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Arctic Death Spiral
From Climate Progress Even the U.S. Navy says it is lower than known in the last several thousand years. Hey …
Climate Change and A Drying Mediterranean
Juan Cole is one of my “must read’ columnists. His expertise is the history and politics of the Middle East, …
Of Love and Other Demons: A Film
Contemplating the marriage of movies to the imagery of Gabriel Garcia Marquez occurs to every reader of any one of …
Royal Society Papers Explore “Hellish Vision” of The Future
From Climate Progress, a review and links to a special issue of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. 12 …
States Stealing from Own Climate Funds
Not so good… In New York, government officials found $90 million to pay for schools by dipping into money generated …
Amazon 2010 Drought Worse Than Thought
Reports came out of the Amazon basis a few months ago describing the terrible drought that was beaching boats on …
Lake Tahoe Warming, Along With Other Large Lakes
You wouldn’t know it from our window on the north shore of Lake Tahoe this Thanksgiving where the 9 foot …
New Cloud Feedback Suggests High End Estimates Of Climate Change Too Low
From Climate Progress Journal of Climate Co-author Kevin Hamilton concludes, “If our model results prove to be representative of the …
Methane Seeping Faster in Sub Polar Regions
“Gas locked inside Siberia’s frozen soil and under its lakes has been seeping out since the end of the last …
19 Countries with Extreme Heat Records in 2010
From Jeff Masters at WUnderground. com Bolivia tied its all-time hottest temperature mark on October 29, when the mercury hit …
California Climate Change Report: Get Ready Faster
Failure to anticipate and plan for climate variability and the prospect of extreme weather and related events in land development patterns and in natural resource …