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Atmospheric Methane Rising

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Atmospheric Methane Rising

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“CSIRO, the Commonwealth Scientific and
Industrial Research Organisation, is Australia’s
national science agency and one of the largest
and most diverse research agencies in the world.”
http://www.csiro.au/org/AboutCSIRO.html
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over the past year, the total sources have overwhelmed
the total sinks, and methane has again started to rise.”
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CSIRO News Release
30 October 2008

Global methane levels on the rise again
<http://www.csiro.au/news/GlobalMethaneRising.html>

After eight years of near-zero growth in
atmospheric methane concentrations, levels have
again started to rise.

“This is not good news for future global
warming,” says CSIRO’s Dr Paul Fraser, who
co-authored a paper to be published in
Geophysical Research Letters, a journal of the
American Geophysical Union.

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The Danger Point: 2 Celsius More Warming?

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The Danger Point: 2 Celsius More Warming?

Real Climate
April 7, 2008

http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2008/10/field-notes-from-a-nature-conservancy-meeting/

“Clearly, the 2°C/450 ppm numbers have completely
permeated the policy-advocacy realm. Yet while
they are arguably derivable from the IPCC
reports, it is actually not clear to what extent
the larger scientific community really believes
these are the right numbers. There simply has not
been a process to evaluate this that compares in
depth and breadth with the IPCC. A new and much
more comprehensive analysis, by a much greater
group of scientists, would be valuable at this
juncture. Scientists are fond of saying that they
cannot summarize their projections with a small
handful of simple numbers, but simple numbers are
what are being discussed in policy circles. If
the “right” numbers are really so low as Jim
Hansen believes (see our post on this, here:
 
http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2008/04/target-co2)

then the Nature Conservancy has an even more
difficult task ahead.”

Real Climate raises important questions about
Hansen’s stance, but concludes with this: “the
conclusion that the Earth System sensitivity is
greater than the Charney sensitivity is probably
robust. And that is a concern for any policy
based on a stabilization scenario significantly
above where we are now.” To see RC’s full review
of Hansen, go here:

http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2008/04/target-co2

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Panama Hydro Project Threatens Indigenous People, Biological Preserve

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Hydro Project Threatens Indigenous People, Biological Preserve

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 27, 2008  4:13 PM

CONTACT: Center for Biological Diversity
Jacki Lopez, Center for Biological Diversity, (415) 436-9682 x 305

Hydro Project Threatens Indigenous People, Biological Preserve; Human Rights Panel
to Review Issue

WASHINGTON – October 27 – Cascading from the heights of the Talamanca Mountains, the
Changuinola River forms the heart of the Panamanian portion of La Amistad
International Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site that provides habitat for hundreds
of rare, endemic, endangered and migratory species, as well as the indigenous Ngöbe
and Naso tribes.

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