Climate change could mean the extinction of our species

[trish]

Charles Moore must be surprised by each change of season, utterly unable to predict that Spring precedes Summer, Summer precedes Fall and Fall precedes Winter. He's seems unable to distinguish weather from climate, that or he just likes blowing smoke up the collective asses of Telegraph readers.

[trish]

Speaking of the media on climate science, the Union of Concerned Scientists recently published an assessment of how well cable news channels do on the subject.

http://www.ucsusa.org/global_warming...e-science.html

[Ben]

"Science Does Not Exist on Capitol Hill": Rep. Peter Welch on House GOP’s Climate Change Denial:

Peter Welch discusses Climate Change at the 49 minute mark...

http://www.democracynow.org/2014/4/8...ist_on_capitol

[Ben]

Carbon Dioxide Levels Climb Into Uncharted Territory:

http://mashable.com/2014/04/08/carbo...lobal-warming/

[trish]

More on Global Warming and the Media:

Showtime is about to run a series on the dangers of global warming with focus on concomitant natural disasters. Two NYT reviewers ( http://nyti.ms/1qhekjP ) warn that the scare tactic employed by the producers/directors of the series may do more to turn off the public than motivate them. The authors cite several studies that agree.

The difficulty is, the consequences of climatic energy imbalance are global in scale. Changes in weather patterns will (and already are) driving the extinctions of diverse plant and animal species and forcing the poleward migration of plants and crops. Warmer atmospheres hold more water for longer period of time. This creates long periods of drought (think of the wildfires in Texas, California and Australia) followed by torrential rains (floods and mudslides). As arable lands dwindle, the price of food will rise. Etc.

This from the NYT article linked above, "Some people, the report noted, “are likely to buy an SUV to help them through the erratic weather to come” for example, rather than support fuel-efficiency standards."

The rampant denialism, the ideologically driven resistance to science, the me first selfishness and the utter banality displayed right wing on this issue is breath taking.

[Ben]

Growing Evidence That Autism Is Linked to Pollution:

http://time.com/25424/growing-eviden...-to-pollution/

[sukumvit boy]

Speaking of the media on climate science, the Union of Concerned Scientists recently published an assessment of how well cable news channels do on the subject.

http://www.ucsusa.org/global_warming...e-science.html

Right ,Trish ! A n it looks like Fox News leads the pack.!
http://rt.com/usa/fox-news-misleadin...te-change-500/

[Ben]

We need an apartheid-style boycott to save the planet:

http://www.theguardian.com/commentis...ge-keystone-xl

[Ben]

Plows and Carbon: The Timeline of Global Warming

[Ben]

Report: Climate change stunting fish

Fish sizes reduced by as much as 29 percent over past 40 years as ocean temperatures increased:

http://america.aljazeera.com/article...ntingfish.html