Natural Science Forum / Earth Science / Meteorology / August 2007

12 August 2007
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Arctic sea ice 'lowest in recorded history'
Sea ice in the northern hemisphere has plunged to the lowest levels
ever measured, a US Arctic specialist says, adding that it is likely
to be part of a long-term trend of polar ice melt driven by global

14 August 2007
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FSU study in Nature says newfound turbulence in undersea mountains
affects ocean circulation.
http://www.evolutionarycommunism.com/news/n111.html
More than a mile beneath the Atlantic's surface, roughly halfway

11 August 2007
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10 August 2007
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Summer thunderstorms become much more fierce when they collide with a
city than they would otherwise be in the open countryside, according
to research led by Princeton engineers.
http://theanalystmagazine.com/pr/n223.html

9 August 2007
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Rev 21.1 seems to mean that in the 'new time' there will be no more
sea. Perhaps he means just the great sea, but that couldn't dry up unless as
isthmus formed across the straits of Gibraltar, as, in a past eon, when the
Meditteranean actually was dry.  Or maybe it was just a ...

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/brent-baker/2007/08/09/confirming-limbaughs-predict
ion-cbs-ignores-study-casting-doubt-global-
CBS Ignores Study Casting Doubt on Warming
    Two nights after NBC blamed hot summer temperatures on global
warming, and on the very day a new scientific ...

Sorry if I sound like a buffoon to you meteorologists.  I'm simply a layman
that knows nothing about this but wants to learn.  I did some searching and
it is said that warm rising air keeps clouds up.  Is it possible the static
charge in the clouds could also have an effect?  ...

Things we can all do to stop global warming
By Naomi Oreskes, July 13, 2007
{ Dr. Oreskes is known for her survey of the scientific literature
on global warming, which found that the abstracts of 928 of 928

There are many ways to demonstrate a fact.
-.-. --.- Roger
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Source:    American Physical Society

Every so often new members of this forum arrive with the
misconception that global warming is not happening.  This
little post will serve as a reading for Global Warming 101,
our introductory course on the subject.  The list is here is

Anyone know?