Monthly Archives: May 2012

Grants fund climate change work

Mount Rainier National Park was recently awarded two grants from the Science Learning Network for two projects. Mapping using high-tech tools will go forward in the Carbon River Valley as park geologists assess geohazards. Using light detection and ranging (LiDar) … Continue reading

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Climate ‘sceptic’ secretly believes

The newspaper industry has many quirks that amuse me. One is that papers try to avoid naming their rivals. So, for example, articles in The Age and The Herald Sun may cite ”a Melbourne newspaper” or perhaps just ”media reports”, … Continue reading

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On Climate Change, It’s Money vs. Mouth

Union of Concerned Scientists A number of major United States corporations publicly support climate change science but contribute heavily to politicians and research groups that deny or play down the threat of global warming, according to a new study from … Continue reading

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Climate Change: Carbon Dioxide Levels In World’s Air Reach ‘Troubling Milestone’

WASHINGTON — The world’s air has reached what scientists call a troubling new milestone for carbon dioxide, the main global warming pollutant. Monitoring stations across the Arctic this spring are measuring more than 400 parts per million of the heat-trapping … Continue reading

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Sorry Global Warming Alarmists, The Earth Is Cooling

Wisconsin’s New Aristocracy Is On The Ballot Peter Ferrara Contributor Hugo Chavez In Amerca: A 2nd Obama Term Means No Indepdendent Judiciary Peter Ferrara Contributor President Obama’s Unemployment Rate Is Stuck At 11% Peter Ferrara Contributor Rep. Paul Ryan Schools … Continue reading

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Warming gas levels hit ‘troubling milestone’

By SETH BORENSTEIN, AP Science Writer – 1 hour ago  WASHINGTON (AP) — The world’s air has reached what scientists call a troubling new milestone for carbon dioxide, the main global warming pollutant. Monitoring stations across the Arctic this spring … Continue reading

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Elders in Peruvian Andes Help Interpret Climate Changes

LIMA, May 30, 2012 (IPS) – A unique response to the challenge of global warming is happening in rural areas of Peru, where a network of indigenous elders is working out how to adjust weather forecasts in the light of … Continue reading

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Climate change: Arctic passes 400 parts per million milestone

Arctic monitoring stations show carbon dioxide levels are now above 400 parts per million. Carbon dioxide is the chief climate-change gas and stays in the atmosphere for 100 years. Before the Industrial Age, carbon dioxide levels were 275 ppm. By … Continue reading

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Agreement formed to protect communities from climate change

Minister and local government have agreed on a strategy to protect  homes, roads and parks from the effects of climate change. The agreement between Defra, the Department for Communities and Local Government (CLG) and the Local Government Association (LGA) has … Continue reading

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Official: the more scientifically illiterate you are, the more you believe in ‘climate change’

Not threatened by climate change, as educated people know Before I head off for my well-earned rest after my last well-earned rest, I can’t resist drawing your attention to this delicious story by Lewis Page in the Register. Turns out … Continue reading

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