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LittleWolf on June-2-10
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BP: Brown… It’s the New Green
LittleWolf on May-26-10
A funny but sad video from the Second City Network about our favorite oil company: British Petroleum. By the way, regarding the mess in the Gulf… it’s payback for America seceding from the British empire.
Sea Levels Could Rise 10 Feet in 50 Years
LittleWolf on April-16-09
A new study by the National University of Mexico suggests that global sea levels could rise as much as 10 feet in the next 50 years if the Antarctic and Greenland ice caps melt rapidly.
The study analyzed coral beds in Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula and discovered that during the last warm period between ice ages more than 100,000 years ago, an entire layer of coral suddenly died, only to be replaced decades later by a new, smaller layer. This indicates that sea levels had risen 10 feet in just 50 to 100 years. And the only thing that could cause such substantial flooding would be the melting of the continental ice sheets.
“Scientists have tended to assume that sea level reached a maximum during the last interglacial very slowly, over several millennia,” said study leader Paul Blanchon. “What we are saying is ‘No, they didn’t.’”
Odds of Escaping Global Catastrophe: About Even
LittleWolf on March-9-09
According to research from British climate scientists, there is a 50-50 chance the Earth’s temperature will rise to disaster levels over the next century. Such exclamations of doom make catchy headlines, but what does it mean in practical terms?
The scientists believe that a 2-degree Celsius increase in global temperatures would cause massive heat waves and droughts, many worse than the 2003 European heat wave that killed thousands of people.
But even with heavy cuts in greenhouse gas emissions of 3 percent a year from 2015 on, there is only a 50% chance of preventing the temperature from rising that much. And every decade delay in reducing emissions will cause temperatures to go up by another half a degree, researchers say.