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10:57:45 PM Giant Chunk of Greenland Ice Set to Break Away
Our Amazing Planet

"I don't know exactly when," Jason Box, a climatologist with Ohio State Unversity's Byrd Polar Research Center, told OurAmazingPlanet. "I wouldn’t be surprised if it happened today — or if it happened next summer." Just a year ago, in August 2010 [more]

10:51:16 PM Climate Smart Cape Town Campaign calls on Capetonians to reduce carbon
Forimmediaterelease.net (Press Release) - Haleiwa,HI,USA

Forimmediaterelease.net (press release) “We are taking the opportunity at COP 17 to position Cape Town as a leading global climate change city, moving towards greater efficiency to lower our carbon footprint in combating climate change, becoming a sa [more]

9:01:58 PM Summer's one of hottest on record, state weather expert says
Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscripition) - Atlanta,GA,USA

By David Ibata It's no surprise to long-suffering Georgians, but state climatologist David Emory Stooksbury on Thursday declared this summer one of the hottest on record. What's more, Channel 2 Action News chief meteorologist Glenn Burns predicts “tw [more]

9:01:58 PM Drought intensifies in US south, no end in sight
Reuters South Africa - Johannesburg,Gauteng,South Africa

This drought will continue to persist and likely intensify," said climatologist Mark Svoboda, with the University of Nebraska's National Drought Mitigation Center. The drought is edging its way to the east even as it intensifies in the southern state [more]

9:01:58 PM No Anticipation of Delays in Nebraska Harvest
Syracuse Journal-Democrat

By Anonymous Producers can expect a similar weather pattern during harvest this year compared to last year, as this will be the second year of a La Nina pattern, according to a University of Nebraska-Lincoln state climatologist. ... [more]

8:31:38 PM Mass walrus haul-outs, polar bear cub mortality linked to climate change
Mongabay.com - USA

Pacific walruses (Odobenus rosmarus divergens) normally rest on large ice sheets, and their presence on land reflects a growing scarcity of Arctic sea ice caused by global climate change. "These dangerously large walrus haul-outs in the Chukchi Sea a [more]

6:36:33 PM Delhi to have world-class climate institute
iNewsOne

New Delhi, Sep 1 (IANS) The national capital will soon have a world-class training institute to tackle global climate change with experts helping to chalk out strategy to curb the effects of climate change. Mahatma Gandhi Institute for Combating ... [more]

5:42:19 PM Extreme drought conditions spread into north Ga.
BusinessWeek - USA

Georgia's state climatologist says extreme drought conditions have now spread into north Georgia and cover most of the state south of the mountains. Climatologist David Stooksbury says all of Georgia's counties are now classified as being in moderate [more]

5:42:19 PM August 49th driest on record
Radio Iowa - Des Moines,IA,USA

by Dar Danielson on September 1, 2011 State climatologist Harry Hillaker says the rain on Tuesday was the most widespread rainfall the state has seen since June 26th. The rain on the second to last day of month wasn't enough to pull August out of its [more]

4:46:43 PM It's Official: This is Texas's Worst One-Year Drought on Record ...
Treehugger - New York,NY,USA

And that's why it has some of the state's climatologists very concerned: "Texas climatologists have recently stated that the ongoing dry spell is the worst ... [more]

4:18:08 PM OUR VIEW: Aliens may kill us for global warming (poll)
Colorado Springs Gazette - Colorado Springs,CO,USA

So let the human-caused global warming alarmism begin and brace for an attack by space aliens. Yes, the planet may be in a long-term warming trend. What's causing it is not settled science. Nothing proves that humans are the main culprit. ... [more]

4:18:08 PM Changing the Climate Conversation to Conservation
International Business Times

Polling data shows the percentage of Americans concerned about climate change is falling, down 12 percent over the past 10 years, according to a recent Gallup Poll, and in some parts of the country the term "global warming" is practically taboo. ... [more]

2:57:47 PM Hurricane or nothing... that's what we could see this weekend
WWL First News - New Orleans,LA,USA

Louisiana State Climatologist Barry Keim says, "The two biggest day, if we are going to see some rain out of this, will be Friday and Saturday." But he adds, "It's kind of hard to tell with the tracking right now because the steering isn't real defin [more]

2:51:55 PM Lorne Gunter: The sun shines some light on global warming orthodoxy
cause

In short, cloud cover is the most important determinant of global warming or cooling. Tiny changes in the percentage of Earth shielded by clouds (or not) can cause a variation in global temperatures of several degrees, down or up. ... [more]

2:51:55 PM Goodnight, Irene
FuelFix

The perfect climate hype storm really took off last Thursday (August 25) with Bill McKibben's (ultimately) bogus alarmist story in The Daily Beast 'Global Warming's heavy Cost”. “Irene's got a middle name, and it's Global Warming”, stated McKibben. . [more]

2:39:32 PM Climate change 'poses serious threats'
CathNews India

A former official at the Department of Meteorology and Climatology in Myanmar warned this week that the issue of climate change was something the country could not ignore. Dr Htun Lwin, who serves as a consultant for Myanmar Climate Change Watch, ... [more]

1:21:05 PM Hurricane, global warming link 'preposterous on its face'
OneNewsNow - Tupelo,MS,USA

Some skeptics of climate change are calling out the alarmists who tried to link Hurricane Irene to alleged "global warming." As the storm pushed its way toward the East Coast, environmental activist Bill McKibben stated that Hurricane Irene's middle  [more]

12:49:42 PM Climate of suffering.
The Voice of Russia

Australian scientists say that the global climate change is bringing epidemic of psychological disturbances to the world. They based their conclusion on an analysis of the illnesses of Australians, whose nation has in recent years suffered from ... [more]

11:10:30 AM Cutting soot emissions could be climate quick fix
TG Daily - Westlake Village,CA,USA

Soot emissions are second only to carbon dioxide in promoting global warming, but its effects have been underestimated in previous climate models," says Jacobsen. "Consequently, soot's effect on climate change has not been adequately addressed in ... [more]

11:10:30 AM Green technology accelerates global warming
Telegraph.co.uk

Well, quite a lot, actually, according to a new study, which concludes it could increase global warming. The research, published in the current issue of the Journal of Environmental Quality concludes that the practice emits three times as much nitrou [more]

8:52:18 AM Not shooting the messenger, just the message
Juneau Empire

What Dessler really means by “climate change” is “anthropogenic global warming.” Everything Dessler believes about climate change is predicated on the assumption that the Earth is warming unnaturally and fossil fuel use by developed nations is largel [more]

8:38:25 AM Viewpoint: Irene
UVM News - Burlington,VT,USA

Read on to learn more from experts in climatology, watershed science, and sociology, among other fields -- and hear what roles some in our community have played already in documenting the disaster and aiding relief. UVM Today: What accounted for the  [more]

8:38:25 AM THE LONG, HOT SUMMER
Winnipeg Free Press - Winnipeg,Manitoba,Canada

Environment Canada doesn't record the accuracy of its forecast conditions, but in terms of precipitation, its forecasts are more accurate than what the climatology (the historical norm for a certain day) would predict, nine times out of 10, ... [more]

8:07:21 AM A soggy month, but drought watch is still in effect | Philadelphia
Philadelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia,PA,USA

Philadelphia Inquirer In New Jersey, the August statewide total was 161/2 inches, said David Robinson, the Rutgers University professor who is the state climatologist. The old standard was 11.95, set in October 2005. "It's staggering," Robinson said. [more]

8:07:21 AM Labor Day forecast: Dry, hot
Coeur d'Alene Press

Climatologist Cliff Harris said the forecast calls for dry and hot weather. "It looks like high pressure will keep the skies pretty clear over the entire weekend," he said. Harris predicts Saturday and Sunday will be in the mid-80s, while Monday coul [more]

5:15:16 AM Climate prediction is not an exact science
nwitimes.com

Did these folks believe these same climatologists when in the 1970s they told us there was a coming ice age? Do these folks believe the computer models that ... [more]

4:44:36 AM A SolarTheory of Global Warming Casts Doubt on Man-Made Global Warming
Ideal Taxes Association

But one thing is certain, the CLOUD experiment has confirmed that there is an alternative theory to the current theory that man-made-carbon emissions cause global warming. Al Gore, former vp of the United States, embraced and fostered the theory and  [more]

12:05:14 AM Study links climate change to conflict
The Conversation

Global climate change and the El Niño weather event may have played a role in 21% of all civil conflicts since 1950, according to a new study published in the journal Nature. El Niño refers to the periodic warming of the tropical Pacific Ocean, ... [more]



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