Drought, Beetles, Disease Killing Western Forests…Watch Out For Big Timber Scams!

“Forest thinning”? Maybe…but better leave big timber outfits out of it-or else. ASW ——————————————– “… tree mortality is likely to rise …” “Forests are in deep trouble,” said Ron Neilson, a Forest Service bioclimatologist and a professor at Oregon State University. “Tom Coleman, the Forest Service entomologist who announced the… Continue reading

Indigenous People From Panama Travel to Washington, D.C. to Condemn Carbon Market

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Indigenous People from Panama travel to Washington to condemn the carbon market “The Clean Development Mechanism could be used to finance the destruction of our homelands,” say representatives of the Naso and Ngobe people. A group of Naso and Ngobe Indigenous Peoples from Western Panama will arrive… Continue reading

Climate Change, Mental Health, and Policy

SCIENCE VOL 322 24 OCTOBER 2008 Risk Communication on Climate: Mental Models and Mass Balance Public confusion about the urgency of reductions in greenhouse gas emissions results from a basic misconception. John D. Sterman Excerpts: “Nearly two-thirds of the participants asserted that atmospheric GHGs  can stabilize even though emissions continuously… Continue reading

The theories behind this study have been debated (at times rather hotly) among meteorologists & oceanographers for over a decade. ASW Research to Investigate the Tropical Cloud Systems’ Roles in Climate Stabilization 23:15 GMT, Wednesday, 22 October 2008 00:15 UK   Study probes clouds’ climate role    The clouds’ impact… Continue reading