Sunday, December 14, 2008

How many groups of Bulgarian scientists SHOULD be studying the alleged effects of CO2 on Antarctica?
The 17th Bulgarian expedition to the Antarctica took off. 9 Bulgarian scientists will join the team of six colleagues who departed in mid-November to prepare the facility for the new season. The Bulgarian experts will carry out research on climate change in view of the global warming. They will work within the framework of an international project supported by the European Commission that includes EU member states, as well as Argentina, Chile and Brazil. The last group of Bulgarian researchers to go to the Antarctic is leaving in January.
Poznan: Delusional young alarmists imagine that they saved humanity last week
I am writing in the midst of a dramatic shift in global climate policy. The official President's Summary of COP-14 bears witness to this shift and signals the guiding principle of a just and equitable post-2012 climate agreement next year in Copenhagen. And this outcome is due in large part to the work of young people. Over the past 48 hours, youth from around the world have been instrumental in changing the terms of the debate around climate change by refocusing the international community around a unifying concept:

Survival.
Canada: Frigid temperatures put the Prairies in deep freeze; no dengue fever outbreaks reported
In Saskatchewan, wind chill warnings are in effect for Meadow Lake right down to the U.S. border, calling for temperatures ranging from -30C to -45 C or colder.

In eastern and central Alberta, wind chills are expected to hit between -40 C and -45 C.

According to Environment Canada, normal temperatures in central Alberta for this time of year are about -1 C.

And in eastern British Columbia, wind chills of -35 C are forecast for regions such as East Kootenay and Yoho Park, while wind chills of -40 C are predicted for Chilcotin and Peace River.

Meanwhile, Eastern Canada was hit by the tail end of the storm that buried the northeast United States under a sheet of ice.

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