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Positive Proof of Global Warming

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 06:14:43 GMT

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clipper's remarks: sorry... I was in a hurry, so I didnt check others clips, and later I ve found out that the same pic was clipped several times before... usually I dont reclip any...

Clip Source: www.thehumorarchives.com

Tags: humor, women

Too Late To Avoid Global Warming

Mon, 01 Oct 2007 08:24:04 GMT

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Clip Source: environment.independent.co.uk

'Too late to avoid global warming,' say scientists

For more than a decade, EU countries led by Britain have set a rise of two degrees centigrade or less in global temperatures above pre-industrial levels as the benchmark after which the effects of climate become devastating, with crop failures, water shortages, sea-level rises, species extinctions and increased disease.

Speaking at the Royal Geographical Society, he said: "Ten years ago we were talking about these impacts affecting our children and our grandchildren. Now it is happening to us."

Plus two degrees: the consequences

Europe: Warmer temperatures will increase wheat yields by up to 25 per cent in the north but water availability will drop in the south by up to a quarter. Heatwaves, forest fires and extreme weather events such as flash floods will be more frequent. New diseases will appear.

Small islands: Low-lying islands are particularly vulnerable to rising sea levels with the Maldives already suffering land loss.

Tags: global warming, temperature

You Are What You Heat… Global Warming Makes You Fat!

Sat, 16 Jun 2007 17:13:40 GMT

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Clip Source: www.global-cool.com

Climate change will make us gain weight, according to the latest ‘Ask the Experts’ column in Scientific American.

To what degree is a person’s body weight affected by the ambient temperature and humidity? Do we conserve or release water as the climate changes?

“Body weight changes usually result from long-term changes in lean or fat body mass, but they can also result from acute changes in total body water,” says Castellani in the article. “Significant changes in body weight due to climate usually take the form of weight gained rather than weight lost, especially once the body has become acclimated to high levels of activity in the heat.”

As the climate changes and temperatures increase over the long-term, our bodies will adapt through something scientists call ‘heat acclimatisation’ – a process that leads to more intense sweating and a reduction in body heat storage. As we sweat more, we drink more, thus increasing total body water and, according to the ‘experts’, leading to weight gain.

Tags: global warming, fat, heat

Be Cool

Sat, 16 Jun 2007 17:07:16 GMT

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Clip Source: www.global-cool.com

Use and lose less energy by doing any or many of these easy things.

Turn your heating down

An average family can save 400kg of CO2 a year and a lot of money

Take a stand against standby

An average family can save 150kg of CO2 a year

Unplug that charger

An average family can save 7kg of CO2 a year

Don't boil over

An average family can save 45 kg of CO2 a year

Try not to fly

An average family can save 700kg of CO2 a year and a suitcase full of cash

Turn out the bright lights

An average family can save 100kg of CO2 a year and a lot of money

Use better energy

An average family can save 1.7 tonnes of CO2 a year

Take a low-power shower

An average family can save 290kg of CO2 a year and a lot of money

Buy better bulbs

An average family can save 200kg of CO2 a year

Stuff the freezer

Don't drive

Wrap up your home

Lower your laundry

Buy local food

An average family can save 4 tonnes of CO2 a year

Tags: global warming, saving energy

Forest Function - Research

Fri, 18 May 2007 21:48:33 GMT

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Clip Source: www.whrc.org

South America

The Woods Hole Research Center has been doing basic research in the Amazon Basin since 1988 and is internationally recognized for work in the science of Amazon conservation. Our continuing goal is to use our scientific knowledge to explore new paths to development in the Amazon that will lead to a sustainable future for the region. LEARN MORE »

Boreal North America

Boreal forests make up the world's largest terrestrial carbon reservoir, holding over thirty percent of terrestrial carbon. This important region has experienced dramatic change in recent years as climate change has increased warming, drying and fire frequency in the frozen north. Our program in Boreal North America focuses on understanding what the future holds for this important region, and how it will in turn provide feedbacks to global climate change. Learn More »

The Center has parallel programs dealing with the forests of the Congo Basin and Russian Asia,

Tags: forest, research

Global Warming Causes Soil to Release Carbon - Study

Mon, 09 Apr 2007 09:55:01 GMT

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Clip Source: www.planetark.com

LONDON - Global warming is causing soil to release huge amounts of carbon, making efforts to fight global warming tougher than previously thought, scientists said on Wednesday.

A study in the journal Nature looked at the carbon content of soil in England and Wales from 1978-2003 and found that it fell steadily, with some 13 million tonnes of carbon released from British soil each year.

Tags: warming, soil