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CLIMATE CHANGE COULD CRIPPLE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES FORESTS

Submitted by theadminx on Sun, 09/30/2012 - 23:33

Trees Face Rising Drought Stress and Mortality as Climate Warms

ScienceDaily (30 SEP 2012)

Combine the tree-ring growth record with historical information, climate records, and computer-model projections of future climate trends, and you get a grim picture for the future of trees in the southwestern United States. That's the word from a team of scientists from Los Alamos National Laboratory, the U.S. Geological Survey, the University of Arizona, and other partner organizations.

CLIMATE CHANGE OFFERS GRIM LONG-TERM PROGNOSIS FOR SEAFOOD

Submitted by theadminx on Sat, 09/29/2012 - 09:25

The ocean acidification caused by rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere will disrupt marine ecosystems

Scientific American (28 SEP 2012), by Lauren Morello and ClimateWire

MONTEREY, Calif. -- Move over, polar bear.

The white prowler of Arctic ice fields may now be an icon of climate change, but when it comes to ocean acidification -- the shift in ocean chemistry caused by rising carbon dioxide emissions -- it's the tiny Pacific Northwest oyster that dominates the discussion.

From the FACTNet News Blog Editor: "FACTNET's Discussion Board has been free to post for years!"

Submitted by nabashalam on Tue, 09/25/2012 - 18:04

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POLL DEALS CLIMATE CHANGE BLOW FOR MITT ROMNEY

Submitted by theadminx on Tue, 09/25/2012 - 18:03

NewScientist September 25, 2012, by Peter Aldhous

More bad news for Mitt Romney: the Republican party's scepticism about climate change seems likely to play badly with voters who haven't yet decided who to back in November's US presidential election.

A new poll, run by Yale University and George Mason University in Virginia, has found that, when it comes to their views on climate change, "undecideds" look remarkably similar to supporters of Barack Obama.

Amish found guilty of hate crimes in Ohio hair attacks...

Submitted by nabashalam on Fri, 09/21/2012 - 12:40

By THOMAS J. SHEERAN, Associated Press

CLEVELAND (AP) — Sixteen Amish men and women were convicted Thursday of hate crimes for a series of hair- and beard- cutting attacks on fellow sect members in a religious dispute that offered a rare and sometimes lurid glimpse into the closed and usually self-regulating community of believers.

ARCTIC SEA ICE HITS SMALLEST EXTENT IN SATELLITE ERA

Submitted by theadminx on Thu, 09/20/2012 - 00:16

ScienceDaily (19 SEP 2012)

The frozen cap of the Arctic Ocean appears to have reached its annual summertime minimum extent and broken a new record low on Sept. 16, the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) has reported. Analysis of satellite data by NASA and the NASA-supported NSIDC at the University of Colorado in Boulder showed that the sea ice extent shrunk to 1.32 million square miles (3.41 million square kilometers).

ARCTIC “DEATH SPIRAL” LEAVES CLIMATE SCIENTISTS SHOCKED AND WORRIED

Submitted by theadminx on Wed, 09/19/2012 - 23:31

The Vancouver Observer (September 19, 2012)

By Barry Saxifrage

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