By Andrea Kobeszko “We don’t have any more time.” Edson Ramirez, a world renowned glaciologist, offered this grim statement on the demise of Bolivia’s Chacaltaya glacier during a recent New York Times interview. The 17,500- year-old glacier, once the highest ski resort in the world, officially vanished earlier this year. Millions of Bolivians obtain as […]
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A reponse to global warming skeptic John Stossel
December 2, 2009
By Virginia Noel ABC News reporter, John Stossel, has stated that he doesn’t fear global warming. In March, at a gathering of climate change skeptics, he criticized coverage of climate change by the “socialist media.” He finished alerting the audience to the scourge of global warming “scare mongering.” He encouraged the audience to dispel the […]
Confused about global warming? A volunteer’s perspective
November 23, 2009
By Valerie Mitchell Do you ever feel frightened and confused about global warming? Well I do. So I did a little research to see if I could better understand the science behind all of this. What I discovered is that you can find information to make your opinion seem valid no matter what side you […]
The cost of NOT collecting historic weather data
November 20, 2009
By Gerald Hawkins The raging waters of Mother Nature can render our world helpless, leaving homes destroyed, families ruptured, and the environment damaged. A flood can ruin an entire region in a matter of minutes. China, Istanbul, and the Philippines have recently lost huge numbers of lives to flooding. How could historical weather data make […]
Why the polar ice caps are melting faster
November 14, 2009
By Anita Dotson The area at the poles is melting faster than the global average. The Arctic is warming twice as fast and the Antarctic Peninsula is warming five times faster than the rest of the planet. The temperature in the air above the Antarctic continent has increased three times faster than the rest of […]