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Climate & Environment: News and Multi Media Resource Links Many of these links are time sensitive and may only be active for a few days after posting |
DATE |
ENVIROMENTAL NEWS & ACTIVITIES |
COMMENTS |
| 9/20/2011 | The Times Atlas of the World exaggerated the rate of Greenland's ice loss, in its thirteenth edition last week, scientists said on Monday. | |
| 9/19/2011 | Shifting patterns of rainfall, likely associated with climate change, have shortened the rainy season in Mali to no more than three months. |
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| 9/16/2011 | Vilma de Silva has been a farmer for 31 years but is discovering she still has plenty to learn as climate change brings increasingly erratic weather. | |
| 9/15/2011 | The Khor al-Beidah lagoon is a pristine tidal flat teeming with endangered birds, sea turtles and manatee-like dugong |
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| 9/13/2011 | Arctic sea ice has melted to a level not recorded since satellite observations started in 1972 – and almost certainly not experienced for at least 8,000 years, say polar scientists. |
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| 9/12/2011 | first entire ecosystem to be destroyed by human activity, says top UN scientist, Very nice poster style graphic here. |
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| 9/8/2011 | Climate Communication / conference recording NSA Report climate 2011 |
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| 9/1/2011 | Petermann Ice shelf other links/ NY times link; / Byrd Polar Research Center link | |
| 8/31/2011 | Atlantic tropical storms and hurricanes with “more destructive potential” have been linked to climate change as far back as the 1970s, |
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| 8/30/2011 | The Great Whale Conservancy. Multiple breaches caught on film. | |
| 8/29/2011 | 1,711-mile pipeline that would carry heavy oil from oil sands in Canada across the Great Plains to terminals in Oklahoma and the Gulf Coast. |
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| 2/18/2011 | A simple, free, activity for anyone to participate in. Perfect classroom activity. Compare notes, compile group observations. | |
| 1/23/2011 | Links to a couple of nice multi-media sites |
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| 10/18/2010 | The ecological status of the North Atlantic environment based on observations from the Continuous Plankton Recorder survey. |
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| 9/21/2010 | This year’s extreme heat is putting the world’s coral reefs under such severe stress that scientists fear widespread die-offs | |
| 5/10/2010 | Jeremy Jackson, Ritter Professor of Oceanography, Director of the Center for Marine Bio diversity and Conservation at the Scripps Institution Oceanography, lays out state of the ocean today: over fished, overheated, polluted, | |
| 5/7/2010 | Caroline Casey hosts: Dune Lankard, Atabaskan Eyak from Copper River Delta in Alaska, conservation economies derived from long-term unresolved impacts of Exxon Valdez disaster. Followed by Darryl Hannah, actress-environmental advocate, David Blume, reverent fuel advocate author "Alcohol Can Be a Gas" | |
| 5/7/2010 | The list of potential threats runs from temporary, runny noses & headaches, to long-term such as cancer if contaminated seafood ends up in the marketplace. | |
| 5/6/2010 | There have been 38 sea turtle standings reported from Alabama through the Louisiana delta since April 30. Not necessarily connected to the oil spill. | |
| 5/6/2010 | Energy Information Administration (EIA), an independent federal statistics and analysis agency. They reported that the US achieved a record setting seven percent decline in CO2 emissions in 2009. | |
| 5/5/2010 | Interactive map showing daily spread of the spill. | |
| 5/5/2010 | “BP is a London-based oil company with one of the worst safety records of any oil company operating in America,” says Public Citizen. |
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| “The entire oil industry, will continue to use its vast wealth – unequaled by any global industry – to escape regulation, restriction, oversight and enforcement,” Antonia Juhasz, author of The Tyranny of Oil. | ||
| 4/20/2010 | (OR&R) protects coastal and marine resources, mitigates threats, reduces harm, and restores ecological function. The Office provides comprehensive solutions to environmental hazards caused by oil, chemicals, and marine debris. |
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| April 20, 2010, first press release on incident. | ||
NOAA's Office of Response & Restoration's daily information and action on spill. |
Latest updates on scope of cleanup efforts and environmental impacts. | |
| Example of the Exxon Valdez; the environmental damages and recovery over time. Includes great visuals and multi-media materials. | ||
| 4/1/2010 | Video report on reactions of environmental groups to the announcement ending the drilling moratorium, Amy Goodman and Jaun Gonzalez. | |
| 3/29/2010 | This report focuses on the impact of an El Nino on marine mammals. Thank You Oceans has periodic reports on ocean issues. Video and audio media. Some good links. | |
| 3/28/2010 | Through April 2, 2010, you can download a copy of this free interactive edition of National Geographic Magazine. Has extra photo galleries, rollover graphics that animate maps and time lines. | |
| 3/26/2010 | World Meteorological Organization, news release today "2000-2009, The Warmest Decade": | |
| 3/25/2010 | Demonstrates the threat of sea level rise due to global warming. The catastrophe in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina is another indicator in this trend. | |
| 12/31/09 | This report serves as an interim evaluation of the evolving science midway through an IPCC cycle - IPCC AR5 is not due for completion until 2013. | |
| 12/27/09 | A discussing of geoengineering as a component of climate control. "there's an urgent need for global governance of geoengineering" "any nation .... even an individual .... could start to interfere with the climate." |
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| 12/24/09 | Time Magazine: Climate Change: How Fast Is the Earth Shifting? |
Discussion of velocity of climate change, or more specifically, the speed of Earth's shifting climatic zones. Largely based on "Nature Magazine" article 12/22/09. |
| 12/23/09 | The threat to primates from global warming. | |
| 12/22/09 | James Hansen on Why He’s Pleased the Copenhagen Summit Failed, "Cap & Fade" | |
| 12/17/09 | “A Naked Form Of Blackmail”: Naomi Klein On Secretary of State Clinton’s $100 Billion Climate Aid Fund For Developing Countries |
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| 12/16/09 | The threat of Fish Oil supplements to oceans | |
| 12/16/09 | Fine animation reviewing the concept on "Cap and Trade" of Carbon | |
| 12/15/2009 | Key Copenhagen policy on forest | |
| 12/16/09 | Dr. Robert Callum, argues that the oceans are dying. Download MP3 |
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| 12/14/2009 | Excellent, visually engaging short piece. (4 min.) | |
| 12/14/2009 | News on the Copenhagen Conference | |
| 12/14/2009 | Streaming audio visual reports. | |