Amphibians In Losing Race With Environmental Change Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
Even though they had the ability to evolve and survive for hundreds of millions of years - since before the time of the dinosaurs and through many climatic regimes - the massive, worldwide decline of amphibians can best be understood by their inability to keep pace with the current rate of global change, a new study suggests.
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USA is a global catastrophe!? Posted: 2 years ago by Jon77
The most powerful storm in the past 20 years, bringing it down to New York and New Jersey, filled reservoirs, water supply both the state. At the same time, he has brought many problems for thousands of motorists and homeowners who threatens to destroy coastline Long-Island and New Jersey and has increased the long debate over climate change.
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Time for a Change to Time for a Change Posted: 5 months ago by BernardBlack
Op-ed piece stating that Obama's "Change" slogan was perfect for the primaries. He needs to change it up a bit to highlight what he brings as well as highlighting McCain's faults. Also noted is a study showing that during a 6-week period, Obama's negative media coverage exceeded his positive coverage by a wide margin
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Ten things that won't change (no matter who gets elected) Posted: 11 months ago by 2manyusernames
The more things change, the more they stay the same is the old saying. How true that is. Among the things that won't change is America's relationship with China. Next time a candidate promises to get tough with Beijing, you may want to remind them of the trillion or so dollars that we owe them.
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Oh No! Ozone Will Kill Us All Posted: 7 months ago by 2manyusernames
Remember the previous world climate scare? The one after Global Ice Age, but before Global Warming? The loss of the Ozone and the ozone hole over Antarctica was going to result in man's doom. Now that we are on our way to correcting the problem there are worries that the ozone will increase global warming and change wind patterns warming Antarctica even faster.
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Set in Our Ways: Why Change Is So Hard Posted: 3 weeks ago by Bornbad
Many researchers theorize that personality traits change during young adulthood because this is a time of life when people assume new roles: finding a partner, starting a family and beginning a career.
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Satellites Shed Light On Global Warming Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
As climate change continues to make headlines across the world, participants at the 2007 Envisat Symposium this week are hearing how Earth observation satellites allow scientists to better understand the parameters involved in global warming and how this is impacting the planet.
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Robbers give change to victim Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
A man has been given change by two men who attacked and robbed him at a bus stop in Brisbane's south-west.
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Climate change exiles to top 1 billion Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
Global warming will create at least 1 billion refugees by 2050 as water shortages and crop failures force people to leave their homes, sparking local wars over access to resources.
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John McCain on Climate Change Posted: 3 months ago by gammerus
I have been trying to avoid serious political posts, but this is such a funny lil flash.
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Climate Scientist Says "Enjoy Life While You Can" Posted: 10 months ago by tigertony
After more than 40 years of climate study he says that global warming is irreversable and that almost everything we're trying to do about it is wrong
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How to talk to a global warming skeptic Posted: 1 year ago by 2manyusernames
Below is a complete listing of responses to the most common skeptical arguments on global warming. There are four separate taxonomies; arguments are divided by:
Stages of Denial, Scientific Topics, Types of Argument, and Levels of Sophistication. BBC has similar site with less info.
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Global Warming: Rush To Judgement? Posted: 1 year ago by 2manyusernames
a non existent article in a non-existent learned journal was dangled as bait. The article reported to scientifically proved that "concerns about manmade global warming are unfounded." Rush and several Blogs ate it up, despite obviously gibberish math and such reference works as "Miocene, Pliocene and Plasticine fossil records for eukaryotic mass on the West African continental shelf."
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Canada Best Place To Escape Climate Change Posted: 6 months ago by 2manyusernames
Due to a number of factors such as low population density with a lower impact on natural resources, excellent economy, an extensive amount of arable land, and more, Canada is ranked as the country that would be the least negatively impacted by a global climate change.
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Time change oversight lands student in jail for 12 days! Posted: 2 years ago by gnikgnok
It is not likely that ninjas were involved.
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Ancient amphibians left full-body imprints Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
Unprecedented fossilized body imprints of amphibians have been discovered in 330 million-year-old rocks from Pennsylvania. The imprints show the unmistakably webbed feet and bodies of three previously unknown, foot-long salamander-like critters that lived 100 million years before the first dinosaurs.
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Blame for global warming placed firmly on humankind Posted: 2 years ago by hazelly
The most authoritative scientific report on climate change says with 90% certainty that the burning of fossil fuels and other human activities are driving climate change.
As if it wasn't obvious before...
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Time for change Posted: 12 months ago by gammerus
Make sure to watch the whole thing.
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Climate Change, Not Humans, Trounced Neanderthals Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
Neanderthals disappeared from Earth more than 20,000 years ago, but figuring out why continues to challenge anthropologists. One team of scientists, however, now says they have evidence to back climate change as the main culprit.
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Time For Change Posted: 1 year ago by punkthepump
Give yourself one chance again for yourself
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Chinese poplar trees to undergo "sex change" Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
Beijing's female poplars are to receive "sex change operations" to stop them from producing flying pollen that has overwhelmed the city and worsened allergy and asthma problems among its citizens.
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