"Global warming continues as greenhouse gas grows" by Randolph E. Schmid AP Science Writer / June 28, 2011
WASHINGTON—The world's climate is not only continuing to warm, it's adding heat-trapping greenhouse gases even faster than in the past, researchers said Tuesday.
Indeed, the global temperature has been warmer than the 20th century average every month for more than 25 years, they said at a teleconference.
"The indicators show unequivocally that the world continues to warm," Thomas R. Karl, director of the National Climatic Data Center, said in releasing the annual State of the Climate report for 2010.
Then please explain the three brutal winters and the springs and summers that are not.
"There is a clear and unmistakable signal from the top of the atmosphere to the depths of the oceans," added Peter Thorne of the Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites, North Carolina State University....
The warmer conditions are consistent with events such as heat waves and extreme rainfall, Karl said at a teleconference. However, it is more difficult to make a direct connection with things like tornado outbreaks, he said.
"Any single weather event is driven by a number of factors, from local conditions to global climate patterns and trends. Climate change is one of these," he said. "It is very likely that large-scale changes in climate, such as increased moisture in the atmosphere and warming temperatures, have influenced -- and will continue to influence -- many different types of extreme events, such as heavy rainfall, flooding, heat waves and droughts.
The report, being published by the American Meteorological Society, lists 2010 as tied with 2005 for the warmest year on record, according to studies by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and NASA....
Related: Climategate: NOAA and NASA Complicit in Data Manipulation
Sorry, but the LIES are REALLY STARTING TO STINK!
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The REAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEM:
"Those envisioning July 4 celebrations at the beach may be swimming at their own risk, according to a study that found the number of beach closures nationwide due to dirty water soared last year....
I suppose it would be what with the oil in the Gulf, etc.
But don't you mind radiation or chemicals in the water; global warming is the threat!
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I would skip the swim if I were you.
Body apparently was in state pool 3 days
The body of a 36-year-old woman was pulled from a state-run pool in Fall River Tuesday night, apparently after being in the water since Sunday, prompting the temporary closure of all state-operated deep-water pools in Massachusetts while officials investigate, authorities said.
I've noticed all state-run facilities are decrepit and look like s***.
Also see: Season’s first tropical storm forms
Tropical Storm Arlene heads to Mexico
No, you don't want to go out in that.
And NEVER YOU MIND those GENETICALLY ALTERED ORGANISMS, either!
"Since its discovery in 2006, the deadly disease -- named for the sugary smudges it leaves on noses and wings -- has killed more than a million cave-dwelling bats. State and federal agencies have taken steps to halt its spread, including barring people from caves....
Yeah, wipe your feet before entering the bat cave.
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Or HABITAT DESTRUCTION!
"JFK airport is snarled by turtles on runway" by Associated Press / June 30, 2011
NEW YORK —The migration of diamondback terrapin turtles happens every year at Kennedy, which is built on the edge of Jamaica Bay and a federally protected park. In late June or early July the animals heave themselves out of the bay and head toward a beach to lay their eggs....
“We built on the area where they were nesting for generations, so we feel incumbent to help them along the way,’’ Ron Marsico, a spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which owns the airport.
"Oceanic migrations linked to climate change" by Associated Press / June 27, 2011
AMSTERDAM — When a 43-foot gray whale was spotted off the Israeli town of Herzliya last year, scientists came to a startling conclusion: it must have wandered across the normally icebound route above Canada, where warm weather had briefly opened a clear channel three years earlier....
And it has been closed by ice ever since.
Related: Ice choking Northwest Passage
Oh, the article is no longer available, huh?
The odyssey of the whale, whose species lives in the Pacific, and the surprising appearance of the plankton indicates a migration of species through the Northwest Passage, a worrying sign of how global warming is affecting animals and plants in the oceans as well as on land....
Anyone ever think a warming climate might mean more food production in an age of mass starvation?
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Update: Freak cold weather grips southern Brazil
Case closed.
