Which is worse for global warming: travelling by car or by plane? According to the results of an EU-funded study, car travel increases global temperatures more than an air travel for the same journey but only in the long term. Travelling by plane, on the other hand, adversely affects short-lived warming [...]

Climate Lecture 2010 mit Elinor Ostrom: “Who Affects Climate Change”
Zeit: Dienstag, 22. Juni 2010, 14:00 Uhr (Einlass ab 13:30 Uhr)Ort:  TU Berlin, Hauptgebäude, Audimax, Straße des 17. Juni 135

Elinor Ostrom, Nobelpreisträgerin 2009

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In its blog “Democracy in America” The Economist defends the climate scientists that got under fire in the release of confidential e-mails, a case that became known under the title “Climategate”. The post argues that “The emails released in “Climategate” showed reluctance to release data by a few scientists on a few occasions, amidst ten [...]