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Shrinky-Dinky Do
Great Lakes, Arctic sea ice shrinking to record lows |
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14 Aug 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Shrinky-Dinky Do Great Lakes, Arctic sea ice shrinking to record lows It could be a summer of record lows in two of the world's iconic places: the Great Lakes and the Arctic seas. Water levels in Lakes Huron, Michigan, and Superior are well below normal, and Superior could soon hit a record low set in 1926. The U.S. and Canada have undertaken a five-year study that c ... |
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| Topics: Arctic, Canada, climate, climate change impacts, climate science, news, United States (all these topics) |
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Their Bark Is Worse For Our Blight
Decade-long study says trees may not be good at offsetting carbon |
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10 Aug 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Their Bark Is Worse For Our Blight Decade-long study says trees may not be good at offsetting carbon Step away from the vegetation, treehuggers, and find something else to embrace. New research finds that when it comes to offsetting greenhouse gases, trees may not be up to the challenge. For 10 years, Duke University researchers plied a stand of North Carolina loblolly pines with ... |
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| Topics: carbon offsets, climate, climate change mitigation, climate science, news (all these topics) |
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Just Call Us the Rainmakers
Study confirms connection between human activity and increased rainfall |
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24 Jul 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Just Call Us the Rainmakers Study confirms connection between human activity and increased rainfall A study led by Canadian scientists shows that peeps have an effect on precip: "For the first time, climate scientists have clearly detected the human fingerprint on changing global precipitation patterns over the past century," the team says. Comparing rainfall records from 1925 to 1 ... |
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| Topics: Canada, climate, climate change impacts, climate science, news (all these topics) |
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It's Not the Sun
Sun is not causing current global warming, researchers confirm |
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11 Jul 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| It's Not the Sun Sun is not causing current global warming, researchers confirm Attention all ye who think the sun might be a primary cause of climate change, and all ye who know someone who thinks that: No. It's not the sun. Researchers have published a study of the last century of solar activity, finding that the sun's output has actually declined over the last 20 years. (And yes, they did brain ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate change skepticism, climate science, news (all these topics) |
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Get Your Vacuum Cleaner Ready
Southern Ocean losing ability to soak up carbon dioxide, researchers say |
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18 May 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Get Your Vacuum Cleaner Ready Southern Ocean losing ability to soak up carbon dioxide, researchers say If you're counting on the seas to soak up excess emissions and get us out of this climate mess, you might need a new plan. Scientists say Antarctica's Southern Ocean, a whopper of a "carbon sink," is losing its ability to absorb more carbon dioxide. The findings, published in the journal Science, suggest ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate science, news, oceans (all these topics) |
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The Polar Excise
U.S. Interior edited document relating climate change to polar-bear fate |
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16 Apr 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| The Polar Excise U.S. Interior edited document relating climate change to polar-bear fate Remember when U.S. Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne announced that the agency would propose listing polar bears under the Endangered Species Act? And he said that, while the bears' home was indeed melting, "that whole aspect of climate change is beyon ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate change impacts, climate science, Department of Interior, endangered species, news, Russia (all these topics) |
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Gag, You're It
Congress revisits issue of feds messing with climate science |
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20 Mar 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Gag, You're It Congress revisits issue of feds messing with climate science You've seen this show before, but now it's bigger, longer, and uncut: a heated hearing in Congress has exposed dark truths about federal interference with climate science. Brandishing more than 180 examples of doubt-injecting edits made to three climate reports, the House Committee on Oversight and Government R ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate science, James Hansen, news, politics, shenanigans (all these topics) |
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