No such thing as global warming. Reflublicans, dingbats and their corporate lobbyists have solemnly declared this truth. Then how come ...among other things ... well hell read on.
Clean Start
And this Illustrated Guide to Climate Change
Clean Start
As the Arctic melts, a huge pool of fresh water in the Arctic Ocean is expanding and could lower the temperature of Europe by causing an ocean current to slow down, British scientists said Sunday. [Reuters]
Deforestation and climate change are having a profound effect on the Amazon basin, shifting it from a carbon sink to a carbon emitter. [TG Daily]
Two people have died in the Birmingham area as storms pounded the South and Midwest, prompting tornado warnings in a handful of states early Monday. [AP]
Rising human carbon dioxide emissions may be affecting the brains and central nervous system of sea fishes with serious consequences for their survival, an international scientific team has found. [Science Daily]
Leading climate scientists have given their support to a Freedom of Information request seeking to disclose who is funding the Global Warming Policy Foundation, a London-based climate sceptic thinktank chaired by the former Conservative chancellor Lord Lawson. [Guardian]
The head of pipeline company Enbridge Inc said on Wednesday that the Obama administration’s rejection of the Keystone XL line may be a threat to other new pipeline projects, including its planned $5.45 billion Northern Gateway line, because it “will embolden those opposed to Gateway and other new project developments.” [Reuters]
TransCanada today said it may build U.S.-only pipeline segments, which don’t require federal approval, and apply later for permission to connect the pipeline to Canadian oil sands and complete Keystone XL as originally proposed. [Bloomberg]
Gabrielle Giffords‘ announcement Sunday that she would step down from Congress doesn’t just leave a hole in southern Arizona’s representation, but in the state’s solar community as well. [Phoenix Business Journal]
Oil rose as the European Union announced a phased-in embargo of Iranian crude in an effort to contain the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program. [Bloomberg]
The flooding of the Mississippi River in 2011 has caused long-lasting, if not permanent, agricultural damage to hundreds of acres of land. [Farm Journal]
Perth is expected to go through a seven-day heat wave, with temperatures set to rise to a maximum of 104 degrees on Australia Day and Friday. [Sydney Morning Herald]
And this Illustrated Guide to Climate Change
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