http://blogs.edf.org/climate411/2007/11/06/carbon_rising_faster/ Blogging the science and policy of global warming Mon, 16 Nov 2009 07:13:20 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5.2 hourly 1 http://blogs.edf.org/climate411/2007/11/06/carbon_rising_faster/comment-page-1/#comment-1228 Climate 411 » CO2 and Methane Rose Sharply in 2007 - Blogs & Podcasts - Environmental Defense Fund Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:22:36 +0000 http://blogs.edf.org/climate411/2007/11/06/carbon_rising_faster/#comment-1228 [...] The CO2 numbers weren’t a surprise. A paper with similar findings was published last November by a team that included a NOAA scientist. I wrote a blog post summarizing the study, which analyzed the reasons behind the trend (see Rise of Atmospheric Carbon is Accelerating). [...] [...] The CO2 numbers weren't a surprise. A paper with similar findings was published last November by a team that included a NOAA scientist. I wrote a blog post summarizing the study, which analyzed the reasons behind the trend (see Rise of Atmospheric Carbon is Accelerating). [...]

]]> http://blogs.edf.org/climate411/2007/11/06/carbon_rising_faster/comment-page-1/#comment-1115 Climate 411 » Global Warming Science 2007: Ten Top Stories - Blogs & Podcasts - Environmental Defense Fund Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:10:11 +0000 http://blogs.edf.org/climate411/2007/11/06/carbon_rising_faster/#comment-1115 [...] CO2 is rising at an accelerating rate. The cause is mostly accelerating emissions from fossil fuel use, but there’s also evidence that oceans are taking up an increasingly smaller fraction of humans’ CO2 emissions. [...] [...] CO2 is rising at an accelerating rate. The cause is mostly accelerating emissions from fossil fuel use, but there's also evidence that oceans are taking up an increasingly smaller fraction of humans' CO2 emissions. [...]

]]> http://blogs.edf.org/climate411/2007/11/06/carbon_rising_faster/comment-page-1/#comment-600 Climate 411 » The Global Warming in the Pipeline - Environmental Defense Tue, 20 Nov 2007 23:00:40 +0000 http://blogs.edf.org/climate411/2007/11/06/carbon_rising_faster/#comment-600 [...] How much warming is in the pipeline? It depends on the level at which greenhouse gases are stabilized. For example, the latest IPCC report calculates that if we held greenhouse gas concentrations steady at 2000 levels, average global temperature would go up another degree Fahrenheit. Concentrations have gone up since then, so the warming commitment for today’s greenhouse gas level is slightly higher than one degree. [...] [...] How much warming is in the pipeline? It depends on the level at which greenhouse gases are stabilized. For example, the latest IPCC report calculates that if we held greenhouse gas concentrations steady at 2000 levels, average global temperature would go up another degree Fahrenheit. Concentrations have gone up since then, so the warming commitment for today’s greenhouse gas level is slightly higher than one degree. [...]

]]> http://blogs.edf.org/climate411/2007/11/06/carbon_rising_faster/comment-page-1/#comment-599 Chessia Tue, 06 Nov 2007 20:41:47 +0000 http://blogs.edf.org/climate411/2007/11/06/carbon_rising_faster/#comment-599 This is the most important issue that faces our generation and our societies and governments cannot waste another second without reducing the emission of carbon ie reducing the amount of coal, oil, and carbon that we burn for fuel. I am working to pass the energy bill that the US Congress is currently debating. If passed in its entirety it would be the first and therefore largest step the US has taken toward reducing its dependence on oil. If passed in its entirety it would create a standard of 35 mpg in all new cars by 2020 and a standard that 15% of electricity come from renewable sources by 2020. It is a conservative bill in many respects, yet it is very important as it would put the US on the green path to carbon emission reduction for the first time. One step is needed for more to come. I urge you to sign the petition at http://www.energybill2007.org in order to tell our representatives how important the global warming crisis is. This is the most important issue that faces our generation and our societies and governments cannot waste another second without reducing the emission of carbon ie reducing the amount of coal, oil, and carbon that we burn for fuel. I am working to pass the energy bill that the US Congress is currently debating. If passed in its entirety it would be the first and therefore largest step the US has taken toward reducing its dependence on oil. If passed in its entirety it would create a standard of 35 mpg in all new cars by 2020 and a standard that 15% of electricity come from renewable sources by 2020. It is a conservative bill in many respects, yet it is very important as it would put the US on the green path to carbon emission reduction for the first time. One step is needed for more to come. I urge you to sign the petition at http://www.energybill2007.org in order to tell our representatives how important the global warming crisis is.

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