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Cowards in our democracies Hansen

admin /12 February, 2012

See John James’s website www.planetextinction.com for more info on these topics and his blogs. January 2011 January 2010 August 2009 Topics Bush fires Carbon Dioxide Catastrophic weather Consumerism Effects rising temperature Environmental activism Financial crisis Food and Water scarcity Forests Fukushima Global Warming Greenland Greenpeace Methane Peak oil Permafrost Planet Extinction Population Refugees Renewable energy Continue Reading →

Australasian Ocean Currents

admin /12 February, 2012

The Antarctic Circumpolar Current The Leeuwin Current The Indonesian Throughflow The East Australian Current The Antarctic Circumpolar Current The 20 000 kilometre Antarctic Circumpolar Current is considered the powerhouse for global climate. It connects the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans in an eastward flow equivalent to 150 times the combined flow of all the world’s Continue Reading →

Link between earthquakes and cyclones

admin /12 February, 2012

ScienceDaily (Dec. 8, 2011) — A groundbreaking study led by University of Miami (UM) scientist Shimon Wdowinski shows that earthquakes, including the recent 2010 temblors in Haiti and Taiwan, may be triggered by tropical cyclones (hurricanes and typhoons), according to a presentation of the findings at the 2011 AGU Fall Meeting in San Francisco. See Continue Reading →

On our Radar: The Danube ices over

admin /12 February, 2012

On Our Radar: The Danube Ices Over

By THE NEW YORK TIMES
The surface of the Danube was almost totally frozen on Thursday in Belgrade, Serbia.European Pressphoto AgencyThe surface of the Danube was almost totally frozen on Thursday in Belgrade, Serbia.

Ice floes block vast swaths of the Danube River, crippling shipping and commerce as a brutal cold wave worsens in Europe. The river, which is vital for transport, power, irrigation, industry and fishing, is wholly or partly blocked from Austria to its mouth on the Black Sea. [Agence France-Presse]