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Post by Fusioner on Jul 31, 2005 12:56:55 GMT -5
news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050731/wl_nm/weather_india_bombay_dc_7Now it's a given that a few hundred people die every year in India due to monsoons. But these storms killed over a 1000 people, and the news stories I have been following on this for a week indicated the water came down in record amounts. An aberration in the normal Monsoon type weather. It has been predicted that global warming will both increase the frequency and severity of storms... And we are seeing that here. We are also seeing it in the Atlantic with hurricanes.... But I think some of these 1000 people died from global warming. The monsoon was just a symptom of the greater problem.
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Post by Fusioner on Jul 31, 2005 13:53:05 GMT -5
news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050731/ap_on_sc/hurricanes_global_warmingSee... Now don't think I am making conjectures... Well, I am, but they are good ones. After the previous post I see this: Is global warming making hurricanes more ferocious? New research suggests the answer is yes. Scientists call the findings both surprising and "alarming" because they suggest global warming is influencing storms now — rather than in the distant future.
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Post by Fusioner on Aug 1, 2005 23:53:46 GMT -5
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Post by Fusioner on Aug 2, 2005 0:36:56 GMT -5
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Post by Fusioner on Aug 2, 2005 0:41:53 GMT -5
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Post by Fusioner on Aug 2, 2005 1:03:03 GMT -5
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Post by Fusioner on Aug 2, 2005 1:06:08 GMT -5
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Post by Fusioner on Aug 2, 2005 1:14:29 GMT -5
nsidc.org/news/press/20021207_seaice.html"The study also found temperatures during the summer of 2002 were unusually warm over much of the Arctic Ocean. "Since the season also was characterized by very stormy conditions, we believe these two factors contributed to extensive melt and break-up of the icepack," said Serreze." The iceman was uncovered by unusual snow melts in the Alps. www.archaeologiemuseum.it/f01_uk.html
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Post by Fusioner on Aug 2, 2005 7:33:00 GMT -5
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Post by Fusioner on Aug 2, 2005 7:34:52 GMT -5
www.islandpacket.com/news/state/regional/story/4957345p-4532871c.htmlCOLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - South Carolina wildlife officials are warning residents and visitors to stay away from sick sea birds they may see on the shore. The birds, many of which usually stay well offshore, are showing up by the dozens on South Carolina beaches and they are dead or dying. South Carolina Natural Resources Department veterinarian Al Segars said the problem could be neurological and could be related to an offshore algae bloom. But, he said, the uncertainty of the source of the birds' illnesses means people should call beach patrol or animal control officers. "Don't take them home and try to nurse them back to health," Segars said Friday. About 150 birds have been found from northern Georgia to Cape Hatteras, N.C., this week. Most are greater shearwaters, though some are storm petrels and gannets. The ailment doesn't seem to be affecting typical shore birds including pelicans, gulls and terns, Segars said. The birds that can walk typically stagger before collapsing and dying, Segars said. But the die-off could be simply the typical mortality of the birds during migration. Onshore winds in recent days might be washing ashore sick and dying birds ashore that normally would have died in the water, Segars said. Several of the birds have been sent to the Southeast Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study lab in Georgia for testing. --- Information from: The State, www.thestate.com
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Post by Fusioner on Aug 2, 2005 8:14:42 GMT -5
Mysterious Bird DeathsEnvironmental officials in Mexico are trying to determine why hundreds of migratory birds have died around a lake in the center of the country. Environment ministry workers have collected about 300 dead birds at Lake Yurria in Queretaro state, according to a report in the daily La Jornada. Boating and fishing have been banned on the lake, located about 125 miles northwest of Mexico City, until the reasons for the large number of deaths is determined. Antonio Muñoz Mosqueda, a state environmental official, said the deaths may have been caused by reduced oxygen in the lake’s water. A drought earlier this year allowed weeds to spread across the lake bed, depleting the oxygen when the organic material decomposed. www.cnn.com/TECH/science/9810/16/planet.diary/
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Post by Fusioner on Aug 2, 2005 19:37:10 GMT -5
news.yahoo.com/s/ap/ocean_crisisPacific Coast Life Concerns Scientists SAN FRANCISCO - Marine biologists are seeing mysterious and disturbing things along the Pacific Coast this year: higher water temperatures, plummeting catches of fish, lots of dead birds on the beaches, and perhaps most worrisome, very little plankton — the tiny organisms that are a vital link in the ocean food chain. Is this just one freak year? Or is this global warming?
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Post by Fusioner on Aug 2, 2005 20:06:50 GMT -5
news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050803/ap_on_re_us/hurricane_outlookWeather Service Boosts Hurricane ForecastWASHINGTON - Note to the millions of people living near the Atlantic and Gulf coasts: Be prepared to batten down the hatches, it'll be a rougher than normal season for tropical storms. With seven storms, including two hurricanes, already recorded — a record for this early in the year — National Weather Service Director David L. Johnson said Tuesday there could be 11 to 14 more tropical storms, including seven to nine more hurricanes, by the end of November. Hurricane forecaster Gerry Bell said a combination of warmer waters, low wind shear and low pressure, as well as the jet stream, favor storm formation. Hurricanes derive their energy from warm water. The sea surface is two to three degrees warmer than normal for this time of year, Bell noted
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Post by Fusioner on Aug 2, 2005 20:11:22 GMT -5
news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050802/ap_on_re_as/india_monsoonRelief Operations Under Way in IndiaBOMBAY, India - Bombay restored train and telephone service Tuesday, while cranes and bulldozers cleared landslide-hit areas in the outlying regions of India's financial capital after a week of torrential rains. Officials said 943 people in Maharashtra state, including 429 in Bombay, were killed in floods and landslides. In neighboring Madhya Pradesh state, flooding killed at least seven people Monday, said Vivek Agrawal, a top civic official.
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Post by Fusioner on Aug 2, 2005 20:27:19 GMT -5
news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050802/ap_on_sc/hidden_ocean"There's already fairly good indications that we're undergoing some kind of global climate change and the areas that are warming up the fastest are the poles," Hopcroft said from the Healy as the scientists prepared last week to disembark. Arctic sea ice cover has decreased by about 3 percent per decade over the last 25 years, and there are indications ice thickness has decreased all over the Arctic.
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