Global Warming induced Tsunami Vs 9/11

A very unreal image of planes heading for New York and bringing into question the deaths caused by 9/11 vs the deaths possible due to global warming induced Tsunami. Thought provoking!

Diesel Jeans Campaign

A campaign by deisel jeans supporting the stop global warming slogan and advertising it’s new range of summer wear. Some cool images, make sure you look carefully into the background and see if you can figure out which major city, landmark is being depicted in a post global warming society.

Korea – “We’re Sinking” Campaign

Campaign focusing on the sinking of land mass into the oceans due to rising sea levels. Make your own decision on this but nice imagery.

WWF Global Warming Adverts

Some interesting adverts campaigning global warming focussing on the loss of habitats for animals such as the polar bear, penguins and seals. Very well put together.

Glacier Face Advert

A lovely piece showing an ice breaker and the face of an eskimo as their land is affected by the effects of global warming.

More Random Global Warming Adverts & Pictures

Some more global warming pictures and adverts that we thought we’d share. Enjoy!

Whether you agree or disagree with the previous statements the simple issue is that laying the blame on every human being means that world population levels have a huge affect on the global warming agenda and that’s what we’re going to explore in this article.

Increasing Populations

Since every human is to blame for our current plight it would seem logical that population levels would very quickly become one of the key factors we could use to combat global warming. The worlds population has grown by nearly four times over the past 100 years, a rate of growth larger than any previous century.

More people would mean, more consumption, which in turn would lead to increased fossil fuel usage and since fossil fuels are a major producer of greenhouse gases, well we have ourselves a major problem. In other words based on the above logic population levels not only become a key factor when discussing climate change but questions like, how do we manage the worlds population levels take on a new level of importance.

If everyone consumed a little less or maybe if we all had less kids then maybe, just maybe we could slow down and maybe even start to reverse the damage done from global warming.

Certainly with the world population growing by more than 80 million people each year, the issue of rapid population growth is here to stay. But before we start looking at solutions involving population control let’s first discuss whether population really is at fault. Are we talking about population or a populations consumption because the two are far from equal.

Population Vs Consumption

We’ve layed down the issue of population levels increasing but is that the real problem. Surely the populations of today could exist in a green manner without all the excessive fossil fuel burning of today. In fact if we look at population sizes and consumption we’ll see that despite the United States having a far lower population than say China or India it actually produces more greenhouse gases than any other country on Earth. That’s some serious gas production going on there and more importantly the cause isn’t the population levels which are tiny compared to other countries.

The simple fact of the matter is that the western world (with the USA leading the way) simply consumes most of the worlds energy. In fact if the United States wasn’t as wasteful and unresourceful as its now become we wouldn’t be having the discussion we’re having right now. The modern western lifestyle has in many ways become desirable but at the same time extremely extravagant and wasteful.

This is a fact that most people would find hard to deny, but would a shift in consumption levels be the solution, and is that even realisable ? If you add to that the the desire of third world countries to become like us (i.e. developed) and you have a problem of epic proportions.

World Populations

Having digested some of the thoughts above let’s now take a look at some actual population figures for some of the major countries of the world.

• China – 1.3 Billion People
• India – 1.1 Billion People
• USA – 302 Million People
• Indonesia – 213 Million People
• Brazil – 188 Million People
• Pakistan – 161 Million People
• Bangladesh – 147 Million People
• Russia – 142 Million People
• Nigeria – 131 Million People
• Japan – 127 Million People
• Mexico – 107 Million People
• Phillipines – 89 Million People

Those are some pretty big populations and it’s estimated that by 2050 the worlds population will be at more than 9 billion people, with most of these living in Asia and Africa. This is up almost 3 billion from right now where we have around 6.7 billion.

Either way what is quite clear is that the problem has never been about population levels. If it was then the largest populations of the world would be the largest producers of greenhouse gases.

The fact that they aren’t drills home a useful lesson, and that is the solution in the short term lies in the management of the consumption of the worlds fossil fuel energy resources.

Over the longer term the development of cleaner, more greener energy fuel sources would be of the highest priority. Simply reducing or attempting to control the planets population levels would do little if anything to solve the global warming challenges of today.

Titanic became the highest grossing film of all time after its release in 1997, taking $1.8 billion dollars at the box office. It was only topped by Cameron’s 2009 blockbuster movie Avatar and it is this movie that brings our attention to the director in respect of the global warming movement.

Avatar & Environmentalism

Avatar’s storyline is coded with a strong environmental theme. It’s essentially about a man who turns against his evil and greedy corporate bosses who are in a plot to pillage the natural resources of a fictitious planet and ruin the indigenous people that he has become attached too. “I wanted to do a film that had a deeply embedded environmental message … but do it in the form of a science fiction action adventure,” Cameron told local public radio host Elvis Mitchell. Though Cameron claims all his films harking back to his early days had environmental messages, this is the one that’s most explicit in its message.

The film itself has lead on to thrusting a lot of media attention on Cameron in respect of the global warming movement as he gets further involved with environmental groups, he has aligned himself to take on right-wing climate deniers. Speaking at a fundraising event in February 2010 for the environmental group National Resources Defense Council (NRDC), he said “…if we don’t do something, we’re all going to die! What’s it going to take, a big f*cking disaster with all kinds of people dying? We need to change our priorities fast.”

Cameron Debates

Following on from the success of Avatar, Cameron recently became involved in a high profile war of words with several personalities in the so-called “Climate deniers” camp which culminated in a series of challenges he put out to them, asking them for a face to face debate. In March 2010, in a press junket he calls out Glenn Beck (Fox news personality) and climate deniers, “I want to call those deniers out into the street at high noon and shoot it out with those boneheads.” Speaking about the global warming deniers, “Anybody that is a global-warming denier at this point in time has got their head so deeply up their ass I’m not sure they could hear me…Look, at this point I’m less interested in making money for the movie and more interested in saving the world that my children are going to inhabit. How about that? I mean look, I didn’t make this movie with these strong environmental anti-war themes in it to make friends on the right, you know…But you know they’ve got to live in this world too. And their children do as well, so they’re going to have to be answerable to this at some point.”

Cameron’s tirade culminated in a call out via his activist ‘proxy’ Richard Greene to Rusty Humphries, a well known syndicated radio talk show host for a public debate on the issues. Later, again via Richard Greene, he challenged another three well known personalities – Andrew Breitbart a New Media entrepreneur, filmmaker Ann McElhinney and the executive director of the website ClimateDepot.com Marc Morano. The latest challenge was sent out on the eve of a climate summit in Aspen, Colorado called the American Renewable Energy Day (AREDAY) with the debate scheduled to take place at its conclusion.

Unfortunately Cameron cancelled both debates, with the other participants having spent time and money in making arrangements and negotiating terms of the debates, his cancellation was met with derision from his would-be opponents who called him chicken and were left angry with his excuses of a) that he needed to attend an eco-emergency in Brazil, and b) that he actually preferred to debate with others such as Glenn Beck, even though he had called the others out and spent time negotiating the debate terms. When asked about it the reply was “Morano is not at Cameron’s level to debate, and that’s why it didn’t happen”, from Cameron’s proxy procurer Greene. Whether these debates will be rescheduled or Cameron will once again come out and challenge these people and give some facts and reasonings is yet to be seen.

This week we take a look at the Prince of Wales and heir to the throne of the United Kingdom, Charles has personally taken a major role in developing awareness and energy efficiency projects in the wake of Climate Change and has spent over 20 years doing so.

Less Than 100 Months Left

He has appeared numerous times in media publications vociferously championing the cause of the global warming. In 2009, the Prince said there “were less than 100 months” left to save the planet from irreversible damage due to climate change.

The Princes Initiatives

Amongst his projects and charitable organisations, he has an initiative called Start – to provide the public with advice on how to lead more environmentally sustainable lives; The Princes Rainforests Project set up in 2007 with the goal of “making the forests worth more alive than dead”; Until 2009 he was the president of a charity he set up to foster “responsible behaviour” by multi-national companies, the Prince of Wales International Business Leaders Forum. Recently the Prince has embarked upon a new project to prevent ecological disaster called The International Sustainability Unit. The organisation is to work with national governments and global bodies such as the World Bank to promote “sustainable” development.

Hushing Climate Change Doubters

The Prince has also become one of the harshest critics of the Climate Change doubters. During a speech to launch his Start initiative he said, “I have watched with growing dismay and alarm the glee with which the sceptics have leapt upon the recent news stories that question the science that climate change is man-made and suggesting it is nothing more than a myth. Well, if it is but a myth, and the global scientific community is involved in some sort of conspiracy, why is it then that around the globe sea levels are more than six inches higher than they were 100 years ago?” He added: “And, ladies and gentlemen please be in no doubt that the evidence of long-term and potentially irreversible changes to our world is utterly overwhelming.”

A Lavish Lifestyle

The Prince has not himself been without his critics. He has frequently been accused of hypocrisy with the way he conducts his own lifestyle – in February 2009 he was attacked in the media for planning to use private luxury jets to embark on a 16,000 mile round trip tour of South Africa as part of his crusade against global warming. In 2007 he was roundly criticised for flying first class to the U.S. with a 20-strong entourage to collect an environmental award. Environment campaigner and writer George Monbiot said to the media that the Prince was the second biggest carbon user in the country [England], after his mother, and he should take action himself.

Many have continued to question the link between climate change and human CO2 production believing there is no link or that it’s very weak. Certainly data which negates that the planet is melting or seeing massive rises in global temperature keep popping up and below are just a few examples worth mentioning.

Antarctic Ice Increasing

It’s been repeatedly said that the Antarctic is melting, and that all this extra water is going to cause flooding and general rises in global sea levels. However the national snow and ice data center over at Colorado, USA have proven that since 1979 to 2009 Antarctic ice has continued to increase. Why this isn’t covered by the mainstream media or other think tanks is beyond most people. Surely this is something that beckons more research and attention.

Humans Produce Damaging Levels Of CO2

We’ve always been told that human contributions to global CO2 levels are damaging the planet, but human related activity only emits around 26 Gigatonnes of CO2 per year, whilst the ocean for example emits almost 330 Gigatonnes of CO2. Again what’s going on, those numbers don’t really paint a picture of us being one of the heaviest producers of CO2 emissions. Add to this the corruption that’s being exposed by the recently discussed climategate scandal here and here and you have the makings of something extremely odd.

Scientists Openly Question UN Secretary General

Lastly here’s a copy of a letter signed by 141 climate change experts to the UN secretary general Ban Ki Moon in December 2009. Another sign that it’s not loonies and morons questioning the relationship between global warming and human CO2 production. So take a look and for those that might be thinking it’s only 141 scientists well do a quick search on google regarding this subject and you’ll pull up a whole load of organisations and highly respected individuals who seem to be questioning the road our governments are taking.

Just remember that no one is against becoming more efficient with energy or generally doing things to create a cleaner environment but if you’re going to use that to push through big policy change by scaring people into thinking it’s there fault then we have a problem.

His Excellency Ban Ki Moon

Secretary-General, United Nations

New York, NY

United States of America

8 December 2009

Dear Secretary-General,

Climate change science is in a period of ‘negative discovery’ – the more we learn about this exceptionally complex and rapidly evolving field the more we realize how little we know. Truly, the science is NOT settled.

Therefore, there is no sound reason to impose expensive and restrictive public policy decisions on the peoples of the Earth without first providing convincing evidence that human activities are causing dangerous climate change beyond that resulting from natural causes. Before any precipitate action is taken, we must have solid observational data demonstrating that recent changes in climate differ substantially from changes observed in the past and are well in excess of normal variations caused by solar cycles, ocean currents, changes in the Earth’s orbital parameters and other natural phenomena.

We the undersigned, being qualified in climate-related scientific disciplines, challenge the UNFCCC and supporters of the United Nations Climate Change Conference to produce convincing OBSERVATIONAL EVIDENCE for their claims of dangerous human-caused global warming and other changes in climate. Projections of possible future scenarios from unproven computer models of climate are not acceptable substitutes for real world data obtained through unbiased and rigorous scientific investigation.

Specifically, we challenge supporters of the hypothesis of dangerous human-caused climate change to demonstrate that:

1. Variations in global climate in the last hundred years are significantly outside the natural range experienced in previous centuries;
2. Humanity’s emissions of carbon dioxide and other ‘greenhouse gases’ (GHG) are having a dangerous impact on global climate;
3. Computer-based models can meaningfully replicate the impact of all of the natural factors that may significantly influence climate;
4. Sea levels are rising dangerously at a rate that has accelerated with increasing human GHG emissions, thereby threatening small islands and coastal communities;
5. The incidence of malaria is increasing due to recent climate changes;
6. Human society and natural ecosystems cannot adapt to foreseeable climate change as they have done in the past;
7. Worldwide glacier retreat, and sea ice melting in Polar Regions , is unusual and related to increases in human GHG emissions;
8. Polar bears and other Arctic and Antarctic wildlife are unable to adapt to anticipated local climate change effects, independent of the causes of those changes;
9. Hurricanes, other tropical cyclones and associated extreme weather events are increasing in severity and frequency;
10. Data recorded by ground-based stations are a reliable indicator of surface temperature trends.

It is not the responsibility of ‘climate realist’ scientists to prove that dangerous human-caused climate change is not happening. Rather, it is those who propose that it is, and promote the allocation of massive investments to solve the supposed ‘problem’, who have the obligation to convincingly demonstrate that recent climate change is not of mostly natural origin and, if we do nothing, catastrophic change will ensue. To date, this they have utterly failed to do so.

Signed by:

1. Habibullo I. Abdussamatov, Dr. Sci., mathematician and astrophysicist, Head of the Russian-Ukrainian Astrometria project on the board of the Russian segment of the ISS, Head of Space Research Laboratory at the Pulkovo Observatory of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia
2. Göran Ahlgren, docent organisk kemi, general secretary of the Stockholm Initiative, Professor of Organic Chemistry, Stockholm, Sweden
3. Syun-Ichi Akasofu, PhD, Professor of Physics, Emeritus and Founding Director, International Arctic Research Center of the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska, U.S.A.
4. J.R. Alexander, Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of Pretoria, South Africa; Member, UN Scientific and Technical Committee on Natural Disasters, 1994-2000, Pretoria, South Africa.
5. Jock Allison, PhD, ONZM, formerly Ministry of Agriculture Regional Research Director, Dunedin, New Zealand
6. Bjarne Andresen, PhD, dr. scient, physicist, published and presents on the impossibility of a “global temperature”, Professor, The Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
7. Timothy F. Ball, PhD, environmental consultant and former climatology professor, University of Winnipeg, Member, Science Advisory Board, ICSC, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
8. Douglas W. Barr, BS (Meteorology, University of Chicago), BS and MS (Civil Engineering, University of Minnesota), Barr Engineering Co. (environmental issues and water resources), Minnesota, U.S.A.
9. Romuald Bartnik, PhD (Organic Chemistry), Professor Emeritus, Former chairman of the Department of Organic and Applied Chemistry, climate work in cooperation with Department of Hydrology and Geological Museum, University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
10. Colin Barton, B.Sc., PhD, Earth Science, Principal research scientist (retd), Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
11. Joe Bastardi, BSc, (Meteorology, Pennsylvania State), meteorologist, State College, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
12. Ernst-Georg Beck, Dipl. Biol. (University of Freiburg), Biologist, Freiburg, Germany
13. David Bellamy, OBE, English botanist, author, broadcaster, environmental campaigner, Hon. Professor of Botany (Geography), University of Nottingham, Hon. Prof. Faculty of Engineering and Physical Systems, Central Queensland University, Hon. Prof. of Adult and Continuing Education, University of Durham, United Nations Environment Program Global 500 Award Winner, Dutch Order of The Golden Ark, Bishop Auckland County, Durham, U.K.
14. M. I. Bhat, Professor & Head, Department of Geology & Geophysics, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir, India
15. Ian R. Bock, BSc, PhD, DSc, Biological sciences (retired), Ringkobing, Denmark
16. Sonja A. Boehmer-Christiansen, PhD, Reader Emeritus, Dept. of Geography, Hull University, Editor – Energy&Environment, Multi-Science (www.multi-science.co.uk), Hull, United Kingdom
17. Atholl Sutherland Brown, PhD (Geology, Princeton University), Regional Geology, Tectonics and Mineral Deposits, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
18. Stephen C. Brown, PhD (Environmental Science, State University of New York), District Agriculture Agent, Assistant Professor, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Ground Penetrating Radar Glacier research, Palmer, Alaska, U.S.A.
19. James Buckee, D.Phil. (Oxon), focus on stellar atmospheres, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
20. Dan Carruthers, M.Sc., Arctic Animal Behavioural Ecologist, wildlife biology consultant specializing in animal ecology in Arctic and Subarctic regions, Alberta, Canada
21. Robert M. Carter, PhD, Professor, Marine Geophysical Laboratory, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia
22. Dr. Arthur V. Chadwick, PhD, Geologist, dendrochronology (analyzing tree rings to determine past climate) lecturing, Southwestern Adventist University, Keene, Texas, U.S.A.
23. George V. Chilingar, PhD, Member, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow President, Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, U.S.A. Section, Emeritus Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
24. Ian D. Clark, PhD, Professor (isotope hydrogeology and paleoclimatology), Dept. of Earth Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
25. Charles A. Clough, BS (Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology), MS (Atmospheric Science, Texas Tech University), former (to 2006) Chief of the US Army Atmospheric Effects Team at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland; now residing in Bel Air, Maryland, U.S.A.
26. Paul Copper, BSc, MSc, PhD, DIC, FRSC, Professor Emeritus, Department of Earth Sciences, Laurentian University Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
27. Piers Corbyn, MSc (Physics (Imperial College London)), ARCS, FRAS, FRMetS, astrophysicist (Queen Mary College, London), consultant, founder WeatherAction long range forecasters, London, United Kingdom
28. Allan Cortese, meteorological researcher and spotter for the National Weather Service, retired computer professional, Billerica, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
29. Richard S. Courtney, PhD, energy and environmental consultant, IPCC expert reviewer, Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom
30. Susan Crockford, PhD (Zoology/Evolutionary Biology/Archaeozoology), Adjunct Professor (Anthropology/Faculty of Graduate Studies), University of Victoria, Victoria, British Colombia, Canada
31. (Claude Culross, PhD (Organic Chemistry), retired, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S.A.
32. Joseph D’Aleo, BS, MS (Meteorology, University of Wisconsin), Doctoral Studies (NYU), Executive Director – ICECAP (International Climate and Environmental Change Assessment Project), Fellow of the AMS, College Professor Climatology/Meteorology, First Director of Meteorology The Weather Channel, Hudson, New Hampshire, U.S.A.
33. Chris R. de Freitas, PhD, Climate Scientist, School of Environment, The University of Auckland, New Zealand
34. Willem de Lange, MSc (Hons), DPhil (Computer and Earth Sciences), Senior Lecturer in Earth and Ocean Sciences, Waikato University, Hamilton, New Zealand
35. James DeMeo, PhD (University of Kansas 1986, Earth/Climate Science), now in Private Research, Ashland, Oregon, U.S.A.
36. David Deming, PhD (Geophysics), Associate Professor, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, U.S.A.
37. James E Dent; B.Sc., FCIWEM, C.Met, FRMetS, C.Env., Independent Consultant, Member of WMO OPACHE Group on Flood Warning, Hadleigh, Suffolk, England
38. Robert W. Durrenberger, PhD, former Arizona State Climatologist and President of the American Association of State Climatologists, Professor Emeritus of Geography, Arizona State University; Sun City, Arizona, U.S.A.
39. Don J. Easterbrook, PhD, Emeritus Professor of Geology, Western Washington, University, Bellingham, Washington, U.S.A.
40. Per Engene, MSc, Biologist, Bø i Telemark, Norway, Co-author The Climate. Science and Politics (2009)
41. Robert H. Essenhigh, PhD, E.G. Bailey Professor of Energy Conversion, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, U.S.A.
42. David Evans, PhD (EE), MSc (Stat), MSc (EE), MA (Math), BE (EE), BSc, mathematician, carbon accountant and modeler, computer and electrical engineer and head of ‘Science Speak’, Scientific Advisory Panel member – Australian Climate Science Coalition, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
43. Sören Floderus, PhD (Physical Geography (Uppsala University)), coastal-environment specialization, Copenhagen, Denmark
44. Louis Fowler, BS (Mathematics), MA (Physics), 33 years in environmental measurements (Ambient Air Quality Measurements), Austin, Texas, U.S.A.
45. Stewart Franks, PhD, Professor, Hydroclimatologist, University of Newcastle, Australia
46. Gordon Fulks, PhD (Physics, University of Chicago), cosmic radiation, solar wind, electromagnetic and geophysical phenomena, Corbett, Oregon, U.S.A.
47. R. W. Gauldie, PhD, Research Professor, Hawai’i Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, School of Ocean Earth Sciences and Technology, University of Hawai’i at Manoa (Retired), U.S.A.
48. David G. Gee, Professor of Geology (Emeritus), Department of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University, Villavagen 16, Uppsala, Sweden
49. Lee C. Gerhard, PhD, Senior Scientist Emeritus, University of Kansas, past director and state geologist, Kansas Geological Survey, U.S.A.
50. Gerhard Gerlich, Dr.rer.nat. (Mathematical Physics: Magnetohydrodynamics) habil. (Real Measure Manifolds), Professor, Institut für Mathematische Physik, Technische Universität Carolo-Wilhelmina zu Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany, Co-author of “Falsification Of The Atmospheric CO2 Greenhouse Effects Within The Frame Of Physics”, Int.J.Mod.Phys.,2009
51. Albrecht Glatzle, PhD, ScAgr, Agro-Biologist and Gerente ejecutivo, Tropical pasture research and land use management, Director científico de INTTAS, Loma Plata, Paraguay
52. Fred Goldberg, PhD, Adj Professor, Royal Institute of Technology (Mech, Eng.), Secretary General KTH International Climate Seminar 2006 and Climate analyst and member of NIPCC, Lidingö, Sweden
53. Wayne Goodfellow, PhD (Earth Science), Ocean Evolution, Paleoenvironments, Adjunct Professor, Senior Research Scientist, University of Ottawa, Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
54. Thomas B. Gray, MS, Meteorology, Retired, USAF, Yachats, Oregon, U.S.A.
55. Vincent Gray, PhD, New Zealand Climate Coalition, expert reviewer for the IPCC, author of The Greenhouse Delusion: A Critique of Climate Change 2001, Wellington, New Zealand
56. William M. Gray, PhD, Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, Head of the Tropical Meteorology Project, Fort Collins, Colorado, U.S.A.
57. Kenneth P. Green, M.Sc. (Biology, University of San Diego) and a Doctorate in Environmental Science and Engineering from the University of California at Los Angeles, Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
58. Charles B. Hammons, PhD (Applied Mathematics), systems/software engineering, modeling & simulation, design, Consultant, Coyle, Oklahoma, U.S.A.
59. William Happer, PhD, Cyrus Fogg Bracket Professor of Physics (research focus is interaction of light and matter, a key mechanism for global warming and cooling), Princeton University; Former Director, Office of Energy Research (now Office of Science), US Department of Energy (supervised climate change research), Member – National Academy of Sciences of the USA, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Philosophical Society; Princeton, NJ, USA.
60. Howard Hayden, PhD, Emeritus Professor (Physics), University of Connecticut, The Energy Advocate, Connecticut, U.S.A.
61. Ross Hays, Atmospheric Scientist, NASA Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility, Palestine, Texas, U.S.A.
62. James A. Heimbach, Jr., BA Physics (Franklin and Marshall College), Master’s and PhD in Meteorology (Oklahoma University), Prof. Emeritus of Atmospheric Sciences (University of North Carolina at Asheville), Springvale, Maine, U.S.A.
63. Ole Humlum, PhD, Professor, Department of Physical Geography, Institute of Geosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
64. Craig D. Idso, PhD, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change, Tempe, Arizona, U.S.A.
65. Sherwood B. Idso, PhD, President, Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change, Tempe, Arizona, U.S.A.
66. Terri Jackson, MSc MPhil., Director, Independent Climate Research Group, Northern Ireland and London (Founder of the Energy Group at the Institute of Physics, London), U.K.
67. Albert F. Jacobs, Geol.Drs., P. Geol., Calgary, Alberta, Canada
68. Zbigniew Jaworowski, PhD, DSc, professor of natural sciences, Senior Science Adviser of Central Laboratory for Radiological Protection, researcher on ice core CO2 records, Warsaw, Poland.
69. Terrell Johnson, B.S. (Zoology), M.S. (Wildlife & Range Resources, Air & Water Quality), Principal Environmental Engineer, Certified Wildlife Biologist, Green River, Wyoming, U.S.A.
70. Bill Kappel, BS (Physical Science-Geology), BS (Meteorology), Storm Analysis, Climatology, Operation Forecasting, Vice President/Senior Meteorologist, Applied Weather Associates, LLC, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, U.S.A.
71. Wibjörn Karlén, MSc (quaternary sciences), PhD (physical geography), Professor emeritus, Stockholm University, Department of Social and Economic Geography, Geografiska Annaler Ser. A, Uppsala, Sweden
72. Olavi Kärner, Ph.D., Extraordinary Research Associate; Dept. of Atmospheric Physics, Tartu Observatory, Toravere, Estonia
73. David Kear, PhD, FRSNZ, CMG, geologist, former Director-General of NZ Dept. of Scientific & Industrial Research, Whakatane, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
74. Madhav L. Khandekar, PhD, consultant meteorologist, (former) Research Scientist, Environment Canada, Editor “Climate Research” (03-05), Editorial Board Member “Natural Hazards, IPCC Expert Reviewer 2007, Unionville, Ontario, Canada
75. Leonid F. Khilyuk, PhD, Science Secretary, Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, Professor of Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
76. William Kininmonth MSc, MAdmin, former head of Australia’s National Climate Centre and a consultant to the World Meteorological organization’s Commission for Climatology, Kew, Victoria, Australia
77. Gary Kubat, BS (Atmospheric Science), MS (Atmospheric Science), professional meteorologist last 18 years, O’Fallon, Illinois, U.S.A.
78. Roar Larsen, Dr.ing.(PhD), Chief Scientist, SINTEF (Trondheim, Norway), Adjunct Professor, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
79. Douglas Leahey, PhD, meteorologist and air-quality consultant, President – Friends of Science, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
80. Jay Lehr, BEng (Princeton), PhD (environmental science and ground water hydrology), Science Director, The Heartland Institute, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
81. Edward Liebsch, BS (Earth Science & Chemistry), MS (Meteorology, Pennsylvania State University), Senior Air Quality Scientist, HDR Inc., Maple Grove, MN, U.S.A.
82. Dr. Richard S. Lindzen, Alfred P. Sloan professor of meteorology, Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
83. Peter Link, BS, MS, PhD (Geology, Climatology), Geol/Paleoclimatology, retired, Active in Geol-paleoclimatology, Tulsa University and Industry, Evergreen, Colorado, U.S.A.
84. Anthony R. Lupo, Ph.D., Professor of Atmospheric Science, Department of Soil, Environmental, and Atmospheric Science, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, U.S.A.
85. Horst Malberg, PhD, former director of Institute of Meteorology, Free University of Berlin, Germany
86. Björn Malmgren, PhD, Professor Emeritus in Marine Geology, Paleoclimate Science, Goteborg University, retired, Norrtälje, Sweden
87. Fred Michel, PhD, Director, Institute of Environmental Sciences, Associate Professor of Earth Sciences, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
88. Ferenc Mark Miskolczi, PhD, atmospheric physicist, formerly of NASA’s Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia, U.S.A.
89. Asmunn Moene, PhD, MSc (Meteorology), former head of the Forecasting Centre, Meteorological Institute, Oslo, Norway
90. Cdr. M. R. Morgan, PhD, FRMetS, climate consultant, former Director in marine meteorology policy and planning in DND Canada, NATO and World Meteorological Organization and later a research scientist in global climatology at Exeter University, UK, now residing in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
91. Nils-Axel Mörner, PhD (Sea Level Changes and Climate), Emeritus Professor of Paleogeophysics & Geodynamics, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
92. Robert Neff, M.S. (Meteorology, St Louis University), Weather Officer, USAF; Contractor support to NASA Meteorology Satellites, Retired, Camp Springs, Maryland, U.S.A.
93. John Nicol, PhD, Physics, (Retired) James Cook University, Chairman – Australian Climate Science Coalition, Brisbane, Australia
94. Ingemar Nordin, PhD, professor in philosophy of science (including a focus on “Climate research, philosophical and sociological aspects of a politicised research area”), Linköpings University, Sweden.
95. David Nowell, M.Sc., Fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society, former chairman of the NATO Meteorological Group, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
96. James J. O’Brien, PhD, Emeritus Professor, Meteorology and Oceanography, Florida State University, Florida, U.S.A.
97. Peter Oliver, BSc (Geology), BSc (Hons, Geochemistry & Geophysics), MSc (Geochemistry), PhD (Geology), specialized in NZ quaternary glaciations, Geochemistry and Paleomagnetism, previously research scientist for the NZ Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Upper Hutt, New Zealand
98. Cliff Ollier, D.Sc., Professor Emeritus (School of Earth and Environment), Research Fellow, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, W.A., Australia
99. Garth W. Paltridge, BSc Hons (Qld), MSc, PhD (Melb), DSc (Qld), Emeritus Professor, Honorary Research Fellow and former Director of the Institute of Antarctic and Southern Ocean Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Visiting Fellow, RSBS, ANU, Canberra, ACT, Australia
100. R. Timothy Patterson, PhD, Professor, Dept. of Earth Sciences (paleoclimatology), Carleton University, Chair – International Climate Science Coalition, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
101. Alfred H. Pekarek, PhD, Associate Professor of Geology, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Department, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota, U.S.A.
102. Ian Plimer, PhD, Professor of Mining Geology, The University of Adelaide; Emeritus Professor of Earth Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Australia
103. Daniel Joseph Pounder, BS (Meteorology, University of Oklahoma), MS (Atmospheric Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign); Weather Forecasting, Meteorologist, WILL AM/FM/TV, the public broadcasting station of the University of Illinois, Urbana, U.S.A.
104. Brian Pratt, PhD, Professor of Geology (Sedimentology), University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
105. Harry N.A. Priem, PhD, Professor (retired) Utrecht University, isotope and planetary geology, Past-President Royal Netherlands Society of Geology and Mining, former President of the Royal Geological and Mining Society of the Netherlands, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
106. Tom Quirk, MSc (Melbourne), D Phil, MA (Oxford), SMP (Harvard), Member of the Scientific Advisory Panel of the Australian Climate Science Coalition, Member Board Institute of Public Affairs, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
107. George A. Reilly, PhD (Geology), Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
108. Robert G. Roper, PhD, DSc (University of Adelaide, South Australia), Emeritus Professor of Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A.
109. Arthur Rorsch, PhD, Emeritus Professor, Molecular Genetics, Leiden University, retired member board Netherlands Organization Applied Research TNO, Leiden, The Netherlands
110. Curt Rose, BA, MA (University of Western Ontario), MA, PhD (Clark University), Professor Emeritus, Department of Environmental Studies and Geography, Bishop’s University, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
111. Rob Scagel, MSc (forest microclimate specialist), Principal Consultant – Pacific Phytometric Consultants, Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
112. Clive Schaupmeyer, B.Sc., M.Sc., Professional Agrologist (awarded an Alberta “Distinguished Agrologist”), 40 years of weather and climate studies with respect to crops, Coaldale, Alberta, Canada
113. Bruce Schwoegler, BS (Meteorology and Naval Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison), Chief Technology Officer, MySky Communications Inc, meteorologist, science writer and principal/co-founder of MySky, Lakeville, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
114. John Shade, BS (Physics), MS (Atmospheric Physics), MS (Applied Statistics), Industrial Statistics Consultant, GDP, Dunfermline, Scotland, United Kingdom
115. Gary Sharp, PhD, Center for Climate/Ocean Resources Study, Salinas, California, U.S.A.
116. Thomas P. Sheahen, PhD (Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology), specialist in renewable energy, research and publication (Applied Optics) in modeling and measurement of absorption of infrared radiation by atmospheric CO2, Oakland, Maryland, U.S.A.
117. Paavo Siitam, M.Sc., agronomist and chemist, Cobourg, Ontario, Canada
118. L. Graham Smith, PhD, Associate Professor of Geography, specialising in Resource Management, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.
119. Roy W. Spencer, PhD, climatologist, Principal Research Scientist, Earth System Science Center, The University of Alabama, Huntsville, Alabama, U.S.A.
120. Walter Starck, PhD (Biological Oceanography), marine biologist (specialization in coral reefs and fisheries), author, photographer, Townsville, Australia
121. Peter Stilbs, TeknD, Professor of Physical Chemistry, Research Leader, School of Chemical Science and Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), member of American Chemical Society and life member of American Physical Society, Chair of “Global Warming – Scientific Controversies in Climate Variability”, International seminar meeting at KTH, 2006, Stockholm, Sweden
122. Arlin Super, PhD (Meteorology), former Professor of Meteorology at Montana State University, retired Research Meteorologist, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Saint Cloud, Minnesota, U.S.A.
123. George H. Taylor, B.A. (Mathematics, U.C. Santa Barbara), M.S. (Meteorology, University of Utah), Certified Consulting Meteorologist, Applied Climate Services, LLC, Former State Climatologist (Oregon), President, American Association of State Climatologists (1998-2000), Corvallis, Oregon, U.S.A.
124. Mitchell Taylor, PhD, Biologist (Polar Bear Specialist), Wildlife Research Section, Department of Environment, Igloolik, Nunavut, Canada
125. Hendrik Tennekes, PhD, former director of research, Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute, Arnhem, The Netherlands
126. Frank Tipler, PhD, Professor of Mathematical Physics, astrophysics, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A.
127. Edward M. Tomlinson, MS (Meteorology), Ph.D. (Meteorology, University of Utah), President, Applied Weather Associates, LLC (leader in extreme rainfall storm analyses), 21 years US Air Force in meteorology (Air Weather Service), Monument, Colorado, U.S.A.
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129. Gerrit J. van der Lingen, PhD (Utrecht University), geologist and paleoclimatologist, climate change consultant, Geoscience Research and Investigations, Christchurch, New Zealand
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131. Gösta Walin, PhD in Theoretical physics, Professor emeritus in oceanography, Earth Science Center, Göteborg University, Göteborg, Sweden
132. Neil Waterhouse, PhD (Physics, Thermal, Precise Temperature Measurement), retired, National Research Council, Bell Northern Research, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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134. Charles L. Wax, PhD (physical geography: climatology, LSU), State Climatologist – Mississippi, past President of the American Association of State Climatologists, Professor, Department of Geosciences, Mississippi State University, U.S.A.
135. James Weeg, BS (Geology), MS (Environmental Science), Professional Geologist/hydrologist, Advent Environmental Inc, Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina, U.S.A.
136. Forese-Carlo Wezel, PhD, Emeritus Professor of Stratigraphy (global and Mediterranean geology, mass biotic extinctions and paleoclimatology), University of Urbino, Urbino, Italy
137. Boris Winterhalter, PhD, senior marine researcher (retired), Geological Survey of Finland, former adjunct professor in marine geology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
138. David E. Wojick, PhD, PE, energy and environmental consultant, Technical Advisory Board member – Climate Science Coalition of America, Star Tannery, Virginia, U.S.A.
139. Raphael Wust, PhD, Adj Sen. Lecturer, Marine Geology/Sedimentology, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia
140. Stan Zlochen, BS (Atmospheric Science), MS (Atmospheric Science), USAF (retired), Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.A.
141. Dr. Bob Zybach, PhD (Oregon State University (OSU), Environmental Sciences Program), MAIS (OSU, Forest Ecology, Cultural Anthropology, Historical Archaeology), BS (OSU College of Forestry), President, NW Maps Co., Program Manager, Oregon Websites and Watersheds Project, Inc., Cottage Grove, Oregon, U.S.A.

These tips not only help in our primary objective of stopping global warming but also carry added benefits such as cost savings, benefits to the wider economy, benefits to our health and overall quality of life.

1. Use CFL light Bulbs

Low energy light bulbs use less than 20% of the energy of a conventional light bulb and more importantly can last up to 15 times longer. There are currently two types of low energy light bulbs on the market; Compact Flourescent Lights (CFL) and Light Emitting Diode (LED) lights.

Though the LED light bulbs are the most efficient and can last up to 60,000 hours (compared to just 1,000 hours for a conventional light bulb) they’re still prohibitively expensive to buy and fit.

They’re certainly the green light bulb of the future and as the technology matures and becomes more viable they’ll be your best choice. For now however CFL light bulbs are the best choice and typically last between 6,000 to 15,000 hours. They cut wastage of energy by three quarters and instantly start saving you money and help the environment.

Do note that CFL bulbs contain a small amount of mercury which is perfectly safe inside the bulb. Bulbs should be disposed of responsibly and can either be collected in normal household waste bins or recycled in specialised recycle centres and light bulb stores.

If the glass breaks in your home, then the broken material should be swept up carefully with a damp cloth and placed in plastic bags and taken for disposal. The room should be ventilated for at least 15 minutes.

2. Don’t Leave Appliances On Standby

Always use the “on/off” switch on any electrical device you own. As an example a TV set that’s switched on for 3 hours a day (the average time Europeans spend watching TV) and then spends the other 21 hours ins standby mode uses about 40% of its energy in standby mode.

Switching the TV off completely means you can save that 40% instantly. It only takes 2 seconds to turn it off so do your bit and always switch off.

3. Home Insulation

Save significant money on your energy bills by reducing the need to turn the heating up in your home in cold times. Home insulation keeps the warmth in the home rather than letting it escape. Your heating system needs to work less thereby reducing carbon emissions.

Measures you can take include insulating both cavity and solid walls, underneath floorboards and sealing gaps, cracks and skirting boards with sealant, draught proofing doors and window frames with strips and excluders, insulating water tanks and pipes, and double glazing windows.

Governments such as in the UK now offer a range of grants and special schemes to help people insulate their homes.

4. Take showers, Not Baths

A shower takes up to four times less water than a bath. To maximize the water savings, avoid power showers and use low flow showerheads, which are cheap and provide the same comfort.

5. Reuse Shopping Bags

When shopping, it saves energy and waste to use a reusable bag instead of accepting a disposable one in each shop. Waste not only discharges CO2 and methane into the atmosphere, it can also pollute the air, groundwater and soil. Most supermarkets offer reusable bags to purchase at a small cost made from stronger durable forms of plastic polybag or natural materials such as jute.

6. Buy Local & Home Grown Produce

The average meal in the United States travels 1,200 miles from the farm to your plate. Buying locally will save fuel, help the local producers and more importantly keep money invested and flowing within your community.

7. Don’t Waste Fuel

You can reduce Carbon CO2 emissions by adjusting your driving style. Choose proper gears, do not abuse the gas pedal, use the engine brake instead of the pedal brake when possible and turn off your engine when your vehicle is motionless for more than one minute.

By changing the way you drive you’ll not only save money on fuel but also car maintainence costs. Another tip is to always keep your windows closed whilst driving and more importnatly remove unnecessary weight from the car so that you use less fuel.

8. Try Walking Or Cycling

Avoiding just 10 miles of driving every week would eliminate about 500 pounds of carbon dioxide emissions a year. At the same time you’ll be getting extra excercise allowing you to stay fit and saving money on car fuel and maintenance costs.

9. Switching To Green Power

In many areas, you can switch to energy generated by clean, renewable energy ources such as wind and solar. In some of these, you can even get refunds by the government if you choose to switch to a clean energy producer, and you can also earn money by selling the energy you produce and don’t use for yourself.

10. Recycle Your Waste

You can save 2,400 pounds of carbon dioxide a year by recycling half of the waste your household generates. So don’t just bin it, take the time to selectively recycle your waste.

It’s a known fact that over 16,000 plant and animal species are now threatened with extinction thanks to the rapid climate change we’re experiencing. Let’s take a look at a few examples.

Apollo Butterfly

This butterfly lives in the mountain meadows of forests and needs sunlight to stay warm and survive. However a warming climate has caused trees to grow higher up blocking essential light.

Trout

These cold water fish which were once common in lakes and rivers are not as common thanks to a general warming up of water temperatures. Trout and Salmon both extremely sensitive to temperature change are the hardest hit by our current climatic changes.

Golden Toad

This beautiful looking bright yellow toad became extinct in 1987, killed by a disease that spread in it’s natural forest habitat thanks to unusually warm temperatures. A whole species wiped out due to rising temperatures, now that’s something.

Curlew

Like many other shore birds the Curlew is becoming increasingly troubled due it’s habitat, food supplies and migration patterns being affected by the global climate changes.

Pika

A relative of the modern day rabbit this small mouse like creature is heading for extinction as they’re unable to survive in higher temperatures. They’re natural mountain habitat is becoming increasingly affected by temperature rises so much so that it may well be the first mammal species to die from climate change.

Polar Bears

With shrinking ice caps and less ice Polar Bears are finding it extremely difficult to feed due to the shortage of ice. Less opportunities to feed mean shorter lifespans and fewer cubs.

Pacific Hawksbill Turtle

Living in the Caribbean, 6 out of 7 of the Hawksbill Turtle species are now bordering on extinction. Thanks to global warming their food e.g. sea grasses and corals are slowly dieing due to warmer oceans. As well as this remote island beaches which are slowly dissappearing due to rising sea levels mean precious nesting grounds are being lost. Combine this with the general higher temperatures which lead to fewer eggs hatching and you have a complete turtle species heading for extinction.

Final Words

The world conservation union who gather information and data from the worlds leading scientists estimate that the number of threatened species are on the increase. As many as 1 in 3 amphibians, 1 in 4 mammals and 1 in 10 birds are currently heading for the extinction list. Not numbers to be happy about!