Happy Earth Day everyone. Wired Science, whose staff probably wakes up before noon, beat me to the punch, but regardless, enjoy some satellite images of our beautiful Earth.
Alluvial Fan:

The Bogada Mountains:

Mississippi River Delta:

Richat:

Terkezi Oasis:

I was going to write a scathing critique of Bush’s “call to action” in dealing with climate change, but the U.S. Climate Action Network has the comprehensive rundown here. One of the insightful comments from Oxfam America:
“The reality is that US leadership is sorely needed to reduce our impact on the planet and to help […]

For anyone looking for a somewhat academic critique of the assertions made in An Inconvenient Truth, SpringerLink finally put an edition of last year’s GeoJournal online (subscription required).

Ford Motor Co.’s plant in London is apparently doing it’s part in reducing global carbon emissions. Their two wind turbines already installed have allowed Ford’s Dagenham plant, outside of London, to manufacture every engine using wind power. The addition of a third turbine will allow them to have 100% of their manufacturing processes powered with […]

Over the past several years, a fringe group of scientists have asserted that the causes of global warming lie mostly in the hands of the universe, not from mankind. It is said that fluctuations in cosmic rays, energetic particles from space that bombard the Earth’s atmosphere, directly contribute to greater cloud cover in the planet, […]

 
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Can soil be the key to mitigating the effects of global warming? Engineers from Newcastle University believe so. The solution lies in the fact that when plants absorb CO2 for Calvin Cycle reactions, excess carbon is pumped out of the roots and into the soil around them. Where most soils will allow the carbon dioxide […]

Check out this sweet picture of Sydney before and during Earth Hour.
UPDATE:
Sydney During Earth Hour:

Sydney After Earth Hour:

Images taken from Flickr user hohohob under a Creative Commons License 

Oh, and today is Earth Hour:

So from 8:00-9:00 tonight, turn off all of your electricity, and help save the planet. Even google has pledged it’s support by “turning the lights out” on it’s homepage.

In an unprecedented move, the national Sierra Club board voted to remove the leaders of the Florida state chapter in a 10-2 vote. The reason for such a harsh crackdown? The dispute over the endorsement of Clorox products as environmentally friendly. Noting that chemical companies such as these produce chemical waste that is exceptionally dangerous […]

Check out Norman Foster’s TED Talk on designing beautiful, pollution free buildings: