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Raising Stakes in Fight With China, Philippines Jails Fishermen

The dispute over the fishermen was one of two involving China over the last week, having been overshadowed by a clash between Chinese and Vietnamese ships. Read article here:  Raising Stakes in Fight With China, Philippines Jails Fishermen ; ;Related ArticlesWorld Briefing: China: Pollution Fines MultiplyBusiness Travel: The Greening of Business Travel Gains MomentumDot Earth Blog: Can a Pope Help Sustain Humanity and Ecology? ;

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City Room: It’s Gadgets vs. Eyeballs as Two Species of Bird-Watchers Clash

In a debate that is akin to an identity crisis, competitive birding, once seen as a refuge from the clatter of the modern world, is now debating how much it should embrace technology. Continue at source:   City Room: It’s Gadgets vs. Eyeballs as Two Species of Bird-Watchers Clash ; ;Related ArticlesWorld Briefing: China: Pollution Fines MultiplyBusiness Travel: The Greening of Business Travel Gains MomentumDot Earth Blog: Can a Pope Help Sustain Humanity and Ecology? ;

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Obama, Aggravated by Gridlock, Stresses Results in Midterms

With a deadlocked Congress, President Obama risks leaving office in 2017 without a major accomplishment from his second term. Link:  Obama, Aggravated by Gridlock, Stresses Results in Midterms ; ;Related ArticlesUsing Weathercasters to Deliver a Climate Change MessageWorld Briefing: China: Pollution Fines MultiplyBusiness Travel: The Greening of Business Travel Gains Momentum ;

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Obama to Give Push on Climate

The president will announce initiatives as part of a broader campaign for new limits on pollution from coal-fired power plants. Original source: Obama to Give Push on Climate Related ArticlesUsing Weathercasters to Deliver a Climate Change MessageDot Earth Blog: Can a Pope Help Sustain Humanity and Ecology?Scientists See Quake Risk Increasing in Oklahoma

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Florida Finds Itself in the Eye of the Storm on Climate Change

A new study adds to a roiling debate by naming the Miami area as among the most vulnerable to severe damage from rising sea levels. Continue reading: Florida Finds Itself in the Eye of the Storm on Climate Change Related ArticlesStill Counting Gulf Spill’s Dead BirdsFor Florida Grapefruit, One Blow After AnotherAt Chernobyl, Hints of Nature’s Adaptation

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Obama talks climate with TV weathercasters

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Obama talks climate with TV weathercasters

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Al Roker and President Obama share a moment.

Americans love their TV weather reports — and they trust their TV weather reporters, more than they trust most other journalists.

So when the Obama administration published a huge climate assessment on Tuesday, it turned to these trusted figures to help get the word out. Eight local and national weathercasters were invited to the White House to interview the president about the new climate report.

“This is a problem that is affecting Americans right now,” Obama told Al Roker of the Today show. “Whether it means increased flooding, greater vulnerability to drought, more severe wildfires — all these things are having an impact on Americans as we speak.”

And to Megan Glaros of CBS This Morning, Obama said, “It’s having an impact on agriculture, it’s having an impact on our tourism … There are real costs, not in the distant future but right now.”

Communications experts think that engaging the meteorologists was a smart move, as Politico reports:

Weather forecasters can be “phenomenal educators” to the public about climate change, said Edward Maibach, who directs the George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication.

“Every day when they’re on the air, they’re taking complicated scientific information and finding a way to make it simple and make it enjoyable,” Maibach said.

“They’re not as trusted as climate scientists,” he said. “But the public can’t even name one climate scientist while most of the public knows at least one weathercaster.”

Watch Obama talk with ABC News’ Ginger Zee:

And watch Al Roker excitedly prep for his one-on-one with the president:


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Obama tries weather outreach on climate, Politico
US meteorologists question Obama on climate change – and Boko Haram, The Guardian
Obama to Al Roker: Climate change is a problem affecting Americans ‘right now’, Today

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Scientists See Quake Risk Increasing in Oklahoma

A sharp rise in earthquakes in the state is apparently related to underground disposal of wastewater from oil and gas production, scientists say. Read this article:   Scientists See Quake Risk Increasing in Oklahoma ; ;Related ArticlesFor Florida Grapefruit, One Blow After AnotherHow To Convince Conservative Christians That Global Warming Is RealWorld Briefing: The Netherlands: Greenpeace Stymied ;

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All New Square Foot Gardening, Second Edition – Mel Bartholomew

Rapidly increasing in popularity, square foot gardening is the most practical, foolproof way to grow a home garden. That explains why author and gardening innovator Mel Bartholomew has sold more than two million books describing how to become a successful DIY square foot gardener. Now, with the publication of All New Square Foot Gardening, Second Edition , t

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The Home Organizing Workbook – Meryl Starr

Failing the Mary Poppins’ snap-the-fingers approach to cleaning, here’s the next best thing: an utterly practical handbook that offers lasting results for anyone looking to banish clutter from every room in the house. Home organizer par excellence Meryl Starr offers up her hardworking organizing solutions in The Home Organizing Workbook , a straigh

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Warhammer: Wood Elves – Games Workshop

For millennia, the Wood Elves have dwelt beneath the leaves of Athel Loren, defending their greenwood home from the perils of the world. When the King in the Woods sounds his horn, longbows are strung and spears are sharpened as the hosts of Athel Loren assemble beneath ancestral banners. In the depths of the forests, enchantresses sing songs of awakening, r

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Cat Mastery – Tony Buffington

Our cats live happier, healthier lives in our homes when we understand their natural history, behaviors, and how the world looks to them. Cat Mastery shows you who cats are, why they do the things they do, and the simple, essential things you can do to make sure they feel safe and stimulated in your home. Written by veterinarian Dr. Tony Buffington, pr

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Same Place, More Space – Karl Champley

Master carpenter and DIY Network host Karl Champley offers 50 home improvement projects to maximize space in any dwelling, no matter how big or small. Keeping an eye on style and economy, Champley outlines tools, materials, and techniques for searching out and using hidden-away space to achieve incredible results. Readers will learn how to carve out shelving

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How to Raise the Perfect Dog – Cesar Millan & Melissa Jo Peltier

From the bestselling author and star of National Geographic Channel’s Dog Whisperer , the only resource you’ll need for raising a happy, healthy dog. For the millions of people every year who consider bringing a puppy into their lives–as well as those who have already brought a dog home–Cesar Millan, the preeminent dog behavior expert, says, “Yes,

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Backyard Vegetable Gardening Guide – Larry Stebbins

This monthly organic vegetable gardening guide leads the beginner and veteran gardener through the seasons. It begins with how to plan and design a garden to many other tips and suggestions that will ensure a bountiful harvest. Although it was written primarily for the Colorado front range, it is widely applicable to most mid to northern states.

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Inside of a Dog – Alexandra Horowitz

The bestselling book that asks what dogs know and how they think, now in paperback. The answers will surprise and delight you as Alexandra Horowitz, a cognitive scientist, explains how dogs perceive their daily worlds, each other, and that other quirky animal, the human. Horowitz introduces the reader to dogs’ perceptual and cognitive abilities and then draw

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White Dwarf Issue 14: 3 May 2014 – White Dwarf

The Wild Riders charge forth! The Wood Elves get reinforcements this issue, and we put them to the test in the Battle of Fell Glade, a battle report against the vile Beastmen. We’re also proud to present a brand-new minigame for the new Treeman miniature called ‘The Defence of Athel Loren’. About this Series: White Dwarf is Games Workshop

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How to Paint Citadel Miniatures: Wood Elves – Games Workshop

For millennia, the Wood Elves have dwelt beneath the leaves of Athel Loren, defending their greenwood home from the perils of the world. When the King in the Woods sounds his horn, longbows are strung and spears are sharpened as the hosts of Athel Loren assemble beneath ancestral banners. In the depths of the forests, enchantresses sing songs of awakening, r

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Should we be calling it “climate disruption”?

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Should we be calling it “climate disruption”?

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John Holdren has a disruptive idea.

White House science adviser John Holdren knows a lot about climate change. Just a couple of months ago, he smacked down climate deniers in a video released by the White House in which he coolly explained the links between climate change and the polar vortex. Now he’s hoping to change the words we use when talking about the climate. ScienceInsider reports:

“I’ve always thought that the phrase ‘global warming’ was something of a misnomer because it suggests that the phenomenon is something that is uniform around the world, that it’s all about temperature, and that it’s gradual,” Holdren said [Thursday] at the annual [American Association for the Advancement of Science] Forum on Science and Technology Policy in Washington, D.C. …

Instead, he said, “we should call it ‘global climate disruption.’ Although the rising average global surface temperature is an indicator of the degree of disruption that we have imposed on the global climate system, what’s actually happening involves changes in circulation patterns, changes in precipitation patterns, and changes in extremes. And those are very different in different places.”

Holdren has made similar calls before, apparently with limited effect on the public’s vocabulary. This time, the remarks came in the context of a brief preview Holdren gave of a new climate report that the Obama administration is scheduled to release [this] week. The document will, in part, spell out the potential disruptions the United States faces as a result of a changing climate, perhaps giving Holdren’s idea some currency.

It makes perfect sense to refer to climate disruptions. But asking an already climate-confused populace to embrace a new term probably won’t do much to help bust down that wall of corporate-sponsored climate denialism.


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Chernobyl’s Toll on Nature

Biologist Timothy Mousseau has been studying the lasting effects of radiation on the flora and fauna of Chernobyl, Ukraine. Original article: Chernobyl’s Toll on Nature Related ArticlesBlistering barnacles! Ship’s paint can save 9% of fuel use, and even earn carbon creditsSherpa’s Family on AvalancheHow To Convince Conservative Christians That Global Warming Is Real

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