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11:31:59 PM Chief warns of local fire danger
Jones County News - Atlanta,GA,USA

According to information from the University of Georgia climatology website, Jones County is in an area that is at an approximate 10-inch deficit for rainfall this year. State climatologist David Stooksbury issued a report June 22 stating, ... [more]

11:31:59 PM Most of Texas at highest intensity level of drought
Fort Worth Star Telegram

State Climatologist John Nielsen-Gammon said in a Thursday news release that this is one of the worst droughts Texas has seen since 1895, when the state first began keeping records. The very dry conditions have been factors in hundreds of wildfires i [more]

10:18:59 PM Gov't approach to global warming leaves BCers cold: Poll
The Province - Vancouver,BC,Canada

By Cassidy Olivier, The Province June 30, 2011 2:03 PM The majority of British Columbians are worried about climate change but feel the provincial government's approach to global warming isn't tough enough, a poll released by the Pembina Institute .. [more]

10:18:59 PM Global Warming And Global Food Security
Forbes - NY,USA

Global warming didn't cause all of this, but increased atmospheric carbon dioxide directly stimulated plant growth. Further, greenhouse warming takes place more in the winter, which lengthens growing seasons. With adequate water, plants then fix and  [more]

10:18:59 PM Judge Upholds 'Threatened' Listing for Polar Bear
New York Times - New York,NY,USA

Hanging over the matter is the issue of global warming and its potential effect on the polar bear's habitat. Environmentalists argue that greenhouse gases are to blame and that the ESA could be used to help regulate emissions, an approach the Obama . [more]

9:38:27 PM Is climate change a scientific hoax?
San Francisco Chronicle - San Francisco,CA,USA

The US National Academy of Sciences joined in 2009 with the science academies of the G8 countries and other leading countries to issue a joint statement calling on their leaders to "seize all opportunities" to address global climate change that "is . [more]

9:38:27 PM Report: Short-Term Investing Nature Inhibits Embrace of ESG
aiCIO

The report follows a survey released June 13 of pension funds, foundations, and investment managements firms revealed that the majority of respondents saw global climate change as both a potentially significant investment risk and as an opportunity.  [more]

6:06:41 PM USDA Awards Grants to Help Agriculture Producers Adapt to Global Climate ...
National Institute of Food and Agriculture (press release)

WASHINGTON, June 30, 2011 – The US Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) has awarded 13 grants to research possibilities for agriculture and forestry producers to adapt to climate change and to best take [more]

6:06:41 PM Nation Conversations: Betsy Reed and Christian Parenti on Global
The Nation - USA

The Nation. Global climate change is putting more and more of the earth's inhabitants at the mercy of extreme weather events. From droughts to floods to extreme heat and cold, abnormal weather patterns are affecting wide swaths of the planet, and as  [more]

5:59:59 PM Dire Texas drought expands, rains this week futile
Reuters - NY,USA

CHICAGO (Reuters) - An historic drought encompassing most of Texas and parts of neighboring states in the southern US Plains expanded and intensified last week, according to a report issued by US climatologists on Thursday. ... [more]

5:57:03 PM Will global warming affect the wine industry?
Mother Nature Network - Atlanta,GA,USA

A new study led by Stanford University climate scientists describes how global warming could impact wine growers in California and other regions of the United States in the next 30 years. By Noel KirkpatrickThu, Jun 30 2011 at 12:56 PM EST Hang on to [more]

5:57:03 PM How the Cold War became a global warmist plot
Salon - USA

The brain trust of climate sceptics, Al Gore haters, and right-wing libertarians convinced that global warming is an imaginary boogeyman gathered together at the Heartland Institute's sixth International Conference on Climate Change this morning must [more]

5:57:03 PM Global Warming Threatens Polar Bears, Judge Agrees With Scientists
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA

By DINA CAPPIELLO 06/30/11 12:29 PM ET WASHINGTON -- A federal judge is upholding a decision by government scientists that global warming is threatening the polar bear's survival. US District Judge Emmet Sullivan on Thursday ruled that a May 2008 ... [more]

4:15:49 PM Climate Chaos: Christian Parenti's New Book Exposes How Global Warming
Democracy Now - New York,NY,USA

Democracy Now We speak with award-winning journalist Christian Parenti who argues in his new book that global warming is leading to social and environmental catastrophe. "The weather associated with climate change, extreme weather such as the drought [more]

2:37:28 PM Global warming could alter the US premium wine industry in 30 years,
EurekAlert - Washington,DC,USA

EurekAlert (press release) The new study focused on premium wines – the 25 percent most expensive wines on the market – and how global warming could affect growing conditions in four premium wine-producing counties by 2040: Napa and Santa Barbara cou [more]

11:17:28 AM Panama to host UN climate talks in October
Reuters South Africa - Johannesburg,Gauteng,South Africa

The inter-sessional meeting to be held in Panama City from October 1 to 7 will be another opportunity for countries to make progress on a global climate change deal. Participants will aim for a full climate deal this year in Durban, South Africa, ... [more]

10:17:58 AM Season of fire threatens large swath of US
WTOL - Toledo,OH,USA

Climatologists say the reason for this year's drought is La Nina – a cooling of surface waters in the tropical Pacific Ocean that affects where storms form and where jet streams are located all across the planet. In the United States, a powerful La . [more]

9:19:29 AM Arctic melting Glaciers to speed up global warming: Researchers
Times of India - India

Researchers from National Institute of Oceanography (NIO), who returned from the Arctic assignment recently, have said that the trend is a serious concern as it may fuel the global warming across Earth. NIO's senior scientist S Prasannakumar said tha [more]

9:04:02 AM Climate change scepticism growing?
Independent Online - Cape Town,South Africa

... half those polled still say they support limits on greenhouse gases, even if they lead to higher energy prices, and a majority - 56 percent - feel the US should join other countries in setting standards to address global climate change. - Sapa-AP [more]

7:02:41 AM Weather Blog: Meteorologists Converge For Weather Conference
ClickonSA.com - San Antonio,TX,USA

I joined many TV meteorologists (mets), researchers, and climatologists from all over the country. My goal was to learn more about weather from fellow TV meteorologists and how we communicate that to the public. Many great topics were discussed. ... [more]

6:33:38 AM Smoke from Indonesian fires may reach S'pore, M'sia
AsiaOne

JAKARTA - The Riau Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) said that smoke from fire that raged in Sumatra's forests may drift to Malaysia and Singapore. Analyst Warih Puji Lestari said the wind was moving from southeast and southwest o [more]

4:17:32 AM Global warming causes early onset of monsoon rains
Pakistan Observer - Islamabad,ISB,Pakistan

Islamabad—The rapid climate change and increasing global warming are the major reasons of early onset of monsoon rains in the country, Chief Meteorologist, Ghulam Rasool said on Wednesday. Talking to APP, he said the diverse changes in weather ... [more]

3:09:44 AM Most speaker at the 6th International Conference on Climate Change ...
Scholars and Rogues

Tim Ball: Ball has a PhD, but in geography, not climatology, and so calling him a “scientist” may or may not be accurate. Regardless, Ball has a history of padding his resume and filing lawsuits against people who point out that he's padded his resum [more]

1:00:55 AM Colluding? Hmmmm…
WAVY-TV (blog)

The scientific community even then was virtually unanimous in stating that with a high degree of probability, Global Climate Change was imminent and was man-made. But there were a few who denied that climate change was real. ... [more]

1:00:55 AM Jay Gulledge
Energy Collective

Bio: Dr. Jay Gulledge is the Senior Scientist and Director for Science and Impacts at the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, a non-resident Senior Fellow at the Center for a New American Security, and a Next Generation Fellow of the American Assemb [more]

12:55:51 AM NOAA report shows warmer weather in US
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA

Some experts call it further proof of global warming. By Ashlie Rodriguez, Los Angeles Times That's the assessment of the nation's top weather agency, which will release data Friday showing the 30-year "normal" temperature in the United States. ... [more]

12:50:10 AM End of La Nina leaves forecasts in limbo
United Press International

The period between the La Nina and El Nino phenomena has been dubbed La Nada -- the nothing -- by NASA climatologist and oceanographer Bill Patzert, who says previous protracted La Nada periods have often delivered unruly jet stream patterns and wild [more]



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