Springtime For The Canary

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1. Glacierman says:

   April 8, 2013 at 2:40 pm

   Clear evidence that CO2 caused heat can manifest itself as cold just to toy with people. The models cannot be wrong, so this lack of heat is proof positive of increased heat caused by excessive CO2 that has manifested itself as the opposite of increased heat. After all, Michael Mann can invert sediment data to give the opposite result when it doesn’t fit the theory and Climate Scientists applaud – The science is settled!

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2. Jimbo says:

   April 8, 2013 at 7:00 pm

   How many canaries can you fit into a coal mine? 😉

   ENS – July 13, 2009
   He told the House Committee on Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands, “Our national park units can serve as the proverbial canary in the coal mine,…

   Time Magazine – July 11, 2008
   “The corals will be the canary in the coal mine in terms of the effect climate change will have on our oceans.”

   The Economist – Nov 11th 2004
   Like a canary in a coal mine, the hyper-sensitive polar regions may well experience the full force of global warming before the rest of the planet does.

   WCTV – Aug 08, 2009
   In a telephone interview with CNN, Josberger called the unprecedented glacial melt the “canary in the coal mine.

   Orange County Register – Aug. 13, 2010
   “That glacier is a little bit like a canary in a coal mine,” he said. “In the northern part of Greenland there are a lot of elements that make it sensitive to climate change.”

   Phys.Org – July 1, 2008
   Like the proverbial canary in the coal mine, penguins are sounding the alarm for potentially catastrophic changes in the world’s oceans,…..

   Anorak – 11th, January 2011
   …….Australia’s minister for the environment and water resources, Malcolm Turnbull,was telling the world that Perth was the “canary in the climate change coal mine,” a city scrambling to find other sources of water for a growing population.

   Brisbane Times – April 7, 2007
   The Great Barrier Reef could be dead in 20 years …….Prof Hoegh-Guldberg said the reefs were like a “canary in a coal mine” for other vulnerable areas of the environment,…..

   Parsons Behle & Latimer- Summer 2007
   The Canary Initiative was so named because the City of Aspen views itself, and other communities which are economically dependent on winter snow for recreation and summer snow pack for water supply, as the “canary in the coal mine” of global warming.

   WWF – 21 August 2003
   “American pikas are like the ‘canary in the coal mine’ when it comes to climate change,” said Dr Catarina Cardoso, Head of WWF-UK’s Climate Change Programme.

   The China Post – April 12, 2007
   “In relation to global warming, the wine industry is the canary in the coal mine because it’s one of the most sensitive indicators of climate change,” said Richard Smart, a respected viticulturist and author on wine grape growing.

   Mongabay.com – January 11, 2006
   Because amphibians have highly permeable skin and spend a portion of their life in water and on land, they are sensitive to environmental change and can act as the proverbial “canary in a coal mine,”

   Monterey County Herald – February 10, 2009
   Birds shifting north, study shows
   WASHINGTON — When it comes to global warming, the canary in the coal mine isn’t a canary at all. It’s a purple finch.

   The Toronto Sun – March 13, 2009
   “People went down the coal mine and they used a canary as a barometer of when the air quality in there was bad,” Ewins said yesterday. “This is what the polar bear is, it’s the canary in the global coal mine.”

   GREENandSAVE, LLC – 14th January 2010
   It did provide a focus for what we were seeing. Obviously Tuvalu is the canary in the coal mine for climate change.

   Hollywood Reporter – 3/28/2012
   The Maldives is the canary in the world’s carbon coal mine…..

   Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – Aug 29, 1996
   Butterflies flee to beat the heat
   “It is an excellent climate sensor – a canary in a coal mine.””….

   Scientific American Guest Blog – January 20, 2012
   The Canary in the Himalayas

   Grist – 10 Dec 2009
   Just as Australia is the proverbial canary in the coal mine for the environmental affects of climate change, a national election waged over cap-and-trade will….

   Nature – 16 April 2009
   “”The mountain pine beetle outbreak and the climate signal associated with it is the canary in the coal mine about future disturbances. It’s caused jurisdictions to perk up and take notice,” says Carroll.”

   Eureka – 27-Jul-2011
   “”The 2007 fire was the canary in the coal mine,” Mack said. “In this wilderness, hundreds of miles away from the nearest city or source of pollution,”

   Thomasville Times Enterprise – October 23, 2009
   Developing countries around the world are vulnerable to more frequent and severe droughts or flooding, and increased insect-borne disease. The carbon contribution from these people is miniscule and yet they are the “canary in the coal mine.”

   NBC News – 11 Mar 2013
   Canary in a coal mine
   The entire population of Emperor penguins, Chinstraps and Adelies live in Antarctica — if the ice continues to retreat those species are at risk….

   cognoscenti.wbur.org – Apr 02, 2013
   Agriculture is the canary in the coal mine for climate change. This has been true throughout human history and we see it today with commodities like maple sugar and honey,…

   USA Today – March 28, 2013
   “Once we had the canary in the coal mine; now we have the oyster in the ocean,” Washington Gov. Jay Inslee says….

   Forbes – 4/04/2013
   As Ric Rhinehart, executive director of the Specialty Coffee Association of America, puts it, “Coffee is the canary in the coal mine for climate change.”

   Pacific Sun – March 18, 2013
   If so, the canary in the coal mine might turn out to be a mussel in a tide pool.

   USA Today – 11/25/2006
   Appalachian Trail could be ‘canary in coal mine’ for eastern U.S.

   The New Zealand Herald – Oct 12, 2005
   “The Amazon is a canary in a coal mine for the earth. As we enter a warming trend we are in uncertain territory,” he said.

   arirang.co.kr – Sep 22, 2010
   The walrus serves as a similar indicator as a canary in a coal mine.

   The Active Times – Mar 01, 2013
   Moose are “the canary in the coal mine,” Doug Inkley, a senior scientist at the National Wildlife Federation, told USA Today.

   Public News Service – February 6, 2013
   The New England lobster, under threat from disease and invasive species, may be the “canary in the coal mine” of climate disruption, according to a new report….

   Canadian Press – May 8, 2009
   Shrimp can provide valuable insight into broad changes in the marine ecosystem, according to a new study that found the spindly crustaceans serve as canaries in the coal mine when it comes to warming waters and the health of fish stocks.

   Natural Resources Defense Council – May 14, 2010
   Lizards – the next canary in the global warming coal mine

   Huffington Post – November 19, 2009
   Bats: The New Canary in the Coal Mine?

   San Diego Coastkeeper – 9 September 2010 08
   Like a canary in a coal mine, this plankton is very sensitive to contaminants in the water. When the phytoplankton gets stressed or dies, the amount of light emitted is reduced,…

   USA Today – 5/30/2005
   Gray wolves could emerge as a “canary in the coal mine” of global warming by suggesting how climate change will affect species around the world, researchers say.

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   • tckev says:

     April 8, 2013 at 10:13 pm

     You forgot the other canary –

     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvNfPSXWZqw

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