It is easy to forget, amid all the doomsday talk about climate change, that there will also be winners as well as losers from the resulting changes to our environment. Gideon Rachman, columnist in the FT, argued yesterday that one challenge facing anyone seeking to tackle climate change is that the costs and [...]

A group of climate modelers have found some counter-intuitive results from eliminating the world’s trees. Apparently, the impact of forests partly depends on which latitudes they are in. Report from The Economist:
“When Dr Bala ordered global clearcutting, the model calculated that the atmosphere’s carbon dioxide levels would roughly double by 2100. [...]

This is the first of a series of six videos, the rest are available at Calvin Jones’ YouTube user page.

Most recent studies convince the UN that there is no reversing the effect of existing greenhouse gases on ice sheets and the subsequent rise in sea levels. The IPCC will detail in a report in April, how this will affect coastlines and areas at risk in attempt to prepare countries for the inevitable rise [...]

Two scientists have proposed a new theory about the cause of climate change: cosmic rays. The book is: “The Chilling Stars”, by Henrik Svensmark and Nigel Calder. Calder is a former editor of “New Scientist” magazine, and the BBC Newsnight has an excerpt from the book here.
“The Chilling [...]