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News From Tuesday, April 07, 2009
11:25:58 PM Chu on climate threat: Earth is like the Titanic
San Jose Mercury News - San Jose,CA,USA

By Frank Davies WASHINGTON — Energy Secretary Steven Chu, renowned policy wonk, has found vivid language to highlight the threat of global warming: "Earth ... [more]

10:53:14 PM Storms rain out much of South's epic drought
WLOS - Asheville,NC,USA

Georgia's climatologist says "it's been a gradual progression," helped along by chilly temperatures which limit evaporation. But, David Stooksbury warns the ... [more]

10:29:48 PM WaPo staffers slamming George Will's Global Warming Misinformation
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA

... and other colleagues from Will's own paper have come forward to slam Will for his outrageous use of global warming denier arguments in WaPo columns. ... [more]

8:57:25 PM Epic drought bids most of South adieu after rains
The Associated Press

"It's been a gradual progression," said David Stooksbury, Georgia's climatologist. "It wasn't one event; it improved over three months because of an uptick ... [more]

8:46:41 PM Will cooler heads finally prevail in global warming debate?
Lakeland Times - Minocqua,WI,USA

Those islands, which are supposed to vanish soon, according to global warming alarmists, are still very much there, and there is a tide gauge record from ... [more]

8:41:11 PM Drought worries: how low will it go?
NewsoftheNorth.Net - Rhinelander,Wisconsin,USA

Hopkins works for the University of Wisconsin’s State Climatology Office (SCO) in Madison as assistant state climatologist. His colleague is John Young, ... [more]

8:12:05 PM Hartwell to stay plugged for now
Greenville News - Greenville,SC,USA

State climatologist Hope Mizzell said it's possible the Upstate could be downgraded from extreme drought to a lesser level when the state Drought Response ... [more]

7:18:22 PM Pigs Used To Test Armor. When Will PETA Freak?
Stop the ACLU - New Cumberland,PA,USA

... Ban Moon-ki, Diane Feinstein, Leonardo Dicaprio, IPCC head Rajendra Pachauri…..oh, sorry, that’s right, none of them have degrees in climatology. ... [more]

7:02:46 PM Global Warming Could Soon Land Hamster-Like Pika on the Endangered ...
Glob smacked

The pika is “feeling an exaggerated brunt of global warming. Unlike others, it can’t move north. It’s stuck” [AP], said Greg Loarie, an environmental lawyer ... [more]

7:02:01 PM Global Warming Researcher: I Can’t Prove it But Believe Me Anyway
Dakota Voice - Rapid City,SD,USA

The article also cites another climatologist who points to what is obviously the more likely culprit for any changes: nature. But a veteran climatologist ... [more]

6:49:52 PM Sportsmen Laud Conservation Measures in Climate Change Bill
Fly Rod & Reel Magazine - USA

“As we struggle to address the negative impacts of global climate change on our public lands and outdoor traditions, adaptation-focused funding will be ... [more]

3:13:49 PM EU: Earth warming faster
Reuters UK - UK

OSLO/BONN (Reuters) - Global warming is likely to overshoot a 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 F) rise seen by the European Union and many developing nations as a ... [more]

3:12:32 PM North Sumatra forests under threat of fire
Jakarta Post - Indonesia

The Climatology, Meteorology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) is anticipating widespread forest fires in the northern provinces of Sumatra later this month. ... [more]

2:43:05 PM Climate change in Lake Superior ice
Minneapolis Star Tribune - Minneapolis,MN,USA

By TOM MEERSMAN, Star Tribune Here's an idea for those who don't believe in global climate change. I suggest you either go to a credible website that is ... [more]

2:37:03 PM Jacobson Keynote to Highlight Day-Long Celebration
The University of Maine - Orono,ME,USA

ORONO -- George Jacobson, Uuniversity of Maine professor emeritus and Maine's State Climatologist, will give the keynote talk at a Friday April 17 ... [more]

2:28:30 PM Gray and Klotzbach predict average hurricane season
South Florida Sun-Sentinel - Fort Lauderdale,FL,USA

In December, the Colorado State University climatologists predicted the 2009 season would see 14 names storms, including seven hurricanes, three intense. ... [more]

1:46:44 PM Climate Change and International Competitiveness
Center For American Progress - Washington,D.C.,USA

.... course of action by the United States and other major emitting nations as they sort out how to ensure a fair, equitable global climate change program. ... [more]

10:31:06 AM New Data Show Rapid Arctic Ice Decline
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA

.... ministers gathered in Washington to address issues facing Earth's polar regions, which have been disproportionately affected by global warming. ... [more]

9:44:43 AM UT geologists lead lecture targeting global-warming projections
Daily Texan - Austin,TX,USA

Kerry Cook, a professor in the Department of Geological Sciences, speaks about global-warming issues Monday afternoon in the Barrow Conference Room. ... [more]

8:58:42 AM Ignorance just as dangerous as global warming
Malaysia Kini - Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia

Does he have any idea what is causing global warming? It’s greenhouse gases. At the last count, our supposed ‘small’ band of human populace was dumping ... [more]

8:02:34 AM Halting nuclear madness: Where's Canada?
Globe and Mail - Toronto,Ontario,Canada

We've been worried much in recent years about global warming. But as someone was saying, if you want real global warming, catastrophic global warming, ... [more]

7:53:52 AM Cato copies the Discovery Institute
ScienceBlogs - USA

Cato has padded their list with non-climatologists. Tim Lambert (deltoidblog AT gmail.com) is a computer scientist at the University of New South Wales. ... [more]

6:49:54 AM Ice Bridge Shatters in Antarctica; Global Warming in Action?
Opposing Views - Los Angeles,CA,USA

A large ice bridge shattered in Antarctica on Saturday, once again raising concerns about the impacts of global warming. The UK Daily Mail reports that a ... [more]

5:53:18 AM Education board's ideas on warming raise tempers
Houston Chronicle - Houston,TX,USA

... one big exception, which the official state climatologist John W. Nielsen-Gammon explained: Darwin’s 150-year-old theory is indeed a scientific theory. ... [more]

3:53:27 AM 'More women should join politics'
Times of India - India

.... graduated from Chowgule college and holds a masters degree in Geography with specialization in climatology, delivers lectures "to various universities" ... [more]

1:33:21 AM The jury is still out on warming
Columbia Daily Tribune - Columbia,MO,USA

Do we live in an era of global warming? 3. If so, should such a moderate temperature increase bother us more than other pressing problems? 4. ... [more]

1:14:01 AM What's Normal In April, Not The Weather
The Republican - Springfield,MA,USA

by Ed Carroll I had a professor in college that would compare the climatologist to the meteorologist by saying, "A climatologist can have his head in an ... [more]



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