Thursday 9 July 2009

G8 agree 80% CO2 emission cuts

The G8 Countries have agreed to cut carbon dioxide emissions by 80% by 2050 and for India and China to cut their emissions by 50% in an effort to keep temperatures from rising above 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial, a figure which may cause dangerous climate change.... is it too late though..?

96 months to save the planet

According to the UK's Prince Charles we only have 96 months left to save the planet from economic and environmental collapse.....

Thursday 2 July 2009

Amazon Rainforest threat

The Amazon could lose as much as 40% of it's rainforest if tempratures increase to 2degrees above pre-industrial.... temperature has already increased by .74 degrees Celsius over the last 100 years....

Permafrost Problem

Scientists have doubled their estimates of the amount of carbon dioxide trapped within the permafrost which will escape as warming causes the permafrost in Northern latitudes to melt....