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9:57:53 PM If the sun goes into 'hibernation,' it won't stop global warming
Grist Magazine - Seattle,WA,USA

A Maunder Minimum can't stop catastrophic global warming -- only we can, by slashing CO2 emissions! Total solar irradiance as measured by satellite from 1978 to 2010. As the current sunspot cycle, Cycle 24, begins to ramp up toward maximum, ... [more]

9:37:39 PM Historic drought affecting all of Central Texas
KENS 5 TV

According to state climatologist Dr. John Nielsen-Gammon, the current drought ranks as the third worst in state history. The 1951 to 1956 drought ranks at number one, and the 1917 to 1918 drought comes in second. Climate records date back to 1895. .. [more]

8:23:17 PM Extreme weather shows the need to cut global warming pollution
Baltimore Sun - Baltimore,MD,USA

And while no single flood, tornado or heat wave can be traced back to global warming, the science is clear that a warmer world will bring more extreme weather. This impacts our economy, environment, and security. In fact, an Environment Maryland repo [more]

8:23:17 PM U.N.: To Combat Warming, Cut Soot and Smog
Reuters - NY,USA

When soot settles on ice, it darkens the surface and allows it to soak up more heat, adding to a thaw that further stokes global warming. The report estimated that the measures could slow warming in the Arctic by about 0.7 degree Celsius by 2040, ... [more]

7:04:24 PM CU-Boulder receives $5.9M grant to continue research at Niwot Ridge
Daily Camera

“CU-Boulder has a worldwide reputation for monitoring global climate change from Greenland to Antarctica and its impacts on natural ecosystems and human populations,” said Vice Chancellor for Research Stein Sture. “To direct such a key program in our [more]

6:17:53 PM Drought conditions return to Haralson County
Times-Georgian - Carrollton,GA,USA

State Climatologist David Emory Stooksbury said in a press release last week that the outlook for the mountainous northern counties is difficult to forecast. “Summer is the most difficult season to forecast for the Southeast. ... [more]

6:17:53 PM Rain Rain, Come Again!
Patch.com

One good rain doesn't mean a lot to the State Climatologist, David Stooksbury, a UGA faculty member. And maybe it shouldn't mean much to you either. In the last 30 days, we've gotten less than 50 percent of our normal rainfall. ... [more]

5:21:55 PM Mini-Ice Age: Sunspot cycle won't counteract global warming
International Business Times

For example, according to the Global Warming Policy Foundation, the cooling sun means that: "The Earth -- far from facing a global warming problem -- is actually headed into a mini ice age." Marshall suggests that the world's media have approached th [more]

5:14:00 PM Vines United
Ashland Daily Tidings - Ashland,OR,USA

Each smaller valley, such as the Upper Rogue, Applegate and Illinois, has different climatology and soil. The eight wineries that make up Bear Creek Boutique are in close proximity to each other and have estate wines, meaning they grow the grapes for [more]

3:06:47 PM Small watershed makes Ames flooding difficult to predict
Ames Tribune - Ames,IA,USA

By Luke Jennett Rainfall in the Ames area has been slightly higher than average the past two months, but State Climatologist Harry Hillaker said this isn't indicative of whether Ames will flood this year. “Ames is always harder to characterize becaus [more]

2:54:55 PM Lorne Gunter: Global warming? Try global cooling.
cause

Hill later told Reuters that he was not predicting an end to the threat of global warming. But frankly, that is the kind of don't-rock-the-boat butt-covering that many scientists are engaged in these days. The climate-change orthodoxy in academia is  [more]

2:54:55 PM Revisiting the link between weather and global warming
phillyburbs.com - Philadelphia,PA,USA

While no single flood or heat wave can be traced back to global warming, the science is clear that a warmer world will bring more extreme weather. An Environment New Jersey report from last year, "Global Warming and Extreme Weather," reviewed the ... [more]

2:54:55 PM Scientists See More Deadly Weather, but Dispute the Cause
New York Times - New York,NY,USA

Government scientists said Wednesday that the frequency of extreme weather has increased over the past two decades, in part as a result of global warming caused by the accumulation of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. But they were careful not to bla [more]

2:09:19 PM U.S. Seasonal Drought Outlook for June 16 to Sept. 2011 (Text)
Bloomberg

In contrast, a dry climatology and above-median temperatures expected during the summer months across the southern Plains limits opportunities for drought reduction. Across the remainder of the Southeast, some improvement is possible under a summerti [more]

1:09:27 PM Five Huge American Cities Battle Climate Change
24/7 Wall St.

The risks posed by global climate change is still uncertain. What is known is that the polar ice caps have melted quickly over the last decade, the hole in the ozone layer has grown, and weather patterns have changed substantially. ... [more]

1:09:27 PM How Republicans Talk About Climate When No One's Listening
Mother Jones

Heath wrote: Sarah, I'm just about done with my 80 hour course on global climate change. Most of it has been focused on coastal erosion which is probably a bigger deal than you're aware of … I have met some of the top scientists in the world on the . [more]

1:09:27 PM IPCC 'considering sending mirrors to space to tackle climate change'
Telegraph.co.uk - London,England,UK

Experts suggested that the documents, leaked from inside the IPPC to The Guardian, show how the UN and other developed countries are “despairing” about reaching agreement by consensus at the global climate change talks. But the newspaper reported tha [more]

1:09:27 PM Environmental issues
Money Marketing - London,UK

For instance, funds such as Jupiter climate change solutions, Schroder global climate change, Aviva sustainable future global growth, Hendersons' industries of the future and Allianz's global ecotrends are all below £150m in size. ... [more]

11:06:42 AM Dating an Ancient Global Warming
PlanetSave.com - Portland,ME,USA

Exactly what triggered the PETM is still a mystery, but ruling out orbital eccentricity helps scientists grow closer to understanding more about one of the best analogues we have to future global warming. [more]

8:37:06 AM Overestimating climate change will have economic consequences
Opelousas Daily World - Opelousas,LA,USA

In 1990, the United Nations' International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued its first report on "global warming." The report featured numerous scientific studies to predict that the global temperature of the Earth would warm by 1.1 degrees Celsi [more]

7:02:08 AM Ready for the heat?
Las Cruces Sun-News - Las Cruces,NM,USA

... degrees seven times this year, according to the weather service. On Wednesday it reached only 99. A gauge on the campus of New Mexico State University crept past 100 degrees on Wednesday, according to state climatologist David DuBois, based at NM [more]

6:51:29 AM Steven Craig Jones: Solving the pine beetle epidemic
Summit Daily News - Frisco,CO,USA

Global climate change is the cause of the pine tree bark beetle epidemic. Unless and until this cause is addressed by local, state and federal officials, the destruction of our forests will continue. Therefore, first priority is to fire those US Fore [more]

3:32:39 AM Sunspot Cycle Slowdown Won't Affect Global Warming
ThirdAge

Some websites and blogs have argued that the potentially cooling influence of a reduced level of sunspot activity could cancel out human-caused global warming and the associated effects of climate change--a hypothesis Hill disputes. ... [more]

2:15:29 AM FP Junk Science Week: No climate death in Venice
cause

Back in 2007, on the release of an IPCC report, United Nations climatologist Osvaldo Canziani warned that rising sea levels caused by global warming would create an environmental catastrophe at one of the world's greatest artistic and architectural . [more]

1:41:07 AM Row over talks on scientific fixes for global warming
Irish Times - Dublin,Ireland

Such “solutions” to the problem of global warming are to be discussed next week by experts at a meeting in Lima, Peru, convened by the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which is being widely criticised for giving credibility to this ... [more]

1:41:07 AM Will Global Warming Negate the Next "Little Ice Age"? Let's Not Wait and See
Take Part (blog)

"Even if the predictions are correct, the effect of global warming will outstrip the sun's ability to cool even in the coldest scenario," said Joanna Haigh to The Telegraph. "And in any case, the cooling effect is only ever temporary. ... [more]

1:41:07 AM Al Gore Praises Mitt Romney On Climate Change
Think Progress - Yorba Linda,CA,USA

By Judd Legum on Jun 15, 2011 at 3:33 pm Gore's comments are likely to further inflame influential voices within the GOP who cling to the notion that global warming is a “hoax.” Last week, Rush Limbaugh blasted Romney on climate change: Bye-bye, ... [more]



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