[Amusing National Geographic headline]: Global Warming Burning Up Lakes?

A loss of oxygen and the deterioration of food chains have transformed Africa’s Lake Tanganyika and Russia’s Lake Baikal. Scientists have pointed to global warming, and now a new study finds that a similar fate may be in store for many of the world's freshwater bodies.

In the last 25 years, the world's largest lakes have been steadily warming, confirms the new study, some by as much as 4°F (2.2°C). In some cases that is seven times faster than air temperatures have risen over the same period.

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Dec 2 - Heads of state stay away from U.N. climate change conference in Cancun

Barrasso: Administration Must Stop Wasting U.S. Taxpayer Dollars on International Climate Change Bailouts

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Subcommittee on Oversight in the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, strongly opposes the Obama administration’s decision to transfer billions of U.S. taxpayer dollars to developing nations in the name of climate change.
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“We have a $1.29 trillion deficit and are $13.6 trillion in debt. It makes no sense for the United States to now spend billions of taxpayer dollars to fight climate change in other countries. Americans are concerned about jobs, the economy, the debt and spending. If the administration is serious about listening to the American people, they will cancel this international climate change bailout.”