“Zero-tolerance” laws designed to keep Europe free of unauthorised GM crops are unworkable, say farmers.
The Silent Destruction
We shall weep over the fate of Brazil’s manatee, Papua-Asia’s forests, the Galapagos’ hammerhead shark; we shall rush off to see “Oceans” and “Avatar.” But while we’re looking elsewhere, the massacre continues here.
Water vapour caused one-third of global warming in 1990s, study reveals
Experts say their research does not undermine the scientific consensus on man-made climate change, but call for ‘closer examination’ of the way computer models consider water vapour
The long-awaited Oceans movie premieres
Oceans, a new film produced by filmmaker Jacques Perrin that captures the mysterious and fascinating marine world like never before, made its big-screen debut last Wednesday in cinemas across France, Belgium and Switzerland.
Runaway CO2 rise 'could be lower'
The feedback between CO2 level and temperature may be too high, but overall temperature predictions are not affected.
Engineered maize toxicity claims roundly rebuffed
An external analysis of data claims eating GM corn could result in damage to the liver and kidneys, but this has been dismissed as unsupportable by a government agency and independent toxicologists.
S.E.C. Adds Climate Risk to Disclosure List
For the first time, the Securities and Exchange Commission ruled that companies should warn investors of global-warming risks.
RIP GDP
Economic growth and climate action is not possible explains the BBC’s Andrew Simms.
Swarm science meeting – presentations now available online
Following ESA’s Second Swarm International Science Meeting held last summer in Germany, 88 of the presentations given at the three-day meeting are now available online.
Earth Information Systems/Capacity Building – Geo-Wiki.org: Harnessing the power of volunteers, the internet and Google Earth to collect and validate global spatial information
Do you want to participate in a really big project? Geo-Wiki.org is looking for volunteers in the global Earth observation community to validate, augment and even disagree with existing spatial information and to aid in the collection of new information through the powerful resource of crowd sourcing. In recent years the ability to collect spatial information from volunteers has greatly expanded through the combination of Google Earth, geo-tagged photos and the Internet. So whether you are a confluence hunter, a geographer, or simply a Very Observant Person (VOP), you may be able to contribute important in-situ data about global land cover to GEO-Wiki.org.