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Other NewsStorm over forecasters.Reuters 03 Feb EditorialsClimate change should have effect on politics.Azaleas are budding and daffodils can be found in full bloom along rural roads around West Alabama. Is that proof of global warming? Hardly, but that doesn’t mean evidence of sustained, rapid climate change isn’t mounting. Tuscaloosa News 02 Feb Climate data chills global warming alarmism.The Earth's temperature hasn't increased significantly in about 15 years. Yet governments around the world used the threatened overheating as an excuse to regulate, tax and subsidize in order to curb greenhouse gases. Orange County Register 02 Feb Taking the long view on the world's energy supplies.Now researchers are warning that energy sources we normally think of as innocuous could affect the planet's climate too. If we start to extract immense amounts of power from the wind, for instance, it will have an impact on how warmth and water move around the planet, and thus on temperatures and rainfall. New Scientist 31 Jan Reach out about climate.Where political leadership on climate change is lacking, scientists must be prepared to stick their heads above the parapet. Nature 06 Jan Climate change is here.Three eminent universities, in a 460-page report to the state Energy Research and Development Authority last week, pretty much stated the obvious. They said New York state’s climate is changing. Catskill Daily Mail 04 Jan A tempestuous year.Is there a connection between last year’s extreme weather events and global warming? The answers might be a lot clearer if the Republicans in Congress were less hostile to climate change research. New York Times 01 Jan TCEQ finally gets it right.We were heartened this past week to see the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality correct one of its embarrassing misjudgment of altering a scientific report about sea-level rise in Galveston Bay, removing sections about human impact on climate change and sea-level rates in the bay. Houston Chronicle 28 Dec Embrace of global warming gives faith.Hallelujah to spreading the word about climate change. Mankato Free Press 26 Dec OpinionClimate consensus cracking open - or not.Is there or isn't there a scientific consensus on climate change? And does it matter? A problem is the absence of clarity over which consensus we are talking about; consensus that the Earth is warming, consensus that greenhouse gas emissions are the main reason, or consensus that it's a problem requiring urgent solution, to name but three? BBC 07 Feb Climate change witch hunt.I wonder if environmentalists ever stop to think how much they sound like the witch-hunters of yesteryear? This isn't the first time in history there has been a fashion for blaming long or dark or weird winters on foul individuals and their apparently problematic lifestyles. The Telegraph 07 Feb How to fool people using 'cherry-picked' climate data.The climate drives the weather. People care about the weather – what happens day to day – our weather can bring us joy or misery. It is time to care about the climate as well, because our decisions and actions today will reverberate in our weather for centuries to come. Forbes 06 Feb A shameful attack on free speech.If you disagree with the views of a prominent climate scientist, one approach might be to attend his forthcoming lecture at his home campus, Pennsylvania State University, and engage in civil debate when he’s done. Another would be to mount a faceless Facebook campaign. What would you do? New York Times 03 Feb Cut emissions, boost health.Reducing greenhouse gases would save billions in health care costs. Policy makers should take note. European Voice 02 Feb In climate fight, tracking the line between diagnosis and treatment.The last few days have seen frenzied volleys in the fight over climate science and policy. Most of the authors in both camps are scientists. It will be economic pressures, not scientific findings, that largely determine what the world’s nations do, or don’t do, to limit the flow of heat-trapping carbon dioxide from fuel burning. New York Times 02 Feb Check with climate scientists for views on climate.Do you consult your dentist about your heart condition? In science, as in any area, reputations are based on knowledge and expertise in a field and on published, peer-reviewed work. The Journal failed to do its homework. Wall Street Journal 02 Feb Expertise a prerequisite to comment on climate.The opinion piece "Climate change 'heretics' refute carbon dangers" was the climate-science equivalent of dentists practising cardiology. Sydney Australian 02 Feb |
Russians drill into untouched lake miles below Antarctica's surface.Russian scientists have drilled into the vast, dark and never- before-touched Lake Vostok 2.2 miles below the surface of Antarctica, the state-run Russian news agency RIA Novosti said Monday. Washington Post 07 Feb Swept from Africa to the Amazon.The story of dust is actually about the challenges of trying to figure out what is happening to the planet we inhabit. It shows how an influence on one area of the earth’s ecosystem can have outsize effects on other areas. Scientific American 07 Feb In fast-track technology, hope for a second green revolution.With advances in a technique known as fast-track breeding, researchers are developing crops that can produce more and healthier food and can adapt and thrive as the climate shifts. Yale Environment 360 07 Feb Santorum and Gingrich dismiss climate change, vow to dismantle the EPA.A day before Colorado Republicans voice presidential preferences at the caucuses, Rick Santorum dismissed climate change as “a hoax” and advocated an energy plan heavy on fossil fuels. Colorado Independent 07 Feb Big Coal attacks Penn State scientist (again).We've documented the long-term effort to malign Pennsylvania State University climate scientist Michael Mann here rather extensively. Now a coal-backed group is running a smear campaign targeting an upcoming speaking event Mann is holding on campus. Mother Jones 07 Feb Attack of the blobs.Jellyfish will bloom as ocean health declines, warn biologists. Are they already taking over? Nature 07 Feb Super Bowl is coming out party for this snowless winter.Sunday’s Super Bowl in Indianapolis capped this snowless winter’s coming-out party. Thanks to the winter that wasn't, Indy was a big hit. Temperatures in the city averaged approximately 25 degrees higher than normal this week. This mild winter could be a preview of things to come. Climate Central 07 Feb Could an artificial volcano cool the planet by dimming the sun?Dimming the sun by engineering the effects of an artificial volcano is a feasible and potentially cost-effective option to reduce temperatures on Earth, the first major study of the practicality of planetary-scale solar radiation management concludes. The Guardian 07 Feb It's the economy. And politics. And not much else.Economics and political cues dictate climate change concern for a public that has a remarkably short attention span on the topic, researchers find. Science-based education efforts have 'only a minor effect.' Daily Climate 06 Feb Bill Gates backs climate scientists lobbying for large-scale geoengineering.A small group of leading climate scientists, financially supported by billionaires including Bill Gates, are lobbying governments and international bodies to back experiments into manipulating the climate on a global scale to avoid catastrophic climate change. The Guardian 06 Feb Climate change could expose Australians to toxic contamination.Increased flooding, most recently in Queensland and northern NSW, could pump more contaminants into groundwater, rivers, oceans, the food supply and atmosphere as bigger storms overwhelm landfills designed for a different era, scientists warn. International Business Times 06 Feb Glaciers, BC's hydro's melting 'batteries.'Scientists are trying to figure out how rising temps will change the alpine run-off that helps power the province. Vancouver Tyee 06 Feb Giants of the New Zealand forest give climate clues.New Zealand scientists using the rings on kauri trees to look at climate patterns are tipping global warming to bring more big weather extremes in the coming years. Australian Associated Press 06 Feb Tree rings show extreme weather on the rise.If history is anything to go by, periods of droughts and flooding rains could become more common in south-eastern Australia and New Zealand, according to a new study. Australia ABC News 06 Feb Say goodbye to the classic Kiwi summer.More floods, droughts and extreme weather events associated with the El Nino and La Nina cycles can be expected in New Zealand in a warming world, Auckland researchers predict. Auckland New Zealand Herald 06 Feb Global Warming: USGS to assess Arctic impacts.Scientists are just in the early stages of understanding the implications for ecosystems in the region. A new multidisciplinary study by the U.S. Geological Survey may help understand how dynamic ecosystems and their wildlife communities will respond to rapid change in the Arctic. Summit County Citizens Voice 06 Feb 20 million years later, Russians work to drill into lake.Russian researchers in Antarctica are on the verge of piercing a hole through two miles of ice into an ancient lake, untouched by the light of day for some 20 million years. But it'll be a delicate process to break through without disturbing the pristine waters. Weekend Edition 05 Feb University researcher find clues to climate change in caves.Across the sweep of a thousand years, as ancient cities bloomed and died in southern Mexico, the water in Juxtlahuaca Cave went drip, drip, drip. Now a UNLV researcher is studying stalagmites, charting 2,500 years of rainfall and drawing new links between human history and climate change. Las Vegas Review-Journal 05 Feb The coral question: is the cold or heat more lethal?More frequent extreme weather events, both hot and cold, are predicted to freeze and fry coral in coming decades. New York Times 04 Feb Tapeworms and climate change.There’s at least one species that may thrive on our warming planet: that’s the tapeworm that spends most of its life inside the stickleback fish. Living On Earth 04 Feb Warming seas and corals: A new conundrum.In research conducted off western Australia, scientists found that coral growth in that region had accelerated through the 20th century as ocean temperatures warmed. The effect was most pronounced at higher latitudes where the ocean tends to be colder — a strong indication that the warming caused by human release of carbon dioxide is benefiting corals in that region. New York Times 04 Feb Global experts question claims about jellyfish populations.Recent media reports have created a perception that the world’s oceans are experiencing increases in jellyfish due to human activities such as global warming and overharvesting of fish. Santa Barbara Independent 04 Feb Microbes transform wastewater to energy.At Penn State, engineers are creating a promising new energy technology. They’ve designed a microbial fuel cell, using bacteria to clean wastewater and produce electricity. Living On Earth 04 Feb Evidence for jellyfish invasion is lacking.Over the last decade, reports of proliferating jellyfish have multiplied, as have fears that they are overrunning the world’s oceans. In a new study, however, researchers argue that there simply isn’t enough long-term data to conclude that global jellyfish numbers are on the rise. New York Times 03 Feb |
