Monthly Archives: March 2009
Aamir Khan To Make Awareness Of Global Warming
Keen to do your bit to save the mother Earth from threats of global warming? Join Nobel peace prize winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Bollywood actor and filmmaker Aamir Khan among others to make people aware about climate change. Over two...
Climate Change Myths and Facts
A recent controversy over claims about climate science by Post op-ed columnist George F. Will raises a critical question: Can we ever know, on any contentious or politicized topic, how to recognize the real conclusions of science and how to...
Live High With World Best Mountain Hotels
While you’ve probably had your fill of hotel ads and Web sites that describe their views as “breathtaking,” we’ve assembled a collection of hostelries that might literally take your breath away — because they are all located at high...
Ozone Pollution Amplifies Risk of Fatal Respiratory Illnesses
For the first time, a large study shows the deadly effects of chronic exposure to ozone, one of the most widespread pollutants in the world and a key component of smog, according to a study in today’s New England Journal of Medicine.
Doctors...
Migraine Headaches Linked With Weather
A variety of headache triggers are relatively well-known: red wine, chocolate, soft cheese and the beginning of the menstrual cycle. But although weather, especially changes in air pressure, is frequently cited as a headache trigger, the connection...
Atmospheric ‘Sunshade’ Could Reduce Solar Power Generation
The concept of delaying global warming by adding particles into the upper atmosphere to cool the climate could unintentionally reduce peak electricity generated by large solar power plants by as much as one-fifth, according to a new NOAA study.
“Injecting...
Fighting Global Warming Offers Growth And Development Opportunities
Combating climate change may not be a question of who will carry the burden but could instead be a rush for the benefits, according to new economic modeling presented at “Climate Change: Global Risks, Challenges & Decisions”...
Research: Scientists Warn Seas to Rise Faster Than Expected
Sea levels could rise twice as much as previously projected, climate scientists warned as they presented the latest research on global warming.
A 2007 report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change predicted a sea level rise of 7 to...
Richard Lindzen
Richard Siegmund Lindzen, Ph.D., (born February 8, 1940) is a Harvard trained atmospheric physicist and the Alfred P. Sloan Professor of Meteorology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Lindzen is known for his research in dynamic meteorology,...
James E. Hansen
James E. Hansen heads the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York City, a part of the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. He has held this position since 1981. He is also an adjunct professor in the Department of...