Monthly Archives: January 2012

Facing Extinction

Once specie becomes extinct there is no way in bring it back, despite what Jurassic Park may have led you to believe. However you may be shocked to find out that species extinction is a very common and natural phenomenon. … Continue reading

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The Sky is Falling: Weather Warfare in Fact and Fiction.

During the first class weather manipulation and/or warfare came up more than once. There is a lot of confusion on the subject, caused mostly by misinformation. Conspiracy theorists clutter internet blogs and forums with enough inarticulate babble to fill a … Continue reading

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Climate change are expensive(Final Version)

Climate change can be very expensive for Canada as we are still in the hole of the economic crisis. Although Canadian economy is highly dependent on her own natural resource industries, transportation and health systems, but to clean up the … Continue reading

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A warmer earth is a more “electrifying” world

(Updated) Projections from the global climate model indicate that continued 21st century increases in emissions of greenhouse gases will cause the temperature of the globe to increase by a few degrees. These global changes in a few degrees could have … Continue reading

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Do you have a minute?

Hey guys, I found a site that displays 50 influential WWF print ads with great meanings behind them. Although all of the ads are directed towards forest and animals conservations, it does show the consequences of what global warming can … Continue reading

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If only I woke up a minute later…

When I first looked up chaos theory I got a load of this…

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The Carbon Sink Theory

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Aerosols: Are They Good or Bad?

A couple of weeks ago, Professor Steve was talking about the extra energy that we are adding to the earth system during one of our sessions (and on his blog). He showed us this chart from the last IPCC report … Continue reading

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Meet The Global Warming Cash Cow

Remember the Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth? It was probably the most successful environmental documentary which succeeded in raising international awareness of global climate change. The movie made close to 50 million dollars worldwide. When Al Gore is not giving lectures … Continue reading

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Canada vs. the World

In our first lecture we discussed how the majority of Canadians claim that they are concerned about climate change and have adjusted minor details in their lives to contribute towards reducing global warming. Is this actually happening? Or are Canadians … Continue reading

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