Climate Change Makes Major Snowstorms More Likely - Union of Concerned Scientists

Heavy Snowpack, “Spring Creep” Raise Threat Of Record Floods
 
WASHINGTON (March 1, 2011) – Global warming is “loading the dice” to increase the frequency of record-setting snowstorms like those that have pounded the United States and Europe the past two winters. Full report here.

Credit: Reuters

Cougar Declared Extinct in Eastern US

McClatchy News - Mar 2'11

The eastern cougar has been declared extinct, according to a report issued Wednesday by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Read Story here.

The Good Green Blimp

by Staff, Utne Reader - Mar'11

 Air cargo is about to go steampunk. Read more here.

 Illustration: Science Applications 

International Corp.

PUBLISHER'S COMMENT: Might this be considered for transporting goods to northern Manitoba communities, now that climate change is rendering surface transport on ice roads unreliable? l.p.

Limited Nuclear War Could Halt Global Warming, Short Term, NASA Predicts

PlanetSave - Michael Ricciardi - Mar 2 '11

NASA climate scientists are playing with fire… from a nuclear war, to be precise…in a computer simulation, that is. Full story here.

PUBLISHER'S NOTE: Surely, if anything is provocative, this is! Why not let loose with your thoughts in the "comments" box, below! l.p.

Large Dams Can Affect Local Climate

Joshua S Hill - PlanetSave Mar 1 - '11

 New research has shown that large dams have the ability to affect the local climate, to the point of drastically altering the local rainfall in some regions. Full story here.

The Shellmouth dam and the reservoir behind it, Lake of the Prairies, in western Manitoba. (Note - this is not an area specifically mentioned in this story.) 
Photos by l.p.

Climate Change and Agriculture


By Dr. Vandana Shiva, February 23'11 ClimateStoryTellers.org

Biodiverse Ecological Farming is the Answer, not Genetic Engineering. Full story here.

Is Stupid the New World Order?

Q. Is the Arctic Likely to Experience Sudden Loss of Sea Ice This Century?

Alastair Brown - Nature Climate Change - 01 March 2011

A. Maybe not! Read the full story here.

Meat? Maybe Not! (Video)

Links Between Longer Ragweed Season and Climate Change Confirmed

ScienceDaily (Feb. 25, 2011) — Studies by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists have confirmed, in some parts of North America, including Saskatchewan, ragweed season now lasts longer. The pollen contributes to the development of Hay Fever, especially in children.  Full story here.

Electricity Use, Coal Consumption, and Public Health

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES - Feb 26'11

                                        Power pylons.

 A PinP photo

Balancing benefits and risks as global demand rises. Full story here.