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The Effects of Global Warming on Wildlife

Posted on December 20, 2011 | Leave a comment

Effects of Global Warming

foxYou probably learned a little bit about global warming from Al Gore’s popular documentary An Inconvenient Truth. And even though some of the evidence presented in his power point presentation has since been discredited, it doesn’t really undermine the fact that we are, in fact, deeply enmeshed in a global warming situation.

It’s not that our planet’s atmosphere is becoming super-heated (as some infer from the term “global warming”). The truth is that the greenhouse gases we spew en masse into the atmosphere have begun to affect our weather patterns, making them more extreme.

So yes, there are going to be times when the temperature climbs higher. Summers may be hotter and last longer. But winter temperatures could also be lower than normal, and rain, snow, and other types of storms (hurricanes, tornadoes, blizzards, etc.), could be longer-lasting, more intense, and occur more frequently; that’s the real result of global warming. Continue reading →

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The LIght Bulb Ban on the Colbert Report Video

Posted on September 12, 2011 | Leave a comment

Stephen Colbert Discusses the Light Bulb Ban: Green Humor

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What Is Global Warming?

Posted on June 29, 2009 | Leave a comment

A Brief Introduction to the Concept of Global Warming
Global Warming Causes and Effects
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 how it will potentially affect the oblique, planet we call home.

Here are the basics, a comprehensive introduction to Global Warming, what has and currently is causing it and the potential effects of these causes.

What Is Global Warming?

Essentially, the term global warming serves as its own definition. It is the increase in the Earth’s near surface and sea temperatures over the past recorded decades, and the projections of what the future will hold if such a warming trend continues. Continue reading →

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Global Dimming on NOVA: Dimming the Sun

Posted on April 28, 2009 | 1 Comment

“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 the program.NOVA: Dimming the Sun

Based on the discovery that the sunlight reaching our planet has been diminishing, “Global Dimming” is what scientists and researchers are calling the phenomenon that may in fact be “masking the full impact of global warming.” In a nutshell, as we reduce our levels of pollution, we may actually be increasing global warming, consequently heating our planet up to levels that may have catastrophic implications.

It seems that Global Dimming has even caused scientists to Continue reading →

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Alpha, Biojet, Charlie: Sustainable Biofuels Take Flight

Posted on January 29, 2009 | 2 Comments

Virgin Atlantic Successfully Uses Biofuel In Plane
from an earlier post last year…
Sustainable Biofuels
The wild blue yonder is getting greener.

On February 24, 2008 a Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747 took a 40-minute flight from London to Amsterdam using a 20 percent biofuel in one of the plane’s four engines. The test was to determine if biofuels could perform in high altitude cold temperatures.

Entrepreneur and Virgin Airlines owner Richard Branson said, “Two years ago, people said that was impossible. They said it would freeze at 30,000 feet.”

How the Biojet Fuel Works

The biojet fuel, which was made partly with babassu nuts and coconut oil, was created by Imperium Renewables. Virgin, Boeing, General Electric and Imperium are analyzing Continue reading →

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Lake Mead Goes Dry Within 13 Years

Posted on July 1, 2008 | 2 Comments

Will Lake Mead Evaporate By the Year 2021?
Lake Mead Water Levels Declining Dramatically
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, was originally created with help from the Colorado River as well as the Hoover Dam. Tim Barnett and David Pierce, the researchers responsible for the study’s assertion, argue that the cause can be attributed to climate change and the increase in human demand for water.

Lake Mead, Lake Powell and Impending Doom

Between Lake Mead and Lake Powell (bordering both Arizona and Utah), aqueducts stem out and carry water from these systems to a variety of important and notable cities in the western United States and Southwestern communities. These include Los Angeles and Las Vegas, in addition to many others.

Further negative assertions from the recent study include Continue reading →

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