Category Archives: Climate chemistry

How do you price the tonne of carbon that, once burned, tips the balance and triggers catastrophic, irreversible global warming?

Posted on February 28, 2013 by greencentre

[I wrote this a couple of years ago for The Ecologist. They didn’t use it but, hey, I still like it. It was a valid question and emphasises the position of inevitable no return we seem to be sailing through … Continue reading →

Posted in Carbon market, Climate chemistry, Climate politics, Green politics,, Greenhouse gases and climate change, Land use, New forests and woodland, REDD+ | Leave a comment

Forest Gump and the Skepsies

Posted on February 24, 2013 by greencentre

Sometimes they just write themselves. I’m concerned about misinformation, short sightedness and unclear thinking in any debate. Certainly the climate issue is not uncommon in having background support for agents working to muddy the waters but $100,000,000 can buy a … Continue reading →

Posted in Acid rain, Biodiversity, Climate carbon history, Climate chemistry, Climate politics, Green politics,, Volcanic action and climate | Leave a comment

The Need for Trees

Posted on September 9, 2011 by greencentre

I have some friends who are deeply involved in the developing ideology of Non Violent Communication, which sounds very touchy feely, user friendly, wholesome and the like to me. By and large I think that it mostly is but I … Continue reading →

Posted in Buffering the terrestrial carbon cycle, Carbon belch - post glacial, Carbon sinks, Charcoal, Climate carbon history, Climate chemistry, Climate politics, Gaia, Green politics,, James Lovelock, New forests and woodland, Non violent communication, Rainforest, Sheep and cattle farming | Leave a comment