http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/westwend9593/countering the denialistashourly12000-01-01T12:00+00:00http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/westwend9593/629911GOD, EVOLUTION, AND A BIT OF SCIENCE - by Twainmanhttp://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/westwend9593/627879While he is concentrating on the U.S. being cooler this summer than usual (overall), he apparently doesn't see: Around the globe, temperatures are above the mean (as noted one or two posts back here). Arctic ice extent is close to a record low extent this year, as it has for several years now,...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/westwend9593/627564click this Has cap-and-trade legislation stalled in the Senate? The Melting Climate Change Deadlinehttp://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/westwend9593/623687Here's the latest data from NOAA. 2009 1 0.9587 2009 2 0.8875 2009 3 0.8816 2009 4 1.0304 2009 5 0.6366 2009 6 0.6873 This tells us that the mean temperature around the globe for 2009 continues to be above the average mean. This is from a chart located at:...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/westwend9593/623485While Global Warming deniers depend on biased, second hand information for their arguments, I present first-hand accurate information, such as THIS Facts don't lie.http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/westwend9593/622242Check it HERE Per the text below the photo, "The sea ice retreat captured in this image appears typical of seasonal melt. Since the turn of the twenty-first century, however, Arctic sea ice extent has declined sharply, experiencing a series of low summertime extents and poor wintertime...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/westwend9593/618046it is dated -- was intended to persuade people to call their congressman; but it is doubly pertinent now going through the Senate. We need clean air. http://www.RepowerAmerica.org/UrgentAlGoreVideohttp://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/westwend9593/617671CLICK HERE FOR STORYhttp://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/westwend9593/616355I commented to Corbin_Dallas' latest post regarding the possibility that the Air France Jetliner -- the storm it ran into -- might have been a result of global warming. I referred to data collected by NASA and the National Weather Service (NOAA). So what did he have to say about it? -- that it...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/westwend9593/615856Biologists: Greening Arctic Not Likely to Offset Permafrost Carbon Release http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/view.php?id=38858&src=eoa-manews Melting Greenland Ice Sheets May Threaten Northeast United States, Canada http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/view.php?id=38860&src=eoa-manews