Thursday, January 13, 2005
Random Gleanings on January 13th
3) "I root for hurricanes. When, courtesy of the Weather Channel, I see one forming in the ocean off the coast of Africa, I find myself longing for it to become big and strong--Mother Nature's fist of fury, Gaia's stern rebuke. Considering the havoc mankind has wreaked upon nature with deforesting, stripmining, and the destruction of animal habitat, it only seems fair that nature get some of its own back and teach us that there are forces greater than our own." -- James Wolcott, Vanity Fair Contributing EditorMover Mike
Hat tip to Rush
Fossil fuel curbs may speed global warming-scientistsRush asks "What are you going to do now?LONDON, Jan 13 (Reuters) - Cutting down on fossil fuel pollution could accelerate global warming and help turn parts of Europe into desert by 2100, according to research to be aired on British television on Thursday. "Global Dimming", a BBC Horizon documentary, will describe research suggesting fossil fuel by-products like sulphur dioxide particles reflect the sun's rays, "dimming" temperatures and almost cancelling out the greenhouse effect.
The researchers say cutting down on the burning of coal and oil, one of the main goals of international environmental agreements, will drastically heat rather than cool climate.
"When the cooling affect goes away -- and it must do because particles like sulphur dioxide are damaging to humans -- global warming will be much stronger," climate change scientist Dr Peter Cox told Reuters on Wednesday.
Temperatures could increase in the worst case by up to 10 degrees by the end of the century, the researchers said -- much more than current estimates.
Mover Mike
An aside, I have added a RSS Feed so you can be aware of a new update to Mover Mike. This is great. I don't know how many hours I've spent going to each link on my site to see if there has been a new post to your sites. Now you and I can be notified when there is a post. What took me so long? I just didn't understand RSS until I took the time. It was simple to add to my template. What's in the future, maybe Vlogging!
Mover Mike
