Al Gore discusses climate crisis with Singapore's prime minister

realnessAug 8th, 2007 - 19:46:15

'Some of the world's largest energy companies are financing efforts aimed at disputing the scientific findings on global warming, Gore said. 'There is very little dispute about global warming,' he added.'
What are the financing(recipients) of global warming studies Doing al?

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moreAug 8th, 2007 - 19:47:36

Holly berries are appearing in the hedgerows, conkers and apples are falling from the trees and mushrooms are springing up in the fields.


David Payne sent in this picture of walnuts sprouting 6 weeks early
All the signs are that the briefest of brief English summers is coming to an end and autumn is already upon us.

A growing number of experts believe that this year’s unpredictable weather, which brought spring on early, then deluged Britain with record rainfall, has now taken us straight to autumn - bypassing summer altogether.
Looks like the beginning of the new ice age?

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icemanAug 8th, 2007 - 19:53:35

Record low temperatures in Sacramento – coolest since 1877
'This is so weird,' said lifeguard Melanie Worthen.' 'This is so weird.'
Global warming is taking a holiday in Sacramento this week. The maximum temperatures
Sunday and Monday set records each day -- as the coolest 'highs' for the dates since
record-keeping began in 1877.

We're talking, for once, about the all-time lowest maximums, instead of the all-time
highest. Monday's downtown high was just 74 degrees, 3 degrees cooler than the
previous record of 77 degrees set in 1906, according to the National Weather Service.
Sunday's downtown high of 76 frosted the previous low maximum of 78, set in 1962.
'These were the coldest highs for Aug. 5 and Aug. 6 that we've ever recorded,' said
meteorologist Cynthia Palmer of the National Weather Service office in Sacramento.

The normal high this time of year is 93; normal low is 61.

The impact of the sudden drop in temperatures was obvious Monday in east Sacramento's
McKinley Park. At 1:10 p.m. under overcast skies, bored lifeguards surveyed an empty
swimming pool. Uneasy geese sat in the mud, heads tucked under their wings. Happy tennis
players raced around courts that had been deserted and stifling 48 hours before.

Over at the pool, lifeguard Melanie Worthen, 19, zipped her jacket to the top. Only a chilly
breeze stirred the water -- but no belly flops or cannonballs.

'This is so weird,' she said. 'On a normal August day, this pool is packed.' She shook
her head. 'This is so weird.'

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