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Climate Change Blog: September 2005 Monthly Archives
Because the results ... to natural ecosystems. Posted by Dr. Glen Barry | Permalink | Comments (0) | More on climate change hurricanes September 2, 2005 Car Sharing In an era of increasingly pricey gasoline, car-sharing may ...
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NPG Proposed National Population Policy
It is affecting the world's climate, and the consequences -- rising sea levels, more powerful hurricanes, heat waves, and more intense floods and droughts -- are becoming apparent. Population growth has depended on fossil fuels, which are running down. Future generations must depend ...
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Alan AtKisson - The Utility Of Global Thinking
Ecotopia might not survive such violent perturbations any better than New York would. How will wind farming for energy survive if global warming induced hurricanes become common? What happens to local self-sufficiency when bands of ozone layer depletion destroy crops, or ocean current shifts change the planting seasons? How can we encourage decentralization ...
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Monthly summary for August 1999
The Texas Gulf Coast braced Sunday for the first hurricane of the Atlantic season -- Bret, a powerful, slow-moving storm one official compared to 1992's Hurricane Andrew. - CNN Aug 22: Corpus ... Aug 22: Hurricane Bret threatens Texas - BBC Aug 22: Plane crashes in typhoon - BBC Aug 22: Hurricanes and Typhoons: Nature's lethal weapons - BBC (Americas) Aug 22: Storm position, potential path, satellite ...
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Monthly summary for September 1999
Hurricane Floyd - BBC (Americas) Sep 14: Launch Hurricane Floyd navigator maps, including statistics on past hurricanes, damage simulation, more - CNN Sep 15: Hurricane evacuation difficult for those with 'special needs' - CNN ... on its way north - BBC Sep 16: Picking up after Floyd - one of the most powerful storms to have been recorded over the Atlantic. - BBC (Americas) Sep 16: Typhoon causes Hong ...
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EcoIQ Magazine Features
More Progress In Sustainable Forest Certification By the Certified Forest Products Council Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge has announced that his state is now home to the nation's largest certified forest. ...
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Weather -- Powerful Storms
What causes such severe weather? Can we prepare ourselves for these disasters? Powerful storms such as thunderstorms, hurricanes, and tornadoes are generated when warm, light air rises quickly into higher, ... power source when they leave the ocean. Once on land, they gradually dissipate. How do hurricanes form? Why are they so dangerous? Find out more in "Eye of the Storm: Inside ...
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Weather -- Powerful Storms
From June through November, it's hurricane season in the Atlantic. Hurricanes are born from tropical ocean waters. Energy from these warm waters is converted into thunderstorms. ... progress of hurricanes can be followed very closely, their potential for devastation is great. Even with the benefit of forewarning, they are a serious weather threat. [Back to "Powerful Storms"] [Next ...
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Hurricanes--Hurricane Andrew--Forces of Nature--Science, Maps, Photos, Video (National Geographic)
Hurricanes--Hurricane Andrew--Forces of Nature--Science, Maps, Photos, Video (National Geographic) Location: South Florida Date: August 1992 Intensity at landfall: Category Five Dead: 43 Damage: 25 billion dollars (1992 dollars) This small and powerful hurricane is the most expensive natural disaster ever to hit the United States. Thanks to accurate forecasts and an intense public-awareness push, ...
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Natural Hazards.org: Investigate: Hurricanes
Natural Hazards.org: Investigate: Hurricanes Under pleasant blue skies, a road sign in southern Florida is a reminder of the powerful storms that ravage the east coast of the US almost ... rip roofs from buildings, topple trees, and damage power and communication lines. In some cases, hurricanes can produce tornado-like vortices (called "mini-swirls") which can completely destroy entire buildings. As ...
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