Study warns of environmental crisis

If new research by Yale scientists is any indication, it may already be too late for the environment.

An international team of 10 researchers — including Yale professors of geology and geophysics Mark Pagani and Robert Berner — determined that current levels of carbon dioxide have already surpassed the estimated cutoff level that would cause damage to the planet. The study also found that this threshold level is actually much lower than ... Full Story »

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by Dwight Rousu - Nov. 14, 2008

The article gives a good non-technical report on new research on climate change. The fix is deemed impossible by others.

We are toast.

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by Jonathan Cole - Nov. 21, 2008

This is more in the way of reporting than analysis but contains important information for the earth's inhabitants. The great upheaval is upon us. We need to be not only reversing our energy use paradigm, but also planning for survival in a flooded, burning, depleted world. Time to pull our heads out of the sand and face up to the mess we are in.

This seems appropriate to the topic: 2008 New Year Hopi Prophecy Wisdom from the Elder of the Hopi Nation as we cross the threshold into a cycle ... More »

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by Tanya J. Maurer - Nov. 15, 2008
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