http://www.jennifermarohasy.com/blog/ Your Politics and Environment Blog with Paul, Jen & Neil. 2008-05-16T18:54:14+10:00 http://www.jennifermarohasy.com/blog/archives/003069.html In the blue corner we have Roger Pielke Jr (Prometheus) and Lucia Liljegren (The Blackboard). In the red corner we have James Annan (James' Empty Blog) and Gavin Schmidt (RealClimate). Interestingly, all four of the contenders accept the the IPCC... Climate (Part 3 from March 2008) Paul 2008-05-16T18:54:14+10:00 http://www.jennifermarohasy.com/blog/archives/003068.html Between a quarter and a third of the world's wildlife has been lost since 1970, according to data compiled by the Zoological Society of London. Populations of land-based species fell by 25%, marine by 28% and freshwater by 29%, it... Biodiversity, Animals (Part 2) Paul 2008-05-16T17:25:19+10:00 http://www.jennifermarohasy.com/blog/archives/003065.html Quenching forest fires leads to more carbon in the air, says new research carried out in Californian forests. The discovery suggests that forests spared from fire may release more of the greenhouse gas into the air than they absorb. Decades... Climate (Part 3 from March 2008) Paul 2008-05-15T16:34:30+10:00 http://www.jennifermarohasy.com/blog/archives/003062.html In a NASA media release entitled ‘Electric Hurricanes’ it was suggested that because Emily, Rita and Katrina were all exceptionally powerful hurricanes, their sheer violence somehow explains their lightning. But in the same media release, Richard Blakeslee, from the Global... Clouds jennifer 2008-05-15T10:33:53+10:00 http://www.jennifermarohasy.com/blog/archives/003061.html “Carbon Monitoring for Action (CARMA) is a massive database containing information on the carbon emissions of over 50,000 power plants and 4,000 power companies worldwide. Power generation accounts for 40% of all carbon emissions in the United States and about... Energy jennifer 2008-05-15T09:59:18+10:00 http://www.jennifermarohasy.com/blog/archives/003060.html WASHINGTON, DC – Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, today expressed disappointment with the U.S. Department of Interior's final decision to list the polar bear as “threatened” under the Endangered Species Act. “Unfortunately,... Biodiversity, Animals (Part 2) Paul 2008-05-15T06:38:09+10:00 http://www.jennifermarohasy.com/blog/archives/003059.html A letter that was recently published in the UK Daily Mail about the work of Raymond H Wheeler prompted me to find out more: Professor Raymond H. Wheeler (University of Kansas) compiled 20 centuries of historical records, and concluded from... Climate (Part 3 from March 2008) Paul 2008-05-15T01:33:50+10:00 http://www.jennifermarohasy.com/blog/archives/003058.html I guess I was about 12 years old (1970) when I made a crude drawing of my design for an electric car. At school we had been told that oil was running out and I had been bought a new... Energy Paul 2008-05-14T21:54:39+10:00 http://www.jennifermarohasy.com/blog/archives/003056.html As a result of the recent budget, the Rudd government will be spending $2.3 billion over five years to "tackle climate change by reducing emissions, adapting to change and helping Australia play a leadership role." An Australian climate realist recently... Climate (Part 3 from March 2008) Paul 2008-05-14T21:27:41+10:00 http://www.jennifermarohasy.com/blog/archives/003055.html The Amazon rainforest, so crucial to the Earth's climate system, is coming under threat from cleaner air say prominent UK and Brazilian climate scientists in the journal Nature. Science Daily: Amazon Under Threat From Cleaner Air Report: CO2 from deforestation... Climate (Part 3 from March 2008) Paul 2008-05-14T20:34:09+10:00 http://www.jennifermarohasy.com/blog/archives/003053.html The ANZ bank recently released it Forest and Biodiversity Policy as part of its corporate responsibility on the environment. The bank developed the policy over the last few years in consultation with its customers and stakeholders. The policy demands that... Forestry jennifer 2008-05-14T17:30:01+10:00 http://www.jennifermarohasy.com/blog/archives/003050.html The Honourable Wayne Swan MP, Treasurer of the Commonwealth of Australia, delivered the first budget for the new Labor government tonight. The listed major new iniatives in the environmental area include: $14 million for the 'National Urban Water and Desalination... Funding jennifer 2008-05-13T21:59:56+10:00 http://www.jennifermarohasy.com/blog/archives/003047.html "The boom of thunder and crackle of lightning generally mean one thing: a storm is coming. Curiously, though, the biggest storms of all, hurricanes, are notoriously lacking in lightning. Hurricanes blow, they rain, they flood, but seldom do they crackle,"... Climate (Part 3 from March 2008) jennifer 2008-05-12T22:19:20+10:00 http://www.jennifermarohasy.com/blog/archives/003046.html The new issue of The Electronic Journal of Sustainable Development is online at www.ejsd.org. In this issue, "Sustaining the Seas": Measuring the biological sustainability of marine fisheries: property rights, politics, and science: Michael de Alessi shows that there is currently... Other jennifer 2008-05-12T20:59:53+10:00 http://www.jennifermarohasy.com/blog/archives/003045.html Temperatures in the Arctic are rising far faster than in other parts of the world. Climate models produced by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which are tuned to reproduce the human-made greenhouse effect, predict the region should have... Climate (Part 3 from March 2008) Paul 2008-05-12T17:15:04+10:00