Monthly Archives: January 2011

“Global temperature is rising as fast in the past decade as in the prior two decades, despite year-to-year fluctuations associated with the El Niño-La Niña cycle of tropical ocean temperature,” Hansen and colleagues reported http://www.giss.nasa.gov/research/news/20110112/ http://www.woodfortrees.org/

Al Gore claims he is concerned about poor people being hit by global warming. Now he has a chance to make an honest man out of himself. http://www.tennessean.com/

http://news.asiaone.com/ In other words, they are looking for an excuse to raise premiums.

“Like any large civilization — including the civilization we have today — it (Roman Empire) was highly dependent on predictability of natural resources,” Mann says. “It was very heavily adapted to the climate conditions that had persisted for centuries.” http://www.npr.org/ … Continue reading →

For years, scientists have recorded the gradual march of plants and animals up mountain slopes and toward higher latitudes as global warming has forced them to chase their climatic comfort zones. A new study suggests that for plants, however, a … Continue reading →

the already arid southwestern U.S. could become a permanent dust bowl, while Australia will see intensified droughts and agricultural decline throughout the country’s populated south and east. http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1607652,00.html h/t to Jimbo

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A November 2006 United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization report found that livestock accounts for 18 percent of global warming emissions worldwide, more than the entire transportation sector. http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/10/22/peta

http://bigthink.com/idea_feed_items/4496 The Arctic  has been warming at an incredible rate, and there just isn’t any more cold air left.

She later responded to a mediaperson’s question: “How should we solve global warming?” “I’m flying quite a bit, so that doesn’t really help. Go green. Make cars that don’t use so much gas. Make them electric. That would help. Use … Continue reading →