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Scientists are getting better at grasping changes taking place in the coldest regions of the planet, and as NASA's new video "Tour of the Cryosphere" illustrates, they are getting better at telling us about it. Melting Antarctic ice sheets spill more heavy, salty water into the ocean, which sinks to the abyss and changes ocean currents that alter climate worldwide, we are told. Seventy-five percent of the water resources in the American West depends on precipitation falling as mountain snow. A dry winter in the Rockies can heighten wildfire danger even the following year. This is not a message that scientists have always been very good at getting across, partly because they are, well, scientists, who usually think in technical terms, and partly because they spend a lot more time talking to each other about their methods than to the likes of you and me about their message. I have a friend in the news business who used to listen to their jargon-filled ...
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New modeling research in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by Paul O'Gorman at MIT and Tapio Schneider at Caltech have refined modeling data with regards to increasing global temperatures and the expected resulting rainfall theories. Rather than rising in lock-step with rising water vapor concentrations, the frequency of heavy rainfall events in the mid-latitudes rises somewhat less than the rate of the moisture capacity of the atmosphere. Extreme rainfall events rise about 6 per cent for every degree Celsius increase in global average temperatures, the researchers report. This is a significant statistic when paired with the authoritative warming estimates of 3.5 to 7.4 degrees Celsius during century. In the Forecast, More Heavy Rain by John D. Cox August 18, 2009 Source Climate Denial Crock of the Week
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UPDATE: 11:27pm I must have been channeling the governor as I was writing this post earlier today. I just ran across her statement posted about two hours ago. “I firmly believe Washington State—where innovation is part of our very DNA—will lead the way and serve as a model for the country… I’m happy to report that Washington innovators understand Code Green, and they are answering the call of a generation… We envision Interstate 5.. as the first green freeway in the United States from (Canada to Mexico.)” Click HERE to read the whole statement. There are lots of reasons why I love living in Washington State. I can stand on the space needle, and on a clear day, I can see mountain top peaks covered in snow, the calm waters of Puget Sound teaming with marine wildlife and serenity. Drive from the ocean: to a rainforest, on to a desert, and then stop to do a little snow hiking. all in one beautiful day. ...
