Breaking news: "Obama's first global warming report most dire yet: Ill effects already here, will get worse[.]"
I love the first two paragraphs: "Harmful effects from global warming are already here and worsening, warns the first climate report from Barack Obama's presidency in the strongest language on climate change ever to come out of the White House.
Global warming has already caused more heavy downpours, the rise of temperatures and sea levels, rapidly retreating glaciers and altered river flows, according to the document released Tuesday by the White House science adviser and other top officials."
The full report can be downloaded HERE.
The timing of this report couldn't be worse. So far this year the Northern Hemisphere has experienced much colder then normal weather this year. In fact, the cold snap has been happening since 2007(or as some say, earlier). Here are a few reminders of the unusually cold or record cold and unusual weather we have experienced in 2008:
On December 20th, 2008 this map was built showing close to Nearly 1500 cold temp records & 770 snow records set in U.S. in past week! [source: INFO MAP] Just this month here in the Twin Cities: Historic cold in Twin Cities - Minnesota’s State Climatology Office says the temperatures in St. Paul and Minneapolis stayed below for 60 for three straight days, something that hasn't happened in June since June 1-3, 1951.
The only other years with three days in a row of high temperatures below 60 in June were 1917, 1935, and 1937.
The high temperature of 52 degrees on Saturday (06/06/2009) set a record as the lowest high temperature for that date.
www.iceagenow.com has compiled a list of record cold and snow fall total since 2000. It is a must read!
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