Global warming good for Africa? The Sahara is greening

Scientists are now seeing signals that the Sahara desert and surrounding regions are greening due to increasing rainfall If sustained, these rains could revitalize drought-ravaged regions, reclaiming them for farming communities My thought is if the climate is changing to bring rain to the Sah

LA Quake 5.4

You can see the quake activity building up La had 54 small quakes last week: 1 week La quake animation http://quakeusgsgov/recenteqs/Anim/lahtml [img]http://quakeusgsgov/recenteqs/Anim/anim7_gif[/img]

Climate change website with opposing views

This really handy site has both views in the climate debate, with great links to current articles http://climatedebatedailycom/

Giant freak waves taken out over 200 super tankers

Amazing stats, how on earth can it be so hushed up with so many tankers lost The shady phenomenon of freak waves as tall as 10 storey buildings had finally been proved, the European Space Agency Esa said on Wednesday Sailors often whisper of monster waves when ships sink mysteriously but

The Great Lakes have a drain hole that must be plugged

Humans playing around on the edge of the great lakes have managed to create a hole that has dropped the lake level by 60cm since 1970 Thats a serious amount of water There's a "drain hole'' in the Great Lakes basin that's hemorrhaging almost 95 billion litres of water a day and must be p

So how were your temperatures for last month - world climate anomalies

This shows the changes in temperature baseline of 1990 for the month of March to May 2007 Looks like it might be a hot summer for Northern Europe From http://wwwncdcnoaagov but I can't find the actual article this pic comes from

Chinas Three Gorges Dam changing the weather

Its going to do a lot more than that, from other books I have been reading, millions of people downstream will be affected as the water flow to the Mekong and other rivers decrease Two years before its completion, the world’s largest dam is already changing the local weather Both mode

Spring in the Arctic is two weeks early

Spring-time in the Arctic is arriving two weeks earlier than it did a decade ago, say ecologists working in Greenland Processes that mark the beginning of spring, such as flowers blooming and birds laying eggs, are now happening an average of more than 14 days earlier in the calendar than they

The Yangtze river is irreversably polluted

The Yangtze river, which supplies 35 percent of China's total fresh water resources is irreversably polluted Just wait a few year to see the health effects for miliions of Chinese people This will affect people for genations A sad indication of economic growth overwhelming the health of the

The Great Global Warming Swindle

This is an excellent video that basically shows what a bunch of politically motivated drivel the theory of man-made global warming is I really recommend it [url]http://videogooglecom/videoplaydocid=4340135300469846467&q=the+great+global+warming+swindle[/url]

Beetles will destroy 90% of American pine forests

With the litany of man made disasters on our news every day come a natural disaster which may change the face of the forests in Western American pine forests Colorado's distinctive lodgepole pine trees are under attack from a beetle infestation described by scientists as a "perfect storm" w

Inuit complain that the sun is changing - global warming blamed

The Inuit are worried about changing actions of the sun, it appears to be rising earlier and faster than usual Scientists see this as an optical effect owing to rising temperatures in the north Its interesting to see that so called 'primitive' people are aware that something is not right wi

Biggest snow in New York since 1966

Global warming changes, or just naturally occuring fluctuations MEXICO, NY AP - Ray DeLong took advantage of a break from the snow to use a blower to forge a path to his driveway as two contractors pushed streams of snow from the roof of his home The brief reprieve Friday ended early Satur

Video of Ice jacking in Miles Cove - Norte Dame Bay

Interesting event, ice piling up on the shore of a bay This is a fine example of what scientists and engineers call an "ice-shove" or "ice-push" The Inupiat eskimo of northern Alaska use the term "ivu" The occur when the winds and / or ocean currents push the floating sea ice up against the

Record CO2 levels may lead to record temperatures and mass extinctions

Global warming over the coming century could mean a return of temperatures last seen in the age of the dinosaur and lead to the extinction of up to half of all species, a scientist said on Thursday Not only will carbon dioxide levels be at the highest levels for 24 million years, but global av