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Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Sea Level rising 60% faster than IPCC projections

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Sea Level is rising 60% faster than IPCC projections according to a new climate change related study comparing the actual rise in CO2 concen...

Chasing Ice: James Balog sounding the alarm on Glacier retreat and global warming

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A new documentary film on extreme ice loss from glaciers - one of the impacts of global warming - is doing the rounds. Chasing Ice docume...

Australia's largest proposed wind farm on King Island to supply electricity to Victoria

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Hydro Tasmania unveiled plans last night to a public meeting on King Island in Bass Strait for Australia's largest proposed wind farm - ...
Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Climate meltdown: Global Warming heading towards 6 degrees C warns World Bank

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Last night I sat down and skimmed through the 106pp report prepared by the prestiguous Postdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) f...
Monday, November 19, 2012

Study: Winds driving Record Antarctic Sea ice growth, global sea ice extent still declining

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While the Arctic sea-ice has experienced a dramatic reduction, Antarctic sea ice continues to increase in extent hitting a new record in O...
Sunday, November 18, 2012

Climate change connection between Global temperatures, ice volume and sea level

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There is a rapid response connection between polar temperature changes, ice volume and sea leavel according to a new method of dating of se...
Friday, November 16, 2012

Climate change implications of new study on methane emissions in coal seam gas field

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Coal seam gas has been touted as a green transitional fuel, far less polluting than coal, but a new study implies it may not be as green or...
Monday, November 12, 2012

Origin Energy under scrutiny over anti-renewables stance

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Origin Energy, Australia's largest energy retailer, came under intense scrutiny today from shareholders at the Annual General Meeting i...
Sunday, November 11, 2012

Indian monsoon more likely to fail as global warming accelerates - Climate tipping point

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A new predictive study for future monsoon failure in India says that full season failure will become much more likely in the next two hundr...
Friday, November 9, 2012

Australia commits to Kyoto 2 climate change treaty

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Australia's Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, Greg Combet, today announced that Australia is ready to join a second co...