Michael de Laine's Blog Posts Tagged 'ghg' (3)

From the European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), 16 December 2009



Scientists from the JRC Institute for Environment and Sustainability (IES) have made it possible to visualise the distribution of GHG emissions all over the world at local level through an add-on layer to Google Earth.



Their grid size is a tenth of a geographical degree of latitude by the same extension in longitude, or simplified, a circa 10 km x 10 km square, roughly the size of central… Continue

From the Canadian Youth Delegation, 15 December 2009



Leaked documents have revealed a proposed secret framework that would weaken sectoral commitments laid out in the 2007 'Turning the Corner' plan, exposing the Canadian government's lack of intention to meet its national reduction target of 3% below 1990 levels by 2020, and to truly act on the climate problem.



Leaked documents revealed by Canadian public broadcaster CBC late last night have slashed hopes that the… Continue

From the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research, 25 November 2009



Although scientists studying Antarctica can estimate the impact of increased greenhouse gases and decreases in the ozone layer over the South Pole on the temperature, precipitation and sea ice in the region of the South Pole, they cannot say with confidence how the large ice sheets of Antarctic will respond. But they say in a new report that observed recent rapid changes give cause for concern – especially for… Continue