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Study: Arctic seabed methane stores destabilizing, venting

March 6, 2010 – 7:03 am

March 4, 2010
Fairbanks, Alaska—A section of the Arctic Ocean seafloor that holds vast stores of frozen methane is showing signs of instability and widespread venting of the powerful greenhouse gas, according to the findings of an international research team led by University of Alaska Fairbanks scientists Natalia Shakhova and Igor Semiletov.
The research results, published in [...]

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The neverending hurricane-climate story

March 4, 2010 – 12:58 pm

Category: climate
Posted on: March 4, 2010 9:01 AM, by James Hrynyshyn
It’s a sore spot for some climate change pseudoskeptics. Any time anyone makes any kind of claim about the effects of a warming planet on tropical storm activity, you can count on a deluge of rejoinders about how shaky the science on the subject really [...]

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Bloggers Against Hunger

March 4, 2010 – 9:31 am

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International Women’s Day March 8th, 2010

March 4, 2010 – 9:27 am

“People often ask: What can be done to defeat hunger? My answer is simple: empower women, because women are the secret weapon to fight hunger.” — WFP Executive Director Josette Sheeran
Some 60 percent of the world’s chronically hungry people are women and girls. This is because women often have unequal access to resources, education and [...]

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Seymour Simon Teaches Our Children

March 3, 2010 – 11:49 am

Seymour Simon is the author of more than 250 highly acclaimed science books (many of which have been named Outstanding Science Trade Books for Children by the National Science Teachers Association), as well as the Einstein Anderson, Science Detective series of fiction books. He is also a creator and the author of a series of [...]

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GLOBAL WARMING

March 3, 2010 – 10:07 am

“Simon may have done more than any other living author to help us understand and appreciate the beauty of our planet and our universe.” – Kirkus Reviews
GLOBAL WARMING
By Seymour Simon
Award-winning science writer Seymour Simon teams up with the Smithsonian Institution for GLOBAL WARMING, a full-color photographic introduction to the causes and effects of global warming [...]

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World-Class Protection Boosts Australia’s Great Barrier Reef

March 3, 2010 – 8:23 am

ScienceDaily
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/02/100222100815.htm
(Feb. 24, 2010) — Australia’s Great Barrier Reef (GBR) is showing an extraordinary range of benefits from the network of protected marine reserves introduced there five years ago, according to a comprehensive new study published in the Proceedings of the US National Academy of Sciences.
The scientific team, a ‘who’s-who’ of Australian coral reef scientists, describe [...]

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Climate Change—“Smoke and Mirrors”

March 2, 2010 – 12:31 am

By Nina Munteanu
In an article in Salon.com, Elizabeth Svoboda endorses an outlandish global warming geotechnical “fix” proposed by Gregory Benford. “Benford thinks Al Gore’s a good guy and all, but he also thinks the star of “An Inconvenient Truth” is a little delusional,” says Svoboda. “Driving a hybrid car, switching your bulbs to compact fluorescents [...]

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Climate Change and Coral Reefs: Coral Species Has Developed the ‘Skills’ to Cope With Rising Temperatures

March 1, 2010 – 8:21 am

ScienceDailyhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/02/100222094803.htm
(Feb. 27, 2010) — Move, adapt or die. Those are the options marine plants and animals have in the face of climate change, said Stanford biologist Steve Palumbi, who has been exploring how to help them go with the first two options, rather than the third. He’s come up with some surprising answers.
Palumbi discussed [...]

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Groups Seek to Undermine EPA’s Endangerment Finding

February 27, 2010 – 4:16 am

EARTHJUSTICE.ORG
Lawsuits filed against agency’s declaration that greenhouse gases are a public threat
February 19, 2010
Washington, DC — The following statement is from Earthjustice senior legislative representative Sarah Saylor regarding 16 lawsuits filed by industry, conservative groups, lawmakers and three states against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s endangerment finding declaring that global warming pollution poses a danger [...]

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