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Monthly Archives: April 2012
Study of Old Climate Records Shows That Baghdad Was Quite Chilly a Millennium Ago
An unexpected cold wave in July 920 sent the people of Baghdad back under their blankets, forcing them to leave their summertime roof beds and go back inside, according to a new study by Spanish researchers. The temperature dropped about … Continue reading
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Ancient Arabian Rivers
/sci-tech/article/44333 Arabia is a vast desert today. But times change all things and ages ago the climate was milder and wetter. Satellite images have revealed that a network of ancient rivers once coursed their way through the sand of the … Continue reading
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Elin Riley-Weiss: Climate change will affect our water supplies
Roland Kuehn’s letter pertaining to the effects of climate change on the ski industry was certainly apt. However, he neglected to mention the effects, which are far more deleterious to the state as a whole. Years ago I read the … Continue reading
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Climate change and 2013
Two years ago, I bought an autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi. I thought that reading about his beliefs would inspire me to live simply and more peacefully and to be detached from material things. I look at the objects that surround … Continue reading
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Lapland journey highlights global warming
.cnn_html_media_utility::before{color:red;content:’>>’;font-size:9px;line-height:12px;padding-right:1px} .cnnstrylccimg640{margin:0 27px 14px 0} .captionText{filter:alpha(opacity=100);opacity:1} .cnn_html_slideshow_media_caption a,.cnn_html_slideshow_media_caption a:visited,.cnn_html_slideshow_media_caption a:link,.captionText a,.captionText a:visited,.captiontext a:link{color:outline:medium none} .cnnVerticalGalleryPhoto{margin:0 auto;padding-right:68px;width:270px} ]]> Lebanese photographer Roger Moukarzel swapped his warm studio in Beirut for the frozen mountains of Lulea in northern Sweden. He was here to … Continue reading
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Proof global warming isn’t making weather wackier?
Greenhouse gases do much more than just warm the planet, some environmentalists warn: They cause hurricanes, floods, tornadoes, droughts, and even extreme cold spells. Or do they? Steven Goddard, who runs the skeptical climate blog Real Science and has a … Continue reading
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Best of Wales Series: Your perfect holiday in Pembrokeshire
What’s your dream holiday in Wales? With so much to see and do, everybody has a different idea for their dream getaway, and we want to know what makes for your ideal Welsh break. So to get us started, we … Continue reading
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Crowdsource Your Way Out of the Recession
It is all too easy to let the news of a double-dip recession to get to you, particularly if you are a woman attempting to get back into work after a maternity career break. Yet we live in the age … Continue reading
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Zimbabwe: Climate Change – Farming’s Biggest Threat
COLLECTING memories from Zimbabwe’s 32-year history, the reforms on land ownership stand prominent, apart from political freedom. The reforms represented a major shift in the balance of economic power within the agriculture sector, after Government transferred millions of hectares of … Continue reading
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Activists urge Discovery to acknowledge climate change science
Forecast the Facts, the activist group that first confronted GM about its support of climate change doubters the Heartland Institute, now plans to muster a public campaign targeting the Discovery Channel. The purpose: to get Discovery to acknowledge the scientific … Continue reading
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