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Right Sek ! !!
The New York Times questioned HidroAysén: The damage done is tremendous 15:53 Updated 24/05/2011 - 15:53 The publisher of the prestigious publication listed a series of negative consequences that occur in the event that the energy megaproject is concrete. “(La revisión) sólo observó las consecuencias inmediatas”, afirma. "(The review) observed only the immediate consequences," he says. ... |
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Sadly, it seems that the ''Joplin'' tornado has now the fatality record to it's name with 200 still missing as of yesterdays news. US Tornado tracking started in ernest around 1953 the year that the worst till Joplin's happened. NOAA put up an animation of the April weather over the USA, highlighting with red dots the spots hit this year up till then:
----------------------------------------http://www.nnvl.noaa.gov/MediaDetail.php?MediaID=731&MediaTypeID=2 Main ingredient this year is the combination of a persistent La Nina and the southward pushed polar Jetstream [cold] colliding with near record hot/humid air transported from the GOM (Golf of Mexico). No damns or dikes are build to withstand these unleashed powers of nature. --//-- edit: CNN put up a chart: http://edition.cnn.com/2011/US/05/24/chart.tornadoes/index.html [Edit 1 times, last edit by Former Member at May 27, 2011 4:08:13 PM] |
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Sobering, following to the news that 2010 burst the 2008 output record by 5% , and a reconfirmation:
Surprising Response to Higher CO2 Levels Snip To their surprise, the researchers found that the plants' capacity to absorb the extra CO2 from the atmosphere may be less than anticipated. Unfortunately, current climate models assume that vegetation will absorb much of the extra CO2 that humans put into the air through the burning of fossil fuels. This will mean that current climate models will likely underpredict the rate of increase of future atmospheric CO2 levels and therefore the pace of climate change, according to study authors Tali Lee, Peter Reich and Susan Barrott. "Now we have convincing evidence that the photosynthesis of typical grassland species will not respond as we had thought," says Gholz. "The cautionary implications for global climate models are clear." (via nsf.gov) emphasis mine! |
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Last year, global carbon emissions hit a record high, and the latest science tells us that we're almost certainly locked into roughly 2 degrees Celsius (or 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) of warming. It might not sound like much, but 2 degrees Celsius will redraw maps, change landscapes, and force cities to deploy aggressive adaptation measures. A new book by Abrams Books, 100 Places to Go Before They Disappear, includes a powerful essay by Desmond Tutu and uses stunning photography to show us all exactly what's at stake. This article includes an arresting slideshow of 10 of the places depicted in the book -- ranging from Arctic landscapes, and South Pacific islands to modernized, metropolise read more
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This seems to dispute the claim of rising sea levels.
----------------------------------------http://wattsupwiththat.com/2011/03/28/bombshe...-over-the-past-100-years/ Even the IPCC agrees. (I just fainted) There was a rapid rise [in sea levels] between 15,000 and 6,000 years ago at an average rate of 10 mm/yr. No significant acceleration in the rate of sea level rise during the 20th century has been detected. If MMGW is causing all the ice to melt and the sea levels aren't rising then where is all that melted ice going. Truly an enigma. 
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The World's Biggest Oceans and Seas
Water covers more than 70 percent of the Earth's surface, with the largest body of water, the Pacific Ocean, taking up more than one-third of the planet's surface. All of the oceans on Earth are estimated to have a volume of 0.3 billion cubic miles (1.332 billion cubic kilometers) and an average depth of 12,080.7 feet (3,682.2 meters). But the various bodies of water that make up this total ocean area have their own unique characteristics and range in size from the sprawling Pacific to the self-contained Mediterranean. Here are the top 10 biggest seas and oceans in the world, as measured by surface area in square miles (square kilometers).... |
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Was looking for some deep-ocean environment studies and came across this item [apologies to JP if he posted similar before]. Effectively the base of the food chain [phytoplankton ] in the Oceans is deteriorating.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/janet-ritz/stud...t-base-of-o_b_666308.html A study has found that phytoplanktons, the base of the ocean food chain upon which everything from whales to humans depend, have declined by as much as forty percent due to the increase in the temperature of the seas. The comprehensive study, released by Dalhousie University, has determined that phytoplanktons are impacted by warming. ... This study gives us a global view of the impact of the warming seas. Regardless of the geopolitics of climate change, no matter what anyone chooses to believe or not, the total loss of phytoplankton would be a catastrophic global event. It must be addressed. --//-- [ot] The Huffington Post was recently bought by America OnLine[/ot] |
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