global warming | Green Icebergs - a look at the world from a different perspective

Climate threat from permafrost melt.

• Saturday, 11 July, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Climate Change, Green Issues, Politics
Tags: carbon emissions, global warming, greenhouse gases, permafrost melting

Arctic sea ice decline – experience and science.

• Monday, 4 August, 2008 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Climate Change, Green Issues
Tags: Arctic, Declining sea ice, global warming, National Snow and Ice Data Center, the feedback affect on sea ice

Wilkins ice shelf winter collapse – a troubling sign of rapid global warming say scientists.

• Saturday, 12 July, 2008 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Climate Change, Green Issues, News, Politics, Science, World Economics
Tags: climate change skeptics, European Space Agency, global warming, News, ocean warming, Wilkins ice shelf collapse

US finally agrees to cut emissions at G8 summit – not much conviction but its a start!

• Wednesday, 9 July, 2008 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Climate Change, Green Issues, News, Politics, Social Policy, World Economics
Tags: Climate Change, emissions trading scheme, G8 summit, global warming, News, Pennsylvania Climate Change Act, renewable energy, target for emissions reduction

Antarctic glacier moves with a fast slip like an earthquake, but at a glacial pace.

• Thursday, 5 June, 2008 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Climate Change, Green Issues, News
Tags: Antaractica, Climate Change, earthquake, global warming, Seismicc waves fro Antarctic ice stream, stick-slip phenomenom

Polar Bear “protection” will not stop drilling for oil in Arctic waters.

• Thursday, 15 May, 2008 • 1 Comment

Posted in Climate Change, Green Issues, Politics, World Economics
Tags: global warming, greenhouse gases, listing as Endangered Species, loss of habitat, Marine Mammal Protection Act, oil and gas exploration, oil companies, polar bear, sea ice decline

Global warming to impact species in the tropics more acutely.

• Tuesday, 13 May, 2008 • 1 Comment

Posted in Climate Change, Green Issues
Tags: ecosystems, global warming, insects threatening forests, temperature tolerance, tropical species, warmer spring temperatures

Oil price surges to new high – you may have circuses but no bread!

• Thursday, 17 April, 2008 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Climate Change, Politics, Social Policy, Uncategorized, World Economics
Tags: Crude oil price rises, dependence on the motor car, global economy, global warming, increasing world hunger, mindless consumption of scarce resources, pollution, rising commodity prices

Climate change will force us to confront our thinking on management of Wildlife Conservation Reserves.

• Tuesday, 8 April, 2008 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Climate Change, Green Issues, Politics, Social Policy
Tags: adaptation, conservation, environment, global warming, habitat, National Reserve System, species biodiversity, species loss

In the face of a changing planet, can we change?

• Sunday, 6 April, 2008 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Climate Change, Green Issues, Politics, Social Policy, World Economics
Tags: Antarctic, Arctic, biofuels, fertiliser prices, fossil fuels, global warming, grain prices, melting glaciers, rising sea level