Why Russia's and Pakistan's Extreme Weather Is About To Become the Norm
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/08/12-8
Ignoring the Obvious: The Floods and Fires, the Droughts and Disasters Will Continue
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/08/12-5
Union of Concerned Scientists: Drought in Russia; Floods in Pakistan and China; High Temps in the U.S. Consistent with Climate Change Projections
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2010/08/12-7
Scientists: Disasters 'Fit Perfectly' with Climate Change Predictions
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/08/13-2
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How Climate Change Affects You
By Amy Goodman
"We will start seeing more and more years like this year when you get these amazing events that caused tremendous death and destruction".
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26144.htm
Ignoring the Obvious
The Floods and Fires, the Droughts and Disasters Will Continue: I've just returned from Niger. There, tens of thousands of people are facing extreme hunger because of the droughts of the last two years.
http://blogs.aljazeera.net/europe/2010/08/12/ignoring-obvious
In Weather Chaos, a Case for Global Warming
The climate is changing," said Jay Lawrimore, chief of climate analysis at the National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, N.C. "Extreme events are occurring with greater frequency, and in many cases with greater intensity."
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/15/science/earth/15climate.html?
From Information Clearing House
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Time to Declare Global War on Flooding
Video
Laura Flanders, GRITtv: "The flooding in Pakistan has displaced 2 million people, killed at least 1600 and affected 14 million. It should be affecting all of us. A disaster of global proportions, requiring a global response, as Gwynne Dyer noted on our show not long ago, it offers a hint of what we can expect if climate change continues on apace. While it's not a cause and effect equation, if we want to know what rising waters look like? Look at Pakistan."
http://www.truth-out.org/time-declare-global-war-flooding62299
Record Summer Heat Wave a "Sample of What's to Come"
Elizabeth McGowan, SolveClimate: "Oppressive temperatures gripping Southern and Eastern US states this summer will only worsen if little is done to curb greenhouse gases, according to an August report update from the National Wildlife Federation (NWF), a conservation group.... This hot summer is a continuation of what the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says is already the hottest January through June on record."
http://www.truth-out.org/eastern-us-headed-many-more-extreme-heat-waves-with-warming-study-finds62325
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Why no rush to aid Pakistan?
http://sharenews.twoday.net/stories/6467230/
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=greenhouse+gas
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Erich+Pica
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Amy+Goodman
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Laura+Flanders
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Charles+J.+Hanley
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Elizabeth+McGowan
Ignoring the Obvious: The Floods and Fires, the Droughts and Disasters Will Continue
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/08/12-5
Union of Concerned Scientists: Drought in Russia; Floods in Pakistan and China; High Temps in the U.S. Consistent with Climate Change Projections
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2010/08/12-7
Scientists: Disasters 'Fit Perfectly' with Climate Change Predictions
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/08/13-2
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How Climate Change Affects You
By Amy Goodman
"We will start seeing more and more years like this year when you get these amazing events that caused tremendous death and destruction".
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26144.htm
Ignoring the Obvious
The Floods and Fires, the Droughts and Disasters Will Continue: I've just returned from Niger. There, tens of thousands of people are facing extreme hunger because of the droughts of the last two years.
http://blogs.aljazeera.net/europe/2010/08/12/ignoring-obvious
In Weather Chaos, a Case for Global Warming
The climate is changing," said Jay Lawrimore, chief of climate analysis at the National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, N.C. "Extreme events are occurring with greater frequency, and in many cases with greater intensity."
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/15/science/earth/15climate.html?
From Information Clearing House
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Time to Declare Global War on Flooding
Video
Laura Flanders, GRITtv: "The flooding in Pakistan has displaced 2 million people, killed at least 1600 and affected 14 million. It should be affecting all of us. A disaster of global proportions, requiring a global response, as Gwynne Dyer noted on our show not long ago, it offers a hint of what we can expect if climate change continues on apace. While it's not a cause and effect equation, if we want to know what rising waters look like? Look at Pakistan."
http://www.truth-out.org/time-declare-global-war-flooding62299
Record Summer Heat Wave a "Sample of What's to Come"
Elizabeth McGowan, SolveClimate: "Oppressive temperatures gripping Southern and Eastern US states this summer will only worsen if little is done to curb greenhouse gases, according to an August report update from the National Wildlife Federation (NWF), a conservation group.... This hot summer is a continuation of what the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says is already the hottest January through June on record."
http://www.truth-out.org/eastern-us-headed-many-more-extreme-heat-waves-with-warming-study-finds62325
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Why no rush to aid Pakistan?
http://sharenews.twoday.net/stories/6467230/
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=greenhouse+gas
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Erich+Pica
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Amy+Goodman
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Laura+Flanders
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Charles+J.+Hanley
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Elizabeth+McGowan
rudkla - 12. Aug, 22:30
