Archive for August 20th, 2008
WWF Spills ‘Virtual Water’
Posted by Paul, August 20th, 2008 - under Uncategorized.
Tags: Water
Comments: 48
WWF used to be the World Wildlife Fund, but these days it has a rather different agenda at the forefront of climate alarmism. In their latest ‘report,’ WWF have used the concepts of a ‘Water Footprint’ and ‘Virtual Water.’ The UK Telegraph reports that, “The average person in the UK uses over 1000 [...]
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Sea Surface Temperatures of the Oceans Surrounding Australia - A Note from Bob Tisdale
Posted by Paul, August 20th, 2008 - under Uncategorized.
Tags: Climate & Climate Change
Comments: 49
The extended title of the post is “Sea Surface Temperatures of the Oceans Surrounding Australia and the Magnitude of ENSO Events, ” because the following illustrations of Sea Surface Temperatures (SSTs) of Australian waters present an interesting effect, the impact of the magnitude of El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) events on SST. While I’ve seen [...]
7000 Year Climate Record Shows Century-Long Droughts in North America and 1500 Year Solar Cycle
Posted by Paul, August 20th, 2008 - under Uncategorized.
Tags: Climate & Climate Change
Comments: 15
A stalagmite in a West Virginia cave has yielded the most detailed geological record to date on climate cycles in eastern North America over the past 7,000 years. The new study confirms that during periods when Earth received less solar radiation, the Atlantic Ocean cooled, icebergs increased and precipitation fell, creating a series of century-long [...]
Polar Bears Can Survive where there is no Summer Sea Ice: A Note from Nichole Hoskin
Posted by Nichole Hoskin, August 20th, 2008 - under Opinion.
Tags: Plants and Animals, polar bears
Comments: 67
There has been a dramatic reduction in the extent of summer sea ice in the Arctic since 1870, Chart 1.
Drawn by Nichole Hoskin using data from Arctic Climate Research at the University of Illinois
Australian television’s Four Corners showed a program on August 4, 2008, entitled ‘Tipping Point’ claiming that the disappearance of summer sea ice [...]


