Fresh Air. The Scent of Pine.
Michael Searcy
Climate Change in the News, Week of August 23, 2008
News items related to climate change from the past week. Climate change may raise blood risk – Australian, The (Aug 19, 2008) Australian PM urges more US climate change action – International Herald Tribune (Aug 19, 2008) Polar bears’ long swims blamed on global warming – Calgary Herald (Aug 23, 2008) India global warming hot-spot: UN … Continue reading
Climate Change in the News, Week of August 16, 2008
News items related to climate change from the past week. S.F. Exploratorium’s window on climate change – San Francisco Chronicle (Aug 15, 2008) Climate change causes birds to lay eggs early – Guardian (UK) (Aug 15, 2008) Call For Better Protection Of Older People From Climate Change Impact – ScienceDaily (Aug 15, 2008) Climate change … Continue reading
Climate Change Week In Review, Week of July 19, 2008
Last Friday, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its assessment of the complexities of regulating greenhouse gases under the provisions of the Clean Air Act. The assessment is open for public comment for 120 days. The EPA followed this announcement with the release on Tuesday of a proposed rule for the Federal Requirements related to … Continue reading
Climate Change in the News, Week of July 12, 2008
News items related to climate change from the past week. Judges Toss EPA Rule To Reduce Smog, Soot – Washington Post (Jul 12, 2008) Bush administration rejects regulating greenhouse gases – Associated Press (Jul 12, 2008) Schwarzenegger Blasts Bush on Global Warming – ABC News (Jul 11, 2008) Solar panel windows are latest weapon against … Continue reading
Climate Change in the News, Week of July 5, 2008
News items related to climate change from the past week. Most urgent hurricane threat? Overdevelopment, not global warming – St. Petersburg Times (Jul 5, 2008) No time to waste on tackling climate change – The Age (AU) (Jul 5, 2008) Australia ‘needs carbon trading’ – BBC (Jul 4, 2008) Food and global warming are interconnected, … Continue reading
Happy Independence Day
Two hundred and thirty two years ago, fifty six men declared the formation of a new nation based on individual freedoms and an opposition to tyranny. Today we celebrate the anniversary of that declaration in a nation more populous and more prosperous in every sense of the word than the founding fathers could have ever … Continue reading
Climate Change in the News, Week of June 28, 2008
News items related to climate change from the past week. Arctic’s First Ice-Free Summer Possible Even This Year – ABC (Jun 27, 2008) This summer may see first ice-free North Pole – AP (Jun 27, 2008) CSIRO report advises farmers and fishers on climate change – ABC (AU) (Jun 27, 2008) Wis. task force OKs … Continue reading
A Closer Look: Predictions of the 1970’s
In the 1970s, wasn’t the scientific community warning of a coming ice age? Actually, no. While some scientific studies published during that time were concerned about a possible cooling trend, to which some news outlets such as Newsweek latched based on the cooler temperatures of the period, a recent review of the published scientific literature … Continue reading
Climate Change in the News, Week of June 21, 2008
News items related to climate change from the past week. World heritage sites ‘threatened by climate change’ – ABC News (AU) (Jun 21, 2008) Big business calls for action on global warming – Sydney Morning Herald (Jun 21, 2008) Extreme weather to increase with climate change – Associated Press (Jun 20, 2008) How high tech … Continue reading
Record setting dead zone expected in Gulf of Mexico
Scientists with Louisiana State University and the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium expect the dead zone forming in the Gulf of Mexico near the Louisiana coastline to be the largest since measurements began in the 1980’s. The dead zone is an area of oxygen-deprived ocean water that forms annually as a result of runoff from the … Continue reading
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