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Arctic nations say will cut soot that helps thaw ice
Source: uk.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUKTRE53S48P20090429?sp=true By Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent TROMSOE, Norway (Reuters) - Arctic nations agreed on Wednesday to crack down on soot that is darkening ice around the North Pole and hastening a thaw that they also blamed on global warming. The eight-member Arctic Council, ending a two-day meeting in Norway, also snubbed requests by China, Italy, South Korea and the European Commission for wider involvement in the eight-member club that is becoming more important as ice retreats. Council foreign ministers agreed to set up a "task force" to examine ways to cut down on soot -- caused by sources such as diesel fumes, forest fires or by grass burned by farmers -- along with two other short-lived greenhouse gases.Mini ice age took hold of Europe in months
Mini ice age took hold of Europe in months JUST months - that's how long it took for Europe to be engulfed by an ice age. The scenario, which comes straight out of Hollywood blockbuster The Day After Tomorrow, was revealed by the most precise record of the climate from palaeohistory ever generated. Around 12,800 years ago the northern hemisphere was hit by the Younger Dryas mini ice age, or "Big Freeze".Ice below level in Arctic!
"Measurements taken this month by the U.S. National Snow and Ice Data Center showed sea ice was about 30 percent below the long-term average. The level of sea ice is an important factor in climate change.Not Truthful, Just Gore
Not Truthful, Just Gore By Paul Chesser A viral buzz is probably not something you want to have in these days of H1N1 (swine flu) paranoia. But if you're Ann McElhinny and Phelim McAleer this week it's not a malady, but a desired condition. That's because Sunday marks the formal public introduction to their film documentary "Not Evil Just Wrong," which follows their 2006 joint effort "Mine Your Own Business."Climate Change Seen as Threat to U.S. Security
WASHINGTON — The changing global climate will pose profound strategic challenges to the United States in coming decades, raising the prospect of military intervention to deal with the effects of violent storms, drought, mass migration and pandemics, military and intelligence analysts say. Such climate-induced crises could topple governments, feed terrorist movements or destabilize entire regions, say the analysts, experts at the Pentagon and intelligence agencies who for the first time are taking a serious look at the national security implications of climate change. Recent war games and intelligence studies conclude that over the next 20 to 30 years, vulnerable regions, particularly sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East and South and Southeast Asia, will face the prospect of food shortages, water crises and catastrophic flooding driven by climate change that could demand an American humanitarian relief or military response.Sea Ice Ends Year at Same Level as 1979
Sea Ice Ends Year at Same Level as 1979 Michael Asher - January 1, 2009 11:31 AM Thirty years of sea ice data. The record begins at 1979, the year satellite observations began (Source: Arctic Research Center, University of Illinois) Rapid growth spurt leaves amount of ice at levels seen 29 years ago. Thanks to a rapid rebound in recent months, global sea ice levels now equal those seen 29 years ago, when the year 1979 also drew to a close.NATO sees potential security risk in Arctic thaw
The Associated Press updated 5:34 a.m. CT, Thurs., Jan. 29, 2009 REYKJAVIK, Iceland - NATO commanders and lawmakers from alliance nations were gathering Thursday to examine the risks posed by the thawing Arctic Circle and the prospect of standoffs among nations rushing to lay claim to the energy reserves there.Global warming predictions from around the world
GLOBAL warming preachers have had a shocking 2008. So many of their predictions this year went splat. Here's their problem: they've been scaring us for so long that it's now possible to check if things are turning out as hot as they warned.Inhofe Surprises on Soot
Suzanne Goldenberg, US environment correspondent http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/may/05/inhofe-black-carbon-bill He has called global warming a hoax, compared the Environmental Protection Agency with the Gestapo, and over the years dismissed Al Gore as desperate and "full of crap". So it was startling when America's arch climate change denier came out ahead of the green curve in the fight to save the Arctic and other icy regions. Could James Inhofe, a conservative Republican senator from Oklahoma, be the newest recruit to Barack Obama's green revolution?
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