Carbon dioxide emissions are not just warming up our atmosphere, they're also changing the chemistry of our oceans. This phenomenon is known as ocean acidification, or sometimes as global warming's "evil twin" or the "osteoporosis of the sea."
Twitter / BMWGuggLab: Fri, Jun 29 - Climate Medi
Fri, Jun 29 - Climate Media Factory kicks off "Tell Your City," 4-part lecture series on #climatechange in #cities: http://ow.ly/bRNjV
The oceans are being bleached of life by climate change...
Bob Watson, chief scientific adviser at the UK Department of Food, Environment and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), told SciDev.Net that the cost of providing advisors would be "peanuts" compared to the magnitude of the decisions facing the UN.
There would inevitably be "some level of politics" in appointing regional representatives, Watson added.
But he said that he was "very optimistic" that it would be possible to put together a panel that would be "truly scientifically independent", warning that "otherwise it has no credibility".
perhaps voters in Oklahoma are tired of crony capitalism
How Canada has changed since the 1992 Rio summit | Planet3.0
Our current government has determined that resource exploitation is more important – for Canada – than addressing climate change.
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment