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Posts Made By: Rod Kaufman

October 19, 2009 07:35 PM Forum: Global Warming - REAL or NOT

Sea level rise: less than a foot by 2100

Posted By Rod Kaufman

It does seem in contradiction to:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/mar/11/sea-level-rises-climate-change-copenhagen
and:
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/307/5716/1769
and:
http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2007/03/the-ipcc-sea-level-numbers/
and:
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/03/10/climate-sea-level.html
Looks like quite a range and I'm not so sure your source has it right. The last link I've referenced appears to be more up to date than yours.

October 23, 2009 09:16 PM Forum: Global Warming - REAL or NOT

Saving the Polar Bears

Posted By Rod Kaufman

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-polar-bears23-2009oct23,0,841777.story
Their own critical habitat...I like that.
Looks like we're a bit late for the coral reefs:
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2009/10/coral-reefs-threatened-with-extinction.html

November 8, 2009 10:37 PM Forum: Global Warming - REAL or NOT

Climate Change Bill in Trouble

Posted By Rod Kaufman

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-ed-climate8-2009nov08,0,2966561.story
An unfortunate turn of events, to be sure. Let's hope cooler heads will prevail and the bill gets passed.

November 21, 2009 05:38 PM Forum: Global Warming - REAL or NOT

AFED Report

Posted By Rod Kaufman

Global warming will hit the middle east countries hard as water supplies become depleted and sea water levels rise:
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1258705152722&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

November 22, 2009 05:42 PM Forum: Global Warming - REAL or NOT

Here Comes the Sea

Posted By Rod Kaufman

http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-fg-climate-cartagena22-2009nov22,0,7731005.story
Sometimes, a picture is worth a thousand words...

November 22, 2009 10:29 PM Forum: Global Warming - REAL or NOT

The So-Called Email Scandal

Posted By Rod Kaufman

http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-fg-climate-hacker22-2009nov22,0,913036.story
Taking snippets of hacked information out of context and representing it as fact and the skeptics hang their hats and their heads on it. Geez...

December 4, 2009 03:51 AM Forum: Global Warming - REAL or NOT

Adaptation & GW

Posted By Rod Kaufman

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091204/ap_on_sc/sci_climate_adapting
That's quite a lot of adaptation going on for such a long drawn out hoax...

December 6, 2009 06:39 AM Forum: Global Warming - REAL or NOT

Met Office To Publish Climate Records

Posted By Rod Kaufman

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/12/05/climate.data.met.office/index.html
The office is releasing the data "to reassure people the climate data is sound."

December 8, 2009 05:39 PM Forum: Global Warming - REAL or NOT

A Former Skeptic on GW

Posted By Rod Kaufman

http://www.cnn.com/2009/OPINION/12/07/balog.extreme.ice/index.html
"The evidence is in the ice"...

December 12, 2009 05:13 PM Forum: Global Warming - REAL or NOT

AP Review: Science Not Faked

Posted By Rod Kaufman

A thorough review by AP reveals the science, despite the emails in question, has not been compromised:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091212/ap_on_sc/climate_e_mails