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Climate change has been good - so far - but its getting worse 9 May 2011 | 08:53 pm
So says Richard Tol in this new research paper that uses the FUND3.6 model to examine the impact of climate change in the 20th century. So what is the punchline - overall climate change has been good...
Mass extinction coming soon? 24 Apr 2011 | 07:25 am
The possibility of a new mass extinction (the sixth) is always good for a weekend post. Easter bunnies anyone? Putting an estimation on the arrival at between 300 and 22,000 years gives us little bre...
Unexpected consequences - illegal logging in Russia 22 Apr 2011 | 10:26 am
The ban on logging in certain areas of China in 1997 following damaging floods has led to a massive increase in illegal logging in Russia. The break up of the Soviet Union only exacerbated the problem...
Humanities and climate change 18 Apr 2011 | 10:35 pm
From the inbox: Humanties Professors at Stanford look at climate change under the banner of "human experience". Humanities Scholars Shed New Light on the Past, Present, and Future of Environmental C...
The Hatwell paper " new direction for climate policy after the crash of 2009" 14 Apr 2011 | 11:38 pm
An interesting paper that I should have blogged on a long time ago: The Hartwell paper "new direction for climate policy after the crash of 2009" From wikipedia: The Hartwell Paper calls for a reor...
Recycling: "It could be you or could it?" 12 Apr 2011 | 11:49 pm
This simple video is strangely emotionally powerful or I am just going soft in my old age? .
Krugman on climate change, the press and the republicans 6 Apr 2011 | 08:56 am
Hot on the heels of my first post of today Paul Krugman joins in. His main point and something hinted at in the previous posting is exactly this: "Where do they find these people". More to the poin...
The 25th Anniversary of the Chernobyl Accident 5 Apr 2011 | 10:26 pm
Given the events unfolding in Japan I have seen a large number of statistics being thrown around many of which explain the excellent safety record of nuclear often in light of the Chernobyl accident. ...
Communicating Climate Change 5 Apr 2011 | 10:21 pm
Climate sceptics remain "sceptical". The "significant" chance of "catastrophic environmental, social and economic consequences" during the next 100 years barely registers on the public's list of conce...
300 Years of FOSSIL FUELS in 300 Seconds 19 Mar 2011 | 10:18 pm
A nicely put together left handed artists summary of 300 years of fossil fuel (from the inbox). An award winning youtube video no less .
