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UN Setting IPCC-like Panel for Global Biodiversity

By postMigrator May 29, 2008 May 29, 2008 RT Newswire

Biodiversity advocates have struggled to sound
alarms about the accelerating rate of species
extinction

UN set for IPCC-type panel on biodiversity

BONN, Germany (AFP) – UN members took a key step
here Thursday towards creating a paramount
scientific panel on biodiversity similar to the
Nobel-winning group that helped drive climate
change to the top of the global agenda.

“The process is on track now,” Didier Babin, the
French researcher charged in 2005 with getting
the project off the ground, told AFP.

Heat, Not Light, May Be Real Engine Driving Biodiversity

By postMigrator May 29, 2008 May 29, 2008 Uncategorized

Question: If the following is true, should we then expect an increase
of species diversity at the high altitudes (mountain peaks) and high
latitudes ( the poles)?

Partial answer? : In the past couple weeks, I posted info here which
indicates an increased diversity already showing up on and near
mountain peaks (high altitude).

Lance

P.S. Heat can also kill. And it can inhibit milk production in
mammals, posing a risk to survival and nurturance of young animals.

Science Daily
May 29, 2008

Heat, Not Light, May Be Real Engine Driving Biodiversity
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080527155533.htm

What causes tropical life to thrive: temperature, or sunlight? The
answer is not necessarily “both.” It turns out that the explosion of
species at the tropics has much more to do with warmth than with
light. (Credit: Copyright Michele Hogan)

ScienceDaily (May 29, 2008) – What causes tropical life to thrive:
temperature, or sunlight?

Methane Release Could Cause Abrupt, Far-Reaching Climate Change

By postMigrator May 29, 2008 May 29, 2008 RT Newswire

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“When the ice sheets became unstable, they collapsed, releasing
pressure on the clathrates. The clathrates then began to de-gas.”

“‘… an abrupt and catastrophic global warming …”

“Uncovering the methane reservoir could potentially warm the Earth
tens of degrees, he said, and the mechanism could be very rapid.”

“The scientists found the broadest range of oxygen isotopic variation
ever reported from marine sediments, which they attribute to melting
waters in ice sheets as well as destabilization of clathrates by
glacial meltwater.”
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National Science Foundation
Press Release 08-087
<http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=111554&org=NSF>

Methane Release Could Cause Abrupt, Far-Reaching Climate Change
May 28, 2008

An abrupt release of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, from ice
sheets that extended to Earth’s low latitudes some 635 million years
ago caused a dramatic shift in climate, scientists funded by the
National Science Foundation (NSF) report in this week’s issue of the
journal Nature.

Letters Needed to Protect Mato Paha (Bear Butte)

By postMigrator May 28, 2008 May 28, 2008 Uncategorized

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Subject: FW: Bear Butte action alert
From:    “wsdp” <wsdp@igc.org>
Date:    Tue, May 27, 2008 1:14 pm
To:      wsdp@igc.org
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FYI – Letters needed to protect Mato Paha (Bear Butte). Please send
questions, etc. directly to website listed below.

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Action Alert~ Letters needed for Bear Butte

Body:
Please forward this Action Alert in its entirety. Thank you.
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Hello everyone,

The upcoming hearing for both NEW and renewal Malt Beverage applications
will be held at Meade County Commissioners on Thursday, June 5th at 3:30
p.m.

We are requesting as many supporters as possible attend this hearing. It
is important for both locals and Tribes with interest surrounding Bear
Butte to attend this hearing, to voice your oppositions to this NEW
license for Broken Spoke Campground, formally known as Sturgis County
Line.