What can you do?

Its Climate Week in the UK and this is your opportunity to demonstrate what you are doing and what you can do to combat climate change.

For more details click this link to the Cliamte Week web page.

UN Conference on Climate Change

The UN's conference on climate change begins today in Cancun, Mexico - follow it's findings on the official website.

You wouldn't thinks so!?

Despite the snow at the start of the year and the current cold snap, 2010 is set to be the warmest year (or second warmest) on record. NASA have recorded it as the warmest on record and the UK Met Office have it as the second warmest in their data set.

For more details click this link.

Or read about it on the Guardian website.

Carbon Emissions fall - but its not all good news

In 2009 carbon emissions fell but not as much as had been predicted and there are concerns that the recent rapid upward trend will continue.

To find out more read the article at the BBC.

Sun theory may not be accurate

The sun's influence on modern day climate change may have been overestimated.

Scientists have found unexpected patterns in solar output in the years 2004-2007 which challenge existing theory.

For more details read this BBC link.

Earth Day

What can you do to be part of the global green economy?
For more details click this link.

Paying to keep the Rainforests

A UN-backed scheme to reduce carbon emissions from the burning of forests could be one of the big winners of the Copenhagen climate summit, with the possibility of a big injection of funds. The BBC's Paulo Cabral has been to the Amazon to visit one of the most advanced pilot projects.A UN-backed scheme to reduce carbon emissions from the burning of forests could be one of the big winners of the Copenhagen climate summit, with the possibility of a big injection of funds. The BBC's Paulo Cabral has been to the Amazon to visit one of the most advanced pilot projects.

Read the full report on this link.

Copenhagen Summit 2009

The UN's top climate official has given an upbeat assessment on the prospects of a global deal at a climate summit which opens in Copenhagen tomorrow.

Read more about the summit and other climate change information on this link.

Or go to the official Summit Website by clicking here.

6C Warmer?

Average global temperatures are on course to rise by up to 6C without urgent action to curb CO2 emissions, the lead author of a new analysis says.
Emissions rose by 29% between 2000 and 2008, says the Global Carbon Project.
All of that growth came in developing countries, but a quarter of it came through production of goods for consumption in industrialised nations.

Read more by clicking this link to the BBC.

Or go to the home page of the Global Carbon Project.

Happy thoughts for half term - Not!

A map designed to show the predicted effects of a 4C rise in global average temperature has been unveiled by the UK government.
It shows a selection of the impacts of climate change on human activity.

Read more on this link.

Has the worm turned?

The global recession and a range of government policies are likely to bring the biggest annual fall in the world's carbon dioxide emissions in 40 years.

For more information click this link to the BBC.

Alternatively, go direct to the International Energy Agency website.

Green Britain Day

Tomorrow is Green Briatin Day!
Everyone's eyes will be on London in 2012. It’s our one chance to show that Britain is leading the world in the race against climate change. Whether you are an eco-beginner or an eco-warrior, we’re here to support each other in one goal: coming together as a team to make Britain greener.
Go to the home page by clicking this link and see how you can get involved.

A couple of things to keep you busy.

One in six homes in England is at risk of flooding, says the Environment Agency, and climate change will raise that number without better protection. Read more by clicking this link.

The UK needs to plan now for a future that will be hotter and bring greater extremes of flood and drought, says Environment Secretary Hilary Benn. Read more by clicking this link.

What you've missed this week

Internal exams are over - hoorah! - and you have a week of rest and recuperation - so what have you missed this week whilst revising?

Britain's largest wind farm was switched on - hear more at this link or fly over it by clicking this link.

The oldest and largest trees within California's world famous Yosemite National Park are disappearing - find out why by clicking this link.

Britain's beaches are getting dirtier - so look at the Marine Conservation Society web page to check out the quality of the beach you plan to go to.

Other than these it's been quite quiet!

Have a good half term.

Coral calamity

The world's most important coral region is in danger of being wiped out by the end of this century unless fast action is taken, says a new report.
The international conservation group WWF warns that 40% of reefs in the Coral Triangle have already been lost.
The area is shared between Indonesia and five other South East Asian nations and is thought to contain 75% of the world's coral species.

Read more on the BBC website

Health and Climate

Climate change is "the biggest global health threat of the 21st Century", according to a leading medical journal.
The Lancet, together with University College London researchers, has published a report outlining how public health services will need to adapt.

To read their findings click this link to the Lancet

We're doomed, all doomed!!!

The collapse of a major polar ice sheet will not raise global sea levels as much as previous projections suggest, a team of scientists has calculated.
Writing in Science, the researchers said that the demise of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) would result in a sea level rise of 3.3m (10 ft).
Previous estimates had forecast a rise in the region of five to six metres.
However, they added, the rise would still pose a serious threat to major coastal cities, such as New York.

For more information click this link to the BBC or check out the article in Science.

Oh I do like to be beside the sea-side!

As fears grow of a metre sea level rise by the end of the century, the Environment Agency has told Sky News Online it is impossible to defend all of Britain's coastline.

For more detail click this link.

Or go to the home page of the Environment Agency by clicking here.

How to survive the coming century

ALLIGATORS basking off the English coast; a vast Brazilian desert; the mythical lost cities of Saigon, New Orleans, Venice and Mumbai; and 90 per cent of humanity vanished. Welcome to the world warmed by 4 °C.

Keep up with the latest thinking about global warming; do not just think geographical journals why not check out the New Scientist. This issue has an interactive map to allow you to browse the globe and speculate on the impact on different countries.

Antarctica joins the rest of the World?

Its been all over the news today - The Antarctic Continent is showing the effects of Global Warming. For more details click this link.

So what? I hear you cry - This is significant because until recently scientist had not observed any effects of Global Warming on this continent other than on the Antarctic Peninsula and about 90% of the Earth's Ice is located in Antarctica- swimming!

It is also a significant find as today saw the end of the International Polar Year - for more details on this click this link.