Worst Droughtflood On Record In The Amazon!

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1. BioBob says:

   January 13, 2011 at 7:17 am

   Hehe – i got into a huge pi$$ing contest with a moderator over at Ars Technica about this. He didn’t like the fact that temps and rain didn’t actually show significant change – just the MODELs did — rofl

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2. TheTempestSpark says:

   January 13, 2011 at 7:37 am

   Check out the energy “Risefall” price.

   http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/consumertips/8255259/Energy-companies-accused-of-profiteering.html?source=newswidget

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3. Magnus A says:

   January 13, 2011 at 12:24 pm

   The article also describes high water, so it’s variation over the year which is said to be the catastrophe… *sigh*.

   “The record river low comes only 16 months after river levels reached a record high of 29.77 meters in Manaus. / The fluctuations are consistent with climate models for the region, which project heavier rainfall in the wet season, especially in the western and northern parts of the Amazon, and less precipitation in the dry season, especially in the southern Amazon. This year’s drought helped spur a large increase in wildfires and a spike in forest degradation in recent months”.

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4. Magnus A says:

   January 13, 2011 at 12:27 pm

   The final words, “a spike in forest degradation in recent months”, are actually funny, describing a (normal) dry period as “forest degradation”.

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5. Justa Joe says:

   January 13, 2011 at 2:02 pm

   I’m familiar with Manaus, AM. I’ve been there quite a bit. If this supposed record low of Rio Negro is a definite sign of AGW. What did the “record” floods indicate in 2009?

   http://www.bnamericas.com/news/waterandwaste/Govt_releases_US*10mn_for_flood_relief_in_Manaus

   Brazil boosts flood aid for 308K left homeless
   2009-05-12 09:28:18 GMT2009-05-12 17:28:18 (Beijing Time) SINA.comhttp://english.sina.com/world/p/2009/0512/240631.html

   The rivers in the Amazon basin are prone to fluctuations. It was low in 2005, which they claimed was a 40 year low.
   Amazon at record low — communities isolated, commerce stalled
   Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com
   October 11, 2005
   http://news.mongabay.com/2005/1011-amazon.html

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6. Amino Acids in Meteorites says:

   January 13, 2011 at 3:39 pm

   Haul them before congress.

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7. Justa Joe says:

   January 13, 2011 at 4:24 pm

   I’m familiar with Manaus, AM. I’ve been there quite a bit. If this supposed record low of Rio Negro is a definite sign of AGW. What did the “record” floods indicate in 2009?

   http://www.bnamericas.com/news/waterandwaste/Govt_releases_US*10mn_for_flood_relief_in_Manaus

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8. Jimbo says:

   January 13, 2011 at 10:21 pm

   13 January 2011
   Brazil Floods Claim Over 430 Lives
   ?http://tinyurl.com/6xoohyo

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9. suyts says:

   January 13, 2011 at 11:38 pm

   Wow, just making stuff up wasn’t enough, now, they’re just lying about stuff people can casually check.

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10. TheTempestSpark says:

    January 16, 2011 at 3:54 pm

    [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RD73MqyHiRM&fs=1&hl=en_US]

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