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Monthly Archives: October 2017

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Ocean warming alarm!
December 7, 2017

Research into ocean fossils suggests that past temperatures of the oceans where much more stable than believed. This makes the current warm spike a disturbing anomaly with more serious implications.
Agricultural waste
November 6, 2017

25% of greenhouse gasses come from global agriculture. 28% of agricultural land produces food that is never eaten. A city of 10 million flushes away enough nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium to fertalise 500,000 hectares. UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
The cost of cotton
October 11, 2017

To produce 1kg of cotton can require 20,000 litres of water, as much water as may be drunk in a lifetime. Cotton farming has led to the destruction of large-scale ecosystems such as the Aral Sea in central Asia. World Wildlife Fund
Kenya fights plastic pollution
September 9, 2017

Kenya has outlawed the manufacture, sale and use of plastic bags. Consequences for breaking the law can be a $40,000 dollar fine or up to four years in prison. moneyweek.com
The Cost of Coral
July 1, 2017

$56 billion Australian dollars is the estimated worth of the Great Barrier Reef reflecting its’ economic, social and iconic values. The Great Barrier Reef Foundation
UK Vineyards Triple
April 23, 2017

Wine makers in the UK are expected to plant 650 acres of new vines in 2017, enough for 2 million bottles! The number of vineyards in the UK has trippled since 2000. moneyweek.com
Free energy in Chile!
November 1, 2016

Bloomberg reports that Chile now has enough solar energy infrastructure that the price of electricity routinely hits zero. At the end of April, there had been 113 days of zero-cost energy. In the whole of last year it was 192.
World’s 4th biggest crime
June 19, 2016

Environmental crime – poaching, illegal logging, waste dumping, etc. is now the worlds 4th largest crime leaping from $91bn in 2014 to $258bn today. The top three are drug smuggling, counterfeiting and people smuggling. One of it’s consequences is the loss of 25% of the worlds elephants in the last decade. Guardian Weekly
Who needs a 3rd runway?
December 6, 2015

“There is already airport capacity for families taking their yearly holiday. New runways only benefit the 15% of flyers who take 70% of our flights, cooking our planet. These are rich frequent leisure flyers. The most reliable predictors of frequent flyer status are a household income over £115,000 and owning a second home abroad, but it’s the poorest people who suffer most from climate change.” Plane Stupid
Failing UK Renewables
November 22, 2015

The UK still ranks close to the bottom of the European Union in its use of renewables. In 2014, it used fossil fuels to produce more than 60 percent of its electricity, half again as much as the E.U. average. The Conservative government plans an 87 percent reduction in subsidies for solar power despite promising after the May election to “unleash a new solar revolution”. Washington Post
Worlds biggest C02 producer?
November 9, 2015

Indonesia! 117,000 fires lit to clear forest for agricultural use are raging along it’s 5000km length. Peat in the ground is also on fire. Orangutans, Clouded Leopards, Sun Bears and the Sumatran Rhino are just some of the species at risk. Guardian Weekly
USA warms to climate change
October 24, 2015

Recent bad weather events have caused a 7% increase in the belief in the science behind climate change. 70% of Americans are now convinced climate change is real. The biggest change has been amongst republicans and evangelical Christian groups. Guardian Weekly
Rhino kills increase
October 24, 2015

In 2014 1,215 rhinos were killed by poachers, nearly treble the 448 lost in 2011. Up to late August 2015 749 rhinos are known to have been killed. 544 of those were killed in South Africa’s Krugger park where an estimated 6,000 poachers operate. Rhino horn is worth more than gold. Guardian Weekly
Poachers devastate elephants
May 29, 2015

Aerial surveys have shown that poachers have killed almost half the elephant population in Mozambique in the past five years reducing their numbers to just over 10,000. However, In Uganda, elephant numbers have increased substantially due to improved protection measures.
Meat Consumption
May 9, 2015

The total number of animals killed in British slaughterhouses in 2013 was over a billion. This equates to around 22 million animals slaughtered every day; 919,000 an hour; 15,000 per minute and 255 every second.
Deforestation
April 29, 2015

Over the past 25 years forests have been cleared from an area the size of India, mainly for livestock production. After 5 to 10 years, overgrazing and nutrient loss turn the ground into an eroded wasteland. Food and Agriculture Organisation
Iceland travels south
February 24, 2015

Iceland is warming up to four times faster than the global average. This is due to ocean current changes and climate change factors. Iceland is now experiencing temperatures that previously would have been found 800km (500miles) to the south.

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