Posts Tagged ‘Global Warming’

Coal + Ice: Big Chinese Photo Exhibition on Global Warming

Filed under: Energy | Environment — by Will Kirkland 10/2/2011 @ 12:36:30 AM
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The International Herald Tribune gave big coverage to the photo exhibit in Beijing, organized by the Asia Society in New York, about the connection between coal mining and global warming.

The … [Keep reading >>]

More Changeable Weather — More Coffee Beans Lost

Filed under: Climate Change | Environment — by Will Kirkland 03/10/2011 @ 12:18:07 PM
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“…in the last few years, coffee yields have plummeted [in Colombia's Cauca region] and in many of Latin America’s other premier coffee regions as a result of rising temperatures and more … [Keep reading >>]

Green House Warnings from Issac Asimov, 1989

Filed under: Climate Change | Environment — by Will Kirkland 01/6/2011 @ 10:09:09 AM
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Issac Asimov, one of the great Science Fiction writers of all time, was also a very good scientist. Here, in 1989, he talks about the most important scientific fact of … [Keep reading >>]

390 and Rising

Filed under: Climate Change | Environment — by Will Kirkland 12/21/2010 @ 10:32:51 PM
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A sketch of the founding father of global warming science, Charles Keeling, in today’s NY Times. As a young man he was the first to figure out how to measure the … [Keep reading >>]

Another Day Another Record

Filed under: Climate Change | Environment — by Will Kirkland 09/28/2010 @ 7:41:31 AM
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113º!

California’s blistering fall heat wave sent temperatures to an all-time record high of 113 degrees Monday in downtown Los Angeles … breaking the old all-time record of 112 degrees … [Keep reading >>]

Generation Hot

Filed under: Books | Climate Change | Environment — by Will Kirkland 09/26/2010 @ 12:01:56 PM
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Mark Hertzgaard has a new book out.  It won’t make you happy.  Of course you should already be unhappy.  People who have paid attention have known since 1988 that CO2 … [Keep reading >>]

Drought in the Amazon

Filed under: Climate Change | Environment — by Will Kirkland 09/26/2010 @ 11:40:33 AM
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Manaus, capital of the state of Amazonas, and the entire eastern region of the state are suffering the worst drought in more than a century. A government scientist … [Keep reading >>]

This is What Global Warming Looks Like

Filed under: Climate Change | Environment — by Will Kirkland 09/23/2010 @ 1:29:17 PM
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This is what Global Warming looks like from NRDC Broadcast Videos on Vimeo.
From NRDC via Climate Progress … [Keep reading >>]

Don’t Fly Ryan Air

Filed under: Climate Change | Environment — by Will Kirkland 09/13/2010 @ 11:27:34 AM
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With a man this ignorant [Michael O'Leary] heading up an airline I wouldn’t feel safe in his aircraft.
In an interview with The Independent littered with expletives, the chief executive of … [Keep reading >>]

Temperature Records Scorched Again

Filed under: Climate Change | Environment — by Will Kirkland 06/11/2010 @ 6:54:28 AM
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It’s hard to be distracted from this, even by the NBA playoffs, or the World Cup.  From Climate Progress:
Last month tied May 1998 as the hottest on record in the … [Keep reading >>]

Anti-Relativity Theory ditto Anti Global Warming

Filed under: Climate Change | Environment — by Will Kirkland 06/3/2010 @ 8:03:27 PM
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Morons will always be with us… [but they must not defeat us]
“This world is a strange madhouse. Currently, every coachman and every waiter is debating whether relativity theory is correct. … [Keep reading >>]

Lake Tanganyika Warmest in 1,500 Years

Filed under: Climate Change | Environment — by Will Kirkland 05/23/2010 @ 6:18:09 PM
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“Geologists led by Brown University say Lake Tanganyika, the second oldest and the second-deepest lake in the world, has experienced unprecedented warming during the last century, and its … [Keep reading >>]

Words for Acts

Perhaps an honest world will never exist. But what's to keep us from dreaming? If each one of us tries to change, maybe we'll succeed.

Rita Atria -- The Sicilian Rebel



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