Entries Tagged as 'Climate Issues'
A Brief Introduction to the Concept of Global Warming
We all saw, “An Inconvenient Truth.” If you didn’t, then consider adding it to your list of to-do’s. You don’t have to agree with everything you hear or see in the film, but it does offer an excellent working definition of what exactly global warming is, and [...]
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Tags: facts about global warming·global dimming·global warming·global warming causes·global warming effects·history of global warming·what is global warming
“Dimming the Sun” Program Review: A NOVA Special
As many of you may well know, Nova documentaries on local PBS stations are extremely well-produced, often very insightful pieces on pressing issues that affect us all, whether political, environmental or otherwise. Several months ago, I caught a rebroadcast of “Dimming the Sun” and was again impressed by [...]
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Tags: dimming the sun·environmental pollution·global dimming·global warming·green blogs·nova·nova programs·nova special
Will Lake Mead Evaporate By the Year 2021?
Researchers at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego have asserted that it is fifty per cent likely that Lake Mead will end up going completely dry within 13 years, or by the year 2021.
Lake Mead, which hedges the border between both Arizona and Nevada, [...]
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Tags: Climate Issues·global warming·lake mead
Live Conference: Man Trekking Across Polar Ice Caps, Global Warming Prevalent
The polar ice caps are melting due to global warming, and Will Steger can prove it. Steger, environmental activist and founder of the Will Steger Foundation, is embarking on a 1,400 mile dog-sled expedition across Ellesmere Island in the most northern area of Greenland.
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Tags: global warming·will steger