Archive for 'Permafrost'
Today’s News - August 15, 2007
Featuring the Four Horsemen of Global Warming
Drought, Flood, Heat, & Pestilence
Top Story - The Small Island Nations of the Pacific are at extreme risk due to sea level rise. Most of the time I concentrate on the most dramatic effects of sea level rise - the more powerful storms and storm surges - so it is […]
Posted: August 16th, 2007 under Extreme Weather, Disaster Planning, Saltwater Intrusion, Flooding, Permafrost, Greenland, Small Island Nations, Today's News, Sea Level Rise.
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Today’s News - August 9, 2007
Featuring the Four Horsemen of Global Warming
Drought, Flood, Heat, & Pestilence
Top Stories - Today was a huge news day and it was tough picking a top story, so please excuse the skimpy commentary in this section. These two climate change related articles were chosen because they discuss two areas that concern me the most - […]
Posted: August 10th, 2007 under CO2 Emissions, Climate Change, Extreme Weather, Methane (CH4), Permafrost, Sea Level Rise, Greenland, Today's News, Global Warming.
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The Heat Is On: Making Global Warming a Presidential Priority
Top Editorial - MiamiHerald.com - County taking big steps to tackle global warming, by Natacha Seijas, who represents District 13 on the Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners.
1st Top Story - This article adds a […]
Posted: July 26th, 2007 under CO2 Emissions, Carbon Sinks, Carbon Offsets, Global Warming Insurance, Coal, Permafrost, China, Carbon Trading, Today's News, Sea Level Rise.
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Today’s News
A quick apology to my readers. Due to problems with my internet access provider I have been increasingly delayed in my ability to create this daily blog, with the result that each day’s publication time gets later and later. Please bear with me. I am working to fix this problem.
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Posted: July 19th, 2007 under Renewable Energy Certificates, Carbon Sinks, Beyond Kyoto, Energy Conservation, Meltwater Pulses, CO2 Emissions, Permafrost, China, Carbon Trading, Renewable Energy, Today's News, Sea Level Rise.
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Today’s News - Weekend Edition
Today’s Lead Story - The National Audodbon Society feature news article, “What’s Happening to Some of Our Most Common Birds?”, reveals alarming population declines among some of our most common and beloved birds. Common Birds In Decline reports:
Since 1967 the average population of the common birds in steepest decline has fallen by 68 percent; some individual species nose-dived as […]
Posted: June 17th, 2007 under Permafrost, Today's News.
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Greenland, Arctic Circle, & South Pole Weather Reports
Newest Feature of Countdown to the Meltdown - A Weather Report area where you can see temperatures for: Greenland; communities within the Arctic circle in Canada, Russia, and the United States; and even the South Pole.
The permafrost around the world is thawing, Greenland’s ice sheet is melting, and Arctic Circle communities are experiencing record temperatures. Now […]
Posted: June 17th, 2007 under Permafrost, Arctic Peoples, Global Warming.
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Have we passed a Tipping Point? Methane, Permafrost, & the Beaufort Sea
Tipping Points are the thresholds where a slight rise in temperature starts a climate change or event which then triggers a greater increase in temperature, which then accelerates the inital change or event in a chain reaction which would trigger a catastrophic rise in temperature.
The primary focus of world concern is on the CO2 tipping point, but […]
Posted: June 8th, 2007 under Methane (CH4), Permafrost.
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