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VENEZUELAN FISHERY COLLAPSE LINKED TO CLIMATE CHANGE

Submitted by theadminx on Thu, 10/18/2012 - 16:33

University of South Carolina, by Steven Powell

Even small increases in temperature from global warming are causing climatology shifts harmful to ocean life, a new study in the Proceedings of the National Academies of Science. Modest changes in temperature have significantly altered trade wind intensity in the southern Caribbean, undercutting the supply of key phytoplankton food sources and causing the collapse of some fisheries there.

FACTNET’S DISCUSSION BOARD TEMPORARILY UNAVAILABLE

Submitted by theadminx on Thu, 10/18/2012 - 14:10

It has come to our attention that the forum has been down for a while. We’re looking into it to see what the problem is. Hopefully our tech staff can figure it out and get it back online soon. Sorry for the inconvenience.

CLIMATE CHANGE HITS THE BEACH

Submitted by theadminx on Thu, 10/18/2012 - 05:22

University of Southern California News October 17, 2012 by Susan Bell

Everyone has been warned about the number of forcing mechanisms, such as solar radiation, continental drifts and increased emissions of greenhouse gases, that are causing a change in global temperatures around the world.

Nonetheless, Doug Capone, professor of biological sciences at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, has an alert for all: Climate change is already here.

CLIMATE CHANGE THERMOSTAT SET ON URGENT

Submitted by theadminx on Thu, 10/18/2012 - 04:50

Medill School of Journalism Northwestern University October 17, 2012

By Anthony Raap

Curbing carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels may seem like a luxury “when everybody’s worried about paying the bills,” said Justin Gillis, renowned environmental reporter for The New York Times.

“Worrying about the environment is something people do after they’ve got the basics of life satisfied,” Gillis said Tuesday at a packed Northwestern University lecture on climate change and media coverage of it.

Japan hangs cult leader who murdered 6 people in exorcisms...

Submitted by nabashalam on Wed, 10/17/2012 - 13:20

 

Source: ReligionNewsBlog.com • Thursday September 27, 2012

Japan on Thursday executed two people, including Sachiko Eto, a 65-year-old female cult leader convicted of six murders during alleged exorcisms.

A CLIMATE CHANGE CALL TO ARMS

Submitted by theadminx on Sun, 10/14/2012 - 02:44

Don’t Let Snowy Predictions Fool You. Winter is Going Away

The Boston Globe Magazine October 14, 2012, by David Sleeper and Pamela H. Templer

THE OFFICIAL START OF WINTER may still be more than two months away, but in New England, we should be watching the long-term forecasts. Despite predictions for a snowy winter, the season’s temperatures have been rising over the long term. And the implications of climate change for this region’s economy — including how we play on and earn our livings from the snow — are enormous.

FORESTS TO FEEL CLIMATE CHANGE EFFECT -- DAMAGE COULD COST BILLIONS

Submitted by theadminx on Fri, 10/12/2012 - 11:41

PhysOrg 12 OCT 2012

A new pan-European study suggests that the economic value of forests will decline between 14 % and 50 % due to climate change. If measures are not taken to change this, the damage could reach several hundred billion euros, say researchers led by the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL) in Switzerland. The study was presented in the journal Nature Climate Change.

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