2007 Global Weather Synopsis

Science News Top 11 Warmest Years On Record Have All Been In Last 13 Years ScienceDaily (Dec. 13, 2007) – The decade of 1998-2007 is the warmest on record, according to data sources obtained by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The global mean surface temperature for 2007 is currently estimated… Continue reading

Action Alert! Lubicon Cree Resist Pipeline!

—————————- Original Message —————————- Subject: FW: [FOL] : Action Alert!!  Lubicon Cree From:    “wsdp” <wsdp@igc.org> Date:    Fri, December 14, 2007 10:30 am To:      wsdp@igc.org ————————————————————————– FYI. —–Original Message—– From: fol-bounces@masses.tao.ca [mailto:fol-bounces@masses.tao.ca] On Behalf ACTION ALERT! Phone or email TransCanada and tell them no pipeline without Lubicon agreement! This is an… Continue reading

Disappearing Arctic Ice…Increasing Midlatitude Drought

Jacob O. Sewall and Lisa Cirbus Sloan. “Disappearing Arctic sea ice reduces available water in the American west.”  GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, VOL. 31, 2004 In the climate science community, long-distance connections like the one described by Sewall and Sloan,  above,  are called “teleconnections” and there’s plenty of need for more… Continue reading