Daily Archives: January 22, 2011

the already arid southwestern U.S. could become a permanent dust bowl, while Australia will see intensified droughts and agricultural decline throughout the country’s populated south and east. http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1607652,00.html h/t to Jimbo

http://www.guardian.co.uk/

A November 2006 United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization report found that livestock accounts for 18 percent of global warming emissions worldwide, more than the entire transportation sector. http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/10/22/peta

http://bigthink.com/idea_feed_items/4496 The Arctic  has been warming at an incredible rate, and there just isn’t any more cold air left.

She later responded to a mediaperson’s question: “How should we solve global warming?” “I’m flying quite a bit, so that doesn’t really help. Go green. Make cars that don’t use so much gas. Make them electric. That would help. Use … Continue reading →

“It cannot be said that individual extreme weather events are directly caused by climate change. However, various extreme events will increase in both intensity and number,” Dr. Pachauri said, referring, for instance, to the floods in Australia. http://en.ilmatieteenlaitos.fi/press-release/126234

Calls his state “a mecca for prejudice and bigotry.” The Pima County Tea Party Patriots plan to “indict” the sheriff at their rally for “politicizing the shootings, blaming free speech for the crime without evidence, failing to protect Giffords, failing … Continue reading →

http://www.realclimate.org/ But no warming since 1998. 2011 is going to be a very tough year for the upwards adjustment team.

Global warming means dirty bears at the zoo Global warming means cold (but confined to Europe) Global warming means the Arctic ice cap shrinking in December Global warming means that summers are hot (they didn’t used to be) How will … Continue reading →