Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Snicker: "Melting Antarctica spells trouble" | The Australian
Prof Brook said it had been thought Antarctica was cooling partly because of the hole in the ozone layer, which allowed the hot air out.
The Daily Bayonet: UV Rays: CFL's New Danger
Remember that the right to use a safe product in use for 100 years has been taken away from you by green activists and that the replacement product not only contains mercury but will now also potentially expose you to dangerous levels of UV rays in your own home.
Spring is arriving 'two days earlier than half a century ago' as global temperatures allegedly rise
Although the timing varied from year to year - and from region to region, they found the start of spring was 1.7 days earlier.
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We see 100 years where there is a very natural pattern of variability, and then we see a large departure from that pattern at the same time as global mean temperatures start increasing, which makes us suspect that there’s a human role here,’ said lead researcher Dr Alexander Stine.
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In 2006, a massive European study into 561 species of plant and animal found that spring had crept forward by six to eight days since the 1970s.

In Spain, which has seen the biggest rise in temperatures, spring now begins a fortnight earlier than it did 30 years ago.
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However, the cold winter and sub zero temperatures of the last few weeks appears to have held back spring this year.

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