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News From Tuesday, September 23, 2008
11:44:38 PM Expert: We must act fast on warming
Kansas.com - KS,USA

BY DAVID KLEPPER TOPEKA - NASA's top climatologist came to Kansas Tuesday with dire warnings: If humans don't get serious about climate change soon, .... [more]

11:07:54 PM NASA scientist urges action on global warming
Hutchinson News - Hutchinson,KS,USA

One of the first scientists to sound the alarm about global warming in the 1980s, Hansen spoke a day after the state's largest business group, ... [more]

10:36:45 PM Dual views on climate change emerge at separate events in Kansas
Kansas City Star - MO,USA

By DAVID KLEPPER TOPEKA | NASA’s top climatologist came to Kansas on Tuesday with dire warnings: If humans don’t get serious about climate change soon, ... [more]

10:30:17 PM Sarah Palin’s extreme views disqualify her for high office
In-Forum - Fargo,ND,USA

... Palin was mainstream in her questioning the science of global warming and believing that humans were not the primary reason for global climate change. ... [more]

10:22:26 PM Public Employee Pensions Endangered by State Officials Playing ...
The National Center for Public Policy Research - Washington,DC,USA

Washington, DC - Already at-risk public employee pension funds are being placed at further risk by state officials who are lobbying for global warming ... [more]

9:41:41 PM Researchers find animal with ability to survive climate change
EurekAlert - Washington,DC,USA

The effect of global climate change on the planet's ecosystems is one of the key issues scientists are currently focussing on and the research has been ... [more]

9:29:15 PM KCK residents see first cost projections for new school offices
Kansas City Star - MO,USA

By DAWN BORMANN The proposed building to relocate the Kansas City, Kan., school district administrative offices from Indian Springs mall could total up to ... [more]

7:56:00 PM Three-day climate change conference kicks off
Minnesota Daily - Minneapolis,MN,USA

Minnesota State Climatologist Jim Zandlo , who will speak on a Thursday panel about global climate change and the biosphere, spoke with the Daily on Monday ... [more]

7:14:12 PM Vegetation Expansion Minimises Global Warming - Expert
Bernama - Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia

MEDAN, Sept 24 (Bernama) -- The main cause of global warming is the high level of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere. Therefore, to reduce it, .... [more]

5:31:19 PM Global warming reaches 'emergency' status
Salina Journal - Salina,KS,USA

For more on the causes and consequences of global warming, read reporter Duane Schrag's story in Wednesday's Salina Journal. [more]

5:15:08 PM The Supercomputer Race
Slashdot - USA

State-of-the-art systems today can simulate about five years per day of computer time, he says, but some climatologists yearn to simulate 100 years in a day ... [more]

4:44:40 PM News media overlook food system and climate change connection
News-Medical.net - World

.... Health shows the nation's top newspapers have largely overlooked the food system as one of the more important contributors to global climate change. ... [more]

4:01:15 PM Kilimanjaro's Summit Glaciers
CO2 Science Magazine - Tempe,AZ,USA

International Journal of Climatology 24: 329-339. Molg, T. and Hardy, DR 2004. Ablation and associated energy balance of a horizontal glacier surface on ... [more]

2:43:45 PM NOAA builds new climate monitoring station
KCBY.com 11 - North Bend,OR,USA

Estuarine Monitoring Coordinator Ali Helms says this type of research is not only for climatologists but also the average person inhabiting the earth. ... [more]

2:31:03 PM Western States, Canada Provinces Outline Climate Plan (Update1)
Bloomberg - USA

``It's a really big deal,'' said Judi Greenwald, director of innovative solutions for the Arlington, Virginia-based Pew Center on Global Climate Change. ... [more]

12:33:13 PM Economist: Global warming a back-burner issue
Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA

A Washington DC economist says global warming is not America’s most pressing concern in these economically challenged times. “We have to look at the big ... [more]

11:43:52 AM Sustainable Spaces Secures $6 Million Series A Investment
MarketWatch - USA

.... reducing energy bills, and addressing the important issue of global climate change -- all while creating green collar jobs and growing the economy. ... [more]

11:16:24 AM A One-Two Punch For The East
AccuWeather.com - USA

It can't be ruled out this far in advance, but common sense and climatology would suggest Long Island/New England as the more likely targets. ... [more]

11:02:40 AM (Political) party animals
Science News - USA

During this period, climatologists, environmental scientists and geologists have largely reached a consensus that the planet is warming and that human .... [more]

10:30:50 AM Scientist: People not causing global warming
NTV - Kearney,NE,USA

(AP) - A scientist tells Kansas' largest business group that he questions whether carbon dioxide emissions caused by people are causing global warming. ... [more]

10:23:07 AM Scientists Get Wind of Why Coasts Cool as the Globe Warms
Scientific American - USA

Climatologist Stephen Schneider, of nearby Stanford University praised the research but disagrees with the conclusions. "I thought his extrapolation beyond ... [more]

9:32:16 AM New KU graduate program focuses on climate change
Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA

... focusing on global climate change,” said Joane Nagel, a distinguished professor of sociology who is heading C-CHANGE, in a written release. ... [more]

7:09:30 AM Met Office: Global warming sceptics 'have heads in sand'
Register - London,England,UK

"Anyone who thinks global warming has stopped has their head in the sand," said an unnamed Met Office spokesman in a statement released online today. .... [more]

6:21:39 AM Radical environmentalists part of economic meltdown
Canada Free Press - Toronto,Ontario,Canada

“Dr. Tim Ball is a renowned environmental consultant and former climatology professor at the University of Winnipeg. Dr. Ball employs his extensive ... [more]

4:32:41 AM Is global warming a serious issue?
News Shopper - UK

Global warming is currently the biggest threat to mankind, which made it all too shocking to discover that most teenagers aren't even aware of it. .... [more]

3:00:10 AM Regional Global Warming Caps Involving 17 States Move Forward This ...
Kansas City infoZine - Kansas City,MO,USA

Washington, DC - infoZine - Two regional efforts to reduce the heat-trapping emissions that cause global warming will move forward this week. ... [more]

2:48:28 AM Coming winter likely to be tamer than last year
Oshkosh Northwestern - Oshkosh,Wisconsin,USA

The Old Farmers Almanac, which uses solar activity, sunspots and climatology in its weather forecasts, is predicting a winter in Wisconsin with slightly ... [more]

1:22:25 AM WHO: Global warming to lead to hike in dengue, malaria cases in RP
GMA news.tv - Quezon City,Metro Manila,Philippines

MANILA, Philippines - Global warming will contribute to the rise in dengue and malaria cases in the Philippines and their spread to other countries in the ... [more]



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