Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Bummer: CO2 will allegedly cause both more *and* less violent polar storms; in both cases, this is both bad and your fault

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Violent polar storms help control the world's weather - what will we do without them?
Violent polar storms help control the world's weather - environment - 18 December 2012 - New Scientist
POLAR storms are among the most vicious weather systems on the planet, but we may soon be wishing there were more of them.

These mini-hurricanes occur in the Arctic winter, when freezing air flows out of the region and over the warmer Atlantic Ocean. As the Arctic warms in the coming decades, there are expected to be fewer of them.
PETITION TO THE INTER AMERICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS SEEKING RELIEF FROM VIOLATIONS RESULTING FROM GLOBAL WARMING CAUSED BY ACTS AND OMISSIONS OF THE UNITED STATE [PDF]
Slumping, erosion, landslides, drainage, and more violent sea storms have destroyed coastal land, wetlands, and lakes, and have detrimentally changed the characteristics of the landscape upon which the Inuit depend.

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