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The final climate frontiers

admin — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 01:21:26 +0000

Feature article from Science News Dec 4th, 2010.

The final climate frontiers

Scientists aim to improve and localize their predictions

December 4th, 2010; Vol.178 #12 (p. 24)

Modern explorers have pushed into nearly every nook and cranny of the globe, from polar Antarctica to the depths of the Amazonian jungle. Yet there’s land still to explore, and regularly comes news of unexpected and wondrous findings — a mongooselike carnivore spotted in Madagascar, a massive waterfall discovered in Peru.

Such is the state of climate science today. In some respects its territory has been thoroughly probed. Despite vigorous questioning of the premises and conclusions of research into climate change, reviews of the evidence consistently confirm the basic findings of the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: The Earth’s rising temperature cannot be explained by natural processes alone. Emissions of greenhouse gases from human activities, like burning fossil fuels, must be included to account for the observed warming.

More here: http://www.sciencenews.org/view/feature/id/65734/title/The_final_climate_frontiers

Climate Change Science

admin — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 01:06:44 +0000

Pass this on to the global climate change deniers you know. Your grandchildren will thank you. These articles summarize REAL SCIENCE being done by REAL CLIMATE SCIENTISTS. Global warming is real, is mostly human caused (directly or indirectly), isn’t in doubt at all among scientists who actually study it, with it’s reality supported by massive evidence. -Harry

http://www.koshland-science-museum.org/exhibitgcc/

US National Academy of Sciences – Global Warming Facts and Our Future

What are the causes of climate change? Find out about the impacts of climate change through interactive science activities and museum exhibits

http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/66782/title/World_could_heat_up_4_degrees_C_in_50_years

World could heat up 4 degrees C in 50 years

Immediate and substantial action to reduce emissions would be needed to meet climate negotiators’ goal of holding warming to a 2 degree Celsius increase, a new package of scientific papers concludes.

http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/67324/title/Clouds_warm_things_up

Clouds warm things up

Satellite data from the last decade put hard numbers on a key and little-understood climate player.

http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/66902/title/Food_security_wanes_as_world_warms

Food security wanes as world warms

Global warming may have begun outpacing the ability of farmers to adapt, new studies report.

http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/65231/title/Climate_researcher_speaks_out

Climate researcher speaks out

Michael Mann says scientists have lost control of the public message about climate change

And perhaps most important “It’s the population, stupid”:

http://www.nature.com/climate/2008/0806/full/climate.2008.44.html

The population problem

By 2050, there will be an estimated 9 billion humans on the planet. Kerri Smith asks whether curbing the world’s burgeoning population could help in tackling climate change.

and

http://www.overpopulation.org/globalWarming.html

“Today, for every one of the more than (6.88) billion people on Earth nearly six tons of carbon dioxide are spewed into the air annually. As a result of our activities, the atmospheric concentration of this heat-trapping gas has risen by more than 30 percent.” Environmental Defense Fund

Learn more: http://www.sciencenews.org/

The Story of Stuff

Harry — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 23:50:10 +0000

Great video: http://www.storyofstuff.com/