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Global Warming News Tuesday February 12th 2008



UN seek new leaders on global warmingUN seek new leaders on global warming
(AP via Yahoo! News: Tue, 12 Feb) Virgin CEO Richard Branson offered Monday to set up an "environmental war room" to lead the world's efforts to find a fix for global warming.


Global warming threatens king penguins, study reportsGlobal warming threatens king penguins, study reports
(Los Angeles Times: Mon, 11 Feb) The king penguin, a species that rebounded from near extinction over the last century, could be wiped out in coming decades due to global warming, researchers reported today.


Biofuels Study Heats Up Global-Warming DebateBiofuels Study Heats Up Global-Warming Debate
(NewsFactor via Yahoo! News: Mon, 11 Feb) A new study is heating up the global-warming debate. The report by The Nature Conservancy and the University of Minnesota concludes that converting land for biofuel crops results in major carbon emissions that make global warming worse. The study will be published in Science later this month.


Ancient Global Warming Gave Bugs the MunchiesAncient Global Warming Gave Bugs the Munchies
(National Geographic: Mon, 11 Feb) Current climate change might also cause insects to up their appetites, warns a new research study of a previous epoch's global warming.



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Bloomberg Rips Into Candidates Over Global WarmingBloomberg Rips Into Candidates Over Global Warming
(WCBS-TV New York: Tue, 12 Feb) Mayor Michael Bloomberg may say he's not running for president, but his attack on the candidates Monday looked like something right out of a presidential campaign. The possible independent candidate went to the United Nations to talk about global warming and slammed all the presidential wannabees for falling down on the issue.


Wind Patterns Could Mask Effects Of Global Warming In OceanWind Patterns Could Mask Effects Of Global Warming In Ocean
(Science Daily: Tue, 12 Feb) Natural variability in the Earth's atmosphere could be masking the overall effect of global warming in the North Atlantic Ocean. Scientists have previously found that surface temperatures around the globe have risen over the last 30 years in accord with global warming. New data, however, shows that heat stored in the North Atlantic Ocean has a more complex pattern than initially expected, ...


Letter: Man-caused global warming a hoaxLetter: Man-caused global warming a hoax
(AG Weekly: Mon, 11 Feb) As a plant scientist, I am concerned that Idaho and most states are planning to limit and reduce Carbon Dioxide (CO2) emissions. This is being done to supposedly reduce global warming.


Global Warming: Sea Level Rise Could Be Twice As High As Current Projections, Greenland Ice Sheet Study SuggestsGlobal Warming: Sea Level Rise Could Be Twice As High As Current Projections, Greenland Ice Sheet Study Suggests
(Science Daily: Tue, 12 Feb) A comprehensive new study documents in detail the dynamics of parts of Greenland's ice sheet, important data that have long been missing from the ice sheet models on which projections about sea level rise and global warming are based. "If current climate models from the IPCC included data from ice dynamics in Greenland, the sea level rise estimated during this century could be twice as high as ...


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