First of all, a gigaton is one billion metric tons. One metric ton (2,200 lbs.) is what a cubic meter of water weighs. One billion metric tons is what one cubic kilometer (one billion cubic meters) of water weighs, and it is called a gigaton.
Next, remember atmospheric CO2 includes two oxygen atoms, and weighs 3.7x [...]

A “Sverdrup,” named after the famed Norwegian geologist who defined this unit of measure, is the largest quantity commonly used to express volumes of water flow. Naturally, the highest volumes of water flowing on this planet are ocean currents, such as the Gulf Stream, which warms Europe and flows at a rate of of 30 [...]

An arcane but instructive way to evaluate corn ethanol, along with all biofuels, may not just be to audit their “net energy balance,” but also their “net water balance.”  Evaluating whether or not a biofuel crop could be “water positive” is even more subjective to calculate than whether or not that crop is energy positive, but here goes:
Corn is one [...]

Today the BBC ran a story entitled “UN Warns on Hazards of Biofuels” where they conclude “Current research concludes that using biomass for combined heat and power (CHP), rather than for transport fuels or other uses, is the best option for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the next decade - and also one of the [...]

We have just published a feature-length report by Daniela Muhawi on the oceans of the world entitled “Our Endangered Oceans.”  It is our contention that global warming alarm and the war on CO2 emissions has shoved into the background urgent environmental challenges that require action right now - tropical deforestation, species extinction, aquifer depletion, desertification, genuine [...]

On April 20, 2007, John Stossel published an article on the ABC News website entitled “The Global Warming Myth.” In this article he suggests there are several myths being promulgated by global warming alarmists, including these four:
(1) The Earth is warming uncontrollably, (2) this warming is because of humans, (3) there will be [...]

On or about Earth Day, or Arbor Day, spring in Northern California’s Santa Clara valley is a magical time when the clouds often hang wet in the western skies all day, progressing with moderate winds into the valley over hills that are green year-round.  Winds from the west bring ionized and pristine moisture blown in from the Pacific Ocean, scented [...]