Temperatures recorded by Arctic monitoring stations rose above freezing on Thursday, triggered by the same El Niño influenced weather events that have been deluging the UK with rain from Storm Frank. Canadian government meteorologist Nathalie Hasell told AFP that “this deep depression has pushed hot air as far as the North Pole, where temperatures are […]
I love subversion like this: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34958282
The last time I read of a similar experiment, it indicated that cars/taxis were the worst for this. Here, being in a car is best. Although, the experimenter only tried one trip in each mode for 30 minutes duration. It was along the same road though. A proper study might be worth doing. The findings […]
This is interesting: In a speech to business leaders Mark Carney said that by the time climate change becomes a defining issue for financial stability “it may already be too late”. The economist said that since the 1980s the number of weather-related loss events for insurers had tripled, with inflation-adjusted losses rising from $10 billion […]
I was wondering if the additional deaths caused by this would result in prosecution, maybe it will: A study by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Boston estimates 53,000 premature deaths every year in the US can be attributed to air-pollutant emissions from “road transportation” sources.While some observers believe such charges are unlikely, US […]
There are more than three trillion trees worldwide – around eight times more than some previous estimates – according to the study led by researchers at Yale University in the US. But around 15 billion trees are currently being lost each year as a result of deforestation, forest management and changes in land use, the […]
“Irish Water accused of endangering Lahinch’s Blue Flag” (Irish Examiner)
We’re paying €28m a year to private toll road operators thanks to ‘minimum traffic’ clauses that were agreed to in a time of increasing traffic flows and as an incentive to the operators to invest the building of the roads in the first place. The department is now examining whether removing tolls would increase traffic […]
This is a great visualisation of the causes of climate change. It examines several factors, and compares to the measured temperature. Go: What’s Really Warming the World? Climate deniers blame natural factors; NASA data proves otherwise
Conor Faughnan of the AA, perhaps seeing the thin end of the wedge for private motoring in the city centre, made a well presented argument against banning cars on Matt Cooper earlier, at least before putting in extra public transport, claiming that private cars are needed to move commuters into the centre of the city. […]
