Archive for May, 2007

Global warming impact looms over farmlands (Contra Costa Times)

May 31, 2007

SACRAMENTO California’s agricultural lands have largely escaped the effects of global warming, but the honeymoon may soon be over.Farmland could soon feel warming effects (San Mateo County Times)

REVIEW AND OPINION – Patriot-News

May 31, 2007

Tropical SSTs: Natural variations or Global warming?
RealClimate - Sep 11, 2006
. which exhibit oscillatory ‘AMO’ behavior, the observed tropical SST trends can only . These studies do not conclusively show a hurricane/global warming link, let .

Tropical SSTs: Natural variations or Global warming? – RealClimate

Stratospheric Sulfur Could Stall Global Warming (Environmental News Network)

May 30, 2007

There’s more and more proof that global warming is not just a theory and its impact is being felt on the environment every day. New research in Switzerland shows that glaciers in the country’s Alps are really feeling the heat.The Alps hit by global warming (NDTV)

HometownAnnapolis.com – And it’s not a far off concern – research indicates that serious effects of global warming could be seen in these students’ lifetimes. “We’re going to have to focus on it for the rest of our lives,” said Mr. Cecil-Cockwell, who hails from Ontario .St. John’s students step up to climate challenge

California AG Sues Automakers for Global Warming Damages – Insurance Journal

May 30, 2007

LOS ANGELES – California on Wednesday announced that it was suing six US and Japanese automakers for their alleged contribution to global warming, the first such legal fight in the United States.California sues six carmakers over global warming (Khaleej Times)

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EastOregonian.info (subscription)
Right in our own backyard
EastOregonian.info (subscription), OR - 22 hours ago
. across the earth during the last 100 years with greenhouse gases and natural causes. . is humans are "partly" to "entirely" responsible for global warming in the .

Right in our own backyard – EastOregonian.info (subscription)

Douglas leads on climate change

May 29, 2007

Washington Post – . had a better time,” the MSNBC host told us yesterday on the phone from Los Angeles, where he was voted off the results . Move aside, Brad Pitt — 311’s Nick Hexum is on a mission to tackle global warming. “I agree with Al Gore’s statements that global .NAMES & FACES

Forest City Times-Herald – Global warming focus of forum held in FCity Published: September 15, 2006 Alan Smith, T-H Staff Writer On Thursday at the Forrest . We are seeing the results of the warmer temperatures through drought, spores and insects. There is a study being done at .Global warming focus of forum held in FCity

Farmlands to see climate change Research: Irrigation has produced a temporary global warming honeymoon (Tri-Valley Herald)

May 28, 2007

On Thursday at the Forrest City Civic Center, the Arkansas Climate Awareness Project (ARCAP) along with East Arkansas Enterprise Community, Inc., presented a Global warming forum.Global warming focus of forum held in FCity (Forrest City Times-Herald)

ECOLOGY AND YOU: Cheap gas until the election?

May 28, 2007

Tribune-Star – Even if global warming is a reality, the almanac says there is a positive side to climate shifts. While erratic changes, such as heat waves, produce adverse effects, overall it appears people are moving to regions where winters are less harsh, the .Coal leader disputes global warming

Hot and bothered – Austin American-Statesman (subscription)

May 27, 2007

Miami Herald – . saying that it `provides a key piece of the puzzle that maps connections between global warming and increased hurricane intensity.’ But the study, based on 22 sophisticated computer models, doesn’t go quite that far. In the end, it piles statistics .Report points to link between global warming and hurricanes

Herald Tribune – That warming of Pacific equatorial waters, some climatologists say, drives down . With the ongoing Global War on Terror, it has some fascinating reading. You can . Statistics for July released Wednesday from the Florida Association of Realtors show .Over Venice and North Port objections, county sets public hearing on .

Global Warming: Act in 4-6 yrs or don't bother – Sun Valley Online.com (press release)

May 26, 2007

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American Chronicle
Ignore Global Warming, There Is No Practical Solution, Lets Be .
American Chronicle, CA - Sep 25, 2006
. growth, and growth in world political power, to stop Global Warming? . Would they stop adding one million new cars on . We can think of anything in a million ways. .

Ignore Global Warming, There Is No Practical Solution, Lets Be . – American Chronicle

Issues of ecology, theology collide – Kansas City Star

May 26, 2007

Augusta Free Press – If there’s anything that scares industry more than global warming, it’s peak oil. Fearing it would cut into their profits, the . Scientists have warned that we must stabilize our carbon emissions within a decade to avoid the worst effects of climate .ECOLOGY AND YOU: Cheap gas until the election?

Vallejo Times-Herald – Global warming effects are already showing up in rising sea temperatures, in rapid Arctic ice melt-off and in large swaths of Alaska permafrost that have turned to sloppy bogs. So before those who dislike the initiative dig in further with their .Leading the way on global warming

Study says global warming isnt suns fault (MSNBC)

May 25, 2007

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Portage Glacier, a major Alaska tourist destination near Anchorage’s southern edge, has retreated so far it no longer can be seen from a multimillion-dollar visitors center built in 1986.Mayors gather in Alaska to see global warming effects firsthand (North County Times)

Drop in frog population could be bad omen for environment

May 25, 2007

Kansas City Star – Heat holds health risks Regions landscape becomes laboratory Global Warming: Causes and Effects (.pdf) How Government Is Responding; . Snow sometimes piled so high in the 1960s and 1970s that Gladstone postman Bob Drayer couldnt pull his truck up .Climate change making ominous mark on Midwest

Global warming impact looms over farmlands (Contra Costa Times)

May 24, 2007

CONCORD (AP) — The first half of 2006 was the second warmest January to July on record in northern New England, according to a science advocacy group’s report on global warming.Group: Global warming to blame for the heat (Portsmouth Herald)

Times Herald-Record – Climatologists have announced that global warming has reached its tipping point, and Time magazine reported it in the April 3 . Glaciologist Eric Rignot of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., and Pannir Kanagaratnam, a research .Take action to fight global warming now

Other Views: The Independent, The Economist, China Daily – International Herald Tribune

May 23, 2007

Against a backdrop of declining oil resources projected to run out during the next 30 to 40 years, a panel of experts analyzed alternative energy options at Global Energy Day, sponsored by the Licensing Executives Society (LES).Global Energy Day Debates Alternative Energy Options (U.S. Newswire via Yahoo! News)

More than just one inconvenient truth
NEWS.com.au, Australia - Sep 13, 2006
. Gore as he travels the world delivering his well-honed presentation on global warming. . One of the most significant statistics, which is almost lost among the .

More than just one inconvenient truth – NEWS.com.au

Gerard Baker – Times Online

May 23, 2007

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MSNBC
Study says global warming isnt suns fault
MSNBC - Sep 13, 2006
OSLO, Norway – The suns energy output has barely varied over the past 1,000 years, raising chances that global warming has human . Our results imply that .

Study says global warming isnt suns fault – MSNBC

Global warming focus of forum held in FCity
Forrest City Times-Herald, AR - Sep 15, 2006
. Global warming has been debated for years, but Fisher says that with the . We are seeing the results of the warmer temperatures through drought, spores and .

Global warming focus of forum held in FCity – Forrest City Times-Herald