The Realists Take on Climate Change

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WORLD TEMPERATURES

For 10 years now, the winters are becoming colder: GISS data by Peppe Caridi

Wednesday, May 16th 2012, 4:53 PM EDT

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After the issuance of the GISS global data for the winter quarter from December to February 2011-2012, from a first superficial analysis that catches the eye more than any other defect, is like the winters are getting colder in the last 10 years, even with a decline in average world temperatures by nearly two degrees Fahrenheit (-1.9 ° C to be exact!) in the last decade, with reference to the winter quarter.

As we can see from the map, the area has cooled more than was Asian, but also Europe (especially central / western and northern Europe) and North America, especially in Alaska and the U.S. center / Western (as well as in central Canada / Western) have been affected by negative anomalies, while in some areas of Australia, the Arctic, and the Middle East, Africa, Central and South Atlantic, there were positive anomalies, however, less clear than those cold, especially in the great continent of Asia.

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DEROY MURDOCK MEETINGS

Deroy Murdock: Astronauts Join Skeptics of Global Warming

Wednesday, May 16th 2012, 4:42 PM EDT

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To the long list of right-wing, knuckle-dragging know nothings who dare question so-called "global warming," environmentalists now can add six Apollo astronauts, two rocket men who flew aboard Skylab, and a pair of former directors of the Johnson Space Center (JSC).

These veterans of America's space program are among the 49 retired NASA employees who recently asked the space agency to halt what they consider its unscientific advocacy of climate alarmism.

In a letter to NASA administrator Charles Bolden Jr., these rocket scientists, space explorers, and other men and women of reason requested, "NASA and the Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) refrain from including unproven remarks in public releases and websites."

They added: "We believe the claims by NASA and GISS, that man-made carbon dioxide is having a catastrophic impact on global climate change are not substantiated, especially when considering thousands of years of empirical data. With hundreds of well-known climate scientists and tens of thousands of other scientists publicly declaring their disbelief in the catastrophic forecasts, coming particularly from the GISS leadership, it is clear that the science is NOT settled."

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UK FORECAST MAY 2012

Coldest May Latest: Snow Sign Of Summer Yet by Nathan Rao

Wednesday, May 16th 2012, 7:45 AM EDT

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BRITAIN was shivering in a late winter blast which brought two inches of snow to parts of the country yesterday.

With only 17 days to go before the start of “flaming” June, snow flurries were seen as far south as Wolverhampton after temperatures plunged to -5C (23F) overnight.

Up to two inches of snow were also reported in parts of Scotland, the Pennines and Cumbria.

Weather experts said the UK was still “stuck” in a system of bitter cold air from the Arctic which shows no signs of moving on. Jonathan Powell, forecaster for Vantage Weather Services, added: “We are still very much in a northerly air flow.

“It is significantly colder than normal for the time of year, and looks like staying that way at least until the end of May.”

The entire country is at risk of widespread frost all this week with daytime and overnight temperatures about 5C lower than normal for the time of year.

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JON FERRY KENNETH P. GREEN REPLY TO ARTICLE

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Reply to article: Jon ferry: Eco-zealots' hyperbole leaves me green-faced: Updated by Kenneth P. Green

Wednesday, May 16th 2012, 7:25 AM EDT

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The Mayans reportedly forecast the world would end this Dec. 21 or at least the present era would. Modern doomsayers, though, tend to be less specific.

In a New York Times Op-Ed piece last week, top U.S. global-warming activist James Hansen predicted that if Canada proceeded to exploit the oil in its vast tarsands reserves and America did nothing, it would be "game over" for the climate.

Game over? Yes, sea levels would rise and destroy coastal cities, the demo-addicted NASA scientist insisted, and global temperatures would become intolerable.

"Twenty to 50 per cent of the planet's species would be driven to extinction," he said. "Civilization would be at risk."

Updated by Kenneth P. Green

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EDITORIAL OPPOSING VIEWS

Opposing Views: Game Over for the Climate by James Hansen, New York Times

Wednesday, May 16th 2012, 7:09 AM EDT

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GLOBAL warming isn’t a prediction. It is happening. That is why I was so troubled to read a recent interview with President Obama in Rolling Stone in which he said that Canada would exploit the oil in its vast tar sands reserves “regardless of what we do.”

If Canada proceeds, and we do nothing, it will be game over for the climate.

Canada’s tar sands, deposits of sand saturated with bitumen, contain twice the amount of carbon dioxide emitted by global oil use in our entire history. If we were to fully exploit this new oil source, and continue to burn our conventional oil, gas and coal supplies, concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere eventually would reach levels higher than in the Pliocene era, more than 2.5 million years ago, when sea level was at least 50 feet higher than it is now. That level of heat-trapping gases would assure that the disintegration of the ice sheets would accelerate out of control. Sea levels would rise and destroy coastal cities. Global temperatures would become intolerable. Twenty to 50 percent of the planet’s species would be driven to extinction. Civilization would be at risk.

Source Link: nytimes.com/2012/05/10/opinion

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DAILY QUAKE

Daily Quake: USGS Real-time Earthquake Map 16th May 2012

Wednesday, May 16th 2012, 5:31 AM EDT

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Above image taken from earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map

Magnitude 6.0 earthquake strikes Papua New Guinea - foxnews.com

BBC CO2 LEVEL YOU COULD NOT MAKE IT UP

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You Could Not Make It Up: Seabed test mimics carbon dioxide release by Richard Black, BBC News

Wednesday, May 16th 2012, 5:11 AM EDT

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Scientists are beginning a month-long experiment in Scottish waters to study the impact of a possible leak from an undersea carbon dioxide storage site.

Working in Ardmucknish Bay near Oban, researchers will allow CO2 to bubble through sediments from a buried pipe and look for impacts on marine life.

Capturing CO2 from power stations and burying it under the seabed is viewed as an important global warming fix.

A number of countries have plants in operation, though the UK does not.

This is believed to be the first time that an impact of CO2 escape on seabed ecosystems has been investigated.

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Source Link: bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment

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BBC GREEN TAX

UK government to review Green Deal by Roger Harrabin, BBC News

Wednesday, May 16th 2012, 5:01 AM EDT

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Critics say insulating lofts should be the priority.

Downing Street is about to review the government's Green Deal after warnings that it's liable to fail.

The Cabinet Office has been interviewing critics of the flagship scheme and is expected to report soon.

The Deal - to insulate the UK's aged housing stock - is designed to save carbon emissions, keep people warm, and make energy affordable.

But critics say it won't give enough help to the fuel poor, and warn it may waste £2-3bn of people's energy bills.

They say this is a scandal after the recent warning that the number of people unable to afford their energy bills is likely to rise to 8.5 million.

The Green Deal is split into two parts. The larger part relies on householders voluntarily taking pay-as-you-save loans to cut energy bills through home insulation. The private sector is supposed to deliver the improvements.

The other part of the programme, known as ECO, will subsidise people to insulate their homes if they can't do it without help. This will be funded through a £1.3bn-a-year charge against all of our energy bills.

Source Link: bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment

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AUDIO PIERS CORBYN

MUST LISTEN: Piers Corbyn talks about the "New Mini Ice Age" at Religious Radio TRUNEWS

Wednesday, May 16th 2012, 4:45 AM EDT

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Click source and Fast Forward to 24:00 for MUST LISTEN Interview at Religious Radio TRUNEWS.

Piers Corbyn talks about the "New Mini Ice Age"

Source Link: CLICK THIS LINK for MUST LISTEN Interview with Piers Corbyn at TRUNEWS