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<link><id>16913</id><url>http://www.plime.com/world/l/16913/1/</url><title><![CDATA[USA is a global catastrophe!?]]></title><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description><comments>2</comments><score>7</score><crdate>4/18/2007 5:30:01 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-04-18T17:30:01+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>9923</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/9923/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Blame for global warming placed firmly on humankind]]></title><description><![CDATA[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.<br/><br/>As if it wasn't obvious before...]]></description><comments>5</comments><score>44</score><crdate>2/2/2007 5:30:24 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-02-02T05:30:24+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>41456</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/41456/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Global Warming: Rush To Judgement?]]></title><description><![CDATA[a non existent <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://209.85.129.104/search?q=cache:MlB2YPFSjHAJ:www.geoclimaticstudies.info/benthic_bacteria.htm+Carbon+dioxide+production+by+benthic+bacteria:+the+death+of+manmade+global+warming+theory&amp;hl=en&amp;ct=clnk&amp;cd=2&amp;gl=uk" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">article</a> in a non-existent learned journal was dangled as bait. The article reported to scientifically proved that &quot;concerns about manmade global warming are unfounded.&quot; <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://adamant.typepad.com/seitz/2007/11/rush-to-judgeme.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Rush</a> and several <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.desmogblog.com/spoof-website-touts-global-warming-death-were-you-duped" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Blogs</a> ate it up, despite obviously gibberish math and such reference works as &quot;Miocene, Pliocene and <b>Plasticine</b> fossil records for eukaryotic mass on the West African continental shelf.&quot;]]></description><comments>1</comments><score>70</score><crdate>11/12/2007 7:44:52 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-11-12T19:44:52+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>87733</id><url>http://www.plime.com/science/l/87733/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Amazing discovery of green algae which could save the world from global warming]]></title><description><![CDATA[Melting icebergs, so long the iconic image of global warming, are triggering a natural process that could delay or even end climate change, British scientists have found.]]></description><comments>3</comments><score>149</score><crdate>1/5/2009 9:57:16 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-01-05T09:57:16+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>64663</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/64663/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Bonfires May Be Banned In The Name of Global Warming]]></title><description><![CDATA[Seattle is considering banning the ancient tradition of bonfires, of lying on the beach at night, lounging around a fire because they contribute to global warming or cooling or climate change or something.]]></description><comments>9</comments><score>324</score><crdate>6/7/2008 11:10:43 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-06-07T11:10:43+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>60030</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/60030/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Alaska town sues oil and power companies over global warming]]></title><description><![CDATA[A tiny Alaska village eroding into the Arctic Ocean sued two dozen oil, power and coal companies Tuesday, claiming that the large amounts of greenhouse gases they emit contribute to global warming that threatens the community's existence.<br/><br/>The lawsuit has been billed, <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://blog.nam.org/archives/2008/04/the_most_danger_1.php" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">the most dangerous in america</a>]]></description><comments>3</comments><score>45</score><crdate>4/29/2008 12:05:07 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-04-29T12:05:07+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>18371</id><url>http://www.plime.com/science/l/18371/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Satellites Shed Light On Global Warming]]></title><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description><comments>1</comments><score>49</score><crdate>4/29/2007 3:53:40 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-04-29T03:53:40+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>49077</id><url>http://www.plime.com/science/l/49077/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Global Warming Responsible for Western Droughts]]></title><description><![CDATA[Next in series: Global warming responsible for results of 2008 election.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>111</score><crdate>1/31/2008 8:31:27 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-01-31T20:31:27+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>11043</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/11043/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Global warming not so global]]></title><description><![CDATA[Global temperature fluctuations mostly stable since 1979<br/>with only regional warming and cooling trends.]]></description><comments>2</comments><score>25</score><crdate>2/18/2007 1:45:14 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-02-18T01:45:14+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>62014</id><url>http://www.plime.com/science/l/62014/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Warming Climate Is Changing Life On Global Scale]]></title><description><![CDATA[A vast array of physical and biological systems across the earth are being affected by warming temperatures caused by humans, says a new analysis of information not previously assembled all in one spot.]]></description><comments>1</comments><score>46</score><crdate>5/16/2008 1:10:50 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-05-16T01:10:50+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>65360</id><url>http://www.plime.com/science/l/65360/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Oh No! Ozone Will Kill Us All]]></title><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>198</score><crdate>6/14/2008 12:49:50 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-06-14T00:49:50+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>52935</id><url>http://www.plime.com/science/l/52935/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Climate Scientist Says &quot;Enjoy Life While You Can&quot;]]></title><description><![CDATA[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]]></description><comments>2</comments><score>189</score><crdate>3/4/2008 12:31:03 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-03-04T00:31:03+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>3216</id><url>http://www.plime.com/science/l/3216/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Global Warming: Early Warning Signs ]]></title><description><![CDATA[This site features an interactive world map that illustrates the local consequences of global warming.]]></description><comments>1</comments><score>10</score><crdate>10/15/2006 12:50:25 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2006-10-15T00:50:25+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>18473</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/18473/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Oceans cause global warming, says expert]]></title><description><![CDATA[The United States' leading hurricane forecaster says that global ocean currents, not human-produced carbon dioxide, are responsible for global warming, and the earth may begin to cool on its own in five to 10 years.]]></description><comments>8</comments><score>85</score><crdate>4/30/2007 6:00:01 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-04-30T06:00:01+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>10583</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/10583/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Global Dimming]]></title><description><![CDATA[And we thought global warming was a problem...<br/>(a bit long, but worth the watch)]]></description><comments>5</comments><score>56</score><crdate>2/11/2007 1:20:46 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-02-11T13:20:46+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>62288</id><url>http://www.plime.com/science/l/62288/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Obesity contributes to global warming, too]]></title><description><![CDATA[Obese and overweight people require more fuel to transport them and the food they eat, and a literally swelling global population will make this source of greenhouse emissions worse, say UK researchers.]]></description><comments>2</comments><score>302</score><crdate>5/19/2008 12:08:35 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-05-19T00:08:35+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>11516</id><url>http://www.plime.com/weird/l/11516/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Global warming kooks can now buy &quot;pollution credits&quot;]]></title><description><![CDATA[Some enterprising Australian companies are now offering to mitigate (offset) the global warming contributions of others... for a price. Feel bad about the effect your cat's farts are having on the environment? It will cost you about $6.00 (Australian) to clear your conscience.]]></description><comments>4</comments><score>49</score><crdate>2/24/2007 2:44:16 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-02-24T14:44:16+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>8723</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/8723/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Global Warming Petition]]></title><description><![CDATA[Please sign this petition from the government against global warming. (Trees in Central Park have started blooming)]]></description><comments>3</comments><score>46</score><crdate>1/8/2007 4:26:48 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-01-08T16:26:48+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>1781</id><url>http://www.plime.com/science/l/1781/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Public Doesn't Understand Global Warming]]></title><description><![CDATA[An interesting article describing what global warming actually is.<br/>To be honest, I thought it had something to do with the ozone layer as well. Apparently not.]]></description><comments>3</comments><score>9</score><crdate>10/1/2006 12:26:56 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2006-10-01T12:26:56+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>14042</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/14042/1/</url><title><![CDATA[6th Graders Determine that Global Warming not Man Made]]></title><description><![CDATA[An &quot;impartial&quot; 6th grade classroom trial ruled that  global warming is not a man made problem ...Well, the jury has made it's decision - lets move on.]]></description><comments>6</comments><score>80</score><crdate>3/24/2007 12:15:59 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-03-24T12:15:59+01:00</atomdate></link></items></xml>