Climate & Environment Review: January 9, 2007

Climate & Environment Review
January 9, 2007

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Trends in Western North Pacific Tropical Cyclone Intensity
Using the tropical cyclone best track data from the US Dept. of Defense's Joing Typhoon Warning Center Webster et. al. found that between the 2 consecutive 15 year period of 1975-1989 and 1990-2004, the percentage of typhoons in the western North Pacific... >>Read More<<

Summary Perspective By Professor William R. Cotton On The Subject of Climate Variability And Change
Professor William R. Cotton is on the faculty of Colorado State University. Among his numerous professional credentials, he is an internationally respected expert in the aerosol effects on weather and climate. He is also extensively cited in the peer reviewed literature... >>Read More<<

Things more worrisome than Global Warming: Is the World Moving 'Beyond Liberal Democracy'?
BEIJING -- This might seem a very odd exercise if you live in the USA or the Middle East. But for those of us in the rest of the world, it's pretty natural. Simply excise the Middle East, and look at what's happening in most other places. One word will do: China. That's what's happening... >>Read More<<

Rethinking Easter Island's ecological catastrophe
Easter Island (Rapa Nui) has become the paragon for prehistoric human induced ecological catastrophe and cultural collapse. Today a popular narrative recounts an obsession with monumental statuary - a mania for
moai - that led to the island's ecological devastation and the collapse of the ancient civilization... >>Read More<<

UN downgrades man's impact on the climate
Mankind has had less effect on global warming than previously supposed, a United Nations report on climate change will claim next year... >>Read More<<

WWF award for NASA scientist who sounded climate alarm
A leading Nasa researcher who pioneered the case for tough action to combat climate change in the US has been awarded the WWF's top conservation award. James Hansen, whose testimony to the US senate on global warming is featured in Al Gore's film An Inconvenient Truth, received the medal from the Duke of Edinburgh at a ceremony yesterday at St James's Palace in London... >>Read More<<

The biased notion of catastrophic climate change
Earth & Sky’s goal of being a clear and unbiased voice for science seems noble, and I am pleased to have helped a bit in the past. Nonetheless, the climate stories Earth & Sky has reported in recent months are typical of the biased notion that catastrophic climate change is not only inevitable, but is directly or indirectly caused by human beings... >>Read More<<

Supreme Court CO2 case
Today, the U.S. Supreme Court had one of the strangest hearings in many years. The environmental NGOs decided that no act is too ridiculous for them. So they have simply sued EPA, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, for causing global warming... >>Read More<<

Things more worrisome that global warming
India on Monday carried out its first successful test interception of a ballistic missile, using a second missile to destroy the incoming rocket, the Defense Ministry said... >>Read More<<

'We're living on borrowed time', claims Charles
Prince Charles: The heir to the throne is determined to reduce his carbon footprint on the world
Prince Charles launched his 'green revolution' with a stark warning that we are all 'living on borrowed time' if we don't stop eating up the world's resources... >>Read More<<

Warnings On Global Warming Coverage
New York Times science reporter Andrew Revkin was on "On The Media" this weekend to talk about global warming – and the way the media covers it. The "new" whole thing is worth reading or listening to, but I wanted to highlight a couple of comments. First is this one, in which Revkin talks about the uncertainty in the impact of global warming, at least in the near term... >>Read More<<

WMO Consensus Statement on Tropical Cyclones and Climate Change
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has just released two updated statements on the state of science on tropical cyclones and climate change. The statements have been released today through the Instituto Meteorologico Nacional, San Jose, Costa Rica. Anyone referencing this post or the statements, please do acknowledge them as the source... >>Read More<<

The People Have Spoken - For Higher Energy Costs?
Will the incoming Congressional majority misread their mandate from the American people? Well, on energy policy they are off to an incredibly fast start... >>Read More<<

RUSSIAN SCIENTISTS PREDICT RETURN OF LITTLE ICE AGE
Researchers with the Russian Academy of Sciences warned Wednesday that the Earth could be headed for a 60-year cooldown, the news agency Interfax reported... >>Read More<<

Scientists disagree with Barrosos climate change agenda
Thousands of scientists from around the world last week challenged European Commission President Duro Barroso to justify his claims that climate change was in fact a reality threatening Europes environmental
and economic future... >>Read More<<

So what’s stopping them?
The incoming leadership of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee are keen to use global warming as a stick to beat the Administration with - here’s an example... >>Read More<<