Monday, January 12, 2009

Crashes galore on Twin Cities roads as snow and frigid cold move in
Arctic air so cold that thermometers in the Twin Cities could register some of the lowest temperatures this decade invaded Minnesota early today and promises to hang around at least until the weekend.

And it brought fluffy snow and wind with it, which has created slippery conditions on Twin Cities roads and scores of accidents, spin outs and vehicles sliding into ditches. At 2 p.m., Minnesota Department of Transportation cameras showed 13 crashes on Twin Cities highways, a sign of what the afternoon drive home might hold for drivers, the National Weather Service said.
Al Gore claims to see catastrophe and crisis (caused by you) everywhere he looks: Al's Journal : Greening the Oceans
While this is a great step, the only way to truly protect these ecosystems is to reduce CO2 emissions, which not only are the source of the climate crisis, but also acidify the oceans.

Ocean acidification knows no boundaries, nor do the other impacts of climate change on our oceans.
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In the latest version of my slide show I use this image, which I have adapted from the Nov 14th issue of Nature.
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It shows the crisis of oxygen loss in the oceans. Just look at the vast area of the Pacific Ocean stretching from North and South American westward and notice the catastrophe apparently in the Indian Ocean, the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal surrounding the subcontinent of India.

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