(Untitled)- September 14, 2006 Drastic shrinkage in Arctic ice (BBC NEWS, 14 September 2006) A Nasa satellite has documented startling changes in Arctic sea ice cover between 2004 and 2005. . . . The extent of "perennial" ice - thick ice which remains all year round - declined by 14%, losing an area the size of Pakistan or Turkey. . . . The last few decades have seen summer ice shrink by about 0.7% per year. . . . The Arctichttp://www.matrixmasters.com/blog/2006_09_01_archiveearth.html#115823706270332154 (Untitled)- September 12, 2006 Humans blamed for powerful hurricanes (Lee Bowman, Scripps Howard News Service, September 12, 2006) Rising ocean temperatures in key hurricane nurseries are due primarily to increased greenhouse-gas concentrations from human activity, scientists report in a new study. . . . Using 22 different computer models of the climate system, atmospheric researchers from 10 centers studiedhttp://www.matrixmasters.com/blog/2006_09_01_archiveearth.html#115808972782286837 (Untitled)- September 12, 2006 More Evidence of Climate Change (Richard Black, BBC News website, September 11, 2006) The Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew has issued a "position paper" saying that man-made global warming is changing the outlook for plants and trees worldwide. . . . It says four species on its own lands are flowering earlier each year. . . . Kew's conservation scientists say other human activities such as thehttp://www.matrixmasters.com/blog/2006_09_01_archiveearth.html#115802070293445326 |