Archive for August, 2007

The difference between girl brains and boy brains (Seattle Times)

August 31, 2007

Local artists and scientists are working together to create an art exhibit to help the public understand global warming.Art, science team up on global warming (Wisconsin State Journal)

California suing auto industry over global warming

August 31, 2007

Honolulu Star-Bulletin – But, he asked, “how will we know if these places change (due to global warming, for example), if we don’t know what’s there now? . asked the state Land Board to delay granting a permit for the cruise until more was known about potential effects on monk .Scientists skirt critics of Northwest Islands bio-survey

Ice caps are melting even in winter, global warming evidence … – San Francisco Chronicle

August 30, 2007

European and Asian leaders, eager to show that together they can produce results on the world stage, were set to make a declaration about confronting global warming after the Kyoto Protocol on climate change runs out in 2012.EU, Asian summit to send global warming message (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Virginia Climatologist Stokes Warming Debate
Tampa Tribune, FL - 9 hours ago
. has built his career as a fiery and frequently quoted global-warming doubter. . Michaels wrote this year) for exaggerating the risks and results of climate change .

Virginia Climatologist Stokes Warming Debate – Tampa Tribune

Local: No Idling’ signs will curb auto emissions (The Nashua Telegraph)

August 30, 2007

NASA scientists reported that higher temperatures and a retreat of the sea ice over the last two winters offered new evidence that the gases were influencing the Arctic?s climate.NASA Scientists See New Signs of Global warming (New York Times)

NASA Scientists See New Signs Of Global Warming
Free Internet Press, NY - Sep 14, 2006
Scientists have long suspected that the recent melting of Arctic Ocean ice in the summer might be a result of heat-trapping gases building up in the atmosphere .

NASA Scientists See New Signs of Global warming – Free Internet Press

Auburn Dam, Peripheral Canal possible again

August 30, 2007

Everyone has an opinion on global warming — and what it means to the plants, animals and places we all love. Some people don’t believe that global warming exists.Outdoors enthusiasts see signs of global warming (The Olympian)

Contra Costa Times – But just as there are occasional assertions, albeit unsubstantiated, that Elvis is alive, neither the Auburn Dam nor the Peripheral Canal ever completely faded away — and both, in fact, are showing signs of revival in an era when global warming .Auburn Dam, Peripheral Canal possible again

From The Archives

August 29, 2007

Syracuse Post-Standard – In between, he held the attention of a packed house of nearly 3,000 people by combining science and showmanship to bring home his message that global warming is the most serious crisis ever faced by humankind. “This crisis is by far the worst danger .From The Archives

Bumpy road ahead for Florida coast

August 28, 2007

Man-Made Volcanic Effect?
TCS Daily, DC - 2 hours ago
. El Nios of the early 1990s on a global basis . Pacific may be driving the current continued warming even as . Signal Corps, the Office of Naval Research, and the .

Man-Made Volcanic Effect? – TCS Daily

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

Study intensifies debate over global warming (The Buffalo News)

August 27, 2007

Escalating a vigorous scientific debate, a new study reported more strong links today between human-caused global warming and rising ocean temperatures — a key factor in the development and growth of hurricanes.Report Links Global Warming, Hurricanes (TechNewsWorld.com)

Although saying he has no plans to run for president in 2008, former vice president Al Gore has nonetheless left the door ever so slightly ajar. It’s a good bet that door will swing open a good bit wider come next May.Gore’s 2008 Plans May Become Clearer After Release of Book (Washington Post)

Economy can drive ‘green’ change (Richmond Times-Dispatch)

August 27, 2007

What, apocalyptic climate change isn’t scary enough all by itself? In “The Last Winter,” writer-director Larry Fessenden does Al Gore one better, channeling fears of global warming into a horror tale that, until the end, doesn’t let on quite where it’s coming from.Idiosyncratic horror mixes science, supernatural (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

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Report: Average Temps Rising in WV; Up 1.5 Degrees F Since January
HNN Huntingtonnews.net, USA - Sep 14, 2006
. that we have the technology to not only reverse the trends, but to . the development of emission free technologies, we could begin to reverse global warming. .

Report: Average Temps Rising in WV; Up 1.5 Degrees F Since January – HNN Huntingtonnews.net

UNODC Makes the Case for Ending Cannabis ProhibitionInadvertently

August 26, 2007

Baltimore Chronicle – After stipulating that cannabis is a relatively harmless and inexpensive intoxicant, the report presents statistics that . In a world challenged by mass poverty, global warming, nuclear proliferation, and Islamist terrorism, what sense does it make .UNODC Makes the Case for Ending Cannabis ProhibitionInadvertently

A new weather forecasting system may help air traffic controllers …

August 26, 2007

Turkish Daily News – . on Thursday after ditching the 1997 Kyoto treaty aimed at staving off global warming . of the Kyoto deal but U.S. officials say Bush will try to explore other ways of . an end to what they insist is second-class citizen status, threatened to counter .Two skeletons found in minefield by Turkish-Greek border

Spokane Spokesman-Review – However, they’re often not that much different than many other existing ways of . happy to read, after taking on Becky Nappi’s column the other day about global warming . Went to the kitchen counter drawer, which almost refused to open, and dug through .Republic bank closure

Bus route in doubt?

August 25, 2007

Glenwood Springs Post Independent – RFTA-related votes have had mixed results among governmental jurisdictions served by the Grand Hogback route. The service . Blankenship believes factors such as downvalley growth, rising gas prices and concerns about global warming all are contributing .Bus route in doubt?

Busy Atlantic hurricane season forecast

August 24, 2007

Myrtle Beach Online – Global warming appears to be altering basic sea chemistry. Oceanographers predict that, if current carbon dioxide emission trends continue, water acidification will dangerously deteriorate the shells and skeletons of key marine species. The most .Oceans Suffer Serious Distress

Oceans Suffer Serious Distress
Myrtle Beach Sun News, SC - 13 hours ago
. Global warming appears to be altering basic sea chemistry. Oceanographers predict that, if current carbon dioxide emission trends continue, water acidification .

Oceans Suffer Serious Distress – Myrtle Beach Sun News

UNODC Makes the Case for Ending Cannabis ProhibitionInadvertently

August 24, 2007

Los Angeles Times – . Christian right in Washington are not engaged in an epic battle only against Darwin, it seems, but also against global warming. . No amount of left-brain analysis can unveil the experience of religion, however, and although Sheler weaves in statistics .Divine intervention

Austin American-Statesman – And statistics from the National Weather Service show that August was one of the worst on record. But has it really been . research by Camille Parmesan, an assistant professor of biology at the University of Texas and an expert on global warming .Hot and bothered

California suing auto industry over global warming

August 23, 2007

Tribune-Star – Global warming is in dispute within the scientific, political and industrial communities. Vivian Stockman, project coordinator for the Ohio Valley Environmental Council, says disturbing signs are evident across the globe, even in West Virginia. .Coal leader disputes global warming