Climate Change

Real-Time Water Quality Information Available Across the Nation

Real time water-quality data are
now easily accessible online through the USGS WaterQualityWatch website
(
http://water.usgs.gov/waterwatch/wqwatch).

Surviving Climate Change roundtable in St. Louis

06/27/2008 - 08:49
06/29/2008 - 08:49

Register now for the Surviving Climate Change roundtable in St. Louis. Only $4 – but it goes up after May 15! Please send the information to anyone you know who might be interested.

*Surviving Climate Change: Producing Less and Enjoying it More*

The effects of climate change, peak oil and toxic production are here. We know it every time we see news of weather disasters and disappearing species. We feel it every time we buy gas. We hear it every time a child uses an asthma inhaler.

Bats Perish, and No One Knows Why

Bats Perish, and No One Knows Why

By TINA KELLEY
Published: March 25, 2008

Al Hicks was standing outside an old mine in the Adirondacks, the largest bat hibernaculum, or winter resting place, in New York State.

It was broad daylight in the middle of winter, and bats flew out of the mine about one a minute. Some had fallen to the ground where they flailed around on the snow like tiny wind-broken umbrellas, using the thumbs at the top joint of their wings to gain their balance.

Cold and In the Dark

KEN MIDKIFF DECEMBER 21, 2007

Cold and in the dark

In the year 2057:

“Daddy?”

“Yeah, I’m right here.”

”I’m hot and I can’t see you in the dark.”

“It is a bit warm.”

“No, it’s hot and it’s dark and I can’t sleep.”

“We can’t turn on the AC, because there’s no electricity. Same thing with the lights.”

“Why ain’t there no electricity?”

Insanity

KEN MIDKIFF DECEMBER 14, 2007

Insanity

Defined as, “Doing the Same Thing Over and Over, and Expecting Different Results” – Albert Einstein

On Tuesday, December 11, Al Gore accepted the Nobel Peace Prize for his work on global warming. His film “An Inconvenient Truth” is now being cited as the definitive work on this issue.

Coal-fired Power Plants = Global Warming

KEN MIDKIFF December 7, 2007

Coal-fired Power Plant = Global Warming

When “King Coal” was first burned to produce electricity, not much was known about global warming. In fact, 50 to 70 years ago, there was much more concern about a new ice age and gradual cooling.

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