Isolated Indonesia Tribe Immune to Global Crisis
Isolated Indonesia tribe immune to global crisis: http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE4AR02I20081128 ——————————————————————————————— Continue reading
2008 Hurricane Season a Record-Breaker
on the net The National Hurricane Center: www.nhc.noaa.gov/ WASHINGTON — The 2008 Atlantic hurricane season, which ends Sunday, seemed to strike the United States and Cuba as if on redial, setting at least five weather records for persistence and repeatedly striking the same areas. “It was pretty relentless in a… Continue reading
Study: A Good Climate for Extreme Storms?
This is significant. Bear-in mind-if increasing SSTs (sea-surface temps) in the tropics bring more clouds/rain in general (a very distinct probability), such an upward trend in DCC storm frequency/intensity could be aborted-or (perhaps more likely) become cyclic. Either way-be ready for Katrina & Rita’s siblings… ASW GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS VOL.… Continue reading
Chinese Research: Forests, Weather, and Eco-Restoration
This is a critical aspect of the climate-ecosystem relationship that receives very little attention. There is much more to the equation than carbon sequestration/release: forests (& vegetative ecosystems in general) have direct impacts on temperature, humidity, wind, and precipitation. Eco-restoration is vital to both surviving and mitigating anthropogenic climate change!… Continue reading