Archive for January 9th, 2008
‘Weather Report’ Now About Entertainment: A Note from Anthony Watts
Posted by jennifer, January 9th, 2008 - under Uncategorized.
Comments: 62
I was recently copied in on some correspondence between Marc Morano and a former television weather presenter, Anthony Watts, in which Watts gives a real insight into the extent to which the media now treat news and weather as entertainment:
Marc,
As a former television meteorologist, and having had to deal with some of the very same [...]
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Brown Bears (Part 1)
Posted by jennifer, January 9th, 2008 - under Uncategorized.
Tags: Plants and Animals
Comments: 9
“Brown bears, the most widespread ursid, are not listed as threatened globally because large numbers still inhabit Russia, Canada, Alaska and some parts of Europe. Nevertheless, very small, isolated, and highly vulnerable populations exist in southern Europe and central and southern Asia.
“Several brown bear populations are protected under national or provincial laws. Grizzly bears [...]
New Generation of Nuclear Power Stations for Britain
Posted by jennifer, January 9th, 2008 - under Uncategorized.
Tags: Energy & Nuclear
Comments: 74
According to The Times political editor, Philip Webster, a new generation of nuclear power stations will be built to supply unlimited amounts of electricity to Britian’s national grid.
“The Cabinet will give the go-ahead for the new building programme today [Tuesday 8th January] and John Hutton, the Business Secretary, will announce the decision on Thursday.
“He will [...]
Climate Scare to Shift to Ocean Acidification?
Posted by Paul, January 9th, 2008 - under Uncategorized.
Tags: Climate & Climate Change
Comments: 25
Over at Prometheus, it has been noted that observed global average surface temperatures for 2000 to 2007 are failing to follow the projected IPCC A1F1 scenario despite the fact that CO2 emissions are rising in line with the high end prediction. Of course, we don’t know how long this will continue, or when and if [...]

