Governors Address Climate Change »
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Talks on state-level climate policy were planned for the annual National Governors Association meeting this weekend at a resort on Lake Michigan, where receding water levels have touched off debate over the effects of global warming on the Great Lakes.
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david_nwpa1 year, 1 month ago
I live near Lake Erie and am concerned that if the lake's level continues to drop, our shipping and tourism industries here will take a serious toll. The water levels of the lake also affect our snow level in the winter. The lower the lake level, the lower our snowfall total in December and January. That is bad news for skiing and snowboarding locales.
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CrazyRay1 year, 1 month ago
As someone who's family has owned a house on lake Huron for 20 years, nobody is blaming global warming and/or climate change for the decreasing lake levels, which have been noticeably decreasing since the early 90s.
An older woman a few houses down told us years ago that it's part of a lake cycle as the lake levels were low 40 years ago.
Other than that, most blame the dredging of St. Clair as a reason for more water flowing out of the Great Lakes, therefore lowering the levels.
http://www.great-lakes.net/envt/water/levels/hy...
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david_nwpa1 year, 1 month ago
I have stepped foot in it a few years ago. I found myself in the hospital for 5 days afterward with severe infections in my foot and leg. After numerous days on IV antibiotics and steroids, they send me home to recover for a week.
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RickyDawkins1 year, 1 month ago
In its 2007 report the IPCC projected temperature increases for several different scenarios, depending on the magnitude of future greenhouse gas emissions. For a "moderate" scenarioâ;;in which emissions grow slowly, peak around the year 2050, and then fallâ;;the IPCC report projected further warming of 1.1 to 2.9 Celsius degrees (1.9 to 5.2 Fahrenheit degrees) by the year 2100. For a "high-emissions" scenarioâ;;in which emissions continue to increase significantly and finally level off at the end of the centuryâ;;the IPCC report projected further warming of 2.4 to 6.4 Celsius degrees (4.3 to 11.5 Fahrenheit degrees) by the year 2100.
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1-2-Oscar1 year, 1 month ago
The governors should agree to close all the petroleum refineries in Texas and Louisiana. That will not only clean up the air in our two worst-polluting states, but it will dramatically reduce automobile emissions in every other state, and the planet will be saved.
That ought to please Al Gore.
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CrazyRay1 year, 1 month ago
Totally, let's seriously hurt gasoline production and increase the cost per gallon to something the average person can't afford
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Centinel1 year, 1 month ago
The solution is simple. TREES! Trees and vegetation consume CO2 and expel oxygen as waste.
Al Gore is an idiot! It would require 9.3 quadrillion (9,300,000,000,000,000)cubic feet of water to raise the oceans 1 foot. Is there that much ice on the planet?
Fact! The most abundant green house gas in the atmosphere is water vapor. It constitutes approximately 90% of the greenhouse gasses.
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RickyDawkins1 year, 1 month ago
Global Warming or Climate Change, measurable increases in the average temperature of Earth's atmosphere, oceans, and landmasses. Scientists believe Earth is currently facing a period of rapid warming brought on by rising levels of heat-trapping gases, known as greenhouse gases, in the atmosphere.
Greenhouse gases retain the radiant energy (heat) provided to Earth by the Sun in a process known as the greenhouse effect. Greenhouse gases occur naturally, and without them the planet would be too cold to sustain life as we know it. Since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution in the mid-1700s, however, human activities have added more and more of these gases into the atmosphere. For example, levels of carbon dioxide, a powerful greenhouse gas, have risen by 35 percent since 1750, largely from the burning of fossil fuels such as coal, oil, and natural gas. With more greenhouse gases in the mix, the atmosphere acts like a thickening blanket and traps more heat.
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david_nwpa1 year, 1 month ago
Actually, yes there is that much ice. I know it seems incredible, but indeed there is. One other problem is that as ice melts and flows into the oceans, the salinity of the water changes. Add to that the fact that it could seriously change the ocean currents and affect the weather, we should be considered about climate change for the more immediate climate impact changes.
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capn_caveman1 year, 1 month ago
Centinel,
If the the Arctic / Antarctic ice caps melted on Earth we would be looking at a sea level rise of over 200 feet.
Greenland melting alone would contribute 20 feet of sea level rise.
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droid39131 year, 1 month ago
Our Planet is always in change. I used to live in Wisconsin. Did you know that state was once under an ocean? It also had one of the world's largest mountain ranges before the last ice age? We live on a very fluid planet. Except the changes.
I just read in Discovery Magazine that many scientist now belives global warming is cause by the sun. I've been saying that along.
I am tired of the tree huggers scaring everybody. Didn't they read you people about the chicken who always said the sky is falling?
This is what happens to uneducated people. They will believe anything the 'elite' and controlling people tells them.
Learn the basic science of Earth's weather. Study the workings of our sun. They go hand in hand. Then make up your own mind!
Gobal warming is the religion of the left.
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RickyDawkins1 year, 1 month ago
Mr. Roboto, it seems you did not finish reading YOUR article...
Industrial Revolution: 150 years ago
The Industrial Revolution added a new player to the climate game: humans. Suddenly, we were burning coal and oil in vast amounts and releasing huge amounts of carbon-rich greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. All that carbon has been locked up deep in the earth, where it could not interfere with the climate. The effect was the opposite of that caused by volcanoes â;; the greenhouse gases exacerbated the global warming trend. A recent study comparing the cooling effects of the 1883 Krakatau eruption with that of the similar Mount Pinatubo eruption in 1991 show the latter eruption caused far less cooling. By the end of the 20th century, the greenhouse was just too warm to be effected very long.
http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/globalwarm...
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capn_caveman1 year, 1 month ago
I don't recall any recent Discovery Magazine publications implicating the role of the sun as a primary factor in global warming. Perhaps you can supply a date to that article.
Meanwhile, this just came out this month (PDF file link):
http://www.pubs.royalsoc.ac.uk/media/proceeding...
That article basically explains that if we took only the sun's influence on the planet as the primary factor for global climate change, then the planet should be cooling right now. Not only is the planet not cooling, it's warming. And it's warming at an increasing pace.
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CovalentBond1 year, 1 month ago
July issue, cover title,
Politically Incorrect: Is The Sun Causing Global Warming?
It's a interview with Henrik Sevensmark he's the guy who has been proving in real world experiments, the link between cosmic rays and cloud formation. And how this affects climate. It starts on page 46. It's a very good read.
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farmerman1 year, 1 month ago
We have to have our weekly spot for the Church of the Global Warming. If the states do decide to get involved, then taxpayers and consumers, grab your pocketbooks.
Hopefully it is just the Looney Left Blue states. That will drive more businesses and people to the Red states.
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lvrofwolves1 year, 1 month ago
farmerman- oh yea because we all know grabbing your pocketbooks, your childrens pocketbooks and most likely your grandchildrens pocketbooks to fight this 'war' has been so helpful to the world. Even if global warming/climate changes aren't as controlable as we'd like, at least the earth would be cleaned up-you would see where your $ is going....do you see where your $ is going now with this 'war'??? you think it's ok to spend billions on top of billions for that? but not in favor of cleaning up and helping the environment??
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Centinel1 year, 1 month ago
We have been doing quite a bit about this problem for what, 40 years? Automotive emission controls. Stack scrubbers on factories. There are a host of other "regulatory" requirements as well. We even have the unconstitutional EPA! What more do you want?
Being born is hazardous to your health. Why? Because everyone ever born dies!
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CB_Brooklyn1 year, 1 month ago
an interesting film:
The Great Global Warming Swindle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8f8v5du5_ag
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