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  1. We know aerosols-tiny particles in the air-are important 4 climate change. New 12 yr satellite dataset will shed light. http://bit.ly/WPEjZ
  2. @Trailriderdan Oh, & ur right, you would never use a single evt 2 deduce climate change. You look 4 patterns of events and long-term trends.
  3. @Trailriderdan Here's some reading: http://bit.ly/3gBqsU http://bit.ly/4jQWHo http://bit.ly/4iECwq http://bit.ly/280a7Z.
  4. @Trailriderdan Who is we? US Climate Change Science Prgm, IPCC, National Ctr 4 Atmospheric Research say climate change->more extreme weather
  5. Sea level rise is not uniform. Levels nr W Australia rising 2x faster than elsewhere. 80% of Australians live nr coast. http://bit.ly/11L5Bb
  6. New footage from Oxfam shows cyclone Aila devastating Bangladesh in May this year. Climate change->more extreme weather http://bit.ly/2AE353
  7. Glacier loss on Mt Kilimanjaro continues unabated, may be gone in 20 yrs. <85% of 1912 ice left. http://bit.ly/3YRAki http://bit.ly/1OdyqK
  8. @TreeHugger @Michael_GR NASA turns 2 unmanned warplanes into environmental scouts! Will measure atmospheric gases. http://su.pr/2bcjCN.
  9. @quartz_amethyst Unfortunately action not forthcoming@ this point (no new climate treaty). Lots of good rhetoric, thought. No hard action.
  10. Global climate deal "6-12 months away". No legal treaty to come from Copenhagen. UN's run out of time; US won't commit. http://bit.ly/3iPi8j
  11. First Maldives cabinet meetings underwater. Now Nepal cabinet meetngs on Mount Everest! Politicians will meet@ Everest base camp..what next?
  12. @quartz_amethyst And also suggests that 500-600M people are currently at risk from displacement by climate change.
  13. @quartz_amethyst Darned 140 char limit! ;) No, I wasnt saying 10% of population=150M people. Report suggests 150M could be displaced by 2050
  14. Woah. 10% of world's population could be displaced by climate change, 150M people could be climate refugees by 2050. http://bit.ly/23cQbB
  15. Geoengineering in action! Beijing's 1st snow of the season artificially induced by seeding clouds. Aim 2 combat drought http://bit.ly/1GIXzN
  16. "Amend the Montreal Protocol!" Designed 2 protect ozone layer from CFCs, treaty mustn't ignore hydrofluorocarbons(HFCs) http://bit.ly/4pxL1T
  17. Same old squabbles surrounding climate deal, this time @EU summit. Who will pay? Poor nations want rich ones 2 cough up http://bit.ly/1GwTQw
  18. NASA's greenest building to date! Just opened at the Jet Propulsion Lab. http://bit.ly/1nNDCs Boasts "living" roof, smart heating & cooling.
  19. Do green jobs create greener people? A new NYT article suggests that maybe they do. http://bit.ly/3CQHTG
  20. 350 species threatened by global warming...Check out some cute 'n cuddly ones here http://bit.ly/3E8Tun; by region here http://bit.ly/luYuX