"Environmental injury is deficit spending. It is spending for short-term gain..."
-- Robert Kennedy, Jr.
Plundering our environment for short-term gain with no thought to the future is but theft, criminal theft of the worst and most thoughtless kind. It is stealing from the future--stealing from our future selves, from our children, from our children's children. It is to leave of ourselves a thoughtless legacy of naught but obscene greed, a heritage of naught but the selfish degradation of our souls.
J. Marcus
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Global Warming Basics:
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Primers and Overviews on Global Warming/Ocean Acidification:
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Ocean Acidification Sites
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Global Warming Sites
1/11/09
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As a result of my researches into the CO2 problem, I have become convinced that solutions to this problem already exist. What we lack is the political and economic will to put these solutions in place! Check this site out--if you agree with it, then join and participate!
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Latest NOAA Climate Report - 2008
~Climate of 2008 - in Historical PerspectiveAnnual Report ~
1/05/09
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Basic Issues of Global Warming:
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Sources of Greenhouse Gas Pollutants/Causes of Global Warming:
12/03/08
http://www.oceana.org/climate/problem/pollution-sources/
http://www.oceana.org/climate/cause/
http://www.oceana.org/climate/cause/greenhouse-gases/
12/03/08
http://www.oceana.org/climate/problem/pollution-sources/
http://www.oceana.org/climate/cause/
http://www.oceana.org/climate/cause/greenhouse-gases/
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Global Carbon Budget:
11/29/08
1/11/09
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Studies Bolster Global Warming Theory:
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Effects of Global Warming:
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12/01/08
What will be the effect of rising sea levels on the salt water pearl farming areas of the world?
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12/03/08
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081106153534.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081124141053.htm
Follow the menu on the left to see various effects:
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The Physical and Chemical Basis of Biological Production in the Seas
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Deforestation and CO2 Pollution:
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Carbon Sequestration:
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2/01/09
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Ocean Acidification:
This is the heart of the problem as I see it. Diatoms and other organisms that make up plankton build shelly structures. If the acid level of the oceans reaches a critical point, then it may threaten the very foundations of ocean life. Here is a quote from Phytoplankton Dynamics by Ulrike Feudel of Universität Oldenburg (http://www.icbm.de/~feudel/) :
"Phytoplankton are tiny floating plants (algae) that live in the ocean and in lakes. In the process of photosynthesis, phytoplankton produce half of the world's oxygen. Moreover, by primary production, death and sinking they effectively transport carbon from the ocean's surface layer to marine sediments, a process by which phytoplankton exert a global-scale influence on climate (carbon dioxide and the greenhouse effect). Phytoplankton constitute the bottom level of aquatic foodwebs. There are many species of phytoplankton that can be distinguished by their morphology."
Phytoplankton Dynamics may be found at: http://www.icbm.de/~freund/Research/Phytoplanktondynamics/phytoplanktondynamics.html
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This may scare the hell out of you. Hopefully it will motivate you to usefull action:
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A recent report on the state of ocean acidification--It's dire:
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Alternative Energy:
11/30/08
Perhaps the best, most exhaustive resource on the subject of the state of energy resources and alternative energy is "The Energy Blog." It's author gave us quite a scare when he ceased posting a few months ago. Fortunately he has resumed updating his blog. He reports that medical problems were the reason for his hiatus and that he is much better. We wish him well. Find his blog at:
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An Overview Comparison of Alternative Energy Systems:
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Solutions, General:
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12/03/08
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Organizations Fighting Global Warming
12/03/08
1 comment:
Haven't stopped by your blog for a while. Thanks for all the links!!!
So now some are saying global warming isn't from CO2 emissions and other garbage we put out there. It's supposed to be a scam or some type of conspiracy. Just a natural cycle of heat, solar flares, etc...blah blah...
All I know is that when I was a kid going trick or treating, I had to wear a snowsuit and boots under my Halloween costume. Now the snow comes a week or two before Xmas or starts in January, and there is not nearly as much of it as I remember. I would have never believed it could be so. Gone are the days of being able to cross country ski starting in early November. The North is changing, that's for sure, at an alarming pace.
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