Tuesday, April 08, 2008

04/07/2008 TO Enviro-news

Solar Science Research Contradicts Climate Change Skeptics
http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/040708EA.shtml
Terra Daily reports: "Scientists from Lancaster and Durham Universities have challenged the controversial idea that global warming is caused by cosmic rays rather than by human activity."

Navy Sonar Blamed for Death of Beaked Whales
http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/040708EB.shtml
The Independent UK's Michael McCarthy writes: "Anti-submarine sonar may have killed a group of whales found dead in the Hebrides in one of Britain's most unusual strandings, scientists believe."

A Shift in the Debate Over Global Warming
http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/040708EC.shtml
In The New York Times, Andrew C. Revkin says, "The charged and complex debate over how to slow down global warming has become a lot more complicated. Most of the focus in the last few years has centered on imposing caps on greenhouse gas emissions to prod energy users to conserve or switch to nonpolluting technologies."

World Health Day Warns of Global Warming Risks
http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/040708HA.shtml
According to Anna Boyd in eFluxMedia, "This year's World Health Day (April 7) highlights the idea that global warming carries more health risks now than ever and the situation is getting worse, as weather experts forecast raised temperature for the years to come."

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