Daily Archives: June 23, 2011

http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/mwr/062/mwr-062-07-c1.pdf The entire country had above normal temperatures, with ten degrees above normal in the center.

I got a kick out of this story. Hollister is known as “the earthquake capital of the world.” They get dozens of earthquakes every day. The hundred or so geologists and seismologists who turned up for the informal monthly meeting … Continue reading →

“We haven’t seen a terrorist threat emanating from Afghanistan for the past seven or eight years,” one boasted, finding “no indication that there is any effort within Afghanistan to use Afghanistan as a launching pad to carry out attacks http://www.washingtonpost.com/

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http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/ Our friends have been blaming the severe weather in May on warm air from global warming. This is a brilliant theory, except that it was the 25th coldest May on record in the US. Unfortunately, many climate experts lack … Continue reading →

According to Seth Borenstein, it takes more than 60 years. Heat Will Kill More Than Cold in Europe Eventually a new study in Europe finds that around 2040, the increase in heat deaths will likely outweigh the reduction in cold … Continue reading →

The tsunami that sparked a meltdown in Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant demonstrated the threat posed by natural disasters to the world’s developed economies. Once considered rare events, catastrophic floods, tornadoes and forest fires are a symptom of climate volatility That … Continue reading →

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Garnaut must have used proofreaders in Nuuk, or Ruuk.   http://www.garnautreview.org.au/pdf/Garnaut_Chapter6.pdf

This looks like it was written by a fifth grader. As Arctic Sea Ice Retreats, Storms Take Toll on the Land By Yale Environment 360 at Yale Environment 360 For millennia, the blanket of ice covering the Arctic Ocean protected … Continue reading →