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The world simply isn't warming

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:25:01 GMT

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Sea ice now isn't melting, but spreading. The seas have not just stopped rising, but started to fall.

Nor is the weather getting wilder. Cyclones, as well as tornadoes and hurricanes, aren't increasing and the rain in Australia hasn't stopped falling.

What's more, the slight warming we saw over the century until 1998 still makes the world no hotter today than it was 1000 years ago.

Now Prime Minister Kevin Rudd can at last stop sweating about the warming terrors he told us were coming - the horrific droughts, the dengue fever, the malaria, the devastation to our land and economy.

As for his promise this week to make your power bills go up $200 a year to stop global warming? His promise to make even food more expensive? To put gassy companies out of business, and their workers out of a job?

That's why 31,000 other scientists, including world figures such as physicist Prof Freeman Dyson, atmospheric physicist Prof Richard Lindzen and climate scientist Prof Fred

Where did global warming go?

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:24:56 GMT

clipped by: Smoke TNT

Clip Source: junkscience.com

Evidence doesn't bare out alarmist claims of global warming - THESE are the seven graphs that should make the Rudd Government feel sick.

These are the seven graphs that should make you ask: What? Has global warming now stopped?

Look for yourself. They show that the world hasn't warmed for a decade, and has even cooled for several years.

See for yourself: Click here to view the graphs in detail (pdf)

Sea ice now isn't melting, but spreading. The seas have not just stopped rising, but started to fall.

Nor is the weather getting wilder. Cyclones, as well as tornadoes and hurricanes, aren't increasing and the rain in Australia hasn't stopped falling.

What's more, the slight warming we saw over the century until 1998 still makes the world no hotter today than it was 1000 years ago.

In fact, it's even a bit cooler. So, dude, where's my global warming? (Andrew Bolt, Herald Sun)

Tags: environment, global warming, scam

More intense storms with climate change - model

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 13:59:50 GMT

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Clip Source: esciencenews.com

A new mathematical model indicates that dust devils, water spouts, tornadoes, hurricanes and cyclones are all born of the same mechanism and will intensify as climate change warms the Earth's surface.

"This model allows us to relate changes in storms' intensity to environmental conditions," Renno said. "It shows us that climate change could lead to increases in how efficient convective vortices are and how much energy they transform into wind. Fueled by warmer and moister air, there will be stronger and deeper storms in the future that reach higher into the atmosphere."

Renno's work bolsters studies by others who say hurricanes have grown stronger over the past 50 years as sea surface temperatures have risen.

This new model helps explain the formation of spiral bands and wall clouds, the first clouds that descend during a tornado. It's clear now that they are the result of a pressure drop where the airspeed has increased.

Tags: climate change, global warming, storms, model

martinique

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:50:36 GMT

clipped by: Opium888

Clip Source: www.fram.fr

Moyenne des températures

Fort-de-France

- Max. : janvier : 27 / février : 27 / mars : 28 / avril : 29 / mai : 29 / juin : 29 / juillet : 29 / août : 29 / septembre : 30 / octobre : 29 / novembre : 29 / décembre : 28

- Min. : janvier : 21 / février : 21 / mars : 22 / avril : 22 / mai : 23 / juin : 23 / juillet : 23 / août : 24 / septembre : 24 / octobre : 23 / novembre : 23 / décembre : 22

Vous pouvez aller à la Martinique toute l'année : le climat tropical est tempéré par les alizés, il fait toujours chaud et la température de l'eau se maintient autour de 25 °C. On différencie deux saisons : le carême, de décembre à mai, est la saison la plus “ sèche ” ; l'hivernage, de juillet à octobre, la basse saison, est plus humide et c'est à cette période que sévissent parfois les cyclones.

ile maurice

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:43:00 GMT

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Clip Source: www.fram.fr

Port-Louis
Jan. Fév. Mars Avril Mai Juin Juil. Août Sept. Oct. Nov. Déc.
Max. 30 29 29 28 26 24 24 24 25 27 28 29
Min. 23 23 22 21 19 17 17 17 17 18 18 22
Le climat est maritime subtropical. De mai à octobre, la saison hivernale s'avère être une période agréable avec des températures douces (de 18 à 25 °C sur les côtes), un temps sec et dégagé malgré des journées assez courtes (de 6 h 45 à 17 h 50 env.). De novembre à avril, la chaleur est plus forte mais toujours supportable (de 25 à 32 °C sur les côtes), la pluviosité importante, rarement continue, et les journées plus longues. L'île Maurice est sur la route des cyclones mais n'est touchée que tous les quatre ou cinq ans en moyenne. L'ouest et le nord de l'île sont en général plus chauds et moins humides que le sud et l'est. Le plateau central connaît une pluviosité régulière et très marquée.

Ambidextrous Pitcher's Pro Debut Brings Game To Standstill

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 12:10:32 GMT

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clipper's remarks: I would loved to have been there!

Clip Source: www.wnd.com

Ambidextrous pitcher's pro debut brings game to standstill

Switch-hurler, developed by dad, plays cat-and-mouse with switch-hitter

Baseball has thousands of rules developed over its history to solve most any dilemma, but when a switch-hitter came to the plate to face a switch-pitcher in a minor league contest last night, the game came to a standstill.

In his professional debut, Pat Venditte of the Staten Island Yankees – a natural right-hander whose father taught him to pitch with either arm – played cat-and-mouse in the ninth inning with the Brooklyn Cyclones' Ralph Henriquez as each player tried to gain an advantage, holding up the game for seven minutes

With a custom-made glove, Venditte switched hands each time Henriquez switched sides of the plate, seeking an edge based on the conventional baseball wisdom that left-handed batters fare better against right-handed pitchers and vice versa.

Video of the faceoff has been posted online.

Tags: baseball, pitcher, ambidextrous, batter, game, show-stopper, rules, decision, pros

Switch hitter vs. switch pitcher confuses baseball fans, and umps

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 02:18:27 GMT

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Clip Source: cnews.canoe.ca

June 21

NEW YORK - A switch hitter against a switch pitcher?

It was almost as confusing as the old routine, "Who's on First."

When ambidexterious pitcher Pat Venditte made his professional debut for the Class A Staten Island Yankees this week, the fourth batter he faced from the Brooklyn Cyclones was switch-hitter Ralph Henriquez.

He took his on-deck swings as a left-hander, but entered the batter's box as a righty.

At that point, pitcher Venditte flipped his specially-made, six-finger glove to his left hand so he could throw with his right.

Faced with the switch-pitcher, the switch-hitter immediately jumped back to the other side of the plate.

And so it went as they hopped back and forth several times, until the umpires finally decided the pitcher and batter can change sides only one time per at-bat.

Seven minutes after he first stepped in, the frustrated Henriquez struck out as a righty against a right-handed Venditte.

Staten Island won, 7 to 2.

Tags: baseball, sports

Ocean life under threat from climate change

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 21:55:59 GMT

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Clip Source: 7thspace.com

The international science community must devote more resources to research into the effects climate change is having on ocean environments, according to a paper published today in the journal Science by researchers at CSIRO’s Climate Adaptation National Research Flagship.

“There is an overwhelming bias toward land-surface studies which arise in part because investigating the ocean realm is generally difficult, resource-intensive and expensive,” they said.

“Climate change is affecting ocean temperatures, the supply of nutrients from the land, ocean chemistry, food chains, shifts in wind systems, ocean currents and extreme events such as cyclones,”

Dr Richardson said the situation is made more urgent as emerging evidence suggests marine organisms may be responding faster to climate change than land-based plants and animals.

“While understanding impacts of climate change in the oceans is important, ultimately we need to develop adaptation options as the knowledge-base expands,”

Tags: climate change, global warming, ocean

Hurricane Emergency Preparation

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 10:40:43 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Hurricane Preparedness Tips

Clip Source: self-protect.net

Hurricane Emergency Preparation

Prepare for the worst hurricane possible, then hope it never comes. The coastline of the United States is regularly battered by hurricanes – above average in the past years.

Such cyclones are extremely dangerous, therefore preparing for their onslaught especially during the months between June up until November, is a smart and practical thing to do.

The following are hurricane emergency preparation tips and some advice to help prepare for hurricanes.

Tags: hurricane, hurricane tips, hurricane emergency preparation

The Worst Natural Disasters Ever

Thu, 08 May 2008 10:49:24 GMT

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Clip Source: www.livescience.com

When Nature unleashes her fury, humanity can seem instantly frail and subordinate. Cyclones, tsunamis, earthquakes and volcanoes can kill thousands in moments. Often the final death tolls are never truly known.

It is impossible to compare modern and historical disasters and develop any objective list of the worst, yet a subjective list can prove instructive. Here are the challenges:

Loss of life can be the most traumatic aspect of one terrible event, such as the catastrophic Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar this week, whereas financial cost and remarkable devastation can be the more notable signatures left by another, as was the case with Hurricane Andrew in 1992.

The world's population has increased dramatically in the past century and a far higher percentage of people live near dangerous coastlines, so coastal storms and tsunamis stand to kill more people nowadays than in the past.

Finally, records of events long ago are typically much less accurate.

Tags: disasters, loss, population

Hurricane, cyclone, typhoon

Wed, 07 May 2008 12:42:19 GMT

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clipper's remarks: The second link is quite informative on the subject...this is stuff I've always wondered about.....

Clip Source: www.nakedtranslations.com

Did you know that the only difference between a hurricane (from Hunraken, the Mayan god of storms), a cyclone (from Greek kuklos, circle) and a typhoon (from Chinese tai fung, "big wind") is their geographical origin? Hurricanes happen in the Atlantic and North-East Pacific, cyclones in the Indian Ocean and South-East Pacific and typhoons in the North-West Pacific.

Clip Source: agora.ex.nii.ac.jp

The following summarizes typhoons worldwide and some of the related terms in more detail

Cyclone

Tropical Cyclone

Extratropical Cyclone

Typhoon

Hurricane

Cyclone (Contd.)

Willy-Willy

Tornado

The Science of Cyclones

Wed, 07 May 2008 08:46:14 GMT

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Clip Source: cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com

The catastrophic cyclone that hit Myanmar hints at the shape of things to come in a warming world — but probably not for the reason you think. Chris Mooney, the author of "Storm World," argues that the tragedy says more about the sad state of infrastructure in the developing world than it does about the raw impact of climate change. However, shifts in climate will likely accentuate that global rich-vs.-poor split.

Mooney has been focusing on the intersection of science and politics for years - in his Weblog, aptly titled "The Intersection," as well as in his first book, "The Republican War on Science."

"Storm World: Hurricanes, Politics and the Battle Over Global Warming" traces more than a century of often-sharp disputes over climate science. Mooney, who grew up in New Orleans, was moved to delve deeply into the subject by Hurricane Katrina, one of the most politically charged storms in U.S. history.

Tags: cyclones, storms, infrastructure, rich, poor

Global climate change: A summary of the argument for change

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 23:58:13 GMT

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Clip Source: web.mac.com

Global climate change: A summary of the argument for change

The incidence of extreme weather events - such as cyclones, drought, floods, and firestorms - is increasing. The impact of these events is increasingly costly, as demonstrated by the loss of life, property, vegetation, and topsoil. Insurance payouts caused by extreme weather events are forecast to double every ten years. These increasingly frequent - and/or more severe - weather events are resulting directly from the steady - but persistent - increase in average global temperature. The rise in average global temperature is directly attributed to the rise in atmospheric greenhouse gasses, such as carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide.

the incidence and cost of extreme climate events is increasing at a rate disproportionally higher than the rise in average global temperature: the situation is getting worse faster than "straight line" relationships would suggest.

Aussie fauna in danger

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:52:34 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Alarming!

Clip Source: www.thetechherald.com

Aussie fauna highly susceptible to climate change

A report has found Australian fauna is highly sensitive to even the slightest change in temperature. Photo: Yellow-footed Rock Wallaby. Credit: Stephen Reynolds

Even a small increase in temperature through global warming will endanger the survival of much of Australia's fauna says the author of a new climate change report.

The study, commissioned by the Threatened Species Network (TRN), has said Australian animals will be threatened three ways. By an increase in direct impacts of climate change (eg temperature,rainfall,cyclones), exacerbation of threats (eg fire, invasive species) and indirect threats (eg human migration into currently intact ecosystems).

Around 40 per cent of mammal extinctions in the world during the past 200 years have occurred in Australia.

Tags: australia, ecology, environment

Bats borrow flying tricks from bugs: study

Fri, 29 Feb 2008 06:24:18 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Don't know if the word Borrow" is the right one.

Clip Source: www.abc.net.au

Nectar-sipping bats use the same aerodynamic trick that bugs use to hover in place, a study has found.

Swedish researchers set up honey water feeding stations in a massive wind tunnel and used fog, lasers and high speed cameras to track exactly how the bats flew.

They found that when the bats flapped their wings downward they created tiny air cyclones above the wings called a leading vortex which pulls the animal upward and allows them to hover in place without expending nearly as much energy as simply flapping their wings.

Without this trick they would not have the strength to hover in place in order to feed as the vortex provides as much as 40 per cent of the lift force which keeps the bats in the air.

The bats used the thumbs and fingers embedded in the skin membrane of their flexible wings much like flaps on an plane to alter the curve of the wing and create the lift force necessary to hover.

Tags: nature