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WMO Warns Lima Delegates 2014 May Be Hottest Year | Climate Central

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WMO Warns Lima Delegates, 2014 … Hottest Year in History!:-( | Climate Central: Ouch, this is really really ugly, the data related to 2014 as the hottest year in modern history. Double to the angst is the melt-off of the Antarctic. Here’s a discussion about both. The period between April and September, according to NASA GISS was the hottest in 120 years. Most (?all?) of the months since April will set all time heat highs, as well….

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Automation Makes Us Dumb – WSJ

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Automation Makes Us Dumb – WSJ: So, it would seem, the sequel to being yet more dumber, is Dumber to.,, In this article (and associated books, it appears) Nicolas Carr offers up the argument (and some evidence) that computers and automation are making us dumber. One example is that pilots can lose their edge for flight if they let the auto-pilot (no, not Airplane 1,2, 2.5, 33 1/3) do virtually all of the driving. It…

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2014 could become the hottest year on record – CBS News

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2014 could become the hottest year on record – CBS News: We should start to find out soon if another El Nino is coming our way. That is the weather formation in the Pacific that changes and directs the worlds weather in a BIG way. Apparently if El Nino forms, then this year will blast through all recorded records, and next year should be record setting as well. It offers up massive droughts in some…

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Highlights from the new IPCC report. 10 charts.

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http://www.carbonbrief.org/blog/2014/11/the-intergovernmental-panel-on-climate-change-top-10-charts/?utm_content=bufferf5770&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer The new IPCC report on Climate Change. It is a little bit of a long read… The report spends some time on probabilities, including what “business as usual” looks. BAU gets ugly, and uglier, and ugliest. Starting early, not later, seems to make sense…!!!

How Wolves change Rivers.

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When They Brought These Wolves Into The Park, They Had No Idea This Would Happen  YouTube Video. When the government reintroduced Wolves back into the Yellow Stone area (National Park) they had no idea how it would work. This is one of the most enlightening videos you will ever see related to biodiversity and good/natural/sustainable ecosystems. In this case, this is recreating a more sustainable ecosystem from the past… … But we as a people…

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Virtual Event Program | GreenBiz

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Virtual Event Program | GreenBiz: BIG VERGE conference starts today. Put on by Green Biz. Virtual if you want to have a baby footprint on a great meeting. The travel time is a little less than going to San Francisco (although you will miss the foods and sounds and local color). This is a really interesting mix… Including some big companies and some disrupters. ‘via Blog this’