Wed. May 16, 2012
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AMERICAblog (blog)
May 16, 2012
We wrote earlier about the looming
global warming deadline - yes folks, "game over" really does mean the game is over.
Reuters India
May 16, 2012
By Nina Chestney |
London (Reuters) - British scientists have abandoned an experiment to test the possibility of spraying particles into the upper atmosphere to stem
global warming, largely due to concerns over a patent for some of the technology, ...
National Post
May 16, 2012
The Adirondack Daily Enterprise
May 16, 2012
"Climate models have been showing that
global warming could push storm tracks southwards and away from the mainlands of
Southern Africa,
South America and
Australia," Stager said in a press release.
Huffington Post
May 16, 2012
Bill Nye "The Science Guy," and/or TV host and environmental advocate, challenged the graduates of Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, Calif.
Summit County Citizens Voice
May 16, 2012
By Summit Voice SUMMIT COUNTY - Average temperatures in the Rocky Mountains could soar by more than 6 degrees in the summer and 4 degrees in the winter in the next few decades, according to a new statistical analysis of climate models by researchers ...
The Market Oracle
May 16, 2012
Relatively soon, this question will be asked:
global warming has traced a wipeout curve like any failed Great Cause, mixing junk science, porkbarrel politics, cash-gouging corporate
greed and deliberate promotion and falsification of any real danger or ...
Reuters
May 16, 2012
Last year's UN climate talks in
Durban, South Africa, agreed a package of measures which would eventually force all the world's polluters to take legally binding action to slow the pace of
global warming. Delegates agreed on the so-called "Durban ...
ThinkProgress
May 16, 2012
Part of this alarming change is due to the natural sinking of the area's soggy tidal lands, but part of it is due to the rising
sea levels brought about by
global warming. Like stranded polar bears in the North Pole, like disappearing island nations in ...
Post-Bulletin
May 16, 2012
By Kelli Plasket A new study says sauropods may have contributed to Earth's warmer climate during the Mesozoic era. Around 200 million years ago, Earth was 18 degrees warmer than it is now.
Philadelphia Inquirer (blog)
May 16, 2012
We noted in today's Inquirer article that officially the first four months of the year constituted the warmest Jan. 1 through April 30 period on record in
Philadelphia.
AZoCleantech
May 16, 2012
More intense warming could therefore cause their decline as well as a major disruption of
marine ecosystems in the Arctic. The scientists are now investigating the impact of
global warming on the winter survival of these seabirds.
Reuters
May 16, 2012
... May 15 (R
EUters) - EU nations should pledge that funds from paying for airline emissions will help poor countries deal with
global warming, the bloc's climate chief said on Tuesday, after
finance ministers stopped short of a firm commitment.
The Vancouver Observer (blog)
May 16, 2012
In a must-see TED talk,
NASA climate scientist James Hansen say the current increase in
global warming is: "...equivalent to exploding 400000
Hiroshima atomic
bombs per day 365 days per year.
Daily Beast
May 16, 2012
by Noah Kristula-Green May 15, 2012 1:05 PM EDT On May 3rd, the
Heartland Institute unveiled a controversial billboard equating belief in
global warming with the beliefs of the Unabomber. This lead Heartland's
finance, Insurance, and Real Estate ...
New York Times
May 16, 2012
Dr. Hansen made a name for himself in the 1980s by warning that computer models predicted that increasing
carbon dioxide levels would result in major
global warming. In fact, since 1998, after a decade of temperature rise, average
global temperatures ...
CleanTechnica
May 16, 2012
University of
Utah biologist Jim Ehleringer and colleagues at Harvard developed a new method to estimate
carbon dioxide emissions and thus verify compliance with a greenhouse gas treaty -- if the nations of the world ever agree to limit emissions of ...
3News NZ
May 16, 2012
By 3 News online staff
global warming may cause some stocks of
fish species to decline, while others may grow. The gastrointestinal system of fish is much more sensitive to rises in
sea temperatures than previously thought, according to new research.
News Chief
May 16, 2012
To the long list of right-wing, knuckle-dragging know-nothings who dare question so-called "
global warming," environmentalists now can add six Apollo astronauts, two rocket men who flew aboard Skylab, and a pair of former directors of the Johnson Space ...
MinnPost.com
May 16, 2012
By Ron Meador | 08:12 am A British chemical
engineer, Peter Davidson, presented a webinar early this morning on his
strategy to combat
global warming: Fog Earth's upper atmosphere with paint particles, streamed from giant
balloons, to reflect sunlight ...
The Province
May 16, 2012
"We still have a gap remaining between intent and effort," Figueres said as experts and diplomats from some 170 countries met to start laying the ground-work for a new
global-warming pact to be finalized by 2015. These are the first formal talks since ...
Salt Lake Tribune
May 15, 2012
After all, it was major news in the campaign when former GOP candidate Jon Huntsman tweeted that he trusts "scientists on
global warming." It was such a controversial assertion that he later walked it back. "Six of 10 local
politicians in
Sweden doubt ...
Herald and News
May 15, 2012
ROCKY MOUNTAIN
National Park, Colo. - A few modest features distinguish the trunk of the limber pine standing among the trees near abandoned beaver ponds: a white, plastic pouch attached by a removable staple, a numerical metal tag secured with an ...
The Hill (blog)
May 14, 2012
The
Washington Post reports that federal officials are trying to protect forests that are under assault from beetle infestations driven by
global warming. Bloomberg reports that oil has fallen to its lowest level in 2012. Reuters looks at the growth of ...
Salisbury Post
May 14, 2012
global warming is a fact and human activity is a big part of the current warming. There is no debate or doubt amongst the scientific community.
Washington Post
May 13, 2012
Scientists know that
global warming will reshape these forests, which provide crucial habitat and food for key species, curb soil erosion and slow melting snow destined for local water supplies.
AME Info
May 13, 2012
The trio of companies worked together to solve one of the HVAC industry's most pressing quandaries - the development of a unit integrating an innovative new refrigerant that lowers
global warming Potential (GWP), operates safely and efficiently, ...
China Daily
May 13, 2012
By Justin Gillis (The
New York Times) IT IS The greatest remaining mystery in climate science: How will clouds change with
global warming? Most scientists believe that clouds will probably have a neutral effect or even amplify the warming, ...
Lincoln Journal Star
May 13, 2012
After all, it was major news in the campaign when former GOP candidate Jon Huntsman tweeted that he trusts "scientists on
global warming." It was such a controversial assertion that he later walked it back. "Six of 10 local
politicians in
Sweden doubt ...
Daily Mail
May 13, 2012
By AP In a world weary of war and economic crises, and concerned about
global climate change, the consensus is that
President Obama has not lived up to the lofty expectations that surrounded his 2008 election and Nobel
peace Prize a year later.
Huffington Post (blog)
May 12, 2012
Some of the most evil, twisted people of our time -- people like Charles Manson, Ted Kaczynski, and
Osama bin Laden -- apparently have accepted the science on
global warming. (News to me.) It follows, therefore, that anyone else who accepts the science ...
Financial Post
May 12, 2012
global-warming-related catastrophes are increasingly hitting vulnerable populations around the world, with one species in particular danger: the electricity ratepayer.
Daily Monitor
May 12, 2012
A guide shows tourists parts of the caves that house Amabeere ga Nyina Mwiru recently. PHOTO BY FARIDAH KULABAKO. By Faridah Kulabako (
email the author) The site that had been limited to tourists within Tororo Kingdom has grown to attract international ...
London Free Press
May 12, 2012
By IAN GILLESPIE, The
London Free Press The world of science is abuzz with news that researchers believe dinosaur farts may have caused
global warming 200 million years ago. The study, published this week in the journal Current
biology, ...
Indianapolis Star
May 12, 2012
To the long list of right-wing, knuckle-dragging know-nothings who dare question so-called "
global warming," environmentalists now can add six Apollo astronauts, two rocket men who flew aboard Skylab, and a pair of former directors of the Johnson Space ...
Energy Collective
May 12, 2012
In a recent
PBS documentary, the mayor of Norfolk, Virginia, Paul Fraim, talks about how flooding has become a monthly occurrence in his town, and how
global warming and
sea level rise are as much a daily issue for him as
education and fighting
crime.
Plain Dealer
May 12, 2012
LOS ANGELES - Dinosaurs' gassy guts may have contributed to
global warming tens of millions of years ago, according to a new study that finds a group of plant-eating dinosaurs could have produced about as much methane as all of today's natural and ...
Brisbane Times
May 11, 2012
Tony Haggarty: '
global warming doesn't get solved by an
Australian
carbon tax.' Photo: Peter Rae THE head of Australia's largest
coal company, Tony Haggarty, has denounced Australia's carbon tax as ''pointless'' and said he is sceptical about human ...
TopNews United States
May 11, 2012
A recent interview of American
President Obama revealed that
Canada can play a devastating role in increasing the
global warming. He said that it is high time now that Canada should know about the issue, and should stop exploiting the oil in vast tars.
Barre Montpelier Times Argus
May 11, 2012
Environmentalists support
Vermont's renewable energy mandates to check
global warming. The
Obama administration is also throwing billions to advance a green agenda to save our planet.
TheImproper.com
May 11, 2012
By TheImproper, May 11th, 2012 Kristen Stewart was spotted getting into the wrong private jet in
Paris, but what started out as a humorous story is turning into a debate over
global warming and celebrity hypocrisy. Although Stewart is making joint ...
msnbc.com
May 11, 2012
Some corporate giants are caught in the middle of a battle between a think tank skeptical of manmade
global warming and an environmental group that it is trying to undermine its financial health.
Natural Resources Defense Council (blog)
May 11, 2012
In a recent
PBS documentary, the mayor of Norfolk, Virginia, Paul Fraim, talks about how flooding has become a monthly occurrence in his town, and how
global warming and
sea level rise are as much a daily issue for him as
education and fighting
crime.
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
May 11, 2012
New York City, NY (PRWEB) May 10, 2012 "As
global warming really only promises to get worse," Mark Spellun believes "we should watch for five critical trends over the next decade.
The Reporter
May 11, 2012
The truth is that the effects of
global warming are likely to be overwhelmingly beneficial. Farmers will benefit because
carbon dioxide enhances plant growth.
Taunton Daily Gazette (blog)
May 11, 2012
By Pat Cunningham The
global-warming signal is now louder than the noise of random weather, as I predicted would happen by now in the journal Science in 1981.
Herald & Review
May 11, 2012
In recent years, the world's scientists have begun to show that
climate change is altering the magnitude and frequency of severe weather, and polls say a majority of
Americans now link
droughts,
floods and other extremes to
global warming.
Regina Leader-Post
May 11, 2012
By Tim Kenneally, Reuters May 10, 2012 It's starting to look like Ben Stein's lawsuit over his
global-warming beliefs might just be a lot of hot air.
