The Green Grok Blogs on Climate Change http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok daily 1 2008-10-19T08:02:19Z Building Hope One House at a Time http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/buildersofhope <img src=http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/buildersofhope/image_thumb/> Nancy Murray has taken recycling to a whole new level — she recycles houses. No publisher erica Nancy Murray buildings greenhouse gas emissions business climate change housing recycling global warming Builders of Hope sustainability homelessness waste 2009-11-20T20:27:10Z Blog entry Changing Climate Change Legislation http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/webb-alexander No publisher erica cap and trade U.S. Congress Lamar Alexander greenhouse gas emissions climate change energy economics legislation green investments global warming Kerry-Boxer climate bill Waxman-Markey climate bill Jim Webb nuclear policy politics carbon dioxide emissions United States Jimmy Carter 2009-11-17T19:27:17Z Blog entry World Cries Uncle on Climate Deal http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/climate2009 No publisher erica UNFCCC U.S. Congress greenhouse gas emissions climate change legislation global warming Nancy Pelosi United States Barack Obama politics policy international 2009-11-16T16:56:25Z Blog entry Another Volcano, Another Cold Snap http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/volcanoes <img src=http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/volcanoes/image_thumb/> Analysis of sulfur isotopes in ice cores fingers a volcano in the 19th-century dip in global temperatures. No publisher erica Greenland volcanoes El Nino-Southern Oscillation solar cycle La Nina Mount Tambora global warming Antarctica Pulse of the Planet sulfur dioxide Mount Pinatubo global cooling solar variation 2009-11-13T19:05:41Z Blog entry A Global Diet on Livestock Emissions http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/recc <img src=http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/recc/image_thumb/> You’ve heard about REDD, the program to "reduce emissions from deforestation and degradation." Why not RECC, an effort to Reduce Emissions from Cows and Cattle? No publisher erica Reductions in Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation fossil fuels animals waste climate change nitrogen oxides forests meat deforestation REDD cows greenhouse gas emissions carbon dioxide emissions methane 2009-11-10T19:11:45Z Blog entry Lovins Sees Bright, Efficient Future http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/lovins <img src=http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/lovins/image_thumb/> <a class="external-link" href="http://nicholas.duke.edu/deanseries">Lecturing</a> at Duke University last week, physicist Amory Lovins predicted the end of our energy and climate woes. No publisher erica Amory Lovins electricity climate change energy automakers automobile global warming electric cars integrated design electric vehicle energy efficiency cars Duke Environment and Society Lecture 2009-11-09T17:25:22Z Blog entry Global Warming Debate Gets Strange http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/strangenews <img src=http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/strangenews/image_thumb/> Someone tell me … which is the real news and which is fake? No publisher erica John Kerry Maldives legislation Chewang Norphel Nepal Africa global warming Kerry-Boxer climate bill Waxman-Markey climate bill glaciers policy politics U.S. Chamber of Congress 2009-11-05T19:05:08Z Blog entry Can We Put a Brake on Homely Emissions? http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/behavioralwedge <img src=http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/behavioralwedge/image_thumb/> Looking for the key to getting a jump on cutting U.S. greenhouse gas emissions? It may be in our homes. No publisher erica Steve Pacala greenhouse gas emissions climate change global warming Rob Socolow Waxman-Markey climate bill wedges carbon dioxide emissions 2009-11-04T20:57:53Z Blog entry Deforestation Role Demoted http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/redd No publisher erica greenhouse gas emissions climate change Reductions in Emissions from Deforestation an Forest Degradation global warming deforestation Waxman-Markey climate bill Kyoto Protocol peatlands rain forest 2009-11-13T13:31:14Z Blog entry Cows Let Go a Sigh of Relief http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/cows <img src=http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/cows/image_thumb/> Congress acted on climate this week. And it's certainly a move to chew over. No publisher erica cap and trade U.S. Congress climate animals greenhouse gas emissions farmers climate change enteric fermentation global warming farms Environmental Protection Agency ranching methane 2009-10-29T17:53:45Z Blog entry Arctic Plankton Sing the Global Warming Blues http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/phytoplankton <img src=http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/phytoplankton/image_thumb/> The canary in the climate change mine is singing a new and slightly different tune. No publisher erica climate change Arctic oceans Pulse of the Planet global warming research phytoplankton science 2009-10-28T19:26:52Z Blog entry 450 or 350 -- Choose One and Go http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/co2target No publisher erica UNFCCC COP-15 greenhouse gas emissions policy climate change legislation Gavin Schmidt Jim Hansen United States 450 ppm Bill McKibben climate disruption global warming Copenhagen carbon dioxide emissions 350 ppm temperatures 2009-10-26T20:15:18Z Blog entry Where Have All the Forests Gone - Bioenergy’s Legacy? http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/bioenergy <img src=http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/bioenergy/image_thumb/> Bioenergy’s free ride in Kyoto and national climate legislation is a recipe for disaster. No publisher erica land-use changes fossil fuels greenhouse gas emissions climate change legislation global warming Kerry-Boxer climate bill Waxman-Markey climate bill bioenergy Tim Searchinger Kyoto Protocol science policy politics carbon dioxide emissions 2009-10-23T14:48:18Z Blog entry Ice Update: Not So Fast Antarctica http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/iceupdate10222009 <img src=http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/iceupdate10222009/image_thumb/> Slower moving rocks under the Antarctic spell slower rates of Antarctic ice sheet melting. No publisher erica Global Positioning System Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment climate change global warming post-glacial rebound ice sheets ice age ice GRACE GPS 2009-10-22T18:07:52Z Blog entry Converging on a Climate Agreement http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/prog-convergence No publisher erica UNFCCC climate greenhouse gas emissions climate change global warming United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change global economy Kyoto Protocol politics policy international carbon dioxide emissions 2009-10-26T19:39:40Z Blog entry