I saw this link on a friend's FB and figured I'd pass it along. Very Illuminating.
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/jamesdelingpole/100017393/climategate-the-final-nail-in-the-coffin-of-anthropogenic-global-warming/
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Preschool Education Group
We went to a preschool here on campus and read the students a story about global warming and its affects on animals. We then did an arts and crafts project where the children painted the world and we then talked about what we can do to change the world for the better (i.e recycle, walk more, tell a friends, turn off lights, save water, plant a tree, pick up trash). The children also discussed how each of them had painted their world differently and therefore had the power to make an individual difference.
I was shocked at how much the four year olds knew about global warming and pollution. They were thoroughly concerned about the animals and the effects that a warmer earth would have on the ice caps and the animals that live there. Several of the children were asked "should the earth be very hot, very cold, or in between?" Everyone of them answered that the Earth should be in the midle of hot and cold so that the plants can grow, the animals can live, and people are comfortable. The were very intuitive on what we can do to repair the damage we have done to the climate. Each one of them were able to discuss different techniques that they used in their own homes to create a "greener" and more sustainable future.
I was very pleased with the children in the class and their eagerness to adress the problem of climate change. I fell that targeting this younger population is key to solving the problem or at least an important first step in the right direction to bringing about awareness and making a change for the better.
I was shocked at how much the four year olds knew about global warming and pollution. They were thoroughly concerned about the animals and the effects that a warmer earth would have on the ice caps and the animals that live there. Several of the children were asked "should the earth be very hot, very cold, or in between?" Everyone of them answered that the Earth should be in the midle of hot and cold so that the plants can grow, the animals can live, and people are comfortable. The were very intuitive on what we can do to repair the damage we have done to the climate. Each one of them were able to discuss different techniques that they used in their own homes to create a "greener" and more sustainable future.
I was very pleased with the children in the class and their eagerness to adress the problem of climate change. I fell that targeting this younger population is key to solving the problem or at least an important first step in the right direction to bringing about awareness and making a change for the better.
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Comment on Enormous Jellyfish Post
Hi, everyone.
Wow this was incredible. I looked at the image of the jellyfish next to the diver for about 5 minuts. I thought the image was fake, these creatures are truly incredible. I couldn't help thinking about several incidents that occured many years back when radiation technology first came out. Back then even film makers began to make hollywood thrilers on gigantic ants, I wouldn't be suprised if scientists were to find a correlation between technological advancements and the size of these incredible organisms. Great Post !
Wow this was incredible. I looked at the image of the jellyfish next to the diver for about 5 minuts. I thought the image was fake, these creatures are truly incredible. I couldn't help thinking about several incidents that occured many years back when radiation technology first came out. Back then even film makers began to make hollywood thrilers on gigantic ants, I wouldn't be suprised if scientists were to find a correlation between technological advancements and the size of these incredible organisms. Great Post !
The Forum on Religion and Ecology at Yale
Hey guys! I know we said no more new posts, but I wanted to share some information that is relevant to my project. Dr. Hartley shared this website with me that covers how many religious groups are getting involved in climate change initiatives. It contains statements from many groups, including the religions of Buddhism, Christianity, Cunfucianism, Judaism, Hinduism, and more.
"The world’s religious traditions must play major roles in enabling societies and individuals to take effective and ethical actions to address the causes and impacts of climate change...The analysis indicates significant religiously-based involvement and influence on ethical aspects of climate change and points to great potential for the role of religion in future solutions."
-"Roles of religion and ethics in addressing in climate change" Paula J. Posas
http://fore.research.yale.edu/climate-change/statements-from-world-religions/
"The world’s religious traditions must play major roles in enabling societies and individuals to take effective and ethical actions to address the causes and impacts of climate change...The analysis indicates significant religiously-based involvement and influence on ethical aspects of climate change and points to great potential for the role of religion in future solutions."
-"Roles of religion and ethics in addressing in climate change" Paula J. Posas
http://fore.research.yale.edu/climate-change/statements-from-world-religions/
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Changes to blog
Hey guys! Thanks for all the amazing posts and keeping us all updated on your project. As of now we will no longer be making NEW posts, but you will still be required to COMMENT on other posts. There are many posts available to do this! Please let me know if you have any questions.
Keep up the great work!
Keep up the great work!
U.S. and China on Carbon
Groups Press U.S. and China on Carbon
By EDWARD WONG
Published: November 3, 2009
BEIJING — Three prominent American research organizations that are pushing for greater cooperation between the Obama administration and China on the issue of climate change say the two governments should make a priority of supporting the use of carbon capture technology and the creation of a market for carbon.
The organizations, the Asia Society, the Center for American Progress and the Natural Resources Defense Council, or N.R.D.C., are putting out two separate reports this month that urge the two governments to put more money into projects in China that can better develop the technology of carbon capture and sequestration, commonly called C.C.S. The process captures carbon dioxide emissions from industrial and power plants before they enter the atmosphere and stores them underground, usually in geological formations.
President Obama is scheduled to make his first trip to China this month. He and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton have said cooperation on climate change is a new top priority in United States-China relations. But the two countries have yet to take concrete steps together on any proposals. Some environmental advocates who have been following the talks say they are growing increasingly pessimistic about the chances of serious cooperation.
Advocates also say that any hope of a meaningful result emerging from the international climate change summit meeting to take place in December in Copenhagen might depend on whether the United States and China first demonstrate that they can reach agreements among themselves.
Orville Schell, a China scholar who helped organize the writing of the Asia Society report that is co-produced with the Center for American Progress, said in an e-mail message that the report “is written to help the Obama administration have some concrete cooperative project that they can bring to Beijing.”
The three organizations stress in their reports that developing C.C.S. technology is critical to alleviating climate change because the United States and China, the two largest greenhouse gas emitters in the world, rely heavily on coal for their energy needs. Those countries are unlikely to move away from this reliance on coal and other fossil fuels anytime soon.
“Both countries will continue to depend on burning large amounts of coal for the foreseeable future, and thus, if this technology can be proven at sufficient levels of scale and safety, the deployment of C.C.S. technologies is an essential element in any effort to stabilize global greenhouse gas emissions,” the Asia Society and Center for American Progress report says. The report is scheduled to be released Wednesday.
A summary of the N.R.D.C. report, to be released this month, lists several carbon capture projects that have been started by state-owned enterprises in China, but says “more substantial funding from both the Chinese government and international sources is critical in order to deploy and improve C.C.S. technologies and thus reduce the costs involved.”
I found this article online from the New York Times. I think that it is a great idea for the two countries with the largest amount of GHG emissions to come together and brainstorm on ways to better our environment and the issues of climate change. What worries me, however, is that many organizations are pushing for new carbon capture and sequestration technology. I do agree that the government should look into providing more money towards this cause, but I think there should be much more research and tests performed on this idea especially because such a huge project (carbon capture and sequestration) could have a potentially negative result in the end, while people are focused on a temporarily positive outcome at first.
By EDWARD WONG
Published: November 3, 2009
BEIJING — Three prominent American research organizations that are pushing for greater cooperation between the Obama administration and China on the issue of climate change say the two governments should make a priority of supporting the use of carbon capture technology and the creation of a market for carbon.
The organizations, the Asia Society, the Center for American Progress and the Natural Resources Defense Council, or N.R.D.C., are putting out two separate reports this month that urge the two governments to put more money into projects in China that can better develop the technology of carbon capture and sequestration, commonly called C.C.S. The process captures carbon dioxide emissions from industrial and power plants before they enter the atmosphere and stores them underground, usually in geological formations.
President Obama is scheduled to make his first trip to China this month. He and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton have said cooperation on climate change is a new top priority in United States-China relations. But the two countries have yet to take concrete steps together on any proposals. Some environmental advocates who have been following the talks say they are growing increasingly pessimistic about the chances of serious cooperation.
Advocates also say that any hope of a meaningful result emerging from the international climate change summit meeting to take place in December in Copenhagen might depend on whether the United States and China first demonstrate that they can reach agreements among themselves.
Orville Schell, a China scholar who helped organize the writing of the Asia Society report that is co-produced with the Center for American Progress, said in an e-mail message that the report “is written to help the Obama administration have some concrete cooperative project that they can bring to Beijing.”
The three organizations stress in their reports that developing C.C.S. technology is critical to alleviating climate change because the United States and China, the two largest greenhouse gas emitters in the world, rely heavily on coal for their energy needs. Those countries are unlikely to move away from this reliance on coal and other fossil fuels anytime soon.
“Both countries will continue to depend on burning large amounts of coal for the foreseeable future, and thus, if this technology can be proven at sufficient levels of scale and safety, the deployment of C.C.S. technologies is an essential element in any effort to stabilize global greenhouse gas emissions,” the Asia Society and Center for American Progress report says. The report is scheduled to be released Wednesday.
A summary of the N.R.D.C. report, to be released this month, lists several carbon capture projects that have been started by state-owned enterprises in China, but says “more substantial funding from both the Chinese government and international sources is critical in order to deploy and improve C.C.S. technologies and thus reduce the costs involved.”
I found this article online from the New York Times. I think that it is a great idea for the two countries with the largest amount of GHG emissions to come together and brainstorm on ways to better our environment and the issues of climate change. What worries me, however, is that many organizations are pushing for new carbon capture and sequestration technology. I do agree that the government should look into providing more money towards this cause, but I think there should be much more research and tests performed on this idea especially because such a huge project (carbon capture and sequestration) could have a potentially negative result in the end, while people are focused on a temporarily positive outcome at first.
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Enormous Jellyfish Sink Japanese Fishing Boat - Science News | Science & Technology | Technology News - FOXNews.com
Enormous Jellyfish Sink Japanese Fishing Boat - Science News Science & Technology Technology News - FOXNews.com
The article made an interesting correlation with the population boom and move of these giant jellyfish to climate change. Check it out.
The article made an interesting correlation with the population boom and move of these giant jellyfish to climate change. Check it out.
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