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December 2008
- Will Undersea Methane Kill Us or Save Us?
  
  Salon | Dec 14, 08 12:46 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - If warnings about undersea methane are true, we can "kiss our winter boots goodbye," Kirsten Weir writes in Salon. In the doomsday scenario, vast stores of undersea gas deposits will melt and send heat-trapping methane into the atmosphere. But such a crisis would require a 10-to-15 degree Celsius shift, others say, and much methane would simply dissipate in ocean waters. More »
- Fifth of Coral Reefs Dead: Study
  
  Guardian (UK) | Dec 11, 08 4:16 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - A fifth of the world’s coral reefs have died or been destroyed, says a study released to the UN yesterday. In it, marine scientists warned that the future of marine life and the $30 billion economic value of reefs are increasingly threatened by climate change. The report also zeroed in on other hazards, like pollution, over-fishing and natural disasters, the Guardian reports. More »
November 2008
- NASA CAUGHT FALSIFYING DATA-AGAIN!!
  
  Daily Telegraph (UK) | Nov 18, 08
  
  A surreal scientific blunder last week raised a huge question mark about the temperature records that underpin the worldwide alarm over global warming. On Monday, Nasa's Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS), which is run by Al Gore's chief scientific ally, Dr James Hansen, and is one of four bodies responsible for monitoring global temperatures, announced that last month was the hottest October on record.
September 2008
- The Environment Minister Sammy Wilson has described green views as "hysterical pseudo-religion".
  
  BBC | Sep 5, 08
  
  The Environment Minister Sammy Wilson has angered green campaigners by describing their view on climate change as a "hysterical pseudo-religion".In an article in the News Letter, Mr Wilson said he believed it occurred naturally and was not man-made."Resources should be used to adapt to the consequences of climate change, rather than King Canute-style vainly trying to stop it," said the minister. Mr Wilson said he refused to "blindly accept" the need to make significant changes to the economy to stop climate change."The tactic used by the 'green gang' is to label anyone who dares disagree with...
August 2008
- The Marshall Institute - Can Effect Come Before Cause in Global Warming?: New Findings
  
  marshall.org | Aug 12, 08
  
  When researchers looked in detail at the changes in temperature and carbon dioxide, they discovered a remarkable fact. The temperature and the carbon dioxide concentration do indeed vary together but the carbon dioxide changes occur AFTER the temperature changes. When the earth's temperature increases, carbon dioxide also increases, but roughly 1000 years later.
- ESA Listing Not Needed for Polar Bears - by H. Sterling Burnett - The Heartland Institute
  
  Heartland Institute | Aug 8, 08
  
  Heritage Foundation:"Since the 1970s, while much of the world was warming, polar bear numbers increased dramatically, from roughly 5,000 to 25,000 bears, a higher polar bear population than has existed at any time in the twentieth century."Despite healthy polar bear populations upwards of 20,000 bears worldwide, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne announced on December 27 the Bush administration's plan to list the polar bear as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.
- Don't Blame It All on Global Warming
  
  Washington Post | Aug 3, 08 7:57 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Global warming is a serious issue—but it shouldn't blind us to other immediate environmental concerns, writes Joel Achenbach in the Washington Post . “Humans are environment-destroying creatures by nature" and ruining the earth in any number of ways—but instead of paying attention to pressing local issues, every disaster is now written off as the result of climate change, Achenbach warns. More »
July 2008
- Global Warming Didn't Cause New England Tornadoes
  
  Boston Herald | Jul 25, 08 2:58 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Two tornadoes have ripped through New England in the last few days, killing a New Hampshire woman and doing serious property damage. But don’t blame global warming for the uncharacteristically violent climate: local climatologists tell the Boston Herald equally extreme weather struck the region in the ‘30s and ‘60s, resulting from “blocks” of bad weather patterns that last up to 3 months. More »
- Global Warming Caused by ... Cleaner Skies: Study
  
  New Scientist | Jul 10, 08 4:45 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Reducing aerosols and other pollutants has been a major part of Europe’s campaign to reduce global warming, but a new study turns conventional thinking on its head, New Scientist reports. "The decrease in aerosols probably accounts for at least half of the warming over Europe in the last 30 years," says a co-author of the study. More »