http://westcoastclimateequity.org Climate science and climate change information - West Coast Climate Equity is dedicated to providing facts about the causes of climate change and the evidence for global warming. We report the latest climate science news, information, research and studies to educate about the true impact of dangerous climate change on our world. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:35:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/09/15/pakistan-and-the-politics-of-weather/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pakistan-and-the-politics-of-weather http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/09/15/pakistan-and-the-politics-of-weather/#comments Wed, 15 Sep 2010 16:46:20 +0000 Dorothy http://westcoastclimateequity.org/?p=6565 Pakistan and other under-aided countries under the stress of environmental calamities can breed widespread problems that are also expensive and threatening to the international community. The alternative to humanitarian aid is closed borders and rising military spending, strategies that make the world less safe, less wealthy and less humane.

]]> http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/09/15/pakistan-and-the-politics-of-weather/feed/ 0 http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/08/16/as-global-temperature-rises-so-do-food-prices/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=as-global-temperature-rises-so-do-food-prices http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/08/16/as-global-temperature-rises-so-do-food-prices/#comments Mon, 16 Aug 2010 19:14:18 +0000 Dorothy http://westcoastclimateequity.org/?p=6513 As concerns mount over extreme weather hitting global food systems this year, governments are no closer to forging a pact to fight climate change. The effects of extreme weather on crops are only beginning to be understood. For decades scientists studied the effect of global warming on crops by simply raising temperatures and carbon dioxide levels in greenhouses. They did not take into account the effects of floods and droughts, or reduced yields that result from higher temperatures.

]]> http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/08/16/as-global-temperature-rises-so-do-food-prices/feed/ 1 http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/08/09/dramatic-depletion-of-world-food-production-linked-to-wildfires/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dramatic-depletion-of-world-food-production-linked-to-wildfires http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/08/09/dramatic-depletion-of-world-food-production-linked-to-wildfires/#comments Mon, 09 Aug 2010 17:40:35 +0000 Dorothy http://westcoastclimateequity.org/?p=6444 World climate events these past days have been so extreme and have caused so much destruction and loss of life, you might think you're sitting through a bad disaster movie. But as tragic as the terrible flooding in Pakistan, China and Eastern Europe has been, the heat and wildfires in Russia will have a very serious long-term effect, that of drastically increasing atmospheric CO2 and Methane concentrations and thereby increasing the risk of drought and wildfires in many parts of the world. Another long-term effect will be that of severely depleting world grain supply, already at a low level. Gwynne Dyer explains the implications of this in his disturbing article for Straight.com, "Gwynne Dyer: Russian response to wildfires gives an early glimpse of climate change impact."

]]> http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/08/09/dramatic-depletion-of-world-food-production-linked-to-wildfires/feed/ 1 http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/08/08/russia-burning-the-view-from-above-and-at-ground-level/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=russia-burning-the-view-from-above-and-at-ground-level http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/08/08/russia-burning-the-view-from-above-and-at-ground-level/#comments Sun, 08 Aug 2010 21:55:52 +0000 Dorothy http://westcoastclimateequity.org/?p=6456 Note from Dorothy: As of today – Sunday, August 8 – there are 554 fires burning in Russia, in 190,000 hectares. On Friday, the air temperature in Moscow reached 37.3 C, beating the previous 1920 record by nearly 2 C. According to BBC World News, carbon monoxide was at six times the danger level. There [...]

]]> http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/08/08/russia-burning-the-view-from-above-and-at-ground-level/feed/ 0 http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/08/02/merchants-of-doubt-misuse-science-to-mislead-the-public/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=merchants-of-doubt-misuse-science-to-mislead-the-public http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/08/02/merchants-of-doubt-misuse-science-to-mislead-the-public/#comments Mon, 02 Aug 2010 18:54:29 +0000 Dorothy http://westcoastclimateequity.org/?p=6407 A dark ideology is driving those who deny climate change People who claim that climate science is a conspiracy or the work of charlatans are talking rubbish by Robin McKie The Observer, August 1, 2010 Cross-posted from BC-SEA News Life can be hard in Moscow. The Russian capital is sweltering in temperatures that reached a [...]

]]> http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/08/02/merchants-of-doubt-misuse-science-to-mislead-the-public/feed/ 0 http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/07/28/future-high-temperature-rise-could-cause-up-to-6-7-million-mexicans-to-migrate/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=future-high-temperature-rise-could-cause-up-to-6-7-million-mexicans-to-migrate http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/07/28/future-high-temperature-rise-could-cause-up-to-6-7-million-mexicans-to-migrate/#comments Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:04:05 +0000 Dorothy http://westcoastclimateequity.org/?p=6366 Note from Dorothy: Many have long been aware of what the heating of our planet will mean for Mexico as it gets hotter and dryer. The study below, however, shows the direct linkages between crop failure and degrees Celsius of warming. The people of Mexico, who have done the least to cause dangerous climate change, [...]

]]> http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/07/28/future-high-temperature-rise-could-cause-up-to-6-7-million-mexicans-to-migrate/feed/ 0 http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/07/09/more-dark-global-warming-news-on-a-hot-friday/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=more-dark-global-warming-news-on-a-hot-friday http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/07/09/more-dark-global-warming-news-on-a-hot-friday/#comments Fri, 09 Jul 2010 21:13:35 +0000 Dorothy http://westcoastclimateequity.org/?p=6273 Two articles: "Ten Nations at ‘Extreme Risk’ Because of Water Shortages, Report Says" and "Heat Waves to Intensify Across U.S. in Next 30 Years, Study Says"

]]> http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/07/09/more-dark-global-warming-news-on-a-hot-friday/feed/ 0 http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/07/09/gwynne-dyer-speaks-about-climate-wars-on-democracy-now/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=gwynne-dyer-speaks-about-climate-wars-on-democracy-now http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/07/09/gwynne-dyer-speaks-about-climate-wars-on-democracy-now/#comments Fri, 09 Jul 2010 18:18:06 +0000 Dorothy http://westcoastclimateequity.org/?p=6251 A new book by geopolitical analyst and columnist Gwynne Dyer imagines what the politics and demographics of the world might look like if temperatures continue to rise. Dyer writes 'In this world our worries are not just hotter summers, bigger hurricanes, rising sea levels, and polar bears swimming for their lives. We're trying to avoid megadeaths from mass starvation and quite possibly from nuclear wars and the odds aren’t good," he writes.The June 1, 2010 edition of his book is called "Climate Wars: The Fight for Survival as the World Overheats."

]]> http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/07/09/gwynne-dyer-speaks-about-climate-wars-on-democracy-now/feed/ 0 http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/01/07/cleaning-up-the-excess-co2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cleaning-up-the-excess-co2 http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/01/07/cleaning-up-the-excess-co2/#comments Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:43:11 +0000 Dorothy http://westcoastclimateequity.org/?p=4191 The other way to reduce the air’s excess CO2 is to unbalance the carbon cycle, typically by preventing some of the CO2 captured by photosynthesis from going back into the air when cells decompose. One has to stash dead biomass where the air can’t get to it. While sealed landfills help, it is only the ocean depths that would appear to have the capacity to draw down all of the CO2 that we have added since 1750.

]]> http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/01/07/cleaning-up-the-excess-co2/feed/ 2 http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/01/06/global-climatic-disruption-becoming-more-evident/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=global-climatic-disruption-becoming-more-evident http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/01/06/global-climatic-disruption-becoming-more-evident/#comments Wed, 06 Jan 2010 21:21:18 +0000 Dorothy http://westcoastclimateequity.org/?p=4179 It's easy for people in Russia, England and on the eastern coast of the US, with the severe winter conditions they're experiencing, to forget that on other parts of our Planet are feeling the heat of dangerous climate change. What we should remember is that what we're witnessing is not so much "Global Warming," or even "Climate Change," but "Global Climatic Disruption," the term coined by President Obama's chief science advisor John Holdren.

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