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Harper government gets panned by prestigious Nature Magazine

February 22, 2008

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Some Coral Reefs may have natural protection

February 13, 2008

Some good news for a change. A new study shows that some coral reefs appear to be protected by a natural oceanic temperature control system in their local area.
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Study: Warming may cut US hurricane hits

January 23, 2008

A new study to be published this week shows that increased wind shear might actually mean that global warming will result in less hurricanes. This is highly controversial and most climatologists disagree with this finding. I think the trend over the last 20 years has been pretty clear that hurricanes are getting stronger and...
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Escalating Ice Loss Found in Antarctica

January 23, 2008

Although air temperatures on the Antarctic continent have not been going much at all, puzzling scientists, this new study shows that ice loss is accelerating. The cause is likely to be the warming water of the circumpolar current.
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Quote of the day

January 4, 2008

“Changing one’s mind in light of the evidence is not weakness: Changing one’s mind is the essence of intellectual growth.” Thomas W. Martin
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IPCC panel gives dire warming forecast

November 18, 2007

By ARTHUR MAX, Associated Press Writer Sat Nov 17, 4:01 PM ET VALENCIA, Spain – The Earth is hurtling toward a warmer climate at a quickening pace, a Nobel-winning U.N. scientific panel said in a landmark report released Saturday, warning of inevitable human suffering and the threat of extinction for some species. U.N. Secretary-General...
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‘Unexpected growth’ in CO2 found

October 23, 2007

Carbon dioxide (CO2) levels in the atmosphere have risen 35% faster than expected since 2000, says a study. International scientists found that inefficiency in the use of fossil fuels increased levels of CO2 by 17%. The other 18% came from a decline in the natural ability of land and oceans to soak up CO2...
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Al Gore and the IPCC win the Nobel Peace Prize.

October 12, 2007
Al Gore and the IPCC win the Nobel Peace Prize.

(source) In another sign that this year is going to be the year of global warming awareness, Al Gore and the IPCC are sharing the 1.5 million dollar Nobel Peace Prize this year. Gore said he was “deeply honored,” adding that “the climate crisis is not a political issue it is a moral and...
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Who killed the DSCOVR project? (Part 2)

September 6, 2007
Who killed the DSCOVR project? (Part 2)

Mitchell Anderson of DeSmogBlog just posted the second installment of his investigative report on the death of NASA’s DSCOVR project. It is truly tragic that such an important project, at such an important time in our planet’s history, has been cancelled for purely partisan reasons. It appears that the main reason why this was...
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Who killed the DSCOVR project?

August 28, 2007

NASA’s Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) cost over $100 million and was designed to measure the energy budget of our warming planet. Yet the spacecraft has remained in its box for the last five years and it looks like it is not going anywhere anytime soon. New DeSmogBlog contributor Mitchell Anderson will write a...
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