Thursday, May 27, 2010

Global warming roundup – it’s not a good season for the Al Gore fan club - Orange Punch : The Orange County Register
...now is the season for climate realism, dose by dose. For example
Birmingham supports recycling with ‘bra banks’ | Recycle.co.uk
At the Birmingham Climate Change Festival on June 5 “bra banks” will be available as a place for women to donate their unwanted undergarments.
'Sulabh toilets can help reduce global warming' - Global Warming - Environment - Home - The Times of India
WASHINGTON: An Indian innovator who plans to promote cheap toilet technology in 50 developing countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East region says his technologies could also help developed nations reduce global warming.
C3: Satellites Confirm Greenland Ice Sheet's Incredibly Tiny Melt Rate - OMG, It May Disappear, In About 19,000 Years
What does this really mean? The ice sheet may take some 19,000 years to melt entirely. If the present global cooling trend continues, then it would take longer. ;-) (And scientists remain unconvinced that ice sheets would ever melt entirely based on most recent evidence.)
1 in 10 believe global warming is natural
Although a third of respondents to the survey of more than 13,000 people this year said they were very concerned about climate change, 9 percent said they weren't, up from 4 percent when the same survey was conducted two years ago.

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