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Global Warming
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Famous Storm Chaser Dies While Chasing Tornado [VIDEO]
03 Jun 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Acclaimed researcher Tim Samaras, his son Paul Samaras, and Carl Young died on Friday in El Reno, Oklahoma, whilst tracking a gigantic twister.
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Cape Town Storm: A Full Round Up Of This Weekend’s Meteorological Madness [PICS+VIDEO]
03 Jun 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
If you weren’t around to see it yourself, here are some extraordinary photos of the sheets of white hail that covered the streets of Cape Town.
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Yesterday’s Cape Town Street Floods – All The Pics [GALLERY]
18 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Yesterday, Twitter was booming with warnings of an ominous storm that was set to break over Cape Town. Some people didn’t take the storm warnings seriously enough, and it didn’t take long for Twitpics of flooded streets to roll in. Check out the full gallery
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Guinea Pig Could Be The Beef Of The Future – Environmentalists
05 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Guinea pigs don’t require the land that cattle do. They can be kept in backyards, or in your home. They’re docile and easy to raise. And they’re great with a wedge of lemon
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Astronaut Captures Amazing Images Of Australian Bush Fires
09 Jan 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Australian fire services have issued what they’ve called “catastrophic” warnings in parts of that country as temperatures are expected to breach 45C in the days to come.
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The Seas Are Rising 60% Faster Than The UN Forecast
28 Nov 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
We’re speaking in millimetres here, but that measurement rise is something that happens on a yearly basis. If you take say, 50 years, that does mean quite a rise in surface area that the seas cover.
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Electric Cars May “Pose Environmental Threat”
05 Oct 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Well this is disappointing. New research that examined the life-cycle impact of conventional and electric vehicles shows that in many cases electric cars might pollute much more than petrol or diesel-powered cars. So if you are looking to buy an electric car to save the planet, you could, in fact, be harming it.
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Arctic Ice Cap Melts To Lowest Levels Ever
28 Aug 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The Arctic Ocean’s ice cover has decreased to its lowest ever recorded size, and scientists say the melt season still has a few more weeks left.
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Great Barrier Reef May Need Shade Cloth And Shock Therapy
20 Aug 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Global warming is destroying the Great Barrier Reef. A scientist has published a paper today saying that radical ideas are needed to save the reef. Climate change has meant that the sea around world’s biggest coral reef has increased in temperature and acidity is slowly destroying the reef.
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Government Quietly Withdraws Silly Proposed Changes To Weather Law
31 Jul 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
The Department of Environmental Affairs has decided to withdraw its proposed changes to South Africa’s weather service legislation after they came to the realisation that they were being silly, but mainly because they were unconstitutional.
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Brazilian Prisoners Shave Time Off Their Sentence With Pedal Power
19 Jul 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
In Brazil, the Santa Rita do Sapucaí prison has taken a new approach in its attempts to produce green energy – they’re harnessing the pedal work of their inmates.
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The Rising Toll Of SA’s Icy Winter [PICS]
16 Jul 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Winter is now pretty much in full swing and snow has begun to fall in many provinces as temperatures keep dropping across the country. As beautiful as the snowy icing may to look some, the harsh conditions have caused widespread havoc, particularly on national roads, and claimed at least five lives to date.
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America’s Massive Fires Are A Preview Of A Changed Climate
29 Jun 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Scientists say that the catastrophic wildfires in the US West offer a preview of the kind of disasters that human-caused climate change could bring. Apocalyptic like fires have been raging across Colorado, Montana and Utah for weeks, and scientists say are a damaging impact of global warming.
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US “Monkey Bill” Will Protect Teachers Who Allow Students To Criticize Evolution And Global Warming
11 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Back in 1925, Dayton, Tennessee was home to the famous Scopes “monkey trial”, which saw teacher John Scopes violating a state statute by teaching evolution in biology. Almost a century of science, research and cultural development later they’re still dealing with the same problems.
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Heartland Institute Paid Scientists To Discredit Climate Change Research
16 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A bunch of emails have been leaked from the Heartland Institute, the think tank vaguely infamous for being at once massively skeptical of climate change and funded by billionaire global warming deniers, the Koch Brothers. The emails suggest that the Institute has been paying scientists and bloggers to discredit climate change research.
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Scientists Are Going To Clone The Woolly Mammoth
05 Dec 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Scientists have thus far cloned sheep, mice, cats, horses and even a water buffalo, but now they want to clone a woolly mammoth. They also think they’ll be able to clone said mammoth within five years, all owing to a recovered thigh bone that has well-preserved bone marrow from permafrost soil in Siberia.
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COP17 Climate Talks In Danger Of Unravelling
29 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Key decision makers on the global climate change issue have been hesitant to make a conclusive call at the COP17 talks, which are currently being held in Durban. There are major concerns that the world’s only legally binding climate agreement could sink entirely.
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Japan’s Eco-Friendly Christmas Lights [PICS]
18 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
It’s the Year of Setsuden in Japan, which Google tells me means “saving electricity'”; this means that the lavish Christmas illuminations that Tokyo usually sets up are a little hard to justify. Minna no Illumi has found a pretty neat solution to the problem, though, with an entirely biodiesel-powered display.
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BBC Removed Climate Change Episode From Natural History Series To Sell Better
16 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
“Frozen Planet” is the latest big-budget series from the BBC’s Natural History Unit; its seventh and last episode deals with global warming. Except apparently climate change isn’t that big of a deal, because the BBC has dropped that episode from its international line-up to help sell the series outside of Britain.
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Greenpeace Commissioned Giant Vitruvian Man On Arctic Iceberg [PICS]
09 Sep 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
Greenpeace! What a dumb idea. That giant recreation of da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man is going to disappear as soon as that iceberg melts – OH. Oh gosh. You’re trying to put together some sort of heavy-handed metaphor about ‘mankind,’ ‘melting,’ like some sort of iceberg, because of ‘climate change.’
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Jozi To Get Recycling Laws
01 Aug 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 5 Comments
If all goes according to plan, it won’t be long before residents in Jozi face fines for improperly managing their waste. While the move will definitely result in a fair amount of complaining, it’s arguable that recycling has been happening around the world for ages. In fact, it should be a habit and duty for all of us.
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Inventor Crossing UAE In Solar-Powered Wheelchair To Prove Some Kind Of Point
23 Nov 2010 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Inventor Haidar Taleb is hitting two birds with one stone, sort of, by crossing all seven United Arab Emirates in a solar powered wheelchair to promote the use of renewable energy and raise awareness about causes for disabilities. Also, he’s going alone. And you can’t drink in most of the Emirates. And it’ll take 11 days. Road trip!
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EXXON MOBIL OIL – SUBTLE ADVERTISING MUCH?
20 Aug 2010 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Exxon Mobil positions it’s brand at the vanguard of innovating clean energy for the world. It has a clean, 21st century look. The employees on it’s corporate advertising posters are friendly, sharply dressed, multi-ethnic. It produces print advertisements in National Geographic like this: And they like to chat quite a bit about water on their […]
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EARTH HOUR 2009
24 Mar 2009 by Seth Rotherham / 7 Comments
Whilst I am certainly 100% behind this cause, I must say, I’m also very excited to actually WITNESS us pulling it off. And by “us,” I mean “the world.” That’s what they’re aiming for; you realise that, right? The whole WORLD is turning off the lights for one hour on March 28. Because of varying […]
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