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Forest fires and Insect outbreaks too--- ACIA site

CBC

CBC has good ‘in depth’ (w links) page that tries to be ‘fair’ to the skeptics while giving the ‘facts’—see graphs 1880 to present 

Ice cover reduction – 1979 and 2003

 -- sea level >30cm on NC of BC

Kenai fights Beetle outbreak too

Symposium on huge spruce beetle outbreaks in AK – excellent – link is agenda w abstracts – here is an example of 250 year record where the 90’s summers were warmest and worst for beetles

• See neat looking brochure where image left found
• U Vic Prof in Science refuting popular myths and links to articles
• Measuring melting Canadian Arctic ice caps; story – Journal abstract
• But the Greenland icecap is more worrisome – much larger and melting fast – good graphics here
• Countering industry academic spin – good site but technical
• See Nature for recent science stories

Above graphic from Canadian site with daily plots and archives

Peaked in early March then subsided – this time

• AK story at time when extent this years of ozone loss not clear
• Good site for discussion of Arctic and potential ‘disaster scenarios’ – plus lots other materials
• Here is good graphics for popular reading on Ozone mechanics in atmosphere etc
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Countering the Skeptics—scientists using the WWW to counter industry propaganda disputing anthropogenic global warming – technical – example an entry on why monitor ocean temperatures globally is important 

To be continued

 soon