"Dueling Pollsters Add Heat to Torpid Climate Debate"
"It has been the summer of polling discontent, or at least the dog days of disagreement on climate change."
Source: ClimateWire, 08/11/2010
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"Russian Wildfires Raise Chernobyl Radiation Fears"
"Russian emergency workers have increased forest patrols in a western region previously contaminated by the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster, trying to prevent wildfires from spreading harmful radiation, officials said Wednesday."
Source: AP, 08/11/2010
"Analysis: Pakistan Floods, Russia Heat Fit Climate Trend"
"Devastating floods in Pakistan and Russia's heatwave match predictions of extremes caused by global warming even though it is impossible to blame mankind for single severe weather events, scientists say."
Source: Reuters, 08/10/2010
"Price-of-Bread Alert" -- Market Sees Climate-Driven Wheat-Harvest Shortfall
"Global wheat crops are taking it on the chin, thanks to a drought and fires in Russia, too much rain in Canada, and locusts in Australia. Prices are at levels not seen in almost two years." Climate-driven harvest failures in other parts of the world may be good news for US grain dealers -- and may alter the balance of UN climate talks.
Source: NPR, 08/04/2010
"Russian Patriarch Prays For Rain As Wildfires Rage"
"Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill asked Russians to pray for rain on Sunday as wildfires raged across the European parts of the vast country, sweltering since June in an unprecedented heat wave."
Source: Reuters, 08/03/2010
"Russian Forest Fires Spread, at Least 7 Dead"
"Forest fires continue to rage around several Russian cities and officials say at least seven people have died, including two firefighters."
Source: AP, 07/30/2010
"Cool Roofs Can Offset CO2 Emissions And Mitigate Global Warming"
"Can light-colored rooftops and roads really curb carbon emissions and combat global climate change? The idea has been around for years, but now, a new study by researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory that is the first to use a global model to study the question has found that implementing cool roofs and cool pavements in cities around the world can not only help cities stay cooler, they can also cool the world, with the potential of canceling the heating effect of up to two years of worldwide carbon dioxide emissions."
Source: SPX, 07/21/2010
Lake Superior, a Huge Natural Climate Change Gauge, Is Running a Fever
"The Great Lakes are feeling the heat from climate change. As the world's largest freshwater system warms, it is poised to systematically alter life for local wildlife and the tribes that depend on it, according to regional experts."
Source: ClimateWire, 07/20/2010
"First Half of 2010 Sets Heat Records"
"The NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies now reports that the first six months of 2010 are the warmest on record, both in terms of atmospheric data and in combined atmospheric/ocean readings."
Source: Post Carbon, 07/15/2010
"Climate Change Can Be Hazardous To Your Health"
"From heat stress to sewage overflows, climate change promises to bring extreme weather that can throw our nation's ill-prepared public health infrastructure 'back to the 1890s,' according to experts."
Source: Daily Climate, 07/13/2010
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