Climate News and Views
Hot Year, Cool Response -- A view of the year in climate
April 2011
Oil spills: They stopped the BP gusher -- can we staunch the flow of fuel we burn every day?
The Gulf oil gusher was capped and the effects are still being felt by people in the region -- and will be for years. But the far bigger spill of oil, with greater consequences for the U.S and the world, is the oil successfully delivered daily to our inefficient cars, trucks, furnaces, factories and aircraft. The United States consumed a total of 6.85 billion barrels of oil (refined petroleum products and biofuels) in 2009, and 6.99 billion barrels in 2010 -- reversing a slight downward trend since 2007. That is the equivalent of about 294 billion gallons a year -- about 805 million gallons a day -- of gasoline, kerosene, fuel oil, lubricants and jet fuel.
Each gallon burned spews out about 20 pounds of carbon dioxide, which brings us to the image below and the record levels of CO2 monitored by NOAA last year.
We must do better, and there are many alternatives, from efficient homes to rapid transit to all-electric cars. A consideration for Earth Day 2011.
Greenhouse gases increase at record rate in 2010 to highest ever recorded -- Report from Mauna Loa Observatory, Hawaii
News and Views March 2012 On location in the Himalaya: Fire and Water
News and Views Januray 2012 Climate progress and science findings
News and Views December 2011 Climate progress and science findings
News and Views November 2011 TuValu
News and Views October 2011 This is Climate Change
News and Views September 2011 The Human Eruption of CO2: 'Way beyond volcanoes
News and Views August 2011 Summer Heat Wave in the US: Extreme and Pervasive
News and Views July 2011 Over Our Heads: Global Warming theory coming true.
News and Views June 2011 Record amount of carbon dioxide spewed into the air in 2010.
News and Views May 2011 The Mississippi River floods to record levels.
News and Views April 2011 Oil spills: The BP gusher vs. fuel we burn every day.
News and Views January 2011 Year in Review 2010: Hottest Year -- Cool Response
News and Views December 2010 Water loss in the American SW, part of a world in drought.
News and Views November 2010 Failure of Senate to pass climate legislation; news in review
News and Views October 2010 Steve Schneider dies; Arctic climate news
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