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News From Tuesday, October 18, 2011
8:49:53 PM Incubator Arts Project Presents THE CLIMATE CHRONICLES 11/10-19
Broadway World - New York,NY,USA

The Climate Chronicles is an ensemble created dance/theater work that narrates the story of a team of questionably qualified American climatologists and ... [more]

6:57:39 PM Notes from the TX State Climatologist
Burnt Orange Report - Austin,TX,USA

I got to hear John Neilsen-Gammon (link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J... , the State of Texas's Climatologist (link: http://atmo.tamu.edu/osc/ , speak about the "Basic mechanisms of the 2011 TX Drought" and our "Outlook for the future: short & long [more]

6:35:29 PM Limbaugh Says Global Warming, Occupy Wall Street Part Of 'Sybil'
Think Progress - Yorba Linda,CA,USA

ThinkProgress Does it not sound exactly like what's happened with global warming? “The United States Congress, the White House, you name it, wherever they have dominated for a significant amount of time, you have perverse corruption, lies, outright f [more]

5:22:17 PM Climate scientists grapple with uncertainty (though not the kind ...
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA

There are lots of things climatologists know with a high degree of ... And as the world's climatologists get started on the next big assessment of climate ... [more]

5:12:45 PM Warming Revives Dream of Sea Route in Russian Arctic
New York Times - New York,NY,USA

But environmental scientists say there is now no doubt that global warming is shrinking the Arctic ice pack, opening new sea lanes and making the few previously navigable routes near shore accessible more months of the year. ... [more]

3:42:28 PM Is Global Warming Making Polar Bears Smaller?
The New American - USA

The size of polar bears is diminishing because of the myriad effects brought on by global climate change, researchers from Singapore determined. A report published by the journal Natural Climate Change finds that lower levels of sea ice have led to . [more]

3:41:24 PM Throwing cold water on winter predictions
News1130 - Vancouver,British Columbia,Canada

But one of Canada's top climatologists suggests you might want to hold off on buying a new parka. David Phillips with Environment Canada knows his history. ... [more]

3:13:27 PM Granite is early adopter if Global Warming Solutions Act
Global Solar Technology

Granite Construction Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Granite Construction Inc. has become a voluntary early adopter of California's Global Warming Solutions Act (AB 32), with the installation of a 1-megawatt (MW) thin-film solar system at one o [more]

3:13:27 PM Can Geoengineering Combat Climate Change?
CleanTechnica - San Francisco,CA,USA

We have the solutions we need today to solve global warming (without geoengineering). While some geoengineering solutions (ie painting roofs white) are great, I wouldn't trust our world leaders to safely or justly implement the larger ones for a seco [more]

2:50:51 PM Heat Related Mortality in the Metropolitan United States
CO2 Science Magazine - Tempe,AZ,USA

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology 50: 1650-1653. The authors write that "the health impact from extreme heat events is likely to increase because of greater risks of high temperatures from climate change and urbanization and because of . [more]

12:07:08 PM Climate Change and Global Warming serious issue for Polar Bears
The Weather Space

(TheWeatherSpace.com) - Climate Change and Global Warming is a serious issue for Polar Bears. Organisms around the world, including polar bears, are suffering each year due to climate change and global warming. Studies down in the arctic by scientist [more]

12:07:08 PM Mitt Romney on Truth Serum - Global Warming
AssociatedPress -

Mitt Romney goes on a talk show after having taken a truth serum that renders him incapable of lying. In this question, Romney is asked about why he believes in anthropogenic global warming and environmental regulation. ... [more]

11:19:47 AM Artist etches enormous Vitruvian man into melting arctic ice
Wired.co.uk

This summer's sea ice minimum has been the third lowest on record, and climatologists have predicted that the Arctic could be entirely ice-free during the ... [more]

10:22:01 AM October Could Wind up Normal On Rainfall
Indiana Prairie Farmer - IN,USA

That's the word from Ken Scheerings, assistant state climatologist based at Purdue University. "We've seen a relatively dry pattern here for a couple weeks or so, but now that is likely changing and some rainy days will continue," he says. ... [more]

8:23:32 AM Talk on climate change and low-carbon lifestyle at HK Central Library
7thSpace Interactive (press release) - New York,NY,USA

Dr William Yu from WWF-Hong Kong will give an overview of global climate change and its impact in Hong Kong. He will introduce the methods for measuring a carbon footprint and share the different ways that a low-carbon lifestyle can help to combat .. [more]

6:33:57 AM Classrooms Explore Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health Using CHANGE
DirectionsMag.com - Glencoe,IL,USA

DirectionsMag.com It is clear that current and future generations will face major challenges due to global climate change such as recognizing the evidence of these changes, identifying the potential impacts caused by these events, developing new stra [more]

6:33:57 AM Welsh scientist visits Northwest Passage to investigate climate change
WalesOnline - United Kingdom

Dr Pienkowski said the Northwest Passage is a “particularly sensitive environment”, responding dramatically to global climate change. Strategically, it has the potential to become a vital shipping route between Asia and Europe if the ice continues to [more]

4:46:15 AM APEC protests begin at global warming meeting
Hawaii News Now

This meeting was funded by APEC but was made up of scientists from around the world working on stopping global warming which is the same side as some of the protestors. "One of the protestors had a sign about stop global warming and we are very ... [more]

3:31:05 AM Clemson asks water customers to conserve
Anderson Independent Mail - Anderson,SC,USA

Rick Cotton, city administrator, said city water utility customers are being asked to conserve water due to the declaration of a moderate drought condition by the State Climatology Office. “Hartwell Lake has reached a trigger point due to a dwindling [more]

2:05:47 AM Global Warming and Climate Change Found to be 'Shrinking' Plants and Animals
Years ...

Marisa Krystian | Oct 17, 2011 | 1min:23sec New research shows that changing climate conditions and global warming has led to noticeable changes in the size of animals… proving they are evolving into miniature versions of themselves. ... [more]

12:59:23 AM Is global warming shrinking bugs?
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA

You've probably heard about the effect global warming appears to be having on polar bears. (As the world gets warmer, ice melts, reducing polar bear habitats.) But now scientists say that global warming could be shrinking ants, beetles, ... [more]

12:59:23 AM Attenborough's global warming fears
The Associated Press

Sir David Attenborough has warned that life will get tougher for future generations as they battle the effects of global warming - and revealed how the "natural world" had helped him cope with grief. The natural history presenter, 85, ... [more]

12:59:23 AM Tom Morello on Occupy Wall Street
Think Progress - Yorba Linda,CA,USA

Set in a dystopian future where the devastating effects of global warming have ravaged society and ushered in a brutally divided class system where the rich own the poor as slaves, and everyone's at risk from newly-risen dinosaur-like monsters. ... [more]



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