Climate Shifts » Uncategorized » “Climate change: a self-fulfilling prophecy” - Monbiot
After reading that Barack Obama may be forced to delay signing the Copenhagen climate change deal due to the scale of opposition in the US Congress, I can only conclude that ignorance and complacency in our policy makers continues to reign supreme. When will we wake up to the fact that tweaking the business-as-usual approach will do nothing to prevent the catastrophes that loom? Without a directed and massive reorganization of the way we generate energy, we are headed for disaster. Despite this, many policy makers pretend that there are good reasons for delaying action.Alleged 'Crunch year' for world's forests
Efforts to mitigate climate change could be hampered if nations do not agree to protect the world's forests by the end of the year, warn researchers.Jan '09: New Jungles Prompt a Debate on Rain Forests - NYTimes.com
By one estimate, for every acre of rain forest cut down each year, more than 50 acres of new forest are growing in the tropics on land that was once farmed, logged or ravaged by natural disaster.
“There is far more forest here than there was 30 years ago,” said Ms. Ortega de Wing, 64, who remembers fields of mango trees and banana plants.
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The sound of spring is in the air.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Demolition crews set explosives Wednesday to break up a huge ice jam in the Missouri River and blast open a channel, like pulling out a giant plug to drain a flood threatening the southwest part of Bismarck.
Crews blowing up ice jam on Mo River
The Missouri’s ice jam is actually being caused by huge chunks, many the size of cars, that were forced into the river from its Heart River tributary, said Kay, a hydraulic engineer.
The Governor says “There will likely be a series of explosive charges,” (to clear that ice blockage).
Must be some stubborn ice.
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