Climate Change
Home Water Damage - Immediate Actions
Water, one of the essential ingredients of life and survival. But when it is the driving force in a disaster, it is far from being looked at as a life giving force. It is so damaging and powerful, that when it strikes, nothing can stop it. When that happens it leaves in its wake home [...]
25Apr2009 | writer | 0 comments | ContinuedWeather Forecasting - A New Idea
Do you think better weather forecasting requires a degree in meteorology? Maybe a degree in statistical analysis would be more helpful. Consider this following new way to forecast the weather with more accuracy and less knowledge.
Friday, February 2, 2007 - Canon City, Colorado. I brought in my Canon City Daily Record from the porch when [...]
Snow calls a halt to wedding
Due to the completely un-predictable weather conditions recently a bride was left stranded at her home unable to travel to her own wedding day. The tragic story was posted on the BBC's website earlier this week and people have been stunned by the tale. The entire wedding including the photographers, wedding caterers, guests and transport [...]
8Feb2009 | writer | 0 comments | ContinuedHow to improve gas mileage and save environment
An electric bicycle can easily be confused with other vehicles like scooters or motorcycles. However, they are not at all the same thing. Many people opt to use an electric bike so that they can get around easy without having to rely on a car. Riding an electric bicycle will involved many rules. Make sure [...]
8Feb2009 | writer | 0 comments | Continued
They Like It Cold
Changes in sea temperatures, currents, winds, rainfall, sea levels and extreme weather events threaten to adversely affect fish and shellfish numbers. Apparently climate change will impact the biological, economic and social aspects of many fisheries. Many marine species may be lost as the climate continues to warm. This is yet [...]
25Oct2008 | blogger | 0 comments | Continued
Coral Triangle
Marine biological resources are at risk, threatened by over-fishing and other destructive practices; pollution; and climate change. The world’s richest marine region in the Western Pacific Ocean, the Coral Triangle, which spans 5.7 million square kilometers, contain 76 percent of all known coral species even if it only covers two percent [...]
22Oct2008 | blogger | 0 comments | Continued
Smog Threatens Whales
Sounds ranging from the hum of yacht motors to sonar blasts strong enough to destroy a whale’s inner ear are wreaking havoc on the ability of these cetaceans to migrate, feed and breed. These noises create acoustic smog. This underwater cacophony caused by commercial and military ships has become so intense [...]
22Oct2008 | blogger | 0 comments | Continued
Species Going Uphill
With ecologists working their way up forested slopes of a volcano, a rare study on the impact of global warming in the tropics, global warming is driving tropical plant and animal species to higher altitudes, potentially leaving lowland rainforest with nothing to take their place. Many species would be unable to relocate [...]
22Oct2008 | blogger | 0 comments | Continued
Earth Sunshade Would Not Reverse the Climate
The idea that we can reverse all the climate mistakes that have been done by redirecting the sun’s rays through space mirrors has been proven not viable. A study on the impact of a sunshade found out that it would not simply make the Earth regress into its pre-industrial climate.
The findings could be final since [...]
White House Finally Issues a Climate Report
Last May 29, the White House, under a court order and 4 years delayed, produced a 271-page comprehensive document about the specific threats manmade global warming has brought to the United States.
The climate report includes increased heat deaths; worsening water shortages; more casualty and damage caused by wildfires, hurricanes, and other natural calamities; a [...]