[Once again the NNTP server I use was down, sorry.]
ESA announced discovering an open channel to the north pole this week:
<http://www.esa.int/esaEO/SEM7ZF8LURE_planet_0.html>
2006/09/19: ESA: Arctic summer ice anomaly shocks scientists
<http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=11298>
2006/09/21: ENN: Thaw and Storms Opened Channel to North Pole
<http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/09/21/0236224&mode=noco...>
2006/09/21: SlashDot: Scientists Shocked as Arctic Polar Route Revealed
<http://www.arabnews.com/?article=86883>
2006/09/21: ArabNews: Global Warming Opens Arctic Polar Route
<http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/articlenews.aspx?type=scienceNews&sto...>
2006/09/20: Reuters: Thaw and storms opened channel to North Pole: ESA
<http://www.newscientist.com/channel/earth/mg19125702.800.html>
2006/09/20: NewScientist: Ice the size of Texas melts in one year
<http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/09/060920081747.htm>
2006/09/20: SciDaily: Arctic Summer Ice Anomaly Shocks Scientists
<http://www.physorg.com/news77896072.html>
2006/09/19: PhysOrg: Arctic summer ice anomaly shocks scientists
<http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Arctic_Summer_Ice_Anomaly_Shocks_Sc...>
2006/09/20: TerraDaily: Arctic Summer Ice Anomaly Shocks Scientists
Glaciers are melting:
<http://www.casperstartribune.net/articles/2006/09/24/news/regional/6b...>
2006/09/24: CST: Alaska glaciers melt faster than thought
<http://www.physorg.com/news77978603.html>
2006/09/20: PhysOrg: Greenland ice sheet still losing mass
<http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Melting_Greenland_Ice_Sheet_Spells_...>
2006/09/20: TerraDaily: Melting Greenland Ice Sheet Spells More Bad News On
Climate Change
<http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-09/uoca-gis091906.php>
2006/09/20: Eureka: Greenland ice sheet still losing mass,
says new University of Colorado study
<http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2006/09/20/greenland-ice.html>
2006/09/20: CBC: Ice loss from Greenland speeding up, study finds
<http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/38141/story.htm>
2006/09/18: PlanetArk: Dying Glaciers Draw Curious to Swiss Alpine Peaks
And sea levels are rising:
<http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/article1621770.ece>
2006/09/20: Independent(UK): Sea levels are rising faster than predicted, warns
Antarctic Survey
<http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2006/9/21/145846/000>
2006/09/21: GristMill: Sea-ing climate change for yourself
<http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/22/kennebunkport-submerged/>
2006/09/22: TP: Bush Family Compound At Kennebunkport Could Be Submerged By
Global Warming
<http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14944138>
2006/09/20: MSNBC: Study: Oceans have cooled in recent years -
Scientists say that despite temperature change,
sea levels continue to rise
<http://www.climateark.org/shared/reader/welcome.aspx?linkid=60877>
2006/09/19: ClimateArk: Sea levels are rising faster
than predicted, warns [BAS - British] Antarctic Survey
In the hurricane wars:
<http://www.terradaily.com/reports/South_Pacific_Faces_Intense_Cyclone...>
2006/09/22: TerraDaily: South Pacific Faces Intense Cyclone Season While
Northwards Tokyo Faces Typhoon [Yagi]
<http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/38217/story.htm>
2006/09/22: PlanetArk: Typhoon [Yagi, Cat 4] Lumbers Towards Japan, May Brush
Tokyo
<http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-09/cums-hlo092206.php>
2006/09/22: Eureka: Household levels of mold following Hurricane Katrina surpass
some agricultural environments
<http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/09/060920112034.htm>
2006/09/20: SciDaily: Hurricane Fallout: Finding Out How Much Rain Really Falls
During Storms
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/europe/5360138.stm>
2006/09/19: BBC: Azores set for Hurricane Gordon
<http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2006/9/19/11913/5340>
2006/09/19: GristMill: NOAA, hurricanes, and global warming
<http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Hurricane_Gordon_Threatens_Britain_...>
2006/09/19: TerraDaily: Hurricane Gordon Threatens Britain
<http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/38160/story.htm>
2006/09/19: PlanetArk: Tree Rings Can Reveal Hurricane Record - US Study
<http://scienceblogs.com/intersection/2006/09/helene_reaches_cat_iii_f...>
2006/09/18: CCM: Helene Reaches Cat III...
<http://www.terradaily.com/reports/At_Least_Eight_Dead_Or_Missing_As_T...>
2006/09/17: TerraDaily: At Least Eight Dead Or Missing As Typhoon [Shanshan]
Hits Japan
<http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=51...>
2006/09/18: Wunderground: Helene a major hurricane
<http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/09/060911120525.htm>
2006/09/18: SciDaily: How Hurricanes Are Born Off The African Coast
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/asia-pacific/5355066.stm>
2006/09/18: BBC: Typhoon [Shanshan] kills nine in south Japan
A powerful typhoon that has been buffeting Japan for the last
few days has left nine people dead and more than 200 injured.
Typhoon Shanshan made landfall late on Friday, causing
torrential rains over the weekend that triggered flash floods
and landslides.
<http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/38143/story.htm>
2006/09/18: PlanetArk: Four Dead as Typhoon Shanshan Hits Japan's South
Meanwhile in near earth orbit:
<http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/09/060923105540.htm>
2006/09/24: SciDaily: Microsatellite Playing Major Role In Scientific Studies
<http://www.physorg.com/news78140659.html>
2006/09/22: PhysOrg: Satellites reveal that green means rain in Africa
<http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hurricanes/archives/2006/trmm_2006r...>
2006/09/20: NASA: NASA's TRMM Satellite Tracks 2006 Hurricane Rainfall
<http://www.terradaily.com/reports/MetOp_Launch_Campaign_Resumed_999.html>
2006/09/20: TerraDaily: MetOp Launch Campaign Resumed
Consider the case of the Deep Space Climate Observatory:
<http://www.seedmagazine.com/news/2006/09/free_dscovr.php>
2006/09/: SeedMag: Free DSCOVR! [Deep Space Climate Observatory]
A climate satellite is built and paid for.
Nations offer to launch it for free.
Scientists say it's an essential mission.
So what's it doing in a box outside DC?
News on the ozone layer is still heading in two directions:
<http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200609/s1746989.htm>
2006/09/22: ABC(Au): Antarctic ozone hole 'close to record size'
<http://www.physorg.com/news78309259.html>
2006/09/24: PhysOrg: Patch of thin ozone layer in New Zealand
<http://www.physorg.com/news78149382.html>
2006/09/22: PhysOrg: Antarctic ozone hole close to 2000 and 2003 records
<http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/38127/story.htm>
2006/09/18: PlanetArk: Ozone Layer on Way to Slow Recovery
More GW impacts are being seen:
<http://www.maineenvironment.org/news_detail.asp?news=936>
2006/09/19: MaineEnv: Maine Coast Could Be Devastated
by Global Warming - Analysis Shows Major Impacts to
Homes, Economy, and Environment
<http://www.peopleandplanet.net/doc.php?id=2845>
2006/09/18: P&P: Starving seabirds hit by climate change?
<http://news.mongabay.com/2006/0918-earthwatch.html>
2006/09/18: MongaBay: Climate Change Threatens Lemurs
<http://www.dailycamera.com/bdc/county_news/article/0,1713,BDC_2423_50...>
2006/09/20: DailyCamera: Drought may eclipse Dust Bowl -
Local scientist's work first to show regional forecasts
<http://www.hamiltonspectator.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=ham...>
2006/09/19: HamiltonSpectator: Wildfires release 15 times more toxic mercury
<http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/GlobalWarming/story?id=2464739&page=1>
2006/09/20: ABC(US): Global Warming Washing Away Entire Communities
Mounting Evidence Shows Warming Ocean Temperatures
Contributing to Destruction of Hundreds of Villages in Far North
<http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg19125695.000.html>
2006/09/20: NewScientist: Nitrous oxide -
no laughing matter for forests
<http://www.peopleandplanet.net/doc.php?id=2848>
2006/09/19: P&P: Botanists sound plant extinction alert
With fears that one in four of the world¹s plant species
could already be on the brink of extinction from the
effects of global climate change and as many as half
of the planet¹s estimated 400,000 plant species facing
a similarly bleak future a group of leading plant
scientists have called for a global action plan to
tackle the impending crisis.
<http://www.climateark.org/shared/reader/welcome.aspx?linkid=60834>
2006/09/19: ClimateArk: Experts warn that [Surrey, UK]
beech trees could die out
<http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20060919-030934-9137r>
2006/09/19: UPI: Aspen sunflower warns of global warming
<http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-09/bc-cgp091506.php>
2006/09/19: Eureka: Common garden plant [cyclamen] threatened by climate change
<http://www.physorg.com/news77774683.html>
2006/09/18: PhysOrg: Great Lakes levels steadily dropping
And then there are the tropical rainforests:
<http://www.freenewmexican.com/news/49718.html>
2006/09/24: FNM: Costa Rican center on front lines of climate-change fight
[preserving forest lands]
<http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/09/060920092900.htm>
2006/09/22: SciDaily: Growth In Amazon Cropland May Impact Climate And
Deforestation Patterns
<http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/091806EB.shtml>
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