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“In fact,” said Willis, “these natural climate phenomena can sometimes
hide global warming caused by human activities. Or they can have the
opposite effect of accentuating it.”
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Science Daily
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080421195005.htm
Larger Pacific Climate Event Helps Current La Nina Linger

ScienceDaily (Apr. 22, 2008) – Boosted by the
influence of a larger climate event in the
Pacific, one of the strongest La Niñas in many
years is slowly weakening but continues to
blanket the Pacific Ocean near the equator, as
shown by new sea-level height data collected by
the U.S.-French Jason oceanographic satellite.

This La Niña, which has persisted for the past
year, is indicated by the blue area in the center
of the image along the equator. Blue indicates
lower than normal sea level (cold water). The
data were gathered in early April.

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Published on Monday, April 21, 2008 by The Independent/UK
The Great Migration Crisis
By Michael McCarthy

Many of the birds that migrate to Britain and Europe from Africa every spring, from the willow warbler to the cuckoo, are undergoing alarming declines, new research shows.

The falls in numbers are so sharp and widespread that ornithologists are waking up to a major new environmental problem – the possibility that the whole system of bird migration between Africa and Europe is running into trouble.

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”   * Although the ocean surface average was only
the 13th warmest on record, as the cooling
influence of La Niña in the tropical Pacific
continued, much warmer than average conditions
across large parts of Eurasia helped push the
global average to a near record high for March.
     * Despite above average snowpack levels in
the U.S., the total Northern Hemisphere snow
cover extent was the fourth lowest on record for
March, remaining consistent with boreal spring
conditions of the past two decades, in which
warming temperatures have contributed to
anomalously low snow cover extent.
     * Some weakening of La Niña, the cold phase
of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation, occurred in
March, but moderate La Niña conditions remained
across the tropical Pacific Ocean.”
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http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080418112341.htm

Global Land Temperature Warmest
On Record In March 2008

ScienceDaily (Apr. 19, 2008) – The average global
land temperature last month was the warmest on
record and ocean surface temperatures were the
13th warmest. Combining the land and the ocean
temperatures, the overall global temperature
ranked the second warmest for the month of March.
Global temperature averages have been recorded
since 1880.

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Please do what you can – www.freeki6.ca <http://www.freeki6.ca/>
 
Indigenous leaders jailed for standing strong to protect their homelands
from mining..
 
On March 18th, 2008 five community leaders, including Chief Donny Morris
from Kitchenumahkoosib Inninuwug (KI) were jailed for six months for
contempt of a court injunction which prohibits them from interfering
with a mineral exploration program by Canadian-owned Platinex Inc. The
community is gravely concerned about the possible impact to their land
and water where they have lived in the Boreal forest for over 5,000
years.
 
It has been over a month and these leaders (one of whom is a
grandmother) have still not been released. 
 
Please do what you can – sign the online petition and send an email to
the Canadian Premier.  www.freeki6.ca <http://www.freeki6.ca/>

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