Third pipeline leak in Alberta in three weeks
I don’t see what the problem is. These were ethical oil spills, weren’t they? Related posts (randomly generated) About those radical foreign interests opposed to the latest tar-sand pipeline
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Resilience vs Yield: A Difficult Choice
Farming on the outskirts of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda.One of the most densely populated agricultural areas on the planet The challenge of feeding the estimated 10 billion people by…
Yet another study confirms global warming is human-caused
For the record no one here at Planet3.0 is surprised: Researchers averaged the results from a number of climate models, and compared that to global temperature records for the upper…
Webcam art
A beautiful picture from the North Pole webcams (H/t the Arctic Sea Ice Blog) Related posts (randomly generated) Ice-free North Pole? What really happened to the sea ice this summer…
Climate change is simple: We do something or we’re screwed
For more info check out David Roberts’ blog Related posts (randomly generated) Help defeat online censorship Another example of the US leading the fight against climate change Bush continues to…
A terrifying graph
In North America coal use might be down thanks to the abundance of cheap natural gas but the global perspective looks very different: According to the latest BP Statistical Review…
Green from the Grassroots
Elinor Ostrom, Nobel-prize-winning economist of common pool resources, died of cancer this week, aged 78. Her final published article was green from the grassroots here are some excerpts: Decades of…
Japan Restarts Nuclear Reactors
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda ordered the restart of two idle nuclear reactors Saturday amid widespread public opposition, more than a year after a powerful earthquake and tsunami triggered three…
Yes and no
A simple graphic illustrating what we need to do to actually reduce our emissions: With no meaningful climate policy commitment – no binding emission limits, no carbon pricing, not even…
Rotating the Question
Steve Easterbrook shows the power of simply tilting your head: By putting the dates on the Y-axis and temperatures on the X-axis, and cutting off the graph at 2°C, we…
Fakegate exhonerations
Looks like an independent investigation done at the behest of the Pacific Institute has confirmed that Peter Gleick did not write the disputed fakegate memo And an independent digital forensic…
Have a few minutes?
Have a few minutes? Then take a survey. It is part of a study being conducted at the University of Western Australia. Related posts (randomly generated) Mentally ill more likely…
Making sea level rise illegal
Pure insanity doesn’t even come close to what some legislators are trying to do in North Carolina: Some lawmakers will go to great lengths to deny the reality of climate…
What’s Harper Afraid of?
By Franke James and in keeping with our recent focus on Canadian science issues. Related posts (randomly generated) Canadian music creators have a spine Stephen Harper, why do you mock…
Black Out, Speak Out
This is what the Planet3.0 home page looked like on June 4th 2012 Why was Planet3.0 blacked out yesterday? In short because here in Canada we are facing somewhat of…
The useful side of radiation
The news that Pacific Bluefin tuna caught off the coast of California have been found to have radioactive contamination from the Fukushima nuclear accident has caused quite a stir in…
Quote of the day
When anyone says _______ (insert favorite policy, technology here) is “the” solution to a big, complex problem, they are invariably wrong. Via Jonathan Foley on Twitter Related posts (randomly generated)…
Hans Rosling: Religions and babies
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The end of Heartland’s climate denial conferences
Lack of funding has prevented Heartland from putting on any more climate denial conferences: In his closing speech at this year’s event in Chicago, Heartland President Joseph Bast said that…
If you put all the fresh water on Earth in one place
Last week we showed you what it would look like if you put all the water on earth in one place. The result is that the earth doesn’t have nearly…