Here is a great podcast recorded at the Sydney Institute – well worth a listen. Ian Dunlop, formerly a senior oil, gas and coal industry executive and now chair of Safe Climate Australia debates climate change with Ray Evans, former engineering academic and now Secretary of the Lavoiser Group.
With the advent of overfishing of the worlds oceans and climate change, jellyfish are slowly beginning to dominate oceanic ‘deadzones’ (see the ‘never-ending jellyfish joyride‘ for more details). Now, researchers are coming around to the idea that in such high numbers, jellyfish might just be able to stir up the oceans in a [...]
Sensational headline by The Guardian newspaper? The Obama administration has unclassified over a thousand images of Arctic sea ice to aid scientists in the study of global warming and the impacts of climate change. The images are striking – see this comparison in Alaska between 2006 – 2007. The release of such [...]
Australian ABC Radio National show “Future Tense” features a pretty interesting discussion of the Safe Climate Australia goal to restructure Australia’s economy by transitioning away from fossil fuels. Some great insight by Ove and Professor John Wiseman amongst others – click below to listen to the audio.
[audio:http://www.climateshifts.org/media/SCA.mp3]
Al Gore: Safe [...]
Researchers from SCRIPPS Oceanographic Institute have published an important article in the journal PLoS ONE, detailing research that confirms what has suspected for some time – that local stressors reduce the resilience of corals to bleaching events.
Jessica Carilli and colleagues set out to test the hypothesis that chronic [...]
This week has been a great week for odd, random news stories – see below for a roundup of the best (including why the “killer squid” might not be so killer after all)
1. Fish shrinking due to global warming
2. Researchers Use Salmon DNA To Make LED Lightbulbs
3.Mike the sea lion dies of heart failure after marathon mating session at German zoo
4. Discarded chicken parts may provide an abundant source of biodiesel fuel, scientists say
5. “Huge blob of Arctic goo floats past Slope communities”
6. ” Researcher Sheds Light On ‘man-eating’ Squid; ‘I Was Surprised At How Timid They Were’”
Scientists from NOAA’s Coral Reef Watch Program are forecasting a significant potential for higher than normal thermal stress in the Caribbean, especially in the Lesser Antilles, through October 2009. Continued high water temperatures can lead to a high probability of significant coral bleaching and infectious coral disease outbreaks. The forecast is based on the July [...]
I read a fascinating story about noctilucent clouds on EcoWorldy blog. Apparently, certain cloud formations have been appearing where they shouldn’t be:
My boss was in France on Bastille Day last week where the big event of the night actually became the sight of these strange glowing clouds – – like
Best headline ever: “Attack of the giant squids: Terror as hundreds of 5ft long creatures of the deep invade Californian coastline” (thanks to the Daily Mail). Turns out the backstory behind this one is even more interesting: the squid at hand (the humboldt squid) have envaded the San Diego coastline en masse [...]
Click below for the video seminars from Al Gore, Ove and Ian Dunlop from the SCA launch last monday. Safe Climate Australia aims to mobilise Australia’s extensive technological, economic and political expertise and resources in planning the transition of the Australian economy to zero net carbon, the sequestering of dangerous levels of existing [...]
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