Global Warming- Is BLM Phoning It In?By Matt WatsonSource: Soundcheck-WNYC Yesterday the Bureau of Land management released a new draft of its so-called “fracking rule.” To be fair, the proposed rule does represent a level of progress compared to sorely outdated rules on the books. But we’re dealing with critical issues here – not the kinds of things we can afford to only get half right. And u […]
- Gross Domestic Product: Grossly incomplete, but we can fix itBy Gernot WagnerVia EDF Voices. This first appeared online in an article posted at ensia.com. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is broken. Robert F. Kennedy said as much in his first major presidential campaign speech. Simon Kuznets, the father of GDP, acknowledged its shortcomings. GDP is an imperfect indicator of human well-being at best, and outright misleadin […]
- Managing Our Nations Fisheries 3 Conference: Take away messagesAmerica’s fishing laws are generally working well to rebuild fish stocks, but there is still work to be done to make sure that our sustainable fisheries are sustainable for fishermen. That was the takeaway message from the recent gathering of the nation’s top fisheries advisors, scientists, members of regional councils and the eNGO community who […]
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- April 2013 DroughtWeather disturbances moving in a very active jet stream flow intensified as they traversed an upper-level trough over the central U.S., sending a series of low pressure and frontal systems across the central and southeastern parts of the country. The resulting beneficial precipitation shrank drought areas in the eastern Plains, Midwest, and Southeast, with e […]
- April 2013 National OverviewThe April average temperature for the contiguous U.S. was 49.7°F, which was 1.4°F below the 20th century average. April 2013 ranked as the 23rd coolest such month on record and marked the coolest April since 1997 when the monthly average temperature for the contiguous U.S. was 48.0°F. The April average precipitation for the contiguous U.S. was 2.90 inches, 0 […]
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November 2012 Temperatures 5th Highest Recorded
Part of the Human Induced Climate Change Experiment Also see: Northern Hemisphere Snow Cover is Retreating The globally-averaged temperature for November 2012 marked the fifth warmest November since record keeping began in 1880. November 2012 also marks the 36th consecutive November and 333rd consecutive month with a global temperature above the 20th century average. [...]
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Global Warming Shrinking Fish
A new study suggests that human induced climate change is not only increasing ocean temperatures but is also decreasing the amount of oxygen. The decrease in oxygen will likely shrink the average size of fish. From the Journal Nature: Shrinking of fishes exacerbates impacts of global ocean changes on marine ecosystems by William W. L. [...]
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Arctic Ice Cap is “Heading for Oblivion”
The loss of Arctic ice is massively compounding the effects of greenhouse gas emissions, ice scientist Professor Peter Wadhams has told BBC Newsnight. White ice reflects more sunlight than open water, acting like a parasol. Melting of white Arctic ice, currently at its lowest level in recent history, is causing more absorption. Prof Wadhams calculates [...]
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Food Price Spikes Due to Climate Change
The charitable organization OxFam reports: Climate change is making extreme weather much more likely. As the 2012 drought in the USA shows, extreme weather means extreme food prices. Our failure to slash greenhouse gas emissions presents a future of greater food price volatility, with severe consequences for the precarious lives and livelihoods of people living [...]
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Warmest Spring
Human Induced Climate Change Experiment U.S. experiences second warmest May, hottest spring on record Lower 48 also experienced record warm year-to-date and twelve-month periods The average temperature for the contiguous U.S. during May was 64.3°F, 3.3°F above the long-term average, making it the second warmest May on record. The month’s high temperatures also contributed to [...]
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Adapting To Climate Change
Is is possible for humans to adapt to global warming? Probably not; however, we must try. Australia is leading the way. It is important that Australia reduce its carbon pollution to minimise the severity of climate change. However, because some greenhouse gases stay in the atmosphere for about 100 years after they are first [...]
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Update: Greenhouse Gases
WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released the 17th annual U.S. greenhouse gas inventory. The final report shows overall emissions in 2010 increased by 3.2 percent from the previous year. The trend is attributed to an increase in energy consumption across all economic sectors, due to increasing energy demand associated with [...]
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Plan For Global Warming
U.S. Scientists Call for Integrated Study of Carbon Cycle Print E-mail The carbon cycle science community in the United States has just finished its planning process for carbon cycle research for the upcoming decade. This reassessment of the U.S. carbon cycle science priorities was initiated by the U.S. Carbon Cycle Interagency Working Group (CCIWG) and [...]
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Climate Understanding
To better understand the effects of the ocean on global climate and weather, scientists from NOAA’s Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, or PMEL, deployed an Ocean Climate Station mooring — an anchored buoy —on the edge of the warm Agulhas Return Current (ARC) southeast of South Africa. Although there is an array of climate buoys positioned [...]
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Wildfires in Tasmania are Devilish