A new report shows that overall ocean productivity decreases when the climate warms. Global warming is devastating the foundations of the Earth’s marine food chain [more | more2] throughout huge swaths of tropical and sub-tropical seas. Microscopic plants known as phytoplankton [search] respond to (more…)

A new study by the German Aerospace Center, commissioned by Greenpeace and Europe’s Renewable Energy Council, contends that half of the energy needs in 2050 [more] could be met by renewable energy and energy efficiency gains. It is estimated that alternative energy sources including wind and solar c (more…)

A new study finds old-growth forest store and continue to remove far more carbon than previously thought [more] making their preservation (strict protection with no industrial management) a higher priority in carbon trading, tackling global warming and forest conservation. The conventional scientifi (more…)

I have written in my Earth Meanders personal essays at length regarding environmental issues associated with biofuels [search]. Exponentially growing conventional energy demands can not met by harvesting biomass which is not in surplus. The benefits of corn based ethanol are marginal given energy ne (more…)

Ecological Internet’s new “My.EcoEarth.Info” environmental campaign social networking site and advanced search capabilities give local conservation efforts the global edge for victory at http://my.ecoearth.info/By Ecological Internet, Inc.http://www.ecoearth.info/ & http://www.ecologicalinternet.org (more…)

Climate change caused extinction has commenced in earnest, yet another indication of the urgency of implementing rigorous policy now. A review of hundreds of scientific studies has concluded that “animal and plant species have begun dying off or changing sooner than predicted because of global warmi (more…)

It is difficult to imagine a scenario in which the Earth’s climate is stabilized in an inhabitable condition that does not include a substantial global carbon tax [search] as a major component. From a strictly economic viewpoint, Sir Nicholas Stern - who recently published a British government repor (more…)

Arctic ice is disintegrating at an amazing rate, an indicator of how quickly global heating is occurring, and with grave consequences for the Arctic’s absorption of heat, and the survival of polar bears [search] and humanity. One of Canada’s six ancient Arctic ice shelves has cracked off [more] nort (more…)

Last week Ecological Internet (EI) launched a new environment social network entitled “My.EcoEarth.Info”. This site is the latest addition to EI’s leading climate environmental portals - Climate Ark and EcoEarth.Info - and the new social networking capabilities are going to be an important element i (more…)

What sort of leader allows the government they head to purposefully squelch science that indicates global ecological crises including global heating are major issues that are accelerating? Look no further than the Toxic Texan who we always knew was fudging the climate science to suit the oil oligarc (more…)