Carbon and Climate

What is 24 Hours of Reality?

24 Presenters. 24 Time Zones. 13 Languages. 1 Message. 24 Hours of Reality is a worldwide event to broadcast the reality of the climate crisis. It will consist of a new multimedia presentation created by Al Gore and delivered once per hour for 24 hours, representing every time zone around the globe. Each hour people living with the reality of climate change will connect the dots between recent extreme weather events — including floods, droughts and storms — and the manmade pollution that is changing our climate. We will offer a round-the-clock, round-the-globe snapshot of the climate crisis in real time. The deniers may have millions of dollars to spend, but we have a powerful advantage. We have reality.

climaterealityproject.org

The company behind one of the largest networks of weather monitoring stations on the planet — and the purveyor of the ubiquitous WeatherBug application and Web site — is betting that providing greenhouse gas data will also prove to be a lucrative market.  Read the full article in the NY Times, permalink, and also seen in the Washington Post today and briefed (seminar) at USGCRP yesterday.

A Scientist, His Work and a Climate Reckoning
NY Times, Dec. 21st, 2010
By JUSTIN GILLIS

In the 1950s, Charles David Keeling began measuring carbon dioxide levels, which rise relentlessly as the political debate drags on.

Link to NY Times Article