The latest New Scientist has a report by Fred Pearce that everybody should read, Arctic Meltdown is a threat to humanity. Any long term student of the trends of climate change may be dismayed at the confirmation of acceleration in the warming of the Arctic, but certainly not be surprised. What is scary for me [...]
Archive for March, 2009
Multiple +ve feedback loops speed Arctic Melting
Posted in Blogroll on 31, March, 2009, | Leave a Comment »
Microbial Fuel Cells create Energy from Waste
Posted in Energy, Fuel Cell, bio-electrochemical systems, tagged bio-electrochemical systems, Carbon Substitution, Electrogenic, Electrogenisis, Fuel Cells, Microbial Fuel Cell, Wastewater Treatment on 17, March, 2009, | 2 Comments »
Aquatic animals and fish that use produce electricity have been known about in some cases for thousands of years in the case of the electric ray family. We now know that the use of electricity is far more widespread for instance, for sensing of their environment (sharks), detection of food (platypus) or as defensive and [...]
Carbon sinks losing the battle with rising emissions
Posted in Carbon Sinks, Climate Change, tagged anthropogenic carbon, carbon dioxide, Carbon Sinks, Climate Change, CO2, Copenhagen Climate Change Conference, CSIRO, Global Carbon Project, Ocean, sea level rise on 12, March, 2009, | Leave a Comment »
Anyone that has been following the science of climate change will not be surprised at this latest from CSIRO Climate Scientists at the current Copenhagen Climate Change preparatory conference leading up to the main conference with national leaders and ministers in December. See http://en.cop15.dk/
“Forests, grasslands and oceans are absorbing carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere [...]
“Problems are to reality what atoms are to tables”
Posted in LinkedIn, Systems Thinking, tagged Ackoff, problem-solving, problems, system of messes, Systems Thinking on 6, March, 2009, | Leave a Comment »
System Thinking Guru turns 90.
Russell Ackoff, systems thinking legend is still going strong at 90. This Ackoff Centre blog contains some great links, videos, articles and commentary.
I love the way Ackoff looks at problems and solutions in our dominant linear thinking world. Where solving a problem creates another problem and solving that causes another…. until [...]
