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/2011/12/13/arctic-methane-emergency/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=arctic-methane-emergency http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2011/12/13/arctic-methane-emergency/#comments Wed, 14 Dec 2011 01:46:27 +0000 Dorothy http://westcoastclimateequity.org/?p=7943 Heightening the fear of rapid and severe climate change, continuous, powerful and impressive methane plumes, more than 1,000 metres in diameter, have been found beneath the Arctic seabed off the East Siberian Arctic Shelf of northern Russia.

]]> http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2011/12/13/arctic-methane-emergency/feed/ 1 http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2011/11/09/world-headed-for-irreversible-climate-change-in-five-years/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=world-headed-for-irreversible-climate-change-in-five-years http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2011/11/09/world-headed-for-irreversible-climate-change-in-five-years/#comments Wed, 09 Nov 2011 22:10:48 +0000 Greenfyre http://westcoastclimateequity.org/?p=7451 "... it will become impossible to hold global warming to safe levels, and the last chance of combating dangerous climate change will be "lost for ever",

]]> http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2011/11/09/world-headed-for-irreversible-climate-change-in-five-years/feed/ 3 http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/08/13/james-hansen-what-global-warming-looks-like/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=james-hansen-what-global-warming-looks-like http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/08/13/james-hansen-what-global-warming-looks-like/#comments Fri, 13 Aug 2010 23:56:25 +0000 Dorothy http://westcoastclimateequity.org/?p=6497 Global warming on decadal time scales is continuing without letup, leading to the conclusion that there has been no reduction in the global warming trend of 15-0.20°C/decade that began in the late 1970s.

]]> http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/08/13/james-hansen-what-global-warming-looks-like/feed/ 0 http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/08/01/dark-commentary-by-gwynne-dyer-on-failure-of-us-to-act-on-climate-change-legislation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dark-commentary-by-gwynne-dyer-on-failure-of-us-to-act-on-climate-change-legislation http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/08/01/dark-commentary-by-gwynne-dyer-on-failure-of-us-to-act-on-climate-change-legislation/#comments Mon, 02 Aug 2010 01:08:26 +0000 Dorothy http://westcoastclimateequity.org/?p=6398 On the most optimistic timetable, there might be US climate legislation in 2013, and a global climate deal in 2014, and we really start reducing emissions by 2015. By then, we would need to be cutting emissions by 5 or 6 percent a year, instead of growing them at 3 percent a year, if we still want to come in under +2 degrees C.

]]> http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/08/01/dark-commentary-by-gwynne-dyer-on-failure-of-us-to-act-on-climate-change-legislation/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/2010/07/17/climate-data-shows-june-2010-to-be-earth%e2%80%99s-hottest-month-on-record/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=climate-data-shows-june-2010-to-be-earth%25e2%2580%2599s-hottest-month-on-record http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/07/17/climate-data-shows-june-2010-to-be-earth%e2%80%99s-hottest-month-on-record/#comments Sat, 17 Jul 2010 15:08:21 +0000 Dorothy http://westcoastclimateequity.org/?p=6299 Last month was the hottest June recorded worldwide, figures show. US government climate data suggests 2010 on course to be warmest year since records began

]]> http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/07/17/climate-data-shows-june-2010-to-be-earth%e2%80%99s-hottest-month-on-record/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/2010/07/07/present-targets-for-co2-emission-cuts-will-not-prevent-a-4c-global-temperature-rise/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=present-targets-for-co2-emission-cuts-will-not-prevent-a-4c-global-temperature-rise http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/07/07/present-targets-for-co2-emission-cuts-will-not-prevent-a-4c-global-temperature-rise/#comments Wed, 07 Jul 2010 22:18:13 +0000 Dorothy http://westcoastclimateequity.org/?p=6234 The world is heading for an average temperature rise of nearly 4C (7F), according to analysis of national pledges from around the globe. Such a rise would bring a high risk of major extinctions, threats to food supplies and the near-total collapse of the huge Greenland ice sheet.

]]> http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/07/07/present-targets-for-co2-emission-cuts-will-not-prevent-a-4c-global-temperature-rise/feed/ 0 http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/07/07/paper-from-pnas-expert-credibility-in-climate-change/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=paper-from-pnas-expert-credibility-in-climate-change http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/07/07/paper-from-pnas-expert-credibility-in-climate-change/#comments Wed, 07 Jul 2010 18:31:29 +0000 Dorothy http://westcoastclimateequity.org/?p=6215 97–98% of the climate researchers most actively publishing in the field surveyed in this report support the tenets of ACC outlined by Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and the relative climate expertise and scientific prominence of the researchers unconvinced of ACC are substantially below that of the convinced researchers.

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