Image of the Day: Monkeying Around in a Cool Bath
Monkeys enjoy a cool bath near Bangkok, Thailand where temperatures, according the The Guardian, are warmer than the hottest average temperatures seen in the past 30 years. … Read More
Image of the Day: Here Comes the Sun…and Energy
The Gujarat Solar Park takes up 3,000 acres of desert in India, which makes it the largest solar farm in the world. The solar park will hopefully push India in the right direction and wean it from its coal reliance, which accounts for 55 percent of the country’s energy. Gujarat also has budgeted $400 million to develop renewable energy with plans t… Read More
Image of the Day: It’s Not Easy Being Green in the U.K.
The asparagus season is short-lived; starting around May 1 and ending at the end of June. Since asparagus is very climate sensitive, with a warm spring, the greens could hit the shelves even earlier. But that wasn’t the case. While temps were high in March, April was much cooler and the recent rains have also worked on cooling the soil temperatures… Read More
Heartland Institute Jumps the Shark
Tough stuff, but you’ve got to love the reasoning, which Heartland explains on its website. “…what these murderers and madmen have said differs very little from what spokespersons for the United Nations, journalists for the “mainstream” media, and liberal politicians say about global warming.”… Read More
Image of the Day: Koalas Listed as Threatened Species
According to The Guardian, koala populations were hunted to near extinction for their fur in parts of Australia. But another problem is the koalas limited supply of eucalyptus, which gets cleared for urban development and the remaining eucalyptus’ nutritional value has be tainted by increased CO2 in the atmosphere, which led the IUCN to list the ko… Read More
Image of the Day: Wind Farm Study Stirs Up False Claims
A study published this week in the journal Nature Climate Change found that large wind farms can raise local nighttime temperatures a bit by mixing the surface air with air higher up. This led to many reports that wind farms can cause climate change, according to the Knight Science Journalism Tracker. … Read More
Image of the Day: Indonesian Oil Palm Plantations
In some recent years, Indonesia has ranked third after the U.S. and China as the largest emitter of greenhouse gases, largely because the country has been draining and burning its peatlands to make way for large-scale palm oil plantations. … Read More
Image of the Day: Islands Monitored for Climate Change
Scientists have selected about 30 islands in the Mediterranean, including Port-Cros National Park in France, as biodiversity hotspots and locations for climate change monitoring work. France's Coastal Conservation Agency is behind the project that calls for monitoring the islands for between five to 20 years.… Read More
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