Archive for June, 2008

Global Warming to Melt North Pole Ice Cover For First Time in Recorded History (Environmental News Network)

Monday, June 30th, 2008

After last year’s thin ice cover, the North Pole is poised to vanish due to global warming in a short time DailyTech has previously covered the frantic pace of melt in Greenland, which is accelerating, dumping vast amounts of water into the sea. Meanwhile, the North Pole has been steadily melting away as well. Fortunately, the North Pole ice is floating, and thus will not affect sea levels, but …

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River cresting below flood stage at St. Louis (AP)

Monday, June 30th, 2008

In this file photo taken Monday, June 23, 2008, floodwater from the Mississippi River surrounds a small shed behind a house in Foley, Mo. Once the Mississippi River starts to recede this week from another great flood, the tiny river towns that dot its banks in Missouri and Illinois will once again face the question: return and rebuild, or relocate? (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)AP - The National Weather Service says the swollen Mississippi River is about to crest at just under nine feet below flood stage at St. Louis.

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EPA: Global warming a danger, emissions should be regulated (Medford Transcript)

Monday, June 30th, 2008

The Environmental Protection Agency was on its way towards finding global warming emissions to be a danger to public welfare.

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Lead Scientist at Shell Speaks on Global Warming in EarthSky Podcast (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

Monday, June 30th, 2008

A leading scientist for Shell has spoken in a new EarthSky Clear Voices for Science podcast about the need for what he called “aggressive action” on the issue of CO2 and other emissions leading to global warming.

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India focuses on renewables in new climate plan (Reuters)

Monday, June 30th, 2008

A view of a solar panel on the roof of Lamayuru Monastery in Laddakh region in this May 2, 2006 file photo. REUTERS/Neil Chatterjee/FilesReuters - India unveiled on Monday a national plan to deal with the threat of global warming, focusing on renewable energy for sustainable development while refusing to commit to any emission targets that risk slowing economic growth.

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World needs a modern ‘carbon revolution’ to slow down global warming (New Kerala)

Monday, June 30th, 2008

Washington, June 30 : A new study has suggested that the world needs a modern “carbon revolution” to slow down global warming.

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New warming threat (Las Vegas Sun)

Monday, June 30th, 2008

Mon, Jun 30, 2008 (2:08 a.m.) Those who believe in global warming point to the dangerous buildup of greenhouse gases that occurred during industrialization and the potentially catastrophic effects rising temperatures can have on the environment.

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Global warming: Expand energy alternatives (The Desert Sun)

Monday, June 30th, 2008

Now that the impact of global warming is being seen in the severe weather Americans are experiencing across the country, our leaders in Washington have finally begun to acknowledge the seriousness of the problem.

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The Last Polar Bear: Facing the Truth of a Warming World (2008-06-28 - 2008-12-31) (Absolutearts.com)

Monday, June 30th, 2008

The polar bear may soon face extinction as its Arctic habitat rapidly melts away. Opening June 28, 2008, the Burke Museum presents a stunning new environmental photography exhibit, The Last Polar Bear: Facing the Truth of a Warming World, bringing to life the devastating urgency of global warming’s impact on the Arctic as documented by the dramatic polar bear images by accomplished wildlife …

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China leaders praise US help on quake (AP)

Monday, June 30th, 2008

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, left, accompany by the Chinese officials visit the collapsed Tengda Physical Club in the quake hit Dujiangyan, in southwest China's Sichuan province Sunday, June 29, 2008. Rice praised China's post-earthquake recovery efforts during a visit to the disaster zone on Sunday, saying it contrasted with Myanmar's reluctance to allow in aid after a devastating cyclone. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, Pool)AP - China’s top leaders said they were thankful for U.S. help after Sichuan’s devastating earthquake, with Premier Wen Jiabao saying Monday he was impressed that the first foreigners he saw providing help when he toured the province were Americans.

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