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News From Saturday, August 02, 2008
11:39:33 PM 1988 fires in Yellowstone and the West were harbingers of things ...
Salt Lake Tribune - Salt Lake City,UT,USA

James Hansen, then an obscure NASA climatologist, warned Congress for the first time that there was clear evidence that greenhouse gases were increasing in ... [more]

8:37:29 PM Saarc urges joint fight against terror
Pakistan Dawn - Karachi,Pakistan

Maldives President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom told the South Asian leaders that no challenge had greater capacity for calamity than global climate change. .... [more]

6:44:04 PM Climate Change Needs Urgent Attention – Abdu
LeadershipNigeria - Abuja,FCT,Nigeria

Abdu said Nigeria risked being adversely affected by the global climate change if urgent and proactive steps are not taking to address the issue. ... [more]

6:26:11 PM Meteorologist Warns New El Nino Forming By End Of 2008
pacific - Honolulu,HI,USA

The worst year was 1983 when there were five cyclones, Météo France reported in its 2004 French Polynesia Climatology Atlas. [more]

11:20:58 AM Food, fuel feature high on Saarc agenda
The Daily Star - Bangladesh

“Global climate change policies are still driven more by eco rationale rather than all-too important issue of human security.” Gayoom welcomed the Dhaka ... [more]

10:07:47 AM Adele Ferguson was right on global warming
Journal of the San Jaun Islands - Friday Harbor,WA,USA

Most of the global warming panic is based on the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports. These reports are based on computer climate ... [more]

8:30:20 AM Food’s role in global warming
The Keene Sentinel - Keene,NH,USA

The food industry contributes about one-third of the gases contributing to global warming, Lappé told the audience. Trucks and cargo ships carry vast ... [more]

7:42:13 AM Four steps to tackle global warming right now
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia

Little Creatures Dining Hall staff Brett (from left), Sarah, Alanna and Trent use company bikes to run errands and to ride to and from work to ease .... [more]

6:30:10 AM Storms not a breath of fresh air
Mohave Valley News - Laughlin,NV,USA

.... making asthmatics more susceptible to an attack. "You might want to stay indoors," says Andrew Grundstein, a UGA climatologist and co-author of the study. [more]

5:12:00 AM Ward Ice Shelf: Global warming changing the world
OverTheLimit.info - Ottawa,Ontario,Canada

.... where much of the ice in the Arctic this summer will be non existent, which is being held to account because of ongoing and increased global warming. ... [more]

4:48:38 AM Global Warming Did It! Well, Maybe Not.
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA

But "one can only speak rationally about odds," Kerry Emanuel, a climatologist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who has studied hurricanes and ... [more]

4:48:38 AM A vintage Vin de Huddersfield would be really grape news!
Huddersfield Examiner - Huddersfield,UK

As climate change takes us down an uncertain route into the future, with environmentalists and climatologists arguing the toss about what is causing it and ... [more]

2:43:43 AM What the Romans did for us
BBC News - E,UK

The thrust of the programme is that the formidable array of international scientists lined up in support of the view that global warming is caused by rising ... [more]

2:20:19 AM Maldivian president highlights climate issue in SAARC Summit
China View, Beijing, China

2 (Xinhua) -- Maldivian President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom told South Asian leaders on Saturday that global climate change is the most urgent challenge faced by ... [more]

12:52:47 AM Hope for our sick planet
Canada.com - Canada

WEIRD WEATHER: "Torrents, short bursts, almost a type of flash flooding," are part of the new weather picture, says climatologist David Phillips. ... [more]



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