The report is called “Cool Farming: Climate impacts of agriculture and mitigation potential” It’s from Greenpeace International. We have with us one of the authors, Dr. Pete Smith from the School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen. Dr. Smith was also a lead …
Sir David King warns we are headed toward a hot-state planet, not seen since 55 million years ago (when life huddled on Antarctica). The only way out, he says, is a binding international agreement by 2009. Even so, we only have a window …
[In Blogger, to hear the show, click the title above.] When we purchase carbon offsets, or companies claim to be “carbon neutral” – are we kidding ourselves? In the first of a two-part radio series, we look at one of the best-known “green” …
[Click on the title above to hear the 9 minute podcast] America is the largest single cause of climate change. So says one of the government’s top scientists, James Hansen of NASA in a hard-hitting speech given February 20th in New York. The …
Click the title above to hear my 12 minute summary on global drying news. Don’t get me wrong. The science says that a warmer world will hold more water vapor in the atmosphere. And water vapor is also a potent greenhouse gas itself! …
Click the title above to hear an 11 minute interview with Dr. Andrew Weaver, lead author of the “future predictions” section of the IPCC report released in February in Paris. We discuss the role of scientists, and the reliability of the future predictions …