Monthly Archives: July 2011

Top scientists tell us that higher temperatures means more moisture in the atmosphere and heavier precipitation. Therefore drought must be caused by cold, and heat must be associated with flooding and record snow. This explains the hot/dry conditions in Texas … Continue reading →

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Michele Bachmann has formally launched her presidential run in her home state of Iowa but is there substance beneath the style? Elvis Presley’s Promised Land belted out as Michele Bachman made her way to the podium in the little town … Continue reading →

http://www.sacbee.com/2011/07/03/3744307/coastal-california-developers.html Sea level in Humboldt County has barely risen over the last twenty years. http://www.psmsl.org/data/obtaining/stations/1639.php Sea level in San Francisco has risen less than four inches since the Sutro Baths were built in the late 19th century.

Regarding the glacial isostatic adjustment (GIA) correction, Professor Dick Peltier, Director of the Centre for Global Change Science at the University of Toronto and one of the leading experts on GIA and its effects on sea level, sent us the … Continue reading →

Calling the ocean “the 900-pound gorilla of global warming and climate change,” oceanographer Josh Willis of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., says he’s excited to finally see long-term climate projections homing in on the ocean’s role. “How the … Continue reading →

there have been other periods when the cooling effects of sulfur emissions have temporarily held sway over the warming caused by greenhouse gases, namely during the post-World War II period of economic growth from the 1940s to the 1970s. http://www.washingtonpost.com/ … Continue reading →

Climate inaction risks children’s well-being Cost-of-living pressures seem to dominate our daily lives and it is not often easy to think beyond tomorrow. But imagine a future where these pressures are exacerbated and then take the time to consider that … Continue reading →

A new study suggests that the Asian pollutants that cause acid rain are also largely responsible for temporarily halting global warming. http://www.themarknews.com/  

Global warming and melting glaciers 07 July 2011  |  Environment  |  Member states Retreating glaciers in Antarctica and rising sea levels are a trap we have fallen into by pumping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, writes Stan Jacobs http://www.publicserviceeurope.com/ Al … Continue reading →