"I frete, I fart, I fesyl fowle" Posted: 5 months ago by suebe
Conference on medieval times brings to light middle ages' concerns on climate changes and natural disasters, and featured an entire session on farts.
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Top 10 Inventions of the Middle Ages Posted: 1 year ago by 2manyusernames
The middle ages (5th - 15th Centuries AD), often termed The Dark Ages, were actually a time of great discovery and invention. The Middle ages also saw major advances in technologies that already existed, and the adoption of many Eastern technologies in the West. This is a list of the ten greatest inventions of the Middle Ages (excluding military inventions).
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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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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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Climate Scientist Says "Enjoy Life While You Can" Posted: 9 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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Warming Climate Is Changing Life On Global Scale Posted: 7 months ago by karenben
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.
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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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Climate catastrophes in the Solar System Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
Earth sits between two worlds that have been devastated by climate catastrophes. In the effort to combat global warming, our neighbours can provide valuable insights into the way climate catastrophes affect planets.
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Obesity Requires Climate Plan Posted: 10 months ago by mahler87
Obesity needs to be tackled in the same way as climate change, a top nutritional scientist has said.
I don't get it. But thats cool.
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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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Old animal tracks 'show climate risks' Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
Fossils of a hippopotamus-like creature on an Arctic island show the climate was once like that of Florida, giving clues to risks from modern global warming.
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2007 To Be Hottest Year On Record. Posted: 2 years ago by LatueOfStiberty
British climate scientists predict warmest year ever.
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Bonfires May Be Banned In The Name of Global Warming Posted: 6 months ago by 2manyusernames
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.
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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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Global Warming: Early Warning Signs Posted: 2 years ago by robfouryqr
This site features an interactive world map that illustrates the local consequences of global warming.
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Warmer climate will mean thousands more deaths from skin cancer Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
Deaths from skin cancer and heatstroke could soar and Britain could be blighted by malaria, salmonella and a host of other heat-loving diseases as global warming takes its toll, officials have warned.
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Dried Mushrooms Slow Climate Warming Posted: 4 weeks ago by nateebiinature
The fight against climate warming has an unexpected ally in mushrooms growing in dry spruce forests covering Alaska, Canada, Scandinavia and other northern regions
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Canada Best Place To Escape Climate Change Posted: 5 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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Forams Can Provide a Record of Ancient Climate Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
These microscopic creatures have been around for 550 million years. Because of their abundance in ancient sediments and their sensitivity to different environments, oil companies hire paleontologists to examine forams in rock samples to help them decide where to drill. For similar reasons, forams also are useful indicators of past climate change.
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Alaska town sues oil and power companies over global warming Posted: 7 months ago by doggylives
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.
The lawsuit has been billed, the most dangerous in america
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