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Consensus grows on climate change - BBC

Posted March 3rd, 2006 in Blog 0 Comments

For another good story on what we’re dealing with on climate change, see Consensus grows on climate change, a March 1 story from BBC News.  The BBC news web site has a lot of great background on global warming, as you will see when you click on this article. 
Excerpt: “The doubling of CO2 from [...]

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Melting Antarctic ice sheet heralds warning of global warming

Posted March 3rd, 2006 in Blog 0 Comments

Yet another study heralds the warning:  global warming is real and it could spell disaster for human societies.  This morning, it was the Washington Post once again, reporting the news:  Antarctic Ice Sheet is Melting Rapidly. 
It is important to appreciate what a 20-ft. rise in ocean levels means for coastal communities and low-lying countries.  [...]

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New alarming reports on global warming

Posted March 2nd, 2006 in Blog 0 Comments

What will it take to get governments to spring into action appropriate to the real threat of global warming (which some prefer to call “climate change,” but is about warming, nonetheless).? 
 
In yet another instance of the bad news in front of us, London’s The Guardian reports that scientists doing research for the Intergovernmental Panel on [...]

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Beetles destroying Canadian forests - global warming the culprit

Posted March 1st, 2006 in Blog 0 Comments

Today’s Washington Post contained a very sad article about the voracious beetle destroying forests in British Colombia:  www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/28/AR2006022801772.html.  The beetle is not new.  What is new is that Canadian winters are no longer cold enough to kill them off, which is crucial for keeping their population under control.  The result?  Read the article.  It is [...]

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