Photos from Climate Impacts Day
On Saturday, May 5, the activist group 350.org, founded by Bill McKibben, launched a new effort to "connect the dots between climate change and extreme weather." They declared May 5 Climate Impacts Day, and coordinated an impressive global effort of nearly 1,000 events in 100 countries to draw attention to the links between climate change and extreme weather. Their new climatedots.org website aims to get people involved to "protest, educate, document and volunteer along with thousands of people around the world to support the communities on the front lines of the climate crisis." Below are photos from some of the many events on Climate Impacts Day as archived on the climatedots.org website. It is remarkable to view the slide show on their web site and see the degree of global participation this event had; 350.org has created a dedicated and creative global climate movement that will be a major force to reckon with in the coming years.
Figure 1. Volunteers in the city of Salvador, Brazil, have connected the dots have and drawn people's attention to sea level rise and what it impacts in our life.
Figure 2. Madaba, Jordan. "Drops (of water) are dots of hope". A beautiful message from King's Academy in drought-prone Jordan.
Figure 3. Activists hold a banner in front of a damaged coral reef in the vulnerable Marshall Islands. Rising temperatures and increased CO2 uptake are raising the acidity of the ocean, which bleaches and ultimately kills fragile coral reefs.
Figure 4. One thousand students in Bekaa, Lebanon make their dots into the wheels of a giant bicycle to raise awareness about the threat of air pollution, and to advocate for bike lanes.
Figure 5. In 2009, at 17,785 feet in Bolivia's Cordillera Oriental was the Chacaltaya Glacier. Before its unexpected melting, it was home to Bolivia's only ski resort and the first tow-rope ever to be built in South America. Today all that remains is a rocky mountain-top that only receives seasonal snowfall. Photo by Lauren Farnsworth.
Figure 6. Ausable Valley, NY, USA: Young people in New York understand the first-hand impacts of climate change. Hurricane Irene, the third five-hundred-year climate event in the last twelve months, devastated communities in the region and pummeled the beachfront with debris.
Jeff Masters
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Are you even capable of forming an earnest*sentence? Scientists did not pull the alarm.
As for too much of the media... for the same reason that they pushed "nuclear Iraq", and that they have labeled Survivor, Snooki, Kardashian, etc with the tag of 'reality shows'. For the uneducated marketers as "news executives" and for many of the uneducated journalism majors as by-line/on-air "reporters", reality doesn't have any STAR power. And fame is the name of the game.
Hence the coverage of "elections as horse races", and of denialists "contesting" GlobalWarming as if they were being serious rather than silly... maliciously silly, but silly nonetheless.
* ie A sentence that you think is honest.
I don't think they have much influence on anything!
We were trying to compile a list of French military successes the other day but gave up after a while without having found one.
They will probably re introduce boarder passport controls soon in Europe! Can you imagine passport controls at State boarders in the US?
We haven't seen a photo of the wife of the new president yet,! She might not be a model?
"On Saturday, May 5, the activist group 350.org, founded by Bill McKibben, launched a new effort to "connect the dots between climate change and extreme weather."
Well I supose I better stick my oar into newly melted waters!
Climate change is whats happening.
Extreme weather is whats going to happen!
The extreme weather that has happened so far is a mere transition to the extreme weather that's going to come next.A sort of aperitif. ( a bit like the past French president WAS,)
You put up the CO2 to 400PPM, you increase the temps buy 2/C and you get an extra 8% moisture content in the atmosphere, plus you get an awful lot of nasty interesting side effects:-
Sea level rise, increased storms, ice melting in a big way all over the place, permafrost melting, methane release increase, stronger storms, droughts, floods and of course lack of ice at the north pole, hence, lack of polar bears, all good news if you are normally a species that is a prey of polar bears. For the rest of us non polar bear preys; interesting times are a coming!
I read that the Norwegians are going to be doing oil drilling in the Arctic for the Russians, They get 33% of the profits, I hear!
What next? Arctic shoreline holidays on currently oil spill free beaches? Aurora Bathi-all-is
Hi Levi
What is your take on the GW debate?
Thus far Albertos have been known as rainmakers, not home breakers. With only a small bit of luck, Alberto will remain known for its gentleness (comparatively).
THE AREA OF CONVECTION PREVIOUSLY LOCATED NEAR 2.8N
132.3E, IS NOW LOCATED NEAR 2.7N 132.1E, APPROXIMATELY 310 NM SOUTH-
SOUTHWEST OF PALAU. RECENT ANIMATED INFRARED SATELLITE IMAGERY
SHOWS A BROAD LOW-LEVEL CIRCULATION CENTER (LLCC) WITH BUILDING,
YET FRAGMENTED, DEEP CONVECTION. A 061541Z OSCAT PASS INDICATES 15-
20 KNOT NORTHWESTERLIES OVER THE WESTERN PERIPHERY OF THE LLCC. A
061656Z AMSU IMAGE DEPICTS VERY BROAD TURING AND SCATTERED DEEP
CONVECTION WEST OF THE LLCC. SHIP AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS A FEW
DEGREES TO THE WEST SUGGEST A PRESSURE OF 1007 MB AND WINDS ON
AVERAGE 12-17 KNOTS. UPPER-LEVEL ANALYSIS INDICATES THE LLCC TO BE
UNDER AN EXTENSION OF THE NEAR EQUATORIAL RIDGE AXIS WITH GOOD
DIVERGENCE ALOFT AND WEAK (05-10 KNOT) VERTICAL WIND SHEAR.
ANIMATED WATER VAPOR IMAGERY CLEARLY SHOWS AN UPPER-LEVEL LOW
LOCATED NORTH OF THE LLCC WHICH IS IMPEDING THE POLEWARD OUTFLOW;
HOWEVER, EQUATORWARD OUTFLOW REMAINS GOOD. ANIMATED TOTAL
PRECIPITABLE IMAGERY SHOWS THE DRY AIR ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER-
LEVEL LOW CONVERGENCE BUT THE VERY MOIST AIRMASS TO THE EAST
STREAMING IN ON THE TRADES IS SLOWLY BUT SURELY THINNING OUT THE
DRY AREA. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED SURFACE WINDS ARE ESTIMATED AT 13 TO 18
KNOTS. MINIMUM SEA LEVEL PRESSURE IS ESTIMATED TO BE NEAR 1007 MB.
THE POTENTIAL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SIGNIFICANT TROPICAL CYCLONE
WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS IS UPGRADED TO MEDIUM.
Meanwhile, on the western storm...
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN LIVINGSTON
AND SOUTH CENTRAL LA SALLE COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM CDT...
AT 351 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. TRAINED WEATHER
SPOTTERS REPORTED A RAIN WRAPPED FUNNEL CLOUD WITH THIS STORM 6
MILES EAST OF WENONA AT 350 PM CDT...WITH 60 MPH STRAIGHT LINE WINDS
ALSO OBSERVED. THIS TORNADIC SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED EAST
WENONA...OR 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF STREATOR...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
STREATOR AROUND 420 PM CDT.
New Severe Thunderstorm Watch:
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 259
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
350 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2012
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
EASTERN KANSAS
NORTHWEST AND WEST-CENTRAL MISSOURI
EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 350 PM UNTIL
1100 PM CDT.
HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 50
STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES EAST
SOUTHEAST OF KANSAS CITY MISSOURI TO 70 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
EMPORIA KANSAS. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).
REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH
AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR
THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY
DO PRODUCE TORNADOES.
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 257...WW 258...
DISCUSSION...TSTMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND
INTENSITY ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THIS AFTERNOON INTO EVENING AS COLD
FRONT CONTINUES SEWD AND INTERACTS WITH A MODERATE-STRONGLY UNSTABLE
AIR MASS. THE STRONGEST VERTICAL SHEAR WILL REMAIN WITHIN
POST-FRONTAL ENVIRONMENT WITH MULTICELLS LIKELY BEING THE PREFERRED
STORM MODE. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE
STRONGEST STORMS.
AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 26020.
...MEAD
MSGID/GENADMIN/JOINT TYPHOON WRNCEN PEARL HARBOR HI//
SUBJ/TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION ALERT//
RMKS/
1. FORMATION OF A SIGNIFICANT TROPICAL CYCLONE IS POSSIBLE WITHIN
A 170 NM RADIUS OF 5.4S 127.1E WITHIN THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS.
AVAILABLE DATA DOES NOT JUSTIFY ISSUANCE OF NUMBERED TROPICAL
CYCLONE WARNINGS AT THIS TIME. WINDS IN THE AREA ARE ESTIMATED TO
BE 25 TO 30 KNOTS. METSAT IMAGERY AT 061700Z INDICATES THAT A
CIRCULATION CENTER IS LOCATED NEAR 5.4S 127.1E. THE SYSTEM IS
MOVING EAST-SOUTHEASTWARD AT 08 KNOTS.
2. REMARKS: THE AREA OF CONVECTION PREVIOUSLY LOCATED NEAR 4.5S
126.2E, IS NOW LOCATED NEAR 5.4S 127.1E, APPROXIMATELY 470 NM NORTH-
NORTHWEST OF DARWIN, AUSTRALIA. ANIMATED MULTISPECTRAL AND INFRARED
SATELLITE IMAGERY OVER THE PAST 18 HOURS HAS SHOWN THE LOW-LEVEL
CIRCULATION CENTER (LLCC) TRANSITION FROM BEING FULLY-EXPOSED INTO
MORE RECENT CENTRAL CLOUD COVER FROM BANDING OVER THE EASTERN SEMI-
CIRCLE OF THE LLCC. A 061239Z ASCAT PASS INDICATES 30 KNOT WINDS
OVER THE NORTH-NORTHWESTERN QUADRANT, APPROXIMATELY 25 NM FROM THE
LLCC. ADDITIONALLY, STRONG (30-40 KNOT) SOUTHERLY WINDS FROM SEVERAL
DEGREES SOUTH OF THE LLCC CAN BE SEEN FEEDING INTO THE CIRCULATION.
UPPER-LEVEL ANALYSIS INDICATES THE LLCC TO BE APPROXIMATELY 13
DEGREES WEST OF A POINT SOURCE OF DIFFLUENCE AND 7 DEGREES
EQUATORWARD OF THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE AXIS. IT SEEMS THAT THE LLCC
HAS INCREASED ITS DISTANCE FROM THE EASTERLY VERTICAL WIND SHEAR
(VWS), WHICH HAS BEEN PROVIDED BY THE POINT SOURCE OF DIFFLUENCE
LOCATED TO THE EAST, OVER THE PAST 12 HOURS. THUS, VWS HAS SLIGHTLY
RELAXED ALLOWING FOR THE BANDING TO REFORM OVER THE LLCC. ANIMATED
WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS GOOD EQUATORWARD OUTFLOW BUT POLEWARD
OUTFLOW REMAINS SUBDUED AND MOSTLY STRAIGHT-LINE TO THE WEST. EARLY
MODEL GUIDANCE SUGGESTS A GENERALLY POLEWARD TRACK IN A
SOUTHWESTWARDS DIRECTION. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED SURFACE WINDS ARE
ESTIMATED AT 25-30 KNOTS. MINIMUM SEA LEVEL PRESSURE IS ESTIMATED TO
BE NEAR 1000 MB. DUE TO THE RECENT DECREASE IN VWS, GENERAL TRACK
MOTION INTO CONTINUED WEAK VWS, AND CONSOLIDATION OF BANDING, THE
POTENTIAL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SIGNIFICANT TROPICAL CYCLONE
WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS IS HIGH.
3. THIS ALERT WILL BE REISSUED, UPGRADED TO WARNING OR CANCELLED BY
071730Z.//
NNNN
2012050612
-5.4 127.1
-999.9-999.9
170
-5.4 127.1
061730
1205061721
1
SUBJ/TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION ALERT//
WTXS21 PGTW 061730
RMKS/
1. FORMATION OF A SIGNIFICANT TROPICAL CYCLONE IS POSSIBLE WITHIN
A 170 NM RADIUS OF 5.4S 127.1E WITHIN THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS.
AVAILABLE DATA DOES NOT JUSTIFY ISSUANCE OF NUMBERED TROPICAL CY-
CLONE WARNINGS AT THIS TIME. WINDS IN THE AREA ARE ESTIMATED TO
BE 25 TO 30 KNOTS. METSAT IMAGERY AT 061700Z INDICATES THAT A
CIRCULATION CENTER IS LOCATED NEAR 5.4S 127.1E. THE SYSTEM IS
MOVING EAST-SOUTHEASTWARD AT 08 KNOTS.
2. REMARKS:
3. THIS ALERT WILL BE REISSUED, UPGRADED TO WARNING OR CANCELLED BY 071730Z.
//
NNNN
TCSSIO
A. TROPICAL DISTURBANCE (94S)
B. 06/1801Z
C. 5.8S
D. 127.1E
E. THREE/MTSAT
F. T2.0/2.0/D0.5/06HRS
G. IR/EIR/SWIR
H. REMARKS...94S HAS DEVELOPED RAPIDLY OVER THE PAST SIX HRS. RECENT
MICROWAVE IMAGERY SUGGESTS A LLCC MAY BE FORMING BENEATH THE DEEP
CONVECTION. 7/10 W BANDING YIELDS A DT OF 3.5. MET = 2.5. PT = 2.5. FT
IS BASED ON TRADITIONAL DVORAK CONSTRAINTS LIMITING CHANGE IN FT BY 0.5
IN 6 HRS FOR WEAKER SYSTEMS.
I. ADDL POSITIONS
NIL
...GUILLOT
Keeper,here is the more detailed discussion of the TCFA for 94S:
1. FORMATION OF A SIGNIFICANT TROPICAL CYCLONE IS POSSIBLE WITHIN
A 170 NM RADIUS OF 5.4S 127.1E WITHIN THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS.
AVAILABLE DATA DOES NOT JUSTIFY ISSUANCE OF NUMBERED TROPICAL
CYCLONE WARNINGS AT THIS TIME. WINDS IN THE AREA ARE ESTIMATED TO
BE 25 TO 30 KNOTS. METSAT IMAGERY AT 061700Z INDICATES THAT A
CIRCULATION CENTER IS LOCATED NEAR 5.4S 127.1E. THE SYSTEM IS
MOVING EAST-SOUTHEASTWARD AT 08 KNOTS.
2. REMARKS: THE AREA OF CONVECTION PREVIOUSLY LOCATED NEAR 4.5S
126.2E, IS NOW LOCATED NEAR 5.4S 127.1E, APPROXIMATELY 470 NM NORTH-
NORTHWEST OF DARWIN, AUSTRALIA. ANIMATED MULTISPECTRAL AND INFRARED
SATELLITE IMAGERY OVER THE PAST 18 HOURS HAS SHOWN THE LOW-LEVEL
CIRCULATION CENTER (LLCC) TRANSITION FROM BEING FULLY-EXPOSED INTO
MORE RECENT CENTRAL CLOUD COVER FROM BANDING OVER THE EASTERN SEMI-
CIRCLE OF THE LLCC. A 061239Z ASCAT PASS INDICATES 30 KNOT WINDS
OVER THE NORTH-NORTHWESTERN QUADRANT, APPROXIMATELY 25 NM FROM THE
LLCC. ADDITIONALLY, STRONG (30-40 KNOT) SOUTHERLY WINDS FROM SEVERAL
DEGREES SOUTH OF THE LLCC CAN BE SEEN FEEDING INTO THE CIRCULATION.
UPPER-LEVEL ANALYSIS INDICATES THE LLCC TO BE APPROXIMATELY 13
DEGREES WEST OF A POINT SOURCE OF DIFFLUENCE AND 7 DEGREES
EQUATORWARD OF THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE AXIS. IT SEEMS THAT THE LLCC
HAS INCREASED ITS DISTANCE FROM THE EASTERLY VERTICAL WIND SHEAR
(VWS), WHICH HAS BEEN PROVIDED BY THE POINT SOURCE OF DIFFLUENCE
LOCATED TO THE EAST, OVER THE PAST 12 HOURS. THUS, VWS HAS SLIGHTLY
RELAXED ALLOWING FOR THE BANDING TO REFORM OVER THE LLCC. ANIMATED
WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS GOOD EQUATORWARD OUTFLOW BUT POLEWARD
OUTFLOW REMAINS SUBDUED AND MOSTLY STRAIGHT-LINE TO THE WEST. EARLY
MODEL GUIDANCE SUGGESTS A GENERALLY POLEWARD TRACK IN A
SOUTHWESTWARDS DIRECTION. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED SURFACE WINDS ARE
ESTIMATED AT 25-30 KNOTS. MINIMUM SEA LEVEL PRESSURE IS ESTIMATED TO
BE NEAR 1000 MB. DUE TO THE RECENT DECREASE IN VWS, GENERAL TRACK
MOTION INTO CONTINUED WEAK VWS, AND CONSOLIDATION OF BANDING, THE
POTENTIAL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SIGNIFICANT TROPICAL CYCLONE
WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS IS HIGH.
I'm seeing nowhere through the eyes of a lie
I'm getting closer to the end of the line
I'm living easy where the sun doesn't shine
I'm living in a room without any view
I'm living free because the rent's never due
The synonym of all the things that I've said
Are just the riddles that are built in my head
Hole in the sky
Gateway to heaven
Window in time
Through it I fly
I've seen the stars that disappear in the sun
But shooting's easy if you've got the right gun
And even though I'm sitting waiting for Mars
I don't believe there's any future in cars
Hole in the sky
Gateway to heaven
Window in time
Through it I fly
I've watched the dogs of war enjoying their feast
I've seen the western world go down in the east
The food of love became the greed of our time
But now I'm living on the profits of crime
ha-hahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...........
You appear to have typed "Liberals" when you meant "Nature." Just thought I'd point that out.
94S
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The heart is a bloom
Shoots up through the stony ground
There's no room
No space to rent in this town
You're out of luck
And the reason that you had to care
The traffic is stuck
And you're not moving anywhere
You thought you'd found a friend
To take you out of this place
Someone you could lend a hand
In return for grace
It's a beautiful day
Sky falls, you feel like
It's a beautiful day
Don't let it get away
You're on the road
But you've got no destination
You're in the mud
In the maze of her imagination
You love this town
Even if that doesn't ring true
You've been all over
And it's been all over you
It's a beautiful day
Don't let it get away
It's a beautiful day
Touch me
Take me to that other place
Teach me
I know I'm not a hopeless case
See the world in green and blue
See China right in front of you
See the canyons broken by cloud
See the tuna fleets clearing the sea out
See the Bedouin fires at night
See the oil fields at first light
And see the bird with a leaf in her mouth
After the flood all the colors came out
It was a beautiful day
Don't let it get away
Beautiful day
Touch me
Take me to that other place
Reach me
I know I'm not a hopeless case
What you don't have you don't need it now
What you don't know you can feel it somehow
What you don't have you don't need it now
Don't need it now
Was a beautiful day
They follow General Motors & AT&T who are now distancing themselves from Heartland. Sign the petition here urging the other corporations to do the same.
By By JR.
Did you know that if you google 32N/74W , you get an answer of 0.432432432 seconds per metre?
JAX is Jacksonville,Florida and MEO is RoanoakeIsland,NorthCarolina
I posted the ASCAT of that a little bit ago. Broad but looked a little more spun up than depicted on the models.
Google "Mitch Dobrowner photos" and check the winning images in the Sony photo competition.
Spectacular shots of Texas Twisters...
Maybe we'll get 5 years of flat calm?
France presidential election 2012
@rupertmurdoch tweeted: So Hollande wins in France, promises "new Europe". We'll see. Meanwhile Le Pen prepares for leadership of Right. Not pretty prospect.
Greece is undecided on it elections, they all want to form one big party! Which is probably what caused their financial problems in the first place and Germany has yet to come to terms with reality as they used to know it!
so much for Europe's 3 Elections in one day.
Now then back to 'That blob,!
Oops,that happens when I dont look back lol.
Link
I found a couple thousand!
I'm trying not to be provocative but you need to reconsider the media sources you listen to.
First of all,..
It will be interesting..I'm seeing quotes from companies & even people that were suppose to speak that are backing out...this opposes Anthony Watts saying something like this is justified as the situation is so desperate.
How radioactive has Heartland become? Consider one invited speaker to their forthcoming conference, Donna Laframboise, a Canadian climate denier who has spent the last several months launching an absurd attack on the IPCC [see Fox Scraping the Barrel for Attacks on UN Climate Panel (or, You Have Got To Be F*!$*%@&! Kidding Me)]. She just published a piece, “Why I Won’t Be Speaking at the Heartland Conference,” writing:
Instead, those of us who had accepted Heartland’s invitation to take part in its conference found ourselves blindsided – a mere two weeks before the conference is set to begin – by a torrent of negative press. Suddenly, we were all publicly linked to an organization that thinks it’s OK to equate people concerned about climate change with psychopaths.
As economist Ross McKitrick said in an a strongly-worded letter to Heartland yesterday:
You cannot simultaneously say that you want to promote a debate while equating the other side to terrorists and mass murderers.
Indeed….
Well here’s the problem. My name – and the name of my book – is currently on the same page of the Heartland website where the above quote appears. Without prior knowledge or informed consent, my work has been aggressively associated with this odious ad campaign.
Forget disappointment. In my view, my reputation has been harmed. And the Heartland thinks it has nothing to apologize for.
And this from a woman so far out of the mainstream that, in the same piece, she compares the work of the distinguished Nobel-prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to that of a ”pathological liar.”
Yes, Heartland’s hate speech, which they apparently still stand by, is so far beyond the pale that it harms the reputation of an extremist like Laframboise.
As Climate Central put it: “Heartland Institute Jumps the Shark.”
Finally, the Washington Post‘s Greg Sargent reported:
Congressman Sensenbrenner will not participate in the upcoming Climate Change Conference if the Heartland Institute decides to continue this ad campaign. We have contacted the Heartland Institute and voiced these same concerns to them.
LIMA, Peru (AP) -- Peru's Health Ministry is urging people to stay away from Pacific beaches from Lima northward after recent large-scale deaths of pelicans and dolphins.
Neither the Health Ministry nor Peru's oceanographic institute has determined the cause of the deaths, and there is no indication the deaths of the birds and the mammals are related.
And Saturday's warning did not indicate why it might be dangerous to visit beaches. Peru's agricultural safety service ruled out Friday that the pelicans could have died of avian flu, which could be contagious to humans.
An adventurous theory I would say points to a nuclear sub having lost the plot and let loose a lot of radiation.
Hundreds of dolphins dead plus all sorts of other nasties.
Here's the link if you want to have a dig at it?
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/L/LT_PERU_PE LICAN_DEATHS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT &CTIME=2012-05-06-16-20-49
The website is fine. Extreme events leave a record of their passing. Heavy flooding events, for example, leave a sedimentary record of their passing. Materials from distant regions (sediments, life forms, etc.) leave a tell-tale marker and when compared to other samples from the same area can yield insight into how severe and extensive the flooding was. Using that information along with other data from both present and past it is possible to determine the statistics of certain events over time.
I would suggest you try to make an effort to learn about a topic before dismissing it.
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