Earth at warmest point in 12,000 years, say scientists

[woodbuck27]

Big Business of course doesn't want YOU to believe "the facts" presented by World renowned Scientists; that have substantial evidence of the disasterous effects of Global Warming on OUR planet.

Read this and for the sake of "at least" not being ignorant, to understand "the Truth".

Truth cannot arrive in us, without effort or committment.

http://www.stopglobalwarming.org/sgw_read.asp?id=1116419212006

If it walks like a duck,and quacks like a duck..it's likely a DUCK.

[woodbuck27]

Did anybody here see "An Inconvienent Truth?"

Great movie, very eye-opening.

The Stop Global Warming Virtual March is a non-political effort bringing Americans together to declare that global warming is here now and it’s time to act.

STOP #28

Santa Monica, CA — An Inconvenient Truth

May 23, 2006


The truth is coming soon to a theater near you:

Al Gore’s New Global Warming Movie “An Inconvenient Truth”

Al Gore’s critically-acclaimed new film “An Inconvenient Truth” offers the best opportunity we’ve ever had to capture the immediate attention of all Americans and move this country forward quickly to stop global warming.

While the problem is urgent, the solutions are clear, and with American ingenuity and leadership, we can avert disaster and restore the world’s confidence in our values. Let’s work together to make this movie a success, and turn the audience interest into action.

One easy way to get involved as virtual marchers is to buy a ticket and bring a friend to see this movie. Then help spread the word. The more people go see this movie on opening weekend, the more theaters will pick it up. Bring the power of the Virtual March to movie theaters across the country.

Marching forward,
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

[woodbuck27]

Journal: Agency Blocked Hurricane Report

by: Randolph E. Schmid 29 September 2006

A government agency blocked release of a report that suggests global warming is contributing to the frequency and strength of hurricanes, the journal Nature reported Tuesday.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration disputed the Nature article, saying there was not a report but a two-page fact sheet about the topic. The information was to be included in a press kit to be distributed in May as the annual hurricane season approached but wasn't ready.

"The document wasn't done in time for the rollout," NOAA spokesman Jordan St. John said in responding to the Nature article.

"The White House never saw it, so they didn't block it."

The possibility that warming conditions may cause storms to become stronger has generated debate among climate and weather experts, particularly in the wake of the Hurricane Katrina disaster.

In the new case, Nature said weather experts at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration — part of the Commerce Department — in February set up a seven-member panel to prepare a consensus report on the views of agency scientists about global warming and hurricanes.

According to Nature, a draft of the statement said that warming may be having an effect.

In May, when the report was expected to be released, panel chair Ants Leetmaa received an e-mail from a Commerce official saying the report needed to be made less technical and was not to be released, Nature reported.

Leetmaa, head of NOAA's Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory in New Jersey, did not immediately respond to calls seeking comment.

NOAA Administrator Conrad Lautenbacher is currently out of the country, but Nature quoted him as saying the report was merely an internal document and could not be released because the agency could not take an official position on the issue.

However, the journal said in its online report that the study was merely a discussion of the current state of hurricane science and did not contain any policy or position statements.

The report drew a prompt response from Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg (news, bio, voting record), D-N.J., who charged that:

"the administration has effectively declared war on science and truth to advance its anti-environment agenda ... the Bush administration continues to censor scientists who have documented the current impacts of global warming."

A series of studies over the past year or so have shown an increase in the power of hurricanes in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, a strengthening that many storm experts say is tied to rising sea-surface temperatures.

Just two weeks ago, researchers said that most of the increase in ocean temperature that feeds more intense hurricanes is a result of human-induced global warming,

a study one researcher said "closes the loop" between climate change and powerful storms like Katrina.

Not all agree, however, with opponents arguing that many other factors affect storms, which can increase and decrease in cycles.

The possibility of global warming affecting hurricanes is politically sensitive because the administration has resisted proposals to restrict release of gases that can cause warming conditions.

In February, a NASA political appointee who worked in the space agency's public relations department resigned after reportedly trying to restrict access to Jim Hansen, a NASA climate scientist who has been active in global warming research.

[mraynrand]

The most important thing to remember about global warming, and any other polical or sociological issue, is to form your opinion first, take sides, invest emotionally in the issue, then seek out only the information that supports your viewpoint. At least that way, you're always right, and you don't have to question or challenge any of your assumptions. Also, make sure you visit websites that say (for example)

stopglobalwarming.org (if you're opposed to global warming) or

stoptheliesaboutglobalwarming.org (if you think global warming is a fraud).

If all else fails, just blame Bush. He's at fault for everything wrong in your life anyway.

[MJZiggy]

If all else fails, just blame Bush. He's at fault for everything wrong in your life anyway.

Ahh someone who gets it.

[woodbuck27]

If all else fails, just blame Bush. He's at fault for everything wrong in your life anyway.

Ahh someone who gets it.

Do we believe Proffesional Scientists or " the George Bush Administration " and BIG Business... like Exxon ?

The response to that is..

all to clear.


ESA satellite finds record loss of ozone over Antarctic

03/10/2006 9:30:15 PM

Measurements of the ozone layer over Antarctica by a European satellite have shown a record loss in the shield that protects the Earth from the sun's ultraviolet rays.


CBC News

The ozone hole is nearly as wide as it was in 2000 and nearly as deep as it was in 1998, the European Space Agency said Monday. The record loss was reached because these dimensions occurred at the same time.

The ESA's Envisat measured a total ozone loss of 40 million tonnes, beating the record of 39 million tonnes set in 2000.

"Such significant ozone loss requires very low temperatures in the stratosphere combined with sunlight," ESA atmospheric engineer Claus Zehner said in a statement.

The ozone layer is the part of the atmosphere 25 kilometres up that acts as a shield protecting life on Earth from damaging UV rays, which can cause sunburns, skin cancer and cataracts. The rays can also harm marine life.

The ozone layer has decreased globally by about 0.3 per cent per year. The loss is seen as a hole over the South Pole because of atmospheric and wind conditions during the southern winter.

The hole grows during the winter, peaking in the southern spring, and is seen until the summer in November or December.

The ozone layer is broken down into oxygen by pollutants in the atmosphere such as chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs).

CFCs were banned under the Montreal Protocol in 1987, but are still seen in the atmosphere.

In August, the U.N. Environment Programme said the ozone layer could return to pre-1980 levels by 2049 over much of the world, but it would take until 2065 to restore the shield over Antarctica.

[BallHawk]

Did anybody here see "An Inconvienent Truth?"

Great movie, very eye-opening.

Ballhawk, have you ever even seen snow living down there in Florida? You are missing out big time, sledding is awesome.

Yep, I grew up in Whitefish Bay.