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/2010/09/17/indisputable-evidence-of-world-glacial-melt/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=indisputable-evidence-of-world-glacial-melt http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/09/17/indisputable-evidence-of-world-glacial-melt/#comments Fri, 17 Sep 2010 18:36:07 +0000 Dorothy http://westcoastclimateequity.org/?p=6578 Globally glaciers losing ice at an extensive rate. See the graph showing clear and evident long term reduction in glacier volume which has accelerated rapidly since 1970s

]]> http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/09/17/indisputable-evidence-of-world-glacial-melt/feed/ 0 http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/08/11/entire-ice-mass-of-greenland-will-melt-at-two-degrees-celsius-temperature-increase/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=entire-ice-mass-of-greenland-will-melt-at-two-degrees-celsius-temperature-increase http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/08/11/entire-ice-mass-of-greenland-will-melt-at-two-degrees-celsius-temperature-increase/#comments Wed, 11 Aug 2010 19:28:59 +0000 Dorothy http://westcoastclimateequity.org/?p=6483 The entire ice mass of Greenland will disappear from the world map if temperatures rise by as little as 2C, with severe consequences for the rest of the world, a panel of scientists told Congress today.

]]> http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/08/11/entire-ice-mass-of-greenland-will-melt-at-two-degrees-celsius-temperature-increase/feed/ 5 http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/04/05/must-we-hack-our-planets-atmosphere/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=must-we-hack-our-planets-atmosphere http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/04/05/must-we-hack-our-planets-atmosphere/#comments Mon, 05 Apr 2010 20:01:00 +0000 Dorothy http://westcoastclimateequity.org/?p=5532 The failure of recent efforts to curb greenhouse-gas emissions has built some momentum toward expanding research on geoengineering options. Although everything possible must be done to shift to a sustainable and energy-efficient economy - along with changing to simple life-styles and putting a cap on the world's population - all this will not be enough to eliminate the danger of runaway climate change. Somehow, we have to find a safe way to remove the huge amount of excess carbon dioxide in our atmosphere. To analogize, diet and medicine alone won't cure our planet; surgery will also be required. Too much CO2 in our atmosphere not only contributes to global heating, sea-level rise, more severe storms and desertification; it has also caused a 30% increase in ocean acidification, and this too threatens the life of everything on Earth.

]]> http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/04/05/must-we-hack-our-planets-atmosphere/feed/ 0 http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/03/17/solar-minimum-induced-global-cooling-dont-bet-on-it/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=solar-minimum-induced-global-cooling-dont-bet-on-it http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/03/17/solar-minimum-induced-global-cooling-dont-bet-on-it/#comments Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:29:57 +0000 Dorothy http://westcoastclimateequity.org/?p=5261 Will the media continue to ignore all the extreme weather that scientists have been predicting for years would become more common as we pour more heat trapping gases into the atmosphere? Given that we’ve only warmed about a degree Fahrenheit in the past half century and much of this country projected to warm 9°F or more on our current emissions path, it’s hard to imagine the kind of extreme weather we will ultimately be seen.

]]> http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/03/17/solar-minimum-induced-global-cooling-dont-bet-on-it/feed/ 2 http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/02/13/audio-climatologist-professor-andrew-weaver-answers-questions-about-glaciergate/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=audio-climatologist-professor-andrew-weaver-answers-questions-about-glaciergate http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/02/13/audio-climatologist-professor-andrew-weaver-answers-questions-about-glaciergate/#comments Sun, 14 Feb 2010 01:44:13 +0000 Dorothy http://westcoastclimateequity.org/?p=4873 Anna Maria Tremonti hosts CBC Radio’s “The Current“. Here’s her program for Wednesday, February 10th. Dorothy’s note: Click on “Listen to Part One,” which after some teasers and commentary, leads off with Tremonti in a challenging interview with Professor Andrew Weaver of the University of Victoria, BC. She notes the erroneous IPCC prediction that by [...]

]]> http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/02/13/audio-climatologist-professor-andrew-weaver-answers-questions-about-glaciergate/feed/ 0 http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2009/12/25/a-holiday-gift-from-climate-scientist-james-hansen/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-holiday-gift-from-climate-scientist-james-hansen http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2009/12/25/a-holiday-gift-from-climate-scientist-james-hansen/#comments Fri, 25 Dec 2009 21:56:24 +0000 Dorothy http://westcoastclimateequity.org/?p=4150 For new inspiration and knowledge, we would most like to recognise James Hansen, who with the publication of his book Storms of My Grandchildren has made climate science accessible and interesting to anyone with a high school education.

]]> http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2009/12/25/a-holiday-gift-from-climate-scientist-james-hansen/feed/ 1 http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2009/11/27/the-copenhagen-diagnosis-updating-the-world-on-the-latest-climate-science/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-copenhagen-diagnosis-updating-the-world-on-the-latest-climate-science http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2009/11/27/the-copenhagen-diagnosis-updating-the-world-on-the-latest-climate-science/#comments Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:15:59 +0000 Dorothy http://westcoastclimateequity.org/?p=3987 On the eve of the Copenhagen conference, a group of scientists has issued an update on the 2007 report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Their conclusions? Ice at both poles is melting faster than predicted, the claims of recent global cooling are wrong, and world leaders must act fast if steep temperature rises are to be avoided.

]]> http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2009/11/27/the-copenhagen-diagnosis-updating-the-world-on-the-latest-climate-science/feed/ 1 http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2009/11/15/hot-cities/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hot-cities http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2009/11/15/hot-cities/#comments Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:50:21 +0000 Dorothy http://westcoastclimateequity.org/?p=3919 We highly recommend these powerful and informative videos of the documentary, Hot Cities, aired this fall on BBC World News TV. This is an excellent eight-part series about the present effects of global warming in cities around the world. If you haven't caught these segments on television, you can watch them on your computer. Each runs about 45 minutes. The effects of dangerous climate change are already happening, and people everywhere are finding ways of dealing with the changes this is causing in their lives. Witness the courage, tenacity and ingenuity of people suffering from disease, heat and lack of water, as well as high winds. You are certain to be amazed and inspired.

]]> http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2009/11/15/hot-cities/feed/ 3 http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2009/10/28/an-interactive-global-climate-change-map-to-inspire-immediate-action-on-global-warming/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=an-interactive-global-climate-change-map-to-inspire-immediate-action-on-global-warming http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2009/10/28/an-interactive-global-climate-change-map-to-inspire-immediate-action-on-global-warming/#comments Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:55:57 +0000 Dorothy http://westcoastclimateequity.org/?p=3844 A nightmare in the not-very-distant future: this new map shows the enormous temperature rises which British scientists believe the planet may be experiencing in as a little as 50 years from now if global warming remains unchecked.Released by the Government today, it illustrates a rise in global average temperature of four degrees Centigrade by 2060, and as such represents a dramatic acceleration of previous forecasts made as recently as 2007 by the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

]]> http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2009/10/28/an-interactive-global-climate-change-map-to-inspire-immediate-action-on-global-warming/feed/ 1 http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2009/10/07/talks-james-balog-time-lapse-proof-of-extreme-ice-loss/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=talks-james-balog-time-lapse-proof-of-extreme-ice-loss http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2009/10/07/talks-james-balog-time-lapse-proof-of-extreme-ice-loss/#comments Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:49:10 +0000 Dorothy http://westcoastclimateequity.org/?p=3772 Photographer James Balog shares new image sequences from the Extreme Ice Survey, a network of time-lapse cameras recording glaciers receding at an alarming rate, some of the most vivid evidence yet of climate change.

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