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  • 2007 produces bad news on increase of all greenhouse gases

    Ralph Maughan

    There is bad news all around here, with the most alarming being the sudden rise in emissions of methane, a very potent greenhouse gas (25x that of carbon dioxide). If the arctic tundra has begun to seriously outgas, the outlook is very grim. Greenhouse Gases, Carbon Dioxide And Methane, Rise Sharply In 2007. Science Daily…

  • March 2008 sets global land temperature for Earth

    Ralph Maughan

    I am posting this news because the winter of 2007-8 has been colder than normal in the United States, and once again some people are confusing the weather with climate, and in an irritatingly parochial way confusing the United States with the world. Low temperatures and heavy snow in the United States and Europe were…

  • Bush's recent climate speech, annotated

    Ralph Maughan

    President Bush recently gave a speech announcing a new and friendlier Administration policy on climate change, or at least it was presented that way. Closer analysis shows the speech had a lot of problems. The [Annotated] Climate Speech. By Andrew C. Revkin. New York Times. Dan Froomkin of the Washington Post was not impressed either.…

  • Three polar bears wander into town hundreds of miles south of their normal range

    Ralph Maughan

    Grizzly bears are showing up in the high arctic and polar bears wandering south of the Arctic Circle. These 3 starving polar bears were shot when they discovered food in a village far inland. Lost polar bears hit NWT town. Animals’ arrival hundreds of kilometres south of habitat seen as sign of climate change. By…

  • British Columbia pine beetle infestation impacting salmon runs

    Ralph Maughan

    Pine beetle infestation impacting salmon runs. Derrick Penner, Vancouver Sun. Just a reminder to those politicians and others who say we need a rapid plan to save the pines in Colorado, Idaho, Wyoming, etc. The pine beetle infestation covers the pine forests from Alaska south to northern New Mexico. It will have varying impacts such…

  • Giant Antarctic ice shelf breaks into the sea . . . more collapse to follow

    Ralph Maughan

    Giant Antarctic ice shelf breaks into the sea. UK Guardian. By Claire Truscott and agencies Photo of collapse from National Geographic News.

  • Glaciers Are Melting Faster Than Expected, UN Reports

    Ralph Maughan

    Glaciers Are Melting Faster Than Expected, UN Reports. Science Daily. Earlier. Hundreds Of Antarctic Peninsula Glaciers Accelerating As Climate Warms (June 6, 2007). Science Daily 

  • In a Warmer Yellowstone Park, a Shifting Environmental Balance

    Ralph Maughan

    In a Warmer Yellowstone Park, a Shifting Environmental Balance By Jim Robbins. New York Times. This is really about the spread in the Lamar Valley of what is usually regarded as a noxious weed (I certainly hate it) — the Canada thistle. It seems grizzly bears and pocket gophers love it, and the griz, ever…

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