I know how you feel about the science . . . just showing that I think this wildfire thing is going to get worse. If you don't want to think so, that's fine. I hope Wyden gets the money to deal with this problem this year and more money to deal with good forestry management in future years or this will cost Oregonians billions, IMO. Just hoping this isn't a pattern is too risky.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities now say 14 people, including a 15-year-old, have been struck by lightning during rare summer thunderstorms that have swept through Southern California, injuring two critically. Yikes!
http://guardianlv.com/2014/03/will-global-warming-bring-about-the-walking-dead/ When scientists recently found a 30,000 year old “giant” virus named Pithovirus sibericum, perhaps it brought the thought to mind that many other contagions might be exposed with the impact global warming has on the planet. The virus scientists found however, is not one that can infect humans, but it can infect amoeba. ... However, Jean-Michel Claverie, a professor at The National Center for Scientific Research, was one who worked on the study involving the 30,000 year old virus. Claverie warns of the possibility of a smallpox comeback, though he did not confirm this would happen. “Smallpox is not eradicated from the planet – only the surface,” warns Claverie, if the virus and the amoeba survive in the same way. Global warming is a huge issue which should not be taken lightly. Perhaps someone should bring all of these imaginative souls, (people who are obsessed about The Walking Dead) together to form a real action plan against this world’s inevitable future.
several years ago a Japanese think tank genius was asked to study global warming and his conclusion was to change color. Tires, asphalt, rooftops, roads etc should never be black, he suggested light blue. According to him we've completely ignored the effect of color on the planet's temperature. Sell your black beemers today folks! He concluded black rubber tires are designed to wear out faster so you'll buy more.
Yep. It's called Albedo. The smaller the glaciers have become, the less white surface to reflect radiation back into space.
http://www.batcon.org/index.php/media-and-info/bats-archives.html?task=viewArticle&magArticleID=1014 Climate Change and Bats ... To begin examining some probable impacts of climate change on bats, we chose the common vampire (Desmodus rotundus) – an opportunistic species that is especially sensitive to low temperatures. One of only three bat species that feed on blood, the common vampire (limited to Mexico, Central and South America) will probably see its range expand dramatically northward. And it will bring a number of challenges along with it.
