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Tag Archives: global warming
Burn Scar
Nearly two months after being ignited by lightning, the Pagami Creek Fire in northern Minnesota was nearly contained when Landsat-5 acquired this image on October 10, 2011. Since August 18, the fire has been burning in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in Superior National Forest. As of October 11, the fire had burned 92,682 [...]
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Flooding From Japan’s Earthquake Tsunami
NASA’s Terra satellite’s first view of northeastern Japan in the wake of a devastating earthquake and tsunami reveal extensive flooding along the coast. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) acquired the top image of the Sendai region on March 12, 2011, at 10:30 a.m. The lower image, taken by Terra MODIS on February 26, 2011, [...]
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Increased Ethanol In Gasoline
There are concerns about using ethanol in gasoline. It is possible that ethanol is actually worse for the environment and increasing the rate of global warming; however, the EPA is allowing E15. E15 (a blend of gasoline and ethanol) In response to a request by Growth Energy under section 211(f)(4) of the Clean Air Act, [...]
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Volatile Weather
“the GOES-13 satellite, captures the massive winter storm currently affecting much of the United States” — National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Moving North
The world is moving northward. Even the trees. Sessile Migration
Forebodings of Doom
How much is a 1%/year decline ? Enough that if i had a hundred of anything, i would have fifty in seventy years. What are these anythings ? Phytoplankton in the ocean, who produce half the oxygen we breathe are declining at 1% a year. They die because the oceans change in a warming world. [...]
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With Friends Like These…
You can’t make this up. “Critics of the teaching of evolution in the nation’s classrooms are gaining ground in some states by linking the issue to global warming, arguing that dissenting views on both scientific subjects should be taught in public schools. ” ‘a bill recently introduced in the Legislature would encourage teachers to discuss [...]
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China Must Lead
A perceptive article from China, graciously translated by our friends at the European Tribune. The West bears responsibility for the last two hundred years worth of accumulated carbon emissions in the air. But the West can wait, for they will feel less pain from the coming changes, and the developing nations will bear the brunt [...]
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Germany Feels the Heat
Don’t we all. A brief list from Germany. Tick invasions.Rising oceans. Shrinking rivers.Fish migrations. Earlier springs. Dying forests. Northbound climate zones. Tropical diseases. More to the point, Germany is actually doing something about these. Hot Times in Germany
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