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/2011/12/08/stephen-schneider-science-and-distortion/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=stephen-schneider-science-and-distortion http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2011/12/08/stephen-schneider-science-and-distortion/#comments Thu, 08 Dec 2011 04:13:05 +0000 Greenfyre http://westcoastclimateequity.org/?p=7795 “A year in the making, this video pays tribute to a critical scientific and academic figure in postmodern history: the late Climatologist and Stanford Professor Stephen Schneider (1945-2010) This video was screened before a live audience by Climate One of the Commonwealth Club of California in downtown San Francisco on Dec 6, 2011 as the [...]

]]> http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2011/12/08/stephen-schneider-science-and-distortion/feed/ 0 http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2011/11/12/climate-variability-and-climate-change-the-new-climate-dice/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=climate-variability-and-climate-change-the-new-climate-dice http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2011/11/12/climate-variability-and-climate-change-the-new-climate-dice/#comments Sat, 12 Nov 2011 18:03:35 +0000 Greenfyre http://westcoastclimateequity.org/?p=7479 Two new posts from Dr James Hansen; below is the text of his email notification for the them. Was this year's Texas anomaly a product of human-made global warming?

]]> http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2011/11/12/climate-variability-and-climate-change-the-new-climate-dice/feed/ 0 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/2011/10/14/a-new-look-and-outlook-for-west-coast-climate-equity/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-new-look-and-outlook-for-west-coast-climate-equity http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2011/10/14/a-new-look-and-outlook-for-west-coast-climate-equity/#comments Fri, 14 Oct 2011 18:50:27 +0000 Dorothy http://westcoastclimateequity.org/?p=6944 Note from Dorothy: To my great disappointment, I’ll no longer be able to continue as chief administrator for our website. Last Spring I suffered a bit of spinal damage, and this has prevented me from spending the computer time required to service our blog as I would like and as our readers surely deserve. However, the [...]

]]> http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2011/10/14/a-new-look-and-outlook-for-west-coast-climate-equity/feed/ 1 http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2011/02/24/4-degrees-hotter-will-this-be-our-future-climate/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=4-degrees-hotter-will-this-be-our-future-climate http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2011/02/24/4-degrees-hotter-will-this-be-our-future-climate/#comments Thu, 24 Feb 2011 23:44:30 +0000 Dorothy http://westcoastclimateequity.org/?p=6922 It is clear that our collective survival depends on the most radical mitigation effort we can imagine. Climate change is already dangerous, it is no longer a future-tense proposition. The hour is late. James Hansen, in a new paper, says that “...goals of limiting human-made warming to 2C and CO2 to 450 ppm are prescriptions for disaster.” At just 0.8C warming so far, he says we have little or no “cushion” left to avoid dangerous climate change.

]]> http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2011/02/24/4-degrees-hotter-will-this-be-our-future-climate/feed/ 1 http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2011/02/19/runaway-permafrost-melt-imminent-will-speed-dangerous-climate-change/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=runaway-permafrost-melt-imminent-will-speed-dangerous-climate-change http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2011/02/19/runaway-permafrost-melt-imminent-will-speed-dangerous-climate-change/#comments Sat, 19 Feb 2011 17:21:32 +0000 Dorothy http://westcoastclimateequity.org/?p=6902 Thawing permafrost that took tens of thousands of years to form will melt in less than 200, with feedback that will turn the Arctic from carbon sink to source in the 2020s, and release 100 billion tons of carbon by 2100

]]> http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2011/02/19/runaway-permafrost-melt-imminent-will-speed-dangerous-climate-change/feed/ 2 http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2011/02/15/on-every-level-the-time-to-act-on-climate-change-is-now/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=on-every-level-the-time-to-act-on-climate-change-is-now http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2011/02/15/on-every-level-the-time-to-act-on-climate-change-is-now/#comments Tue, 15 Feb 2011 18:04:13 +0000 Dorothy http://westcoastclimateequity.org/?p=6871 Statement by Salt Spring Island Trustee Torgrimson on urgent need for climate action with reference to Climate Code Report 4 Degrees Hotter: an Adaptation Trap

]]> http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2011/02/15/on-every-level-the-time-to-act-on-climate-change-is-now/feed/ 2 http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2011/01/28/james-hansen-joins-with-raffi-condemns-intergenerational-climate-justice/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=james-hansen-joins-with-raffi-condemns-intergenerational-climate-justice http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2011/01/28/james-hansen-joins-with-raffi-condemns-intergenerational-climate-justice/#comments Sat, 29 Jan 2011 02:17:22 +0000 Dorothy http://westcoastclimateequity.org/?p=6817 James Hansen writes that media and governments allowed science and pseudo-science to have equal weight, "fair and balanced". Relentless repetition of minor flaws in telephone-bookthick IPCC reports created the public impression that the science may be flawed, even while observations of climate change strengthened and the urgency of action increased. He says the essence of the potential climate tragedy is its intergenerational injustice.

]]> http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2011/01/28/james-hansen-joins-with-raffi-condemns-intergenerational-climate-justice/feed/ 1 http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2011/01/27/canadian-singer-raffi-calls-for-a-stunning-paradigm-shift-to-stabilize-climate/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=canadian-singer-raffi-calls-for-a-stunning-paradigm-shift-to-stabilize-climate http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2011/01/27/canadian-singer-raffi-calls-for-a-stunning-paradigm-shift-to-stabilize-climate/#comments Thu, 27 Jan 2011 19:40:55 +0000 Dorothy http://westcoastclimateequity.org/?p=6806 Note from Dorothy: My grandchildren grew up listening to Raffi’s wonderful and unique songs – Baby Beluga, This Little Light of Mine, Morningtown Ride and my personal favourite, Douglas Mountain. Never could I have imagined then that this great Canadian musician would come to live on the same island in British Columbia as I do [...]

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