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POPS"Seven New Wonders of the World" (full at source): Honey, we're shrinking the species Bigger is so 20th century. Ecologists say global warming will shrink species, as bigger creatures will have more problems losing heat. And conservationists say we need to plan now if we are going to save large species from extinction.
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POPSLocal Lad had itchy feet from Deceptive Lands He took first movie footage of modern warfare from flying above the action.Circumnavigated earth in a Zepplin.Warned US of Japanese intentions from Manchuria getting Generals drunk on Whisky while secreting his in to a bladder in his jacket.Consultant to US Military and his submarine Nautilus was name given to first US nuclear one as an honour.another one the Scate scattered his ashes their Commander James Calvert said "Sir Hubert had always been a free man and I want him free now" and Admiral F Warder "I shall always feel poor in my thanks" in 1959. His last visit home was in 1958 stopping with school mate my grandfather, he joked about still living in the "Commonwealth"as Pennsylvania was of dual status.
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POPSBetting With A Climate Scientist ~ An Open Challenge to David Barber
I am concerned about climate exaggerations and the effect they have on public policy makers. It seems quite clear that David Barber was off the mark when he predicted that “this year that the North Pole may be free of ice for the first time,” because neither the Arctic Ocean, the Arctic Basin nor the North Pole were ice free this past summer. David Barger is a smart guy and evidently an expert in his field. Taking on a wager with an amateur like me should be like shooting fish in a barrel. I look forward to reaching an agreement soon. In the post at Climate Sanity it is pointed out that based on the facts it is almost impossible for the Arctic to be ice free anytime soon. Plus that it is hardly a new ocurrence despite the rantings of David Barber. American Nuclear subs have been photogrpahed at the North Pole in ice free water in 1959 and 1962. http://climatesanity.wordpress.com/2008/12/10/arctic-sea-ice-gone-by-2015-a-challenge-to-david-barber/
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POPSThe Methane Time Bomb As pessimistic/cynical as I am, I really didn't want us to get to this point. Perhaps it won't reach the critical point, but I'm not holding my breath.
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POPSPolar Bears are Starving What is the future for Arctic sea ice? Some scientists believe that in just five years, the Arctic may be ice-free during the summer. No-one can say either whether it is a trend that will continue to worsen, or a natural cycle that will eventually be reversed.
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POPSAlaska's anti environmentalism could sink Florida Open water now stretches all the way round the Arctic, making it possible for the first time in human history to circumnavigate the North Pole… the most important geographical landmark to date to signal the unexpectedly rapid progress of global warming. The resulting opening of Arctic sea lanes will affect American foreign and energy policy for years, implying that the economy in Alaska will boom while Florida sinks.
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POPStheir greatest crime of all--ignoring the climate change
He added that they should, in his opinion, "be tried for high crimes against humanity and nature… I anticipate testifying against relevant CEOs in future public trials." That's a novel thought in our nation's capital. Oh, and while he was at it, he probably should have thrown in George W., Dick C., and crew. What they haven't done (and what they've blocked from being done) over these last eight years may turn out to be their greatest crime of all. Talk about smoking guns... or is it melting ice? And here's the sad thing, as with so much else in these last years, the only way global warming has gotten the slightest respect in Bush's Washington is as a national security issue. Big surprise. The Navy, for instance, was already holding a symposium entitled "Naval operations in an Ice-Free Arctic" in April 2001; now, it seems that by 2010, or 2015 at the latest, it may have its wish -- an iceless Arctic Ocean in the summer for the first time in perhaps one million years and a scramble for
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POPSarctic oil there is a another article here about oil rights in the arctic http://www.thestar.com/World/Columnist/article/473635
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