Global Climate Change

Climate Change

The Earth’s average temperature has been increasing since the mid-20th century. Scientists believe the temperature increase is caused by increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases from the burning of fossil fuel and deforestation. Opponents propose the Earth’s temperature naturally fluctuates.

The elevated temperature will cause sea levels to rise due to melting glaciers, change the pattern of precipitation as well as the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events, species extinctions, and will affect agriculture.

Solutions include reducing emissions to remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere.

While there is a scientific consensus is that global climate change is occurring, the political and public debate continues.


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  • Chevron Addresses Climate ChangeApr 23, 2012

  • The Provisional New Seven Wonders of NatureNov 14, 2011

    Bernard Weber recently declared the provisional announcement of the New7Wonders of Nature from the N7W Headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland. more

  • Environmental Art ExhibitionJul 25, 2011

    Ice Art

    A Brazilian artist sculpted one thousand miniature ice men and placed them in Berlin, Germany, signifying the importance of global warming. more

  • Smog Eating RoofJul 04, 2011

    Smog has a new enemy...roofing tiles. Boral Roofing recently presented their new Boral Pure Tiles at the 2011 PCBC in San Francisco. Boral Pure can help reduce smog thanks to the photocatalyst in the surface of the tile that oxidizes nitrogen oxides in smog. more

  • Energy from Sugar CaneJun 17, 2011

    Sugarcane

    Sugar cane, which stores energy in sucrose and cellulose, could be a viable source of energy as a biofuel. more


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  • Perspectives on Energy Policy: Security, Economics, and the Environment

    Perspectives on Energy Policy White Paper

    On March 18 and 19, 2009, Sandia National Laboratories and the University of California San Diego Sustainability Solutions Institute brought together 27 leaders from academia, government, and the private sector to discuss key energy policy issues and proposed values- and outcomes-based approaches to energy policy. The goal of the workshop was to bring together leaders from diverse backgrounds to identify promising areas for energy policy, based on the understanding of intersecting issues, assumptions, and priorities from the national security, economic, and environmental perspectives. more

  • Energy Market and Economic Impacts of H.R. 2454, the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009

    This report responds to a request to the Energy Information Administration (EIA) from Chairman Henry Waxman and Chairman Edward Markey for an analysis of H.R. 2454, the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 (ACESA).1 ACESA, as passed by the House of Representatives on June 26, 2009, is a complex bill that regulates emissions of greenhouse gases through market-based mechanisms, efficiency programs, and economic incentives. more

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