Daily Archives: May 6, 2011

Climate change reduced wheat and corn yields from 1980 to 2008, U.S. researchers said in a study published in the journal Science. http://www.bloomberg.com/ Down “Yields went up” http://www.newscientist.com/ Up

http://www.nctimes.com/app/blogs/wp/?p=12764 The University of Colorado tracks global sea level based on Topex and Jason. They show that sea level rise rates have declined by more than 50% during the last five years. http://sealevel.colorado.edu/files/current/sl_ib_ns_global.txt

The weather is fine here today. Global warming is unequivocal and causes all weather now, so thank you SUV drivers!

http://www.spaceweather.com/

Shock news for  Joe Romm – above normal rain is associated with below normal temperatures. http://www.bom.gov.au/ http://www.bom.gov.au/

“We need to beginning planning on many fronts because climate change is going to affect the way we do business, it’s going to affect everything from people’s health to property values on the shoreline,” said SPUR’s Laura Tam. The report … Continue reading →

The author counted all the mosquitoes. His grandfather used to count them, and he compared notes. global warming is already making tens of thousands of people sick and threatening our food supply. Their stories range from the tale of a … Continue reading →

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/may/05/food-prices-global-warming

It is that mid-troposphere hot spot. http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?site=hfo&map.x=274&map.y=203 h/t to Joe D’Aleo

00.24 Sources involved in the operation to get bin Laden tell Fox News that the al-Qaeda leader appeared “scared and completely confused” and acted in a “cowardly” manner moments before he was shot. He shoved his wife towards the Navy … Continue reading →