Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Biggest English Polluter Spends $1 Billion to Burn Wood: Energy - Bloomberg
More than two centuries after coal power helped forge the world’s first industrial economy, Britain is going back to burning wood.
NYTimes Environmental Journalist Speaks at Cornell | The Cornell Daily Sun
He said climate change is a complex topic and most of its effects are uncertain. Since scientists can not be sure of how much ocean levels will increase in the next hundred years or of how rainfall patterns may change, climate change is challenging to write about, and it is difficult to determine how people should properly prepare themselves for its consequences.
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He gave the example that climate change has made it possible for malaria carrying mosquitoes to increase their geographic range — which has led to increased outbreaks of malaria in human populations. The root of the problem is greenhouse gas emissions that alter ecological relationships by creating climate changes.
Flashback: WHO report shows 50% decrease in confirmed cases of malaria
LAGOS — A total of 11 African countries showed a greater than 50 per cent reduction in either confirmed malaria cases or malaria admissions and deaths over the past decade, a new World Malaria Report has revealed .

The report released yesterday by the World Health Organisation, WHO, also showed a decrease of more than 50 per cent in the number of confirmed cases of malaria found in 32 of the 56 malaria-endemic countries outside Africa between 2008 and 2010, while downward trends of 25 per cent – 50 per cent were seen in eight additional countries.
Another Month From The Hottest Year Ever | Real Science
Almost all of the US was two to six degrees above normal in September, 1936, after being four to twelve degrees above normal during June, July and August....

NOAA determined in March that 2012 was going to be the hottest year ever, regardless of the weather for the rest of the year.

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