Saturday, March 17, 2012

Bioengineering people to fight global warming: Been there, done that. - Slate Magazine

For most of our existence, humans have reacted to the climate roller coaster by enjoying the good [warm] weather while it's around and otherwise hiding in the warm tropics. When the climate warmed by several degrees around 8,000 B.C., it must have seemed at first like a wonderful dream. The glaciers melted. The human population grew and grew. There were more people than ever before, using a broader range of resources and eating a broader range of foods, and they invented beautiful and complex cultures.

...Population growth was the subject of Jonathan Swift’s original, trolling call for legalized cannibalism. It seems like bioengineering won’t be of much use unless we dare to adopt a truly Swiftian approach. Don’t breed meat-hating children; breed children with a taste for human flesh.

What Causes the Large Swings in Global Satellite Temperatures? « Roy Spencer, Ph. D.

These temperature swings are mostly the result of variations in rainfall activity.

Warming trend in sceptics' machinations | smh.com.au

Can we prove economic uncertainty causes greater climate scepticism? No, not definitively.

But it certainly seems plausible.

gulfnews : Battery-powered bus to beat climate change

Dubbed "Victory Against Climate Change," the programme aims to promote the eBus as a viable alternative to conventional internal combustion-engined buses.

Warm currents heating up shark libidos say researchers | news10.net

AUSTRALIA - Researchers say sharks are having sex at an unusually high rate and speculate the weather may be to blame.

Unseasonably warm ocean currents may be a factor in increased shark breeding patterns as they try to survive climate change, said researchers from the University of Queensland.

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