———————– “If a very small warming makes such a difference,” Alley said, “it raises the question of what happens when more warming occurs.” ——————– SCIENCE VOL 319 11 JANUARY 2008 CLIMATE TIPPING POINTS COME IN FROM THE COLD Tipping points, once considered too alarmist for proper scientific circles, have entered… Continue reading
Climate Change, Corporate “Development,” and the Maine North Woods Many people are not aware that a respectably sized chunk of wild forest ecosystem struggles for survival in northern Maine. The Maine North Woods comprise part of the southeastern edge of the Great North Woods, which stretch in an arc across… Continue reading
—————————— “It’s warmer, marine mammals and birds are having massive die-offs, there are invasive species-in general, it’s changing to a more temperate ecosystem that’s not going to be as productive.” “It’s all a good start that people get worried about melting ice and rising sea levels,” he said. “But we’re… Continue reading
http://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/abstracts/inpress/Hansen_1.html ABSTRACT Hansen 2008, in press  Complete document is not available. Hansen, J., 2008: Tipping point: Perspective of a climatologist. In The State of the Wild 2008: A Global Portrait of Wildlife, Wildlands, and Oceans. E. Fearn and K.H. Redford, Eds. Wildlife Conservation Society/Island Press, in press. I describe how… Continue reading