As we head into spring, it’s natural to take a look back at the winter of 2007-2008. This was a cold winter, both for those of us on the ground on the West Coast, and, unsurprisingly, for atmospheric measuring instruments. Variability in weather is of course still with, as is the chill associated with LaContinue reading “A Cold Winter, A Good Rain, a Hot Spring”
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King Salmon Crash: Fishery Expected to Close in CA, ORE
In response to a huge crash in the numbers of spawning chinook (king) salmon this fall, Federal and state officials are for the first time expected to disallow or severely restrict salmon fishing in Oregon and Northern California and off the coast, according to the Los Angeles Times. The newspaper looks at this mostly inContinue reading “King Salmon Crash: Fishery Expected to Close in CA, ORE”
Stabilizing Climate Requires Near-Zero Emissions
More good atmospheric news: According to young researchers Ken Caldeira and Damon Matthews, reducing carbon emissions by 80% by the year 2050 may not be enough to stabilize the climate. In a study just published in the Geophysical Research Letters, with the actually kinda catchy title Stabilizing Climate Requires Near-Zero Emissions, they argue that becauseContinue reading “Stabilizing Climate Requires Near-Zero Emissions”
BBC Poll: 4/5 Around World Ready to Make Change for Sake of Climate
According to a huge BBC poll of nearly 22,000 people around the world, four out of five of people are ready and willing to change their lives to preserve their traditional climate — even in China and the US. Overall, 83% of respondents throughout the world agreed that individuals would definitely or probably have toContinue reading “BBC Poll: 4/5 Around World Ready to Make Change for Sake of Climate”
Right-Wing Denier Sees Cost of Global Warming: Businessmen at GE See Opportunity
Iain Murray of the National Review claims to know exactly how much 3C of global warming will cost ($22 trillion) and exactly how much Al Gore’s plan to preserve the climate will cost ($44 trillion). (For the moment, let’s put aside the fact that most experts consider 3C catastrophic.) Since Al Gore’s plan happens toContinue reading “Right-Wing Denier Sees Cost of Global Warming: Businessmen at GE See Opportunity”
Global Warming: There Will Be Snacks
Why fight global warming when you can use it to bake cookies in your car? That’s what folks in Los Angeles are saying, now that they’ve found a way to cook delicious chocolate chip cookies on their dashboards. Somewhere Andrew Bird, a much-loved alternative rocker, must be smiling. In his droll and quite wonderful songContinue reading “Global Warming: There Will Be Snacks”
Largest Fire Ever on North Slope of Alaska
According to the AP, the largest tundra fire ever recorded in Alaska is currently burning on the North Slope, and will likely continue to burn for several weeks. Just last week, a forestry professor from Juneau testified before Congress on global warming and the changes it is bringing to Alaska, in a story reported inContinue reading “Largest Fire Ever on North Slope of Alaska”
Global Warming: Controversy becomes Common Sense
According to an informal poll taken by the Ojai Valley News, our recent heatwave is probably related to global warming. Scientists would be quick to point out that we cannot see climate patterns, which we measure in thirty-year spans, in weather, which will pass in days. But climatologists will concede that our heat waves areContinue reading “Global Warming: Controversy becomes Common Sense”
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”
Floods Show Global Warming, Says Conservative British Paper
Echoing the liberal Prime Minister, the conservative British broadsheet the Daily Telegraph runs a long story arguing that "the worst floods to hit England in 200 years" show that global warming has arrived. Here’s the heart of the piece, by environmental editor Charles Clover: I have covered the subject of climate change, in what IContinue reading “Floods Show Global Warming, Says Conservative British Paper”
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