GLOBAL WARMING

Al Gore to Global Warming Skeptics: You Will be Shunned Like Racists

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Former presidential candidate Al Gore compared the struggle against racism in the South to his personal battle with global warming and its skeptics, TG Daily reported. There came a time when people said, 'Hey man, why do you talk that way? That's wrong, I don't go for that, so don't talk that way around me. I just don't believe that,' Gore said in an recent interview.
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Notorious El Nino Doubles Civil Wars, Scientists Say

The El Nino climate cycle brings not only high temperatures and dry weather, but also possibly civil wars, a new study claims.Between 1950 and 2004, the risk of civil wars doubled in 90 tropical countries when bit by El Nino every three to seven years, according to a study published in Wednesday's Nature.

Climate Scientist Cleared by NSF, No Evidence of Misconduct

The National Science Foundation said that they found no evidence of research misconduct from Pennsylvania State University climatologist Michael Mann. The climatologist is being simultaneously attacked by climate change skeptics urging him to decrease emission of greenhouse gases.
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Global Warming Could Prompt Alien Attack: NASA

Scientists said Thursday that extraterrestrial environmentalists could become so angry about what we have done to the planet that they may see us a threat to the intergalactic ecosystem -- and take action by attacking Earth.
Report: Polar ice to melt sooner due to warming sea waters

Global Warming Leads to Shifting Species of Plants and Animals: Study

Many species are adjusting to the Earth's warming by migrating to higher altitudes and latitudes, a new study by the Department of Biology of the University of York said. Researchers said that species have been rapidly reshuffling, shifting in an effort to adjust to a shifting climate.
For Discussion: 2012 U.S. Presidential Election

Rick Perry Hits the Campaign Trail Stumbling

If Gov. Rick Perry, R-Texas and candidate for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, is trying to show that he's qualified to lead an enlightened, diverse, complex society amid a period of economic, social, and technological change, he's doing an awful bad impression.
U.S. 2012 Election

Rick Perry: Evolution 'Just a Theory’

This week, Gov. Rick Perry has not been able to resist knocking down scientific theories that are considered facts by a good chunk of the modern world. First it was global warming; now, it's evolution.
U.S. 2012 Election

Rick Perry: Global Warming Not Proven

Gov. Rick Perry, R-Texas and a candidate for the 2012 Republican nomination for president, said Wednesday he doubts man-made climate change is occurring, and also asserted that some scientists have manipulated the climate change research data to keep the issue alive.
U.S. Storm Damage, 2011

U.S. 2011 Extreme Weather Damage To-Date: $35 Billion

The United States has already tied its full-year record for storm damage -- with more than $35 billion in damage from tornadoes, floods and heat waves -- the National Weather Service said, and there are still 4 1/2 months left in 2011, including hurricane season.

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