Tag Archives: Climate change

Apr 05

ARE HUMANS DESTROYING THE PLANET?

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ERR ON THE SIDE OF CAUTION?  We don’t know whether this is true or not; BUT BY STUDYING THE HEAVENS AND OUR OWN EARTH THERE ARE SIGNS THAT SOMETHING SIMILAR IS HAPPENING, Right?  Better to do all we can to stop it and hope we will survive for many generations,  than to keep poisioning ours seas, land, air,etc. and find out when it’s too late, WOULDN’T YOU AGREE?~mackie

Earth’s Orbit Blamed for Ancient Hot Spells

Based on chemical clues preserved in rocks, scientists believe a surge of carbon dioxide warmed the planet. But where did all of this greenhouse gas come from?

About 55 million years ago, an intense heat wave hit the planet. Earth’s surface temperature surged by 9 degrees Fahrenheit (5 degrees Celsius). Then, after a relatively short time, the heat subsided, only to be followed by at least two similar, but smaller heat waves.

 ANALYSIS: Climate Change Loads Disaster Dice 

 Based on chemical clues preserved in rocks, scientists believe a surge of carbon dioxide warmed the planet. But where did all of this greenhouse gas come from?

 A team of scientists is proposing that it came from the melting of permafrost, frozen soil packed with organic matter, after cycles in the Earth’s orbit warmed up the areas near the poles. The melting released a massive amount of carbon into the atmosphere, keeping reflected sunlight from escaping and causing the heat wave.

 Previously, other scientists have theorized that the release of the carbon compound methane trapped in marine sediments — in a form known as methane hydrates — changed the atmosphere. But the study published in the April 5 issue of the journal Nature argues that not enough methane would have been released to account for the magnitude of the warming.

 For much more click on: http://news.discovery.com/earth/ancient-orbit-melted-permafrost-released-carbon-120405.html#mkcpgn=rssnws1

Mar 15

DAILY TOP 1O NEWS TICKS…..

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Why the Deep South Is Lost to Democrats | Politics | Vanity Fair
Sen. Levin Calls on AFN to Drop Rush Limbaugh: http://mil-com.me/xEp2Ih
If you’re a corporation or lobbyist, what’s the best way to “buy” a member of Congress without anyone noticing? http://ow.ly/9EZJi
Mitt Romney‘s dog-on-the-car-roof story still proves to be his critics’ best friend http://wapo.st/Ak9t3D
Puerto Rico official: Santorum’s view is narrow – http://wp.me/p4HKM-Ygw
Climate-Change Lessons From Down Under for the Republicans: The Ticker http://fb.me/1LowzHmhk
How We Cured “The Culture of Poverty,” Not Poverty Itself http://mojo.ly/wcQ1ma
Over the last few years, 29% of people ages 25-34 have moved back in with mom and dad: http://wapo.st/xhDdhj
Op-ed: #Syrians must draw courage, inspiration and intelligent resistance from greats such as Gandhi, King and Mandela http://aje.me/yya6Vh
Rising ocean temperatures harm protected coral reefs – Science Daily http://bit.ly/y0a6HI
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Mar 03

GLOBAL WARMING CAUSES MORE SEVERE STORMS….

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Research Meteorologists found that the temperature changes brought on by global warming are significant enough to cause an increase in the occurrence of severe storms. Severe storms are those that cause flooding, have damaging winds, hail and could cause tornados. Their study revealed that by the end of this century, the number of days that favor severe storms could more than double certain locations, such as Atlanta and New York. Researchers also found that this increase would occur during typical stormy seasons and not during dry seasons when it may be beneficial.
As new storm forecasts hit home, areas already prone to severe weather need to be on the lookout for more storms. The latest forecast says global warming spells bad news for those areas……………….
HOW STORMS DEVELOP: Storm clouds form as moisture evaporates from the earth into the atmosphere, where the droplets jostle against each other. The air cools off rapidly as it reaches higher altitudes. Sometimes a cold front — the boundary between where the cold air from one air mass meets the surrounding air — will force warm, moist air upward into the colder air. This moist air cools off and the water vapor condenses onto tiny particles in the air, called condensation nuclei, collectively forming clouds. The process continues: more and more water vapor turns into liquid and the moist air warms up even more and rises higher and higher. A thunderstorm results.
WHAT CAUSES LIGHTNING? As more and more water droplets collide inside a cloud, their atoms bounce off each other more forcefully. This knocks off electrons. The ousted electrons gather at the lower portion of the cloud, giving it a negative charge, while the upper part of the cloud becomes positively charged. Eventually the growing negative charge becomes so intense that electrons on the Earth’s surface are repelled and burrow deeper into the Earth. The Earth’s surface becomes positively charged, and hence very attractive to the negative charge accumulating in the bottom of the cloud. All that is needed is a conductive path between cloud and Earth, in the form of ionized air.
ABOUT GLOBAL WARMING: Global warming refers to an average increase in the earth’s temperature, which has risen about 1 degree Fahrenheit over the past 100 years, and to changes in climate. A warmer earth may lead to changes in rainfall patterns, and a rise in sea level, for example, as the polar glaciers melt. Some of this rise is due to the greenhouse effect: certain gases in the atmosphere trap energy from the sun so that heat can’t escape back into space. Without the greenhouse effect, the earth would be too cold for humans to survive, but if it becomes too strong, the earth could become much warmer, causing problems for humans, plants and animals.
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Jul 29

QUSTED EVANGELICAL REFLECTS ON HIS FAITH, FUTURE……

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For 10 years, the Rev. Richard Cizik was the chief lobbyist for the National Association of Evangelicals, which represents roughly 30 million constituents across the United States.

But he was forced out of that position in December 2008, after remarks he made on Fresh Air about his support of gay civil unions, among other things.

On Wednesday, Cizik returned to Fresh Air to discuss how his life has changed since he left the association and why he started a new group called the Evangelical Partnership for the Common Good, which he hopes will be an alternative to Christian groups that focus on the culture wars.

Cizik says he has no regrets about what happened to him after appearing on the show.

“In so many ways, this has been good for me,” he tells Terry Gross, adding that his support of same-sex civil unions wasn’t the only reason he was asked to leave the NAE.

 

Richard Cizik launched The New Evangelical Partnership for the Common Good in January 2010.

“It was a sum total of everything [I said on Fresh Air],” Cizik explains. “It was speaking out on behalf of creation care, climate change, a broader agenda — speaking out on a host of levels that just offended the old guard. Civil unions, well that was just one part of it.”

 

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http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128776382
 

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Jul 09

WHO BROUGHT US HERE? FOR WHAT?

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It is amazing how with each generation there is a broader and deeper understanding about the Creator and the Universe and what our obligation is to every human being and everything else in His Creation.  No wonder Jesus said, “You can’t pour new wine into old wine skins…”
 
He’s not referring to age, but to people who are not willing to change.  They are afraid of it. They hang with only those who look like, talk, and believe as they do and condemn the rest.  They must have missed out on “the kingdom of Heaven is within,” and “our bodies are the temple of the Holy Spirit.”  They are not aware the Spirit of the Universe reveals himself to us, if only we be open to him through His Creation and “Be still and know that I am God (or whatever you call this Being).  It has been said in so many ways over the ages by those who have experienced this Spirit of the Universe: empty ourselves and be open to this Spirit, die to all the thoughts that plague us and live in the present moment (that’s all we have), etc. -mackie
 
(following source cited)
 

“We believe our current denominational engagement with these issues have often been too timid, failing to produce a unified moral voice. Our cautious response to these issues in the face of mounting evidence may be seen by the world as uncaring, reckless and ill-informed. We can do better. To abandon these issues to the secular world is to shirk from our responsibility to be salt and light. The time for timidity regarding God’s creation is no more.”

I can’t help but hear echoes of Ellen Davis here, and be confirmed in my sense that her kind of theological reasoning has spread much farther and deeper than has heretofore been visible on the surface of our public life. It is also a reminder of the effect of up-and-coming generations in and around Evangelical Christianity, like Shane Claiborne, who has continued to grow in visibility and influence since I interviewed him in 2006. We’re putting him back on the air this week.

 

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http://blog.speakingoffaith.org/post/757834402/evangelical-environmental-evolution

 

Dec 14

CAPS MELTING, TIDES RISING, ISLANDS DISAPPEARING…

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CAPS MELTING, TIDES RISING, ISLANDS DISAPPEARING, 1000S OF HUMANS AND ANIMALS DROWNING………

Climate change in Google Earth

Explore the potential impacts of climate change on our planet Earth and learn about solutions for adaptation and mitigation, in the context of the United Nation’s Climate Conference (COP15) in Copenhagen. With Google Earth you can view climate change scenarios, interact with narrated tours, investigate deforestation, and even dive into the depths of the oceans.

Aug 10

NASA SCIENTIST RIPS BUSH ON GLOBAL WARMING…

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CITY, Iowa – The Bush administration is trying to stifle scientific evidence of the dangers of global warming in an effort to keep the public uninformed, a NASA scientist said Tuesday night.

“In my more than three decades in government, I have never seen anything approaching the degree to which information flow from scientists to the public has been screened and controlled as it is now,” James Hansen told a University of Iowa audience.

Hansen is director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York and has twice briefed a task force headed by Vice President Dick Cheney on global warming. He was also one of the first government scientists tasked with briefing congressional committees on the dangers of global warming, testifying as far back as the 1980s.

‘Recipe … for disaster’
Hansen said the administration wants to hear only scientific results that “fit predetermined, inflexible positions.” Evidence that would raise concerns about the dangers of climate change is often dismissed as not being of sufficient interest to the public.

“This, I believe, is a recipe for environmental disaster.”

Bush wants more research
White House science adviser John H. Marburger III has denied charges that the administration refuses to accept the reality of climate change, noting that President Bush pointed out in a 2001 speech that greenhouse gases have increased substantially in the past 200 years.

The president has also said that while he believes warming is a serious problem, he doesn’t feel the threat his imminent and has instead ordered more research. He has also sought voluntary steps by industry and pumped federal dollars into technology projects like capturing and sequestering carbon dioxide emissions.

Hansen said he was speaking as a private citizen, not as a government employee, and paid his own way for the Iowa appearance. He described himself as moderately conservative, but said he will vote for John Kerry in the presidential election.

“He certainly is not in denial of the existence of climate change problems,” Hansen said.

For source click on: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6341451/

 

Also: Climatologist states that Earth at Tipping point:  http://www.thestar.com/article/447808

 

 

 

 

 

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