News Roundup
‘The world’s glaciers lost 260 gigatons of water each year between 2003 and 2009, making these rivers of ice responsible for almost a third of sea-level rise in that time, new research finds.’
via Melting Glaciers Cause One-Third of Sea-Level Rise – Yahoo! News.
Fun video of Cal Bears mascot Oski visiting David Weir Elementary. Oski dances and prances through the packed auditorium, inspiring the children to start preparing for their college educations early… very very early. Not even remotely on the climate change topic, but hopefully these hundreds of happy screaming kids can be a reminder why the long term perspective is important.
The children join in the Cal Bears chant: “Go Bears!”
Second grade student Darcy De La Cruz-Tamayo receives the
student of the month award and is “college bound”.
‘(Reuters) – With a barrage of legal briefs, a coalition of business groups and Republican-leaning states are taking their fight against Obama administration climate change regulations to the U.S. Supreme Court.’
via Analysis: Obama climate agenda faces Supreme Court reckoning | Reuters.
‘The North Pole’s surprise trip toward Greenland is due to Earth’s rapidly melting ice sheets, a new study finds.’
‘The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) revised its May 9 reading at the Mauna Loa observatory in Hawaii, saying it remained fractions of a point below the level of 400 ppm, at 399.89.’
via Carbon dioxide in atmosphere did not break 400 ppm at Hawaii site – latimes.com.
‘The study’s authors looked at 50,000 common species. They found that more than half the plants and about a third of the animals could lose about 50% of their range by 2080 if the world continues its current course of rising greenhouse gas emissions.’
via Common plants, animals threatened by climate change, study says – latimes.com.
‘WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The amount of climate-warming carbon dioxide in the atmosphere topped 400 parts per million at a key observing station in Hawaii for the first time since measurement began in 1958, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said on Friday.’
via Carbon dioxide level crosses milestone at Hawaii site – Yahoo! News Canada.
‘WASHINGTON (AP) — Worldwide levels of the chief greenhouse gas that causes global warming have hit a milestone, reaching an amount never before encountered by humans, federal scientists said Friday.’
via Greenhouse gas milestone; CO2 levels set record – Yahoo! Weather.
‘In 2009, President Obama pledged to reduce America’s greenhouse gas emissions by 17 percent from 2005 levels by 2020. Thanks to several factors, the country is halfway there. On Monday, Mr. Obama announced the appointment of two seasoned officials who could fulfill that pledge — but only if the president himself helps them navigate the formidable political obstacles ahead.’
‘Yesterday, for the first time in human history, concentrations of carbon dioxide, the primary global warming pollutant, hit 400 parts per million in our planet’s atmosphere. This number is a reminder that for the last 150 years — and especially over the last several decades — we have been recklessly polluting the protective sheath of atmosphere that surrounds the Earth and protects the conditions that have fostered the flourishing of our civilization.’