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11:28:18 PM Koch brothers accidentally fund study that proves global warming
Christian Science Monitor - USA

The latest global warming results confirm those from earlier, independent studies by scientists at NASA and elsewhere that came under fire from skeptics in an episode known as 'climategate'. By Pete Spotts, Staff writer / October 21, 2011 Ice chunks  [more]

11:28:18 PM Bleak Prospects for Avoiding Dangerous Global Warming
Science Now

Renewable energy sources and lots of them will be essential in the coming decades if dangerous global warming is to be avoided. The bad news just got worse: A new study finds that reining in greenhouse gas emissions in time to avert serious changes t [more]

9:49:22 PM Glaciers on China's Qinghai-Tibet Plateau melting fast due to global warming
China View, Beijing, China

XINING, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- Glaciers in southwest China's Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, the major source of the country's largest rivers, are melting faster than ever under the influence of global warming, researchers said. Experts have been conducting .. [more]

8:20:29 PM California shows the way with cap-and-trade system
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia

A letter sent by the California Chamber of Commerce and a host of other business groups called the 10 per cent in allowances an ''arbitrary 10 per cent haircut''. The letter said California could not fight global climate change on its own. [more]

6:26:37 PM Global warming is real
Telegraph.co.uk

Without good answers to all these complaints, global-warming skepticism seems sensible. But now let me explain why you should not be a skeptic, at least not any longer. Let me explain what is going on here. And you can trust me: I'm not a climate ... [more]

6:26:37 PM Study Suggests Global Warming Does Not Affect North and South
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International Business Times Sally Turner | Oct 21, 2011 | 1min:13sec As the topic of global warming and climate change continues to heat up around the world, many are left to wonder, does global warming affect the northern and southern hemispheres s [more]

5:22:14 PM A review of real ecocomic developments across SA, Africa and the world
Engineering News - Garden View,Eastern Cape,South Africa

SA WILL NOT DEVIATE FROM AFRICAN BLOC IN KEY CLIMATE TALKS – South African will take an “African” position at the global climate change meeting in Durban later this year, Environmental Affairs chief negotiator Alf Wills says, while acknowledging that [more]

4:25:43 PM BEST study fails to satisfy global warming skeptics
TG Daily - Westlake Village,CA,USA

BEST examined data from over 39000 unique stations - more than five times the number used by the Global Historical Climatology Network Monthly data set, the focus of many climate studies in the past. Muller said he was particularly interested in ... [more]

2:45:58 PM Climate change deniers continue to be wrong, science words with friends,
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Southern Fried Science By Southern Fried Scientist, on October 21st, 2011 The bliggityblogsphere has been abuzz with recent finding by the Berkeley Earth Project that independently confirm that global climate change is real. From the BBC: The Earth's [more]

2:36:54 PM 'Soil is Key to Global Warming, Food Security'
IPS - Italy

Soil is the answer to global warming – it is the second largest carbon sink next to the oceans. When carbon is sequestered in the oceans it acidifies the ecosystem, but when sequestered in the soil, carbon benefits food security and the biodiversity. [more]

2:36:54 PM Global Investors Managing $20T in Assets Urge Climate Action
GreenBiz - Washington,DC,USA

If global warming increases by that amount, not only will some of the impacts become irreversible, climate scientists have been warning for years; in fact, impacts such as extreme weather events will multiply. It is because of this impending crisis . [more]

2:33:03 PM Barron learning how much attention FSU football can command
Tallahassee Democrat - Tallahassee,FL,USA

PHIL SEARS/Democrat As a climatologist, Eric Barron knows a thing or two about which way the wind is blowing. But as Florida State University's president for the past 20 months, Barron has been immersed in an entirely different force of nature: FSU . [more]

11:55:07 AM New study seeks to shut up climate skeptics
Euractiv - Brussels,Belgium

According to the Berkley Earth Project, which included US physicists, climatologists and statisticians, the average world land temperatures climbed approximately 1 C since the mid-1950s. The Berkley project, funded among others by the Koch Foundation [more]

9:33:45 AM "Well-Informed Futility Syndrome"
Canada.com - Canada

Ever cringe when hearing of another "unprecedented weather event", when reading of another species on the verge of extinction, or seeing headlines of another sobering report from climatologists, biologists or toxicologists? Ever feel numbed because t [more]

8:24:45 AM Senior climatologist has fun with weather facts
Star Phoenix - Saskatoon,SK,Canada

By Jeanette Stewart, The StarPhoenix October 20, 2011 11:00 PM Environment Canada's senior climatologist, David Phillips, displays the October 2012 photo for the annual weather trivia calendar on Thursday. Phillips was in Saskatoon on his annual tour [more]

7:21:36 AM Lord Lawson's Global Warming Policy Foundation is spreading errors
Guardian - UK

Lord Lawson of Blaby has enjoyed a massive boost to his public profile over the past couple of years following the launch of his Global Warming Policy Foundation in November 2009. Many parts of the media now feel obliged to include the views of Lawso [more]

5:22:18 AM Do Global Warming and Climate Change Affect Animal Size?
Petside - New York,NY,USA

by Jo Singer Do global warming and general climate change have an impact on plant and animal size? Do global warming and general climate change have an impact on plant and animal size? Plants and animals are shrinking: New research suggests that ... [more]

5:22:18 AM Find global warming
Daily Princetonian - USA

By Miriam Geronimus In a recent New York Times article, environmental journalist Elisabeth Rosenthal asked, “Where did global warming go?” It is the question of a confused and frustrated person who was hopeful about climate change mitigation in 2008  [more]

3:33:43 AM California adopts extensive 'cap-and-trade' plan
CBS News - USA

The letter said that California can't fight global climate change on its own. "We are very concerned about the negative impacts the policy may have on the state's economy, jobs picture and energy costs," said Catherine Reheis-Boyd, president of the . [more]

3:08:56 AM State creates market approach to curb global warming pollution
San Diego Union Tribune - San Diego,CA,USA

State air quality regulators have established the nation's first comprehensive, market-driven initiative to curb global warming that eventually will affect Californians every time they pump gas, watch television or take a shower. ... [more]

3:08:56 AM Arctic sea ice retreats to second-lowest recorded level in Sept.
Johns Hopkins News-Letter - Baltimore,MD,USA

The loss of sea ice will greatly exacerbate the global warming that is already occurring. Ice is white, which means that it has a very high albedo, or reflectiveness. When the Arctic Ocean is covered in sea ice, it is able to reflect the incoming ... [more]

1:58:54 AM California Creates North America's First Economy-wide Carbon Market
PR Newswire (press release) - USA

... applauded the California Air Resources Board (CARB) for casting an historic, unanimous vote today to create the first economy-wide carbon market in North America and put a mandatory declining cap on pollution that causes global climate change. .. [more]

1:23:23 AM Senior climatologist has fun with weather trivia
Star Phoenix - Saskatoon,SK,Canada

OCTOBER 20, 2011 -- Environment Canada's Senior Climatologist David Phillips displays the October 2012 photo for the annual weather trivia calender, October 20, 2011. David was though the city making his annual tour in western Canada. ... [more]

12:53:56 AM Forecast:: Drier, cooler winter ahead
Inland Empire News - Riverside,CA,USA

Climatologists issued their 4-month outlook Thursday. With La Nina in control, overall weather from November through February should be drier and a little cooler than average. “The weather has been highly variable and tends to be more extreme than it [more]

12:53:25 AM California approves carbon trading system to combat global warming
Fresno Bee (registration) - Fresno,CA,USA

By Rick Daysog - rdaysog@sacbee.com California has approved one of the broadest and most controversial components of its climate change law, pushing the state toward a low-carbon economy that relies less on imported foreign oil. ... [more]

12:10:48 AM Fact Sheet: The United States and Norway - NATO Allies and Global Partners
Whitehouse.gov (press release) - USA

... and Norway co-chair a task force examining the role of certain greenhouse gases (such as methane and hydrofluorocarbons) and aerosols (such as black carbon), known collectively as "short-lived climate forcers," in causing global climate change. . [more]

12:10:48 AM Water Shortages: Here Are the U.S. Companies to Watch
Motley Fool - USA

Global climate change, melting ice caps, rising sea levels, contaminated groundwater, and reckless sanitation practices have all increased the difficulties associated with supplying fresh water. And as population rises demand naturally increases alon [more]



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