Another week of GW news - March 26
H. E. Taylor
which blasted all over the net this week:
<http://www.sciencemag.org/sciext/ice/>
2006/03/24: Science: Special Online Collection: Climate Change -- Breaking the Ice
<http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/311/5768/1751>
2006/03/24: Science: (abs) Simulating Arctic Climate Warmth and Icefield
Retreat in the Last Interglaciation by B. L. Otto-Bliesner et al.
<http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/311/5768/1747>
2006/03/24: Science: (abs) Paleoclimatic Evidence for Future Ice-Sheet
Instability and Rapid Sea-Level Rise by J. T. Overpeck et al.
<http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/311/5768/1754>
2006/03/24: Science: (abs) Measurements of Time-Variable Gravity Show
Mass Loss in Antarctica by I. Velicogna and J. Wahr
<http://www.realclimate.org/index.php?p=276>
2006/03/26: RealClimate: How much future sea level rise?
More evidence from models and ice sheet observations.
<http://www.nature.com/news/2006/060320/full/060320-8.html>
2006/03/24: NSU: Warnings rise over rising seas
<http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200603/25/eng20060325_253449.html>
2006/03/25: People's Daily: Melting ice could mean sea-level rise
<http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/GlobalWarming/story?id=1769298&page=1>
2006/03/26: ABC(US): Global Warming Might Sink America's Coasts -
Cities Like New York, Miami and New Orleans Face Threat
<http://www.hindu.com/2006/03/25/stories/2006032505372000.htm>
2006/03/25: Hindu: Global warming woes - It will trigger
rise in sea levels, swamping low-lying islands
<http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/0324-05.htm>
2006/03/24: CDreams: NYT: Climate Data Hint at Irreversible Rise in Seas
<http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/03/0323_060323_global_warming.html>
2006/03/23: NatGeo: Global Warming Is Rapidly Raising Sea Levels, Studies Warn
<http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200603/s1600527.htm>
2006/03/24: ABC(Au): Melting ice sheets could hasten sea rise: study.
<http://scienceblogs.com/stoat/2006/03/media_garbling_scientists_fore.php>
2006/03/24: Stoat: Media garbling: "Scientists forecast metre rise in sea levels this century"
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/03/24/MNG22HTITV1.DTL&type=printable>
2006/03/24: SF Gate: Oceans rising fast, new studies find -
Melting ice could raise levels up to 20 feet by 2100, scientists say
<http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/news/1143201317318570.xml&coll=2>
2006/03/24: ClevelandPD: Report: Warming to raise the oceans
<http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/032406EB.shtml>
2006/03/24: TruthOut: Little Time to Avoid Big Thaw, Scientists Warn
<http://www.energybulletin.net/14238.html>
2006/03/25: EnergyBulletin: Little time to avoid big thaw, scientists warn
<http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0324/p01s03-sten.htm>
2006/03/24: CSM: Little time to avoid big thaw, scientists warn -
Arctic temperatures near a prehistoric level when seas were
16 to 20 feet higher, studies say
<http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/living/science/14175988.htm>
2006/03/24: CCTimes: Melting polar ice poses global changes
Researchers expect a 3-foot increase in sea level by the year 2100,
when temperatures will likely be 4 degrees warmer
<http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20060324.wxwarming24/BNStory/International/home>
2006/03/24: Globe&Mail: Global warming trend on course to submerge coasts, researchers say
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=54323>
2006/03/24: ClimateArk: Scientists issue dramatic polar ice warning
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=54321>
2006/03/24: ClimateArk: Ice Sheets Melting at a Worrisome Rate
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=54324>
2006/03/24: ClimateArk: New York, London, Hong Kong business hubs to submerge by 2100?
<http://www.geo.arizona.edu/dgesl/research/other/climate_change_and_sea_level/sea_level_rise/sea_level_rise.htm> 2006/03/24: UA:DGESL: Climate Change and Sea Level
<http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=10128>
2006/03/24: ENN: Melting Ice Sheets Could Spur Oceans' Rise, Study Says
<http://www.scienceagogo.com/news/20060223213957data_trunc_sys.shtml>
2006/03/24: SaGG: All Hands To The Pumps! Here Comes The Sea
<http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060323/ap_on_sc/polar_ice_melt>
03/23: Yahoo: Melting Ice Threatens Sea-Level Rise
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/science/nature/4834806.stm>
2006/03/23: BBC: Sea rise could be 'catastrophic'
Earth could be headed for catastrophic sea level rise
in the next few centuries if greenhouse gases continue
to rise at present rates, experts say.
<http://today.reuters.com/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyid=2006-03-23T210520Z_01_N23329973_RTRUKOC_0_US-ENVIRONMENT-OCEANS.xml&rpc=22>
2006/03/23: Reuters: Melting ice sheets could spur oceans' rise: study
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/climatechange/story/0,,1738483,00.html>
2006/03/24: Guardian(UK): Climate change -
Scientists forecast metre rise in sea levels this century
<http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/news/topstory/2006/ice_puzzle.html>
2006/03/23: NASA: NASA Scientist Claims Warmer Ocean Waters Reducing Ice Worldwide
<http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-03/uoc-gtp032206.php>
2006/03/23: Eureka: Glimpse to past adds weight to global warming forecasts -
Impact of last interglaciation [130kya] shows shape of things to come
<http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-03/ncfa-aam032006.php>
2006/03/23: Eureka: Arctic, antarctic melting may raise sea levels faster than expected
<http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-03/uoa-pmm031506.php>
2006/03/23: Eureka: Polar melting may raise sea level sooner than expected
<http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/03/060317112333.htm>
2006/03/21: SciDaily: Radar Altimetry Confirms Global Warming Is Affecting Polar Glaciers
<http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/article352365.ece>
2006/03/20: Independent(UK): Chilling proof that glacier meltdown is getting faster
And glaciers not at the poles are also melting:
<http://msnbc.msn.com/id/11996943/>
2006/03/25: MSNBC: Glaciers vanish in before-and-after photos -
Images show how Montana park's ice has retreated over decades
<http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N20165687.htm>
2006/03/23: Reuters: In Bolivia, world's highest ski resort melting away
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=54090>
2006/03/20: ClimateArk: Chilling proof that glacier meltdown is getting faster
<http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/35717/story.htm>
2006/03/20: PlanetArk: Swiss Ski Resort Tries to Cover up Climate Change
The movement and melting of Greenland ice is triggering tremors:
<http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn8889-glacial-earthquakes-rock-greenland-ice-sheet.html>
2006/03/24: NewScientist: Glacial earthquakes rock Greenland ice sheet
<http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-03/teia-sds032006.php>
2006/03/23: Eureka: Scientists detect seasonal pattern to glacial earthquakes
in Greenland, see signs of increase
<http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-03/hu-gwy032006.php>
2006/03/23: Eureka: Global warming yields novel 'glacial earthquakes' in polar areas
The hurricane wars are warming up:
<http://scienceblogs.com/intersection/2006/03/more_hurricane_publications_of.php>
2006/03/25: CCM: More Hurricane Publications...
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=54376>
2006/03/26: ClimateArk: Study: Warmer seas feed storms -
As ocean temperatures rise around world, so does hurricane intensity, researchers report
<http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2006/2005GL025517.shtml>
2006/03/08: GRL: (abs) The 2005 hurricane season: An echo of the past or
a harbinger of the future? by Jyotika I. Virmani and Robert H. Weisberg
<http://www.physorg.com/news12087.html>
2006/03/24: PhysOrg: 2004-2005 hurricane seasons 'odd but explainable'
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=54290>
2006/03/23: ClimateArk: Big rise seen in storm losses for next 5 years
<http://scienceblogs.com/intersection/2006/03/stronger_storms_less_frequentl.php>
2006/03/22: CCM: Stronger Storms, Less Frequently, Except in the Atlantic?
<http://www.wsws.org/articles/2006/mar2006/cycl-m21.shtml>
2006/03/21: WSWS: Australia: Cyclone Larry leaves thousands homeless and destroys livelihoods
<http://rabett.blogspot.com/2006/03/jerry-mahlman-goes-upside-heads-of.html>
2006/03/19: ERabett: Jerry Mahlman goes upside the heads of Conrad Lautenbacher and William Gray
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/asia-pacific/4823580.stm>
2006/03/20: BBC: Cyclone batters Australian coast - A powerful tropical cyclone
has hit Australia's north-east coast, packing winds of up to 290km/h
<http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060320/ap_on_re_au_an/australia_cyclone>
2006/03/20: Yahoo: Thousands Feared Homeless in Australia
<http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200603/s1596588.htm>
2006/03/21: ABC(Au): Cyclone leaves hundreds homeless
<http://scienceblogs.com/intersection/2006/03/introducing_tropical_cyclone_l.php>
2006/03/19: CCM: Introducing Tropical Cyclone Larry
<http://www.realclimate.org/index.php?p=273>
2006/03/20: RealClimate: Reactions to tighter hurricane intensity/SST link
James Annan's paper came in for comment on Real Climate:
<http://www.realclimate.org/index.php?p=274>
2006/03/25: RealClimate: Climate sensitivity: Plus ca change?
The impacts of GW are becoming clearer:
<http://upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20060325-041732-8778r>
2006/03/25: UPI: Snowmelt occurring earlier in N. America
<http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=10132>
2006/03/24: ENN: Beetle 'Epidemic' Rends Northwest Forests
<http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-03/usgs-rie032406.php>
2006/03/24: Eureka: Rivers indicate earlier snowmelt in eastern North America
<http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200603/s1599107.htm>
2006/03/23: ABC(Au): Experts warn of global warming malaria threat
<http://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=1750996&page=1>
2006/03/22: ABC(US): No Belief in Greener Pastures: Worst Drought in 20 Years
Hits East Africa - U.N. Appeals for More Funds and Food to Avert Widespread Starvation
<http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/03/060322142101.htm>
2006/03/22: SciDaily: Warming Trend May Contribute To Malaria's Rise
<http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/032206EB.shtml>
2006/03/22: TruthOut: Inuit See Signs in Arctic Thaw
<http://www.alertnet.org/thefacts/reliefresources/114303555233.htm>
2006/03/22: Reuters: Climate change to create African 'water refugees' - scientists
<http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/mar2006/2006-03-22-01.asp>
2006/03/22: ENS: Global Warming Will Make Water Crisis Intolerable
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/famine/story/0,,1736463,00.html>
2006/03/22: Guardian(UK): More than 2 million face famine in Somalia
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/climatechange/story/0,,1735204,00.html>
2006/03/20: Guardian(UK): Treading on thin ice - Canada's warmest winter
on record is putting pressure on wildlife and politicians alike
<http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-03/uom-wtm032106.php>
2006/03/21: Eureka: Warming trend may contribute to malaria's rise
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/science/nature/4827362.stm>
2006/03/20: BBC: Climate link to African malaria -
Rising temperatures may partly explain increasing cases of malaria
in regions of Africa, new research suggests.
<http://msnbc.msn.com/id/11917857/>
2006/03/20: MSNBC: Early spring disturbing life on northern rivers -
Declining days of ice could spell disaster for spring flowers, fish, animals
<http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn8872-small-heat-rise-may-offer-big-boost-for-malaria.html>
2006/03/20: NewScientist: Small heat rise may offer big boost for malaria
<http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/35707/story.htm>
2006/03/20: PlanetArk: Decimated by Drought, Now Rains Kill Kenya Wildlife
While in the Amazonian rainforest:
<http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/03/060322184548.htm>
2006/03/23: SciDaily: Amazon Rainforest Greens Up In The Dry Season
<http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=scienceNews&storyID=2006-03-23T005727Z_01_L22726824_RTRUKOC_0_US-ENVIRONMENT-AMAZON.xml>
2006/03/23: Reuters: Greater efforts needed to save Amazon rainforests
About 40 percent of the Amazon's rainforests could be lost by 2050
unless more is done to prevent what could become one of the world's
worst environmental crisis, scientists said on Wednesday
<http://www.nature.com/news/2006/060320/full/060320-4.html>
2006/03/22: NSU: Amazon trees grow fastest in dry season -
Sunshine is better growth-booster than water for ancient forest
<http://www.panda.org/news_facts/newsroom/index.cfm?uNewsID=64220>
2006/03/22: WWF: Climate change a threat to Amazon rainforest, warns WWF
<http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-03/uoa-arg031506.php>
2006/03/21: Eureka: Amazon rainforest greens up in the dry season
Elsewhere on the mitigation front:
<http://www.llnl.gov/pao/news/news_releases/2006/NR-06-03-10.html>
2006/03/23: LLNL: Changes in agricultural practices could help slow global warming
<http://politics.guardian.co.uk/green/story/0,,1737575,00.html>
2006/03/23: Guardian(UK): Homeowners enlisted in fight to cut CO2 emissions
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/laurie-david/mr-lunas-bright-idea_b_17550.html>
2006/03/20: THP: Mr. Luna's Bright Idea
Carbon sequestration is the thing:
<http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/stories/s1599675.htm>
2006/03/24: ABC(Au): Ocean may be new CO2 dumping ground
<http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/03/060317113547.htm>
2006/03/20: SciDaily: Tiny 'Cages' Could Trap Carbon Dioxide And Help Stop Climate Change
Before we get into politics, there was some science done:
<http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/03/060322140017.htm>
2006/03/23: SciDaily: Climate Change And The Rise Of Atmospheric Oxygen
<http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=10111>
2006/03/22: ENN: NASA Radar Plane Gauges Arctic Snow Layer
<http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-03/ci-cca032206.php>
2006/03/22: Eureka: Climate change and the rise of atmospheric oxygen
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=54143>
2006/03/21: ClimateArk: NASA plane to measure Arctic snow layer
<http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/35735/story.htm>
2006/03/21: PlanetArk: NASA Radar Plane Gauges Arctic Snow Layer
<http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/03/060320223213.htm>
2006/03/21: SciDaily: Scientists Use Satellites To Detect Deep-ocean Whirlpools
<http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/032006EC.shtml>
2006/03/14: TruthOut: Study Links "Smog" to Arctic Warming
<http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/35735/story.htm>
2006/03/21: PlanetArk: NASA Radar Plane Gauges Arctic Snow Layer
<http://www.ocean.udel.edu/newscenter/meddies.html>
2006/03/20: UDel: Scientists Use Satellites to Detect Deep-Ocean Whirlpools
The research marks the first time scientists have been able to detect phenomena
so deep in the ocean from space -- and using a new multi-sensor technique
that can track changes in ocean salinity.
A UK government report has struck right on a First World/Third World faultline:
<http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/0325-03.htm>
2006/03/25: CDreams: Independent(UK): The Pollution Gap -
Report Reveals How the World's Poorer Countries are Forced
to Pay for the CO2 Emissions of the Developed Nations
<http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10374424>
2006/03/25: NZHerald: West's [CO2] pollution threatens millions in Africa and India
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=54348>
2006/03/25: ClimateArk: Poor affected most by climate change
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/science/nature/4839834.stm>
2006/03/24: BBC: Climate change 'harms world poor' -
The poorest people in the world in Asia and Africa will be worst hit
by climate change, a UK government report says.
<http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=10100>
2006/03/21: ENN: Climate Change Threatens to Hamper Development in Poorest Countries
And on the American political front:
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=54284>
2006/03/23: ClimateArk: Mr. President, Greenland is melting
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=54381>
2006/03/26: ClimateArk: On global warming, waiting will only cost us
<http://www.countercurrents.org/cc-watson250306.htm>
2006/03/25: CC: Fiddling As The Earth Burns
<http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/opinion/14176241.htm>
2006/03/24: Mercury: Don't wait for Bush on climate change -
Despite lack of White House leadership, time to act on global warming is now
<http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002885692_kyoto24m.html>
2006/03/24: STimes: Seattle to Kyoto: You can't get there by car
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=54326>
2006/03/24: ClimateArk: Oregon to Adopt Stricter Emission Rules
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joel-makower/climate-labeling-for-cars_b_17803.html>
2006/03/24: THP: Climate Labeling for Cars: Assessing the Toll of a New Machine
<http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2006/3/23/10943/4755>
2006/03/23: GristMill: Hansen on 60 Minutes
<http://www.insidebayarea.com/dailyreview/localnews/ci_3623982>
2006/03/21: IBA: Feinstein takes aim at global warming - Environmentalists praise
proposal targeting immediate reductions in greenhouse gas emissions
<http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0320/p02s01-sten.htm>
2006/03/20: CSM: Court deals blow to EPA's relaxed rule on air emissions -
A court ruling friday may force the agency to insist that industrial
sites upgrade their facilities.
<http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/032006EA.shtml>
2006/03/20: TruthOut: Senator Feinstein Outlines New Legislation
to Curb Global Warming, Keep Economy Strong
<http://scienceblogs.com/intersection/2006/03/new_hero_rep_brad_miller.php>
2006/03/20: CCM: New Hero: Rep. Brad Miller
<http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/35715/story.htm>
2006/03/20: PlanetArk: Court Rejects Bush Adm. Power Plant Pollution Rule
<http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=10099>
2006/03/20: ENN: Court Rejects Bush Administration Power Plant Pollution Rule
Evangelicals are continuing their GW campaign:
<http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/2006-03-22-religion-warming_x.htm>
2006/03/22: USAToday: Hot topic of global warming gets Christian support
<http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0323/p14s01-stgn.htm>
2006/03/23: CSM: Hot topic gets warm support
The RGGI pact is still kicking:
<http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=10133>
2006/03/24: ENN: U.S. States in CO2 Pact [RGGI] Eye Trees, Methane at Dumps
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=54218>
2006/03/22: ClimateArk: Northeast US clean air pact [RGGI] gets renewed push
Seattle has introduced a plan to cut GHGs:
<http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/264194_warm24.html?source=mypi>
2006/03/24: SeattlePI: City commits to big cut in greenhouse gas emissions
<http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002888182_kyoto25m.html>
2006/03/25: STimes: Gore praises Seattle's efforts in combating global warming
<http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2006/3/24/122840/554>
2006/03/24: GristMill: A proud day for Seattle
<http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2006/3/24/145248/753>
2006/03/24: GristMill: Seattle climatepalooza
An NGO has started a GW warning PR campaign in the States:
<http://www.fightglobalwarming.com/>
Fight Global Warming - Environmental Defense [GW ads]
<http://msnbc.msn.com/id/11992630/>
2006/03/25: MSNBC: Global warming ad makes a stark point -
Train barrels down on child standing on tracks
<http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2006/3/23/163553/190>
2006/03/23: GristMill: What would your global warming ad look like?
<http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2006/3/24/92949/0500>
2006/03/24: GristMill: Kids in the Ice Age
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=54316>
2006/03/24: ClimateArk: Ads to focus on global warming
<http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2006/3/23/8556/69868>
2006/03/23: GristMill: As the world swelters
<http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/editorial/14163489.htm>
2006/03/23: PI: Global Warming Ads - Start counting 'carbs'
<http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/nation/14161947.htm>
2006/03/22: KC:KRN: Public service ads aim to raise awareness about global warming
Meanwhile in the UK:
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/sci/tech/4836890.stm>
2006/03/24: BBC: UK seeks climate policy clarity
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=54317>
2006/03/24: ClimateArk: United Kingdom: Climate change review still undecided
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/entertainment/4832016.stm>
2006/03/22: BBC: Radiohead singer 'snubbed Blair'
Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke has said he turned down an invitation
to meet the UK Prime Minister Tony Blair to discuss climate change.
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/climatechange/story/0,,1736536,00.html>
2006/03/22: Guardian(UK): MPs accuse Treasury of inertia over green taxes
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/climatechange/story/0,,1736526,00.html>
2006/03/22: Guardian(UK): Radiohead singer snubs Blair climate talks
Radiohead star Thom Yorke has revealed that he turned down a meeting
with the prime minister to discuss climate change. The singer was asked
to visit Downing Street by campaigners last September, in his role as
ambassador for environmental group Friends of the Earth. But he
dismissed Tony Blair as a man with "no environmental credentials"
and said dealing with Labour spin doctors had made him feel ill.
<http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/35761/story.htm>
2006/03/22: PlanetArk: Environmental Lobby Welcomes Green-Tinged UK Budget
<http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/35750/story.htm>
2006/03/22: PlanetArk: Pacts Complicate UK Climate Change Targets - DEFRA
<http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/35749/story.htm>
2006/03/22: PlanetArk: Climate Change Puts Pressure on London Defences
<http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200603/s1598537.htm>
2006/03/23: ABC(Au): British finance minister unveils 'green' budget
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/climatechange/story/0,,1734955,00.html>
2006/03/20: Guardian(UK): Brown's budget blow for 'Chelsea tractors'
leaves green campaigners unimpressed
And in Europe:
<http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/35716/story.htm>
2006/03/20: PlanetArk: Finland Eyes 70.5 Million Tonne CO2 Target In 2008-2012
While in Australia:
<http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200603/s1597795.htm>
2006/03/22: ABC(Au): Castlemaine to join scheme to cut greenhouse emissions
Apocalypso anyone?:
<http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/GlobalWarming/story?id=1765362&page=1>
2006/03/26: ABC(US): Is It Too Late to Stop the Warming?
Scientists Talk of Possible 'Tipping Point'
<http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/mother-nature-to-pack-a-meaner-punch-in-future/2006/03/21/1142703358070.html>
2006/03/22: TheAge: Mother Nature to pack a meaner punch in future
<http://climatesci.atmos.colostate.edu/2006/03/22/tipping-points-where-is-the-scientific-evidence-that-we-are-approaching-these-thresolds/>
2006/03/22: CliSci: Tipping Points-
Where is the Scientific Evidence That We Are Approaching These Thresolds?
Here is something for your library:
<http://scienceblogs.com/intersection/2006/03/who_says_global_warming_books_1.php>
2006/03/23: CCM: Who Says Global Warming Books Don't Sell, Part II
<http://www.wired.com/news/politics/1,70405-0.html>
2006/03/15: Wired: Grappling With Climate Change
And for your film & video enjoyment:
<http://www.desmogblog.com/inconvenient-truth-an-update>
2006/03/20: DeSmogBlog: Inconvenient Truth: An Update
Wrestling over a new energy infrastructure continues unabated:
<http://www.timesonline.co.uk/printFriendly/0,,1-523-2104029-523,00.html>
2006/03/26: Times(UK): Homes to become mini power stations [the "microgeneration strategy"]
<http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/032306EA.shtml>
2006/03/24: TruthOut: Carbon Cloud Over a Green Fuel
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=54272>
2006/03/23: ClimateArk: Carbon cloud over a green fuel
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=54281>
2006/03/23: ClimateArk: United Kingdom: Renewable Energy:
Ł50m plan to boost generation of solar and wind power
<http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0323/p01s01-sten.htm>
2006/03/23: CSM: Carbon cloud over a green fuel -
An Iowa corn refinery, open since December,
uses 300 tons of coal a day to make ethanol.
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=54228>
2006/03/22: ClimateArk: German Renewable Energy Jobs May Double by 2020,
[Environment Minister, Sigmar] Gabriel Says
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=54238>
2006/03/22: ClimateArk: Canada: Ontario offers solar subsidy -
Rolls out European-style program to spark investment, jobs in clean power
<http://www.nrel.gov/news/press/2006/0806_green_power.html>
2006/03/15: NREL: NREL Highlights Leading Utility Green Power Programs
<http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/35747/story.htm>
2006/03/22: PlanetArk: US Oil Majors Seen Lagging in CO2 Risk Management
<http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/032006EB.shtml>
2006/03/20: TruthOut: Governor's Plan Divides Oil Firms -
Schwarzenegger's initiative to reduce greenhouse gases has set off
a culture clash between European and US producers
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=54175>
2006/03/21: ClimateArk: A new twist for wind power technology
<http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/35721/story.htm>
2006/03/20: PlanetArk: Wisconsin Sets 10 Pct Renewable Power Rule by 2015
<http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=10092>
2006/03/20: ENN: China to Boost Coal Output to Record Levels
[18% by 2010] Despite Environmental Worries
The reaction of business to climate change will be critical:
<http://www.shns.com/shns/g_index2.cfm?action=detail&pk=CLIMATE-03-22-06>
2006/03/22: SHNS: California businesses realizing financial threat of global warming
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/climatechange/story/0,,1735699,00.html>
2006/03/21: Guardian(UK): Almost half of capital's businesses support higher
aviation taxes - 44% says the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry
CERES has released a climate change ranking of the 100 multinationals:
<http://www.ceres.org/news/news_item.php?nid=154>
2006/03/21: Ceres: BP and DuPont Receive Top Scores in First-Ever
Ranking of 100 Global Companies on Climate Change Strategies
<http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/032306EB.shtml>
2006/03/22: TruthOut: Ceres Releases First-Ever Ranking of 100
Global Companies on Climate Change Strategy
<http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20060323-120409-6467r>
2006/03/23: UPI: [Ceres] Study U.S. firms ignoring global warming
<http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2006/3/21/162056/047>
2006/03/22: GristMill: Ceres top 100 companies on climate change
<http://money.cnn.com/2006/03/21/news/international/pluggedin_fortune/index.htm?cnn=yes>
2006/03/21: Fortune: Global warming could melt your portfolio
A coalition of environmentalists and institutional investors [Ceres]
lays out which companies will be better prepared for climate change.
<http://insidebayarea.com/business/ci_3627372>
2006/03/22: IBA: Firms ranked on climate change [by Ceres]
Insurance and re-insurance companies are feeling the pressure:
<http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/GlobalWarming/story?id=1761034&page=1>
2006/03/23: ABC(US): Insurers Pull Homeowners Policies Due to Storm Fears -
Rates Soar in Coastal Areas as We Head Into Hurricane Season
The carbon lobby are up to the usual:
<http://scienceblogs.com/deltoid/2006/03/which_global_warming_skeptic_a.php>
2006/03/24: Deltoid: Which Global Warming Skeptic Are You?
<http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/03/24/150203>
2006/03/24: DemNow: IRS Audited Greenpeace At Request of ExxonMobil-Funded Group
<http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/prometheus/archives/climate_change/000754a_view_from_colorado.html>
2006/03/23: Prometheus: A View From Colorado Springs
<http://www.climatesciencewatch.org/index.php/csw/details/60-minutes/>
2006/03/21: CSW: CBS News "60 Minutes" airs global warming story on "Re-Writing the Science"
<http://www.climatesciencewatch.org/index.php/csw/details/daily-camera-inhofe-ncar/>
2006/03/21: CSW: Boulder Daily Camera reports on Sen. Inhofe's NCAR/UCAR inquisition
<http://www.postnormaltimes.net/blog/archives/2006/03/politicizing_sc.html>
2006/03/20: PNT: Politicizing science?
<http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/032206EC.shtml>
2006/03/22: TruthOut: Rewriting the Science
<http://www.desmogblog.com/national-post-writers-overwhelmed-by-2-simultaneous-thoughts>
2006/03/22: DeSmogBlog: National Post Writers Overwhelmed by 2 Simultaneous Thoughts
<http://www.desmogblog.com/masking-ignorance-as-opinion>
2006/03/21: DeSmogBlog: Masking Ignorance as Opinion
<http://scienceblogs.com/deltoid/2006/03/peiser_admits_to_making_a_mist.php>
2006/03/22: Deltoid: Peiser admits to making a mistake
<http://www.prwatch.org/node/4619>
2006/03/22: PRWatch: Non-Profit 'Watchdog' Well Fed By ExxonMobil
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/phil-plait/white-house-science-suppr_b_17599.html>
2006/03/20: THP: White House Science Suppression
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/charlie-cray/exxon-exxposed_b_17663.html>
2006/03/21 THP: Exxon Exxposed
<http://www.physorg.com/news11931.html>
2006/03/20: PhysOrg: Government accused of rewriting science
<http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/03/17/60minutes/printable1415985.shtml>
2006/03/19: CBS: Rewriting The Science
Coby Beck is continuing his excellent "How to Talk to a Global Warming Sceptic" series:
<http://illconsidered.blogspot.com/2006/03/co2-rise-is-natural.html>
2006/03/24: AFTIC: The CO2 Rise Is Natural
<http://illconsidered.blogspot.com/2006/03/ice-caps-will-melt-into-aquifers.html>
2006/03/23: AFTIC: The Ice Caps Will Melt Into the Aquifers
<http://illconsidered.blogspot.com/2006/03/global-warming-is-nothing-new.html>
2006/03/21: AFTIC: Global Warming Is Nothing New
Then there was the usual news and commentary:
<http://scienceblogs.com/stoat/2006/03/freeman_dyson_on_global_warmin.php>
2006/03/26: Stoat: Freeman Dyson on global warming
<http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/print?id=1755389>
2006/03/26: ABC(US): Global Warming for Dummies
<http://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2006/03/comment-on-frame-et-al.html>
2006/03/23: JEB: Comment on Frame et al
<http://johnquiggin.com/index.php/archives/2006/03/23/carbon-too-much-not-too-little/>
2006/03/23: JQuiggin: Carbon: too much, not too little [Peak Oil & GW]
<http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=107&sid=6528693&cKey=1143013623000>
2006/03/22: SwissInfo: Carbon tax fuels heated debate in parliament
<http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/35762/story.htm>
2006/03/22: PlanetArk: Rain in Spain Eases Drought-Caused Pain
<http://climatesci.atmos.colostate.edu/2006/03/24/a-current-example-of-the-value-of-the-vulnerability-paridigm-water-resources-in-the-western-united-states/>
2006/03/24: CliSci: A Current Example of The Value of the Vulnerability Paridigm -
Water Resources in the Western United States
<http://climatesci.atmos.colostate.edu/2006/03/23/new-paper-on-solar-climate-forcing/>
2006/03/23: CliSci: New Paper on Recent Solar Variability as a Climate Forcing
<http://climatesci.atmos.colostate.edu/2006/03/21/what-are-the-most-useful-climate-metrics/>
2006/03/21: CliSci: What are the Most Useful Climate Metrics?
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=54181>
2006/03/21: ClimateArk: Argentina's Floating Icebergs Worry Farmers Who Fear Flooding
<http://www.newyorker.com/talk/content/articles/060320ta_talk_kolbert>
2006/03/20: NewYorker: Chilling [global warming and irresponsibility]
<http://climatesci.atmos.colostate.edu/2006/03/19/another-paper-that-documents-the-role-of-aerosols-on-surface-air-temperature/>
2006/03/19: CliSci: Another Paper That Documents the Role of Aerosols on Surface Air Temperature
<http://scienceblogs.com/stoat/2006/03/record_co2_levels.php>
2006/03/20: Stoat: Record CO2 levels
<http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/35720/story.htm>
2006/03/20: PlanetArk: Minnows Lead Majors to Greener Future
And here are a couple of sites which you may find interesting &/ useful:
<http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/GlobalWarming/>
ABC(US): GlobalWarming
<http://www.fightglobalwarming.com/>
Fight Global Warming - Environmental Defense [GW ads]
<http://exxposeexxon.org/>
Exxpose Exxon
<http://exxonsecrets.org/>
Exxon Secrets
<http://www.geo.arizona.edu/dgesl/>
UA:DGESL: Department of Geosciences Environmental Studies Laboratory
EESI: Environmental and Energy Study Institute Briefings
<http://www.eesi.org/briefings/2005/2005briefings.htm>
WWF on Climate Change
<http://www.panda.org/about_wwf/what_we_do/climate_change/index.cfm>
European Commission on the Environment
<http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/index_en.htm>
Metis: Discussion and announcements on climate science policy
<http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/sparc/metis/>
The Climate Change Caucus in the US House of Representatives
<http://www.house.gov/olver/climatechange/>
PEARL: Paleoecological Environmental Assessment and Research Laboratory
<http://biology.queensu.ca/~pearl/index.htm>
<http://www.pik-potsdam.de/~stefan/Publications/index.html>
Stefan Rahmstorf - List of Publications
<http://julesandjames.blogspot.com/>
JEB: James' Empty Blog
<http://cires.colorado.edu/science/groups/steffen/>
Konrad Steffen Research Group, CIRES/University of Colorado
<http://icesat.gsfc.nasa.gov/>
NASA:GSFC: ICESat (Ice, Cloud,and land Elevation Satellite)
<http://geowww.uibk.ac.at/glacio/LITERATUR/index.html>
Publications - Innsbruck Tropical Glaciology Group (many in .pdf)
<regards>
-het
PS.
You can access the previous postings of this series at:
<http://tinyurl.com/9zyom>
which should open to:
<http://groups.google.com/groups?num=100&scoring=d&as_ugroup=sci.environment&as_usubject=%22Another+week+of+GW+news%22&&safe=off>
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Jonathan Kirwan
<h...@despam.autobahn.mb.ca> wrote:
><http://www.geo.arizona.edu/dgesl/research/other/climate_change_and_sea_level/sea_level_rise/sea_level_rise.htm>
2006/03/24: UA:DGESL: Climate Change and Sea Level
It doesn't handle even largish river basins. I tried a 6m change
(max) and didn't see the effects which assuredly would take place in
the Portland metro area due to the Columbia River mouth to the Pacific
and its basin coupled also through the Willamette River. I assume it
has altitude data to do what it does, but it needs work.
Jon
Raymond Arritt
> Science mag published several melting ice/sea level papers
> which blasted all over the net this week:
[etc.]
H. E., thanks for these regular posts. They are helpful as pointers to
things I might otherwise have overlooked.
Jonathan Kirwan
I agree. It saves me time and I usually do take a moment to read some
of the links.
Jon
P.S.
Charles Younger's daily list presents a barrier for me. The links
aren't in plain text, so I have to tell my newsgroup browser (which is
Agent and will not display HTML pages) to intentionally save away a
temporary file and invoke a web browser to display the links. That
extra step discourages me from casual use, especially given the daily
rate of the posts.
si...@situ.com
Jonathan Kirwan <jki...@easystreet.com> wrote:
>P.S.
>Charles Younger's daily list presents a barrier for me. The links
>aren't in plain text, so I have to tell my newsgroup browser (which is
>Agent and will not display HTML pages) to intentionally save away a
>temporary file and invoke a web browser to display the links. That
>extra step discourages me from casual use, especially given the daily
>rate of the posts.
try
http://home.att.net/~news_items/Items_in_the_news.html
sidd