Global Warming in the News

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Global Warming News Thursday December 7th 2006

NASA: Global warming reducing ocean's food supply
(CNN.com: Thu, 07 Dec) WASHINGTON (AP) - New NASA satellite data shows phytoplankton, key to the ocean food chain, declines when the waters get warmer. The discovery has scientists worried about how much food marine life will have as global warming progresses.

Inhofe Offers Parting Shot on Global Warming
(NPR: Thu, 07 Dec) The chair of the Senate's environment committee spent the past four years campaigning against environmentalists and the media. Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) says they have played the "greatest hoax perpetrated on the American people" by supporting the idea that humans are responsible for global warming.

A global warming skeptic's parting shot
(Los Angeles Times: Thu, 07 Dec) Sen. Inhofe, soon to be replaced as panel chair, airs his view once more. WASHINGTON - Sen. James M. Inhofe has been one of Capitol Hill's leading skeptics on global warming, famously dismissing as a "hoax" the notion that human activity is the cause.

Senator gives global warming alarm a final cold shoulder / GOP's Inhofe, chairing his last committee hearing, says
(San Francisco Chronicle: Thu, 07 Dec) Sen. James Inhofe, in his last hearing as chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, blamed Hollywood and the news media Wednesday for "hyping" the view that humans are causing global warming. "It's unfortunate that so many are...

Global Warming Is Reducing Ocean Life, Increasing Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide, Say Scientists
(Science Daily: Thu, 07 Dec) Alarming new satellite data show that the warming of the world's oceans is reducing ocean life while contributing to increased global warming. The ocean's food chain is based upon the growth of billions upon billions of microscopic plants. New satellite data show that ocean warming is reducing these plants -- thus imperiling ocean fisheries and marine life, according to an article in the Nov. 7

Ocean warming's effect on phytoplankton / NASA satellite data show how global climate change hurts marine food chain
(San Francisco Chronicle: Thu, 07 Dec) When the climate warms, there is a drop in the abundance of the ocean's phytoplankton, the tiny plants that feed krill, fish and whales, according to scientists who say new research offers the first clues to the future of marine life under global warming....

Global warming to have major impact on ocean food web: study
(AFP via Yahoo! News: Wed, 06 Dec) A new study of the oceans suggests that phytoplankton - the vital first link in the food chain of the seas - will be hugely affected by global warming.

Global warming will stifle oceans: scientists
(Reuters via Yahoo! News: Wed, 06 Dec) Global warming will stifle life-giving microscopic plants that live in the surface layer of the oceans, cutting marine food production and accelerating climate change, according to a study published on Wednesday.

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