate change, we are not talking about something which is a future threat. We are not talking about something which may or may not happen in 50 years time, or 20 years time. We are talking about something which is happening now in terms of the effects of climate change on peoples' lives now..." John Holmes, the United Nations undersecretary-general for humanitarian affairs and disaster relief told WorldNetDaily, (Dec.17 2009). So while the politicians, activists and scientists continue the debate over carbon emissions and climate change, one issue which receives the least amount of public attention is the impact of global warming on health. Experts now believe climate change...

A trip to the beach during the summer requires the use of proper suntan lotion to prevent a very bad sunburn. In fact, a hot summer day makes us often retreat from the sun into the cover of nearby shade. However, a cold winter day will often make us long for the warmth of the sun's direct rays. When we plan each day, it is around the sun. The sun determines our scheduled activities in the daylight and during the dark of each night. The changing seasons are a function of the number of hours of sunlight. So, if the sun is such a factor in our lives each day, why do we not even consider the sun as a catalyst for future global climate change? The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change...

The newly released report by the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is frightening. International policy makers must pay heed to its findings and act now to prevent untold disaster. The debate is over-climate change is happening and will get worse if our nation's leaders do not act now. Time is not on our side as we are currently experiencing massive economic and social impacts of a changing global climate. These impacts will only get worse if we continue to put off the inevitable changes we must all support. Money must be diverted now by governments to address global warming. Laws must be passed now if we are to avoid massive loss of life and population displacement. How many...

Over the last hundred years or so, many significant changes in the climate have been recorded, which shows a trend of rising global mean temperature, i. e. global warming, rising sea levels, Arctic shrinkage, Arctic methane release, emission of global carbon from permafrost areas, and Arctic methane release in coastal residues. Global warming is dangerous for our environment and our lives also. Global average temperature is expected to rise over this century, resulting in unpredictable extreme weather changes. Some of the substantial effects of climate change are irretrievable at continental and global scales. It is estimated that the sea level will rise 18 to 59 cm (7.1 to 23.2 inches) by the end...

Global cooling is now imminent, is unstoppable, will be severe and the media have put a complete blackout on the waning Sun. The cause if this cooling! The Earth's climate will continue to cool during the next 20 years and enter a new Little Ice Age! Unfortunately preparing for global cooling and its consequences is something that the world is not doing, instead because of the current delusional state of climatology science which has been distorted by an eco-fundamentalistic and political agenda the world is now preparing for global warming and is fighting the perceived menace from increasing levels of greenhouse gases. I find it scary that nobody is discussing the coming cooling except for a few...

Issues on climate change will be with us for a long time. The literature involved in the protection of our planet, its people and businesses cannot be exhausted. But emphasis on the emergencies of energy and climate change as they impact our physical and ecological systems, should inform contemporary conversations. To create a save our planet default-especially in day to day living, notes in policies and implementations for a cleaner earth should move quickly from the intergovernmental diplomatic table, into the minds of the global population. Since our trip from Bella Centre, Copenhagen, our national and continental policy positioning are expected to be holistic. As much as we trust Copenhagen...