Ted Stevens, the Republican senator from Alaska whose vacation home was recently raided by the FBI, and who made over $800,000 from a shady real estate deal last year, has come up with a brand-new theory of global warming. He told a CBS reporter in Alaska: "We’re at the end of a long, long termContinue reading “Republican Senator Invents New Theory of Global Warming”
Author Archives: Kit Stolz
Diamond-Mining in Canada: Climate Change Hits A New Boomtown
Great story and conversation from Steve Inskeep of NPR, who recounts going to Yellowknife, Canada, on the edge of the Arctic Circle, which has become a boomtown thanks to diamond-mining..a boomtown now threatened by climate change. (National Public Radio helpfully provides a transcript and a slide-show.) But one of the charms of NPR is theirContinue reading “Diamond-Mining in Canada: Climate Change Hits A New Boomtown”
The Tracks of the Winds
From SciGuy, a fascinating graphic showing all known hurricane tracks since the 1880’s, on the Saffir-Simpson wind scale. The North Atlantic appears to dominate the most deadly storms category, but that likely is connected to the simple fact that the region is by far best documented. Another example of the art of global warming…
Moonrise over Felix
If global warming is, as Bill McKibben argues convincingly, "the biggest thing we have ever done" as a species, then it follows, I think, that we’re going to have to start looking for the beauty and the grace of global warming in the inevitable changes that follow…one of them being, apparently, bigger and stronger hurricanes.Continue reading “Moonrise over Felix”
Bush Lies, er, Misleads on Global Warming…Again
The Prez has a long history of misleading the nation on climate change. Not unlike his father, who promised to be the "environmental president" on the stump, Bush promised on the campaign trail in 2000 to reduce CO2 emissions, then promptly reversed himself once taking office. But that’s in the history books. Yesterday, according toContinue reading “Bush Lies, er, Misleads on Global Warming…Again”
Temp: Hot! Outlook: Cooler (says soils forecast)
Southern California has been baking in a nasty heat wave for the last five days; it’s expected to last another day. Yet the experimental NOAA temperature outlook says it’s going to be cooler than usual this September, if the blue squares along the California coast can be trusted. In fact, earlier this year NOAA forecasterContinue reading “Temp: Hot! Outlook: Cooler (says soils forecast)”
Alarming Facts about Hurricane Felix
Chris Mooney makes a list. Last year this fine reporter and blogger sharply criticized Time magazine for overstating reasons why we should be "very worried" about global warming driving more powerful storms and hurricanes: now he seems to have changed his tune. Reckless prediction: He wasn’t the first, and he won’t be the last. Here’sContinue reading “Alarming Facts about Hurricane Felix”
Hurricane Felix Hits Category Five
ZCZC MIATCDAT1 ALLTTAA00 KNHC DDHHMMHURRICANE FELIX SPECIAL DISCUSSION NUMBER 10NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL062007800 PM EDT SUN SEP 02 2007 REPORTS FROM A NOAA HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT INDICATE THAT FELIXHAS INTENSIFIED AND IS NOW A CATEGORY FIVE HURRICANE. THE AIRCRAFTREPORTED PEAK FLIGHT-LEVEL WINDS OF 152 KT…WITH PEAK SFMR WINDSOF 142 KT IN THEContinue reading “Hurricane Felix Hits Category Five”
While Greece Burns…
Greece this summer had as many fires in a month as all of Europe had in the last ten years — up to 200 on one day alone. I think global warming–meaning an existing drought, a record-breaking heat wave in June and July, and high winds–encouraged these fires. But of course, just as a gamblerContinue reading “While Greece Burns…”
Editorial vs. News: The Wall Street Journal Contradicts Itself on Global Warming
The Wall Street Journal is universally admired among journalists for its news and analysis; for its editorial page, not so much. A spectacular example of the latter’s ability to mislead appeared yesterday, under the cute title Not So Hot, in which the anonymous editorializers adroitly attacked NASA, environmentalists, climate change models, and climatologists James HansenContinue reading “Editorial vs. News: The Wall Street Journal Contradicts Itself on Global Warming”
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