Archive for the 'Climate Change' Category

Climate change opinion shifts

Posted on 2/15/2010 at 11:56:41 AM

Climate change is the current hot topic in environmentalism and science as we all know, but it has taken a while to get to that position. For too long people simply thought nothing was down to their own actions, that it was all down to others. Now it seems that just as the idea that [...]

Coppenhagen Climate Summit to Open Today

Posted on 12/7/2009 at 9:24:11 AM

The long awaited conference on climate changes is to open today in Copenhagen. Representatives from 192 countries will be there to discuss how we can reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases that are widely excepted are responsible for rise in temperature of global climate.
The two week conference will see 15,000 delegates and 100 world leaders [...]

The Trillionth Tonne of Coal

Posted on 11/11/2009 at 4:52:50 PM

The science museum has been put in charge of a single tonne of anthracite coal.  They will keep it until the total emission of carbon dioxed released into the atmosphere reaches, in  their best estimate, a trillion tonnes.
It has been done to raise awareness of how much carbon dioxide  has been released  since the start [...]