The Thin Green Line : Weird weather watch: California heat wave

Here's a proposal for helping generate public awareness of climate change. Even if you like the heat, talk about it in terms of "weird weather" or "record temperatures."

The Lancet Student polls just assume that you're among the minority still buying into the climate scam

As the major climate change contributor, what responsibility does the developed world have to the developing world?

* monetary- fund disaster preparedness and relief programs in the developing world
* legislative- impart strict fines for violations of environmental protection laws
* social- reduce consumer lifestyle, stop using cars and commuter flights
* none- developed world does not owe a debt to the developing world for the climate crisis

Total Votes: 4 Started: April 21, 2009

How will climate change most affect health in the next 20 yrs?

# by natural disaster, i.e. flood
# by disease from heat, increased malaria
# by famine, malnutrition
# by increased poverty, reduced access to healthcare

Growing Antarctic sea ice linked to damaged ozone | Reuters

OSLO (Reuters) - An expansion of sea ice around Antarctica is linked to a hole in the ozone layer high in the atmosphere, according to a study on Tuesday that helps clear up a mystery about global warming.

The findings, by scientists at the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) and the U.S. space agency NASA, explain an apparent contradiction between a thaw of ice in the Arctic to record lows and an increase in ice around Antarctica over the past 30 years.