Category Archives: Climate Change

High temperatures forecast to continue to the weekend

By Joshuah | Published: August 10, 2010
Large portions of the United States were expected to continue to experience temperatures at or near the triple digits Tuesday, with no relief in sight until at least the weekend. “Much of the southern Plains into the Lower Ohio Valley down to the Lower Mississippi Valley is covered by heat advisories and excessive heat warnings, where [...]
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Cold inflicted major toll on fish in Florida

By Joshuah | Published: January 20, 2010
Everywhere he steered his skiff last week, Pete Frezza saw dead fish. From Ponce de Leon Bay on the Southwest Coast down across Florida Bay to Lower Matecumbe in the Florida Keys — day after day, dead fish. Floating in the marina at Flamingo in Everglades National Park alone he counted more than 400 snook and [...]
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Far Fewer Americans Believe in ‘Global Warming’

By Joshuah | Published: October 23, 2009
Americans seem to be cooling toward global warming. Just 57 percent think there is solid evidence the world is getting warmer, down 20 points in just three years, a new poll says. And the share of people who believe pollution caused by humans is causing temperatures to rise has also taken a dip, even as the [...]
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NASA warns of ’space Katrina’ radiation storm

By Joshuah | Published: February 13, 2009
Source: The Register A study funded by NASA has flagged up yet another terrible hazard for those no longer able to get excited about nuclear war, global pandemics, terrorism, climate change, economic meltdown and asteroid strike. Top space brainboxes say that even if the human race survives all those, there is a serious risk of civilisation [...]
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Severe Space Weather and Areas of Probable Power System Collapse

By Joshuah | Published: January 25, 2009
Source: NASA January 21, 2009: Did you know a solar flare can make your toilet stop working? That’s [...]
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Powerful Solar Storm Could Shut Down U.S. for Months

By Joshuah | Published: January 12, 2009
Think Non-Electric tools and appliances, and communications the old fashioned way, with paper and pencil and perhaps visiting friends and family…and be armed. Source: FOXNews.com A new study from the National Academy of Sciences outlines grim possibilities on Earth for a worst-case scenario solar storm. Damage to power grids and other communications systems could be catastrophic, the [...]
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Penguin decline points to climate havoc

By Joshuah | Published: July 2, 2008
From: Reuters Penguin populations have plummeted at a key breeding colony in Argentina, mirroring declines in many species of the marine flightless birds due to climate change, pollution and other factors, a study shows. Dee Boersma, a University of Washington professor who led the research, said the plight of the penguins is an indicator of big changes [...]
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