What you can do about climate change
A wonderful video animation and public service announcement from the Monterey Bay Aquarium about climate change, our changing ocean, and some quick things you can do about it. Read More
Is it hot in here, or just me?
If you have been feeling like this summer has been hotter-than-the-dickens, then you are right. July was the second hottest on record, and 2010 is on path to become the hottest year... Read More
Visualizing Climate Change at the Ventura Boardwalk
Do You Know How Climate Change and Sea Level Rise Will Impact YOU? A SLAP stick on the Boardwalk As a surfer, I often think about how my local surf spots—as well as the world’s... Read More
Planes, Volcanoes, and Climate
Too often we forget that humanity is fundamentally at the whim of nature. Someone must have angered Vulcan, because the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajokull ground Europe to a halt last... Read More
Weekly gRound-Up: 3/7/2010
Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn Designated Superfund Status For over a hundred years, the Gowanus Canal was used as a dumping ground for a host of refining and manufacturing companies. It... Read More
What We Know About Climate Change
What do we know about Climate Change? A lot, actually. Have a look at this great video from Peter Sinclair of Greenman Studios: For myself and countless other individuals, the science... Read More
Weekly gRound-up: 2/28/2010
A Massive Earthquake Rocks Chile – Why the Discrepancy in Damage and Death? The 8.8 magnitude earthquake that struck Chile yesterday was 501 times as powerful as the earthquake... Read More
Water Security and Conflict on a Changing Planet
Water on my mind (Photo: Scott MacKenzie) As the rains fall here in Northern California, and snowstorms pound the Northeast of the United States, water is on my mind. It is a topic... Read More
Obama Explains Basic Climate Science
Stay smart America, science is good for you! While we try and avoid overly political content, this brief summary of the distinction between regional weather and global climate trends... Read More
Weekly gRound-Up: 2/21/2010
World’s Largest Corporations Caused $2.2 Trillion in Environmental Damages, UN Report Finds A new UN report shows that if the environmental degradation caused by the world’s... Read More
UNFCCC Climate Chief Resigns
Yvo de Boer, the Dutch diplomat who has guided international climate change negotiations over the last four years, announced that he would be resigning from his post effective July... Read More
NOAA Launches New Climate Portal in the Face of Rising Climate Distrust
Climate science and climate scientists have been steadily losing the public’s trust over the past few months. First came the “climategate” scandal involving the release... Read More
Recap of Obama’s State of the Union Address: Environment and Energy Roundup
President Obama discussing clean energy during the state of the union. Source: whitehouse.gov Going into his first State of the Union address to Congress, I was curious to see if Obama... Read More
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