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News From Thursday, November 24, 2011
10:46:49 PM Weatherwatch: Is global warming the cause of severe winters?
Guardian - UK

Much of northern Europe and the eastern US were also gripped in a deep freeze, and many people began to scoff at the idea of global warming. But new research reveals that global warming has been continuing unabated. Kristen Guirguis, from the ... [more]

10:31:18 PM Looking closer at climate change
Hurriyet Daily News

The exhibition focuses on what many consider to be one of the most complex and urgent scientific and social issues of the 21st century: global climate change. Not only does it aim to explain the current science of climate change in a way that can be  [more]

8:47:48 PM Hotter Weather Spells Danger for World's Workers
Voice of America - USA

Related Articles Pessimism Rife Ahead of Global Climate Change Summit Experts not hopeful of new deal to protect world against global warming Warnings of Fatal Disease Outbreaks as Africa Warms Climate Change Threatens Africa's Biggest Water Sources  [more]

7:24:03 PM Global warming rate less than feared
Khaleej Times - Dubai,United Arab Emirates

WASHINGTON — High levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere may have less of an impact on the rate of global warming than feared, a study said Thursday. The authors of the study funded by the US National Science Foundation stressed that global ... [more]

7:24:03 PM Yet Another Climate-Change Scandal
Wall Street Journal - USA

If you're US Congressman Ed Markey (or any his fellow-travelers on the great Man Made Global Warming gravy train) it's inevitably going to be (b). Unless, perhaps it's (c) a tired, warmed-over non-story of no significance whatsoever. ... [more]

5:49:08 PM What Exactly is Global About Climate Change?
Think Africa Press

The COP 17 meeting is again making global climate change front page news. As if we could forget. Climate change is rather remarkable in the extent to which it has managed to galvanise people across cultures and continents. Increasingly, ordinary peop [more]

3:58:42 PM South Africa's coal-powered Eskom says it has plans, pledges to fight
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA

Washington Post JOHANNESBURG — The coal-powered national electricity company is frank about its role in making South Africa the continent's worst contributor to global warming, but Eskom says it also has plans and pledges in place to ensure it does i [more]

2:08:08 PM Nigeria: The Country to Showcase Sustainable Forestry Management in Durban
AllAfrica.com - Africa

Odigha Odigha, Chairman of the Cross River State Forestry Commission, would be showcasing Nigeria's sustainable forestry management system at the global climate change conference which opens on Monday in Durban, South Africa. ... [more]

2:08:08 PM Some facts to chew on with your turkey
Record-Searchlight

Years ago, I recall reading publications from scientists speculating what it would take to get policy-makers and the public to take global climate change seriously. I recall one writer mentioning that it might require a major climate disaster like a  [more]

12:42:55 PM CLIMATEGATE: LEAKED EMAILS SHOW SCIENTISTS MANIPULATED DATA ON GLOBAL
UK Express

Express.co.uk By John Ingham Environment Editor CLIMATE sceptics demanded a full public inquiry yesterday after a new set of leaked e-mails appeared to show scientists manipulating data to show man is causing global warming. The 5000 excerpts of hack [more]

12:42:55 PM Research on global warming causes a worldwide stir
Award

23, 2011: Academician Fang Jingyun and his fellow students from College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, PKU, carried out a systematic analysis on global warming and its driving forces which were widely discussed on world's stage in recent years. [more]

11:58:40 AM Climatologist speaks out after new leak
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia

The British climatologist ensnared in a major new email leak has taken his case to the public, arguing that he and his colleagues' comments have again been taken out of context. The University of East Anglia's Phil Jones was one of the major players  [more]

11:58:40 AM Forecasters converge on this winter's weather
The Bee - Portland,OR,USA

By Eric Norberg Droll former Oregon State Climatologist George Taylor followed his analysis of analogous past weather years to this year by pulling out his guitar and performing his new “La Nina” song, with lyrics shown on PowerPoint slides so the .. [more]

7:05:11 AM Global-warming droughts threaten to unlock the C02 in our peat bogs
WalesOnline - United Kingdom

by Graham Henry, Western Mail DROUGHTS brought on by climate change may cause peat to release far more carbon dioxide into the environment than previously realised, making the effects of climate change worse, Welsh scientists have discovered. ... [more]

6:26:01 AM 'Climategate' erupts again ahead of Durban conference
SciDev.net - UK

A fresh batch of stolen emails about climate change, written by scientists from the University of East Anglia, United Kingdom, has been released — days before global climate change negotiations begin in Durban, South Africa. ... [more]



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