FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 28, 2008 1:10 PM CONTACT: Center for Biological Diversity Rob Mrowka, Center for Biological Diversity, (702) 249-5821 Federal Proposal to Open 1.7 Million Acres of Nevada Public Land to Oil and Gas Development Would Worsen Global Climate Change and Imperil Species LAS VEGAS,… Continue reading
Warming shifts gardeners’ maps By Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY Every gardener is familiar with the multicolor U.S. map of climate zones on the back of seed packets. It’s the Department of Agriculture’s indicator of whether a flower, bush or tree will survive the winters in a given region. It’s also… Continue reading
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/science/nature/7363600.stm 2008/04/28 Nature’s carbon balance confirmed Scientists have found new evidence that the Earth’s natural feedback mechanism regulated carbon dioxide levels for hundreds of thousands of years. But they say humans are now emitting CO2 so fast thatthe planet’s natural balancing mechanism cannot keep up. The researchers, writing in the… Continue reading
National Geographic News: NATIONALGEOGRAPHIC.COM/NEWS April 25, 2008 Arctic Getting “Wetter” Due to Human-Driven Warming Mason Inman for National Geographic News In addition to heating up faster than almost anywhere else on the planet, the Arctic has gotten wetter and snowier because of global warming, according to a new study. The… Continue reading