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23. Climate Change: Global Cooling? Our Changing Climate. See a video produced by Meteorologist Randy Mann back in 2002 for WVNY in Burlington, Vermont that talks about our Changing Climate http://www.longrangeweather.com/climate_change.htm

About Us Newspaper Editor Info Advertising Opportunities Contact Us Our Changing Climate See a video produced by Meteorologist Randy Mann back in 2002 for WVNY in Burlington, Vermont that talks about our "Changing Climate" and its possible causes. Click here to view segment Possible New Ice Age? See 28-minute seminar on the possibility of an upcoming new Ice Age. Program was taped at the March 2007 Harris-Mann Seminar. Click here to view segment The total extent of snow cover in the Northern Hemisphere at the end of February was at the highest level since the same period 42 years ago in 1966. The all-time record for extreme snow depths was during the winter of 1887-88. According to my climatological colleagues in Britain, Japan and the U.S., the winter months of December, January and February were likewise the coldest as a whole since at least the late 1970s, in some cases dating back to either the 1930s or even the 1880s. One area of southeastern China claims that this exceptionally harsh winter of 2007-08 has been the "worst since 1210, nearly 800 years ago!" As I mentioned last week, large portions of China were literally ‘paralyzed’ in early to mid February by unprecedentedly heavy snowfalls and temperatures at times at record low levels. Tens of millions of Chinese New Year celebrants were left stranded with no food, water or shelter. More than 25,000 miles of power lines in southern China collapsed under the weight of snow and ice in areas that rarely even see the white stuff. The Chinese Government had no way of coping with the unique meteorological event. For example, there were no snowplows and there wasn’t any salt to put on the icy roadways.

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home newswire contact publish ... add an event features anti-war migration climate change ecology ... social movements announcements list contributors list about us contact get involved support us ... editorial policy resources activist groups syndication links search medium text image audio video themes powered by sf-active Rushing to a Climate Disaster January 2007 was the World's Hottest January Ever Recorded and 2006 was the fifth hottest year on record , with ice cream imported from half a world away while Glaciers and ice sheets melt . In Queensland the Land and Resources Tribunal has found that Fossil fuels are not linked to global warming in a judgement on a new coal mine developed by Xstrata. The Tribunal was also sceptical of the Stern Review and the latest report from Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change according to an ABC report The petro-chemical, automobile and mining industries have been at the heart of undermining scientific research and information on climate change with Scientists offered cash to dispute climate study and a heavily subsidised Disinformation Campaign Challenges for universities to go Research Zero Rainforest Information Centre on Climate Change Beyond Zero Emissions ... Climate IMC Mining Lobby Censors Parody Website A parody website focussing on Mining and its contribution to climate change has been forced offline due to legal threats by the NSW Minerals Council under Regulation 20J Full Story Website Statement Anvil Hill Alliance ... Mineral Policy Institute Zero Emissions must be the Target to Avoid Climate Catastrophe

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27. Watts Up With That?: Climate_change Archives This blog deals with puzzling things in life, nature, science, technology, recent news events and attempts to provide answers. http://www.norcalblogs.com/watts/climate_change/

Watts Up With That? This blog deals with puzzling things in life, nature, science, technology, recent news events and attempts to provide answers. Main December 31, 2008 THIS BLOG CLOSED - NEW BLOG NOW ONLINE I've moved ! Please update your links and bookmarks...this blog will remain active as an archive, but all new posts as of October 3rd will appear at: www.wattsupwiththat.com or wattsupwiththat.wordpress.com My new blog location will allow me to provide better service to my readers, and richer content of postings. Thanks ! Anthony Posted by Anthony Watts at 11:43 PM Permalink September 27, 2007 NASA GISS and "pesky sunspot correlations continue" Above: Earth in comparison, size wise to common sunspots The Christion Science Monitor had a detailed article recently that brought in a surprisng source - NASA GISS - an entity that seems firmly entrenched in the AGW- CO2 theory of climate change. Here are some excerpts from the article: Researchers say they've found puzzling correlations between changes in the sun's output and weather and climate patterns on Earth. These links appear to rise above the level of misinterpreted data or faulty equipment. "There are some empirical bits of evidence that show interesting relationships we don't fully understand," says Drew Shindell, a researcher at NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York.

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About Broadcast Stations RSS Subscribing Help Stories ... Archives Site Search Search Podcast 50: George Monbiot on HEAT: How to Stop the Planet from Burning December 11th, 2007 British environmental journalist George Monbiot talks about global warming and what can be done about it. His book is HEAT: How to Stop the Planet from Burning. Standard Podcast [57:21m]: Play Now Play in Popup Download Filed under: Nonfiction Podcast 2 Comments This Week: George Monbiot, HEAT December 7th, 2007 Filed under: Latest Nonfiction This Week No Comments ... Next Week: George Monbiot, HEAT November 25th, 2007 We talk with environmental journalist, George Monbiot about HEAT: How to Stop the Planet from Burning. Filed under: Latest Next Week Nonfiction No Comments October 18th, 2007 Filed under: Latest Nonfiction This Week No Comments ... Podcast 39: Focus on Global Warming September 19th, 2007 Global Warming and What To Do About It [58:57m]: Play Now Play in Popup Download Filed under: Nonfiction Podcast No Comments Next Week: Spotlight on global warming September 6th, 2007 Filed under: Latest Next Week Nonfiction No Comments About Writer’s Voice features author interviews and readings, as well as news, commentary and tips related to writing and publishing. Writer's Voice is

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Calendar IFOAM Conferences Fairs Other Events ... Reports Organic agriculture and Climate Change April 17th – 18th 2008 ENITA Clermont-Ferrand, Lempdes, France Call for papers Deadline for answer: October 15th 2007 The reality of climate change due to human activities and its consequences in terms of climatic accidents, reduction of biodiversity, sanitary risks, etc., are now admitted by everybody. It is thought that carbon dioxide released during fossil fuel combustion (oil, natural gas, coal) is the foremost factor. The aims of this international scientific and professional conference are: to gather a certain number of experts to evaluate the state of the art to discern verified results based on recognised aspects, on an international scale to shed light on possible strategies for action at the level of decision-makers, farmers, food-processing industries and consumers. This conference will help make people aware of the consequences of our choices and of our ways of life, on a local scale as well as on the global scale. It will be a footbridge between the researchers’ results and the people likely to put this knowledge into practice . This meeting is simultaneously organized by several partners working in the field of organic agriculture.

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32. - Prometheus: A Climate Of Staged Angst Archives Feb 7, 2005 a muted response to his paper ( http//sciencepolicy.colorado. edu/prometheus/archives/climate_change/000219scientists_and_the_p.html ). http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/prometheus/archives/climate_change/000343a_cli

About Us Projects Publications For Students ... Search Location: > Prometheus: A Climate of Staged Angst Archives Prometheus Category: Climate Change Category Index February 07, 2005 A Climate of Staged Angst Posted to Author: Others Climate Change Science Policy: General Author: Hans Von Storch and Nico Stehr in Der Speigel The following essay by Hans Von Storch and Nico Stehr was originally published in Der Spiegel, a German newspaper, on 24 January 2005. We are providing an English translation with the permission of the authors and Der Speigel. The days are gone when climate researchers sat in their ivory towers packed to the rafters with supercomputers. Nowadays their field has become the stuff of thrillers, and they themselves have risen to take on the leading roles. The topic is so hotly contested, the prognoses so spectacular, that they are no longer merely the subject of media reports; now the specialists in staged apocalypse have moved in. Last year Roland Emmerich depicted a climatic collapse provoked by humankind in his film "The Day After Tomorrow." Since last week the belletristic counterpart has been available in German bookstores: the novel "State of Fear," by the best-selling author Michael Crichton. The thriller is about the violent conflict between sober environmental realists and radical environmental idealists. For the idealists, the organized fear of abrupt climate change serves as a handy weapon. They interpret every somehow unusual weather event as proof of anthropogenic global warming. "You have to structure your information so that it's always confirmed, no matter what kind of weather we have," the P.R. consultant for the environmentalist organization advises. The realists, who protest that the evidence that human activity has increased meteorological extremes is thin, are fighting a losing battle. Their dry scientific arguments are unable to gain any ground against the colorful, horrific visions of the climate idealists.

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36. Benfield UCL Hazard Research Centre During the 20th century, global sea level rose by around 20 cm, a rate that may be higher than at any time during the past thousand years. http://www.benfieldhrc.org/climate_change/sea_level_rise/sea_level_rise.htm

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37. Climate Change - New England - Boston.com Jan 28, 2007 Learn about climate change and global warming issues in New England. http://www.boston.com/news/specials/climate_change/

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Last Updated: 16 January 2003 Contact the Author: Eric Bond Climate Change Introduction The Earth's climate system is shaped by the winds and currents that move heat and moisture around the planet to cycle the atmosphere and the oceans. As such, global climate change is affected by a myriad of factors, ranging from solar wind from the sun to greenhouse gases on the Earth. Scientists understand that the Earth's climate has always changed over history, but it is the current rate of change that has suddenly become an alarming reality. The Observed Facts Over the past century, dramatic increases have been observed in terms of sea-levels, which are largely governed by the extent of polar ice caps, and surface air temperature. Graph: Surface Air Temperature Relative to 1961-1990 The Debate: Are Human Activities Affecting the Climate? The international community has intensely debated the extent to which human activities have affected the global climate system, but no clear answer has emerged. There are generally two opposing schools of thought, and both have significant scientific research and evidence to support their arguments. First, the vast majority of climate scientists charge that human activities, particularly in terms of the consumption of fossil fuels and the release of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, are affecting and increasing the extent of the greenhouse effect. The overall result is that the planet should be getting warmer, especially since the dawn of the industrial revolution, a prediction that coincides with current observations.

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