 Premature Tropical Storm Not Due to Global Warming, Scientists Say
(LiveScience.com via Yahoo! News: Wed, 09 May) The first named Atlantic storm of 2007 crept in today well before the season's official June 1 start, raising the question of whether global warming is responsible for the early arrival. Flowers, tree leaves, birds and other signs of spring have appeared earlier in recent years at various spots globally, so can Subtropical Storm Andrea's arrival three weeks ahead of schedule also be blamed on ...
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 Churning sea spurs rethink over global-warming models
(AFP via Yahoo! News: Wed, 09 May) Powerful computer models that simulate ocean circulation -- a key factor in the global-warming equation -- will have to be finetuned after scientists discovered a massive eddy in the current that sweeps around Antarctica.
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 Bangkok turns lights out to highlight global warming
(AFP via Yahoo! News: Wed, 09 May) Thailand's capital turned the lights out Wednesday in an effort to raise awareness of global warming, with six Bangkok neighbourhoods plunged into partial darkness for 15 minutes.
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 Trade-offs and global warming
(CNN Money: Wed, 09 May) Want to silence a dinner party? Here's one way, at least in blue cities and states. Allow everyone to vent and moan over global warming - those poor penguins! Then ask your fellow guests: So what have you done about it? Ouch.
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 Commentary: Work Time and Global Warming
(Berkeley Daily Planet: Wed, 09 May) As part of the Measure G process, Berkeley should consider policies to give employees the option of down-shifting economically by working less. Though it is not much talked about, choice of work hours is one key to dealing with global warming.
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 UN program to fight global warming is target of criticism
(International Herald Tribune: Tue, 08 May) China, the biggest beneficiary of the program designed to help developing countries combat global warming, is no longer so poor, while African countries are largely ignored. Photo: A farmer heading home near the UN-subsidized wind farm in Houxinqiu, China.
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 Positioning the Debate on Energy, Global Warming
(Scoop.co.nz: Wed, 09 May) The public debate over energy and global warming has undergone a dramatic transformation over the past few years. While these issues have lacked both salience and urgency in the past, public opinion has swung soundly behind progressives.
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Global warming lecture tonight at USC
