Sunday, October 17, 2010

If The Present Refuses To Get Warmer – The Past Must Become Cooler | Real Science
In the 1950s, they subtracted about 2.2 degrees from the thermometer readings. Starting in the late 1960s, they subtracted 1.2 degrees from the thermometers, and in recent years they have subtracted between 0 and 0.5 degrees from the thermometer readings.
Tiny Green Bubble • Energy Giants Love Republican Global Warming Deniers
Given that the vast majority of the global science community believes there is plenty of hard evidence to conclude that human activity is contributing to global warming, we often find our eye brows raised when politicians decide to argue that conclusion.
BBC News - UN Japan forum 'key time' to solve global nature crisis
The Intergovernmental science-policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) is due to be signed off during the current UN General Assembly session in New York.

Many experts believe it is necessary if scientific evidence on the importance of biodiversity loss is to be transmitted effectively to governments, in the same way that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) assembles evidence that governments can use when deciding whether to tackle climate change.

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