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GLOBAL CLIMATE CONCERNS
I read with dismay Mr. Pluntze’s climate statement about the paralyzing cold and snow that particularly hit Georgia, Washington D.C., and Pennsylvania last week. According to Pluntze “…the scientists are completely wrong, its getting colder!”
Simply stated, the climate is getting warmer. There is more moisture in the atmosphere and more evaporation which will fall as rain or snow and the intensity of our storms will get bigger and more damaging. Does anyone remember Hurricane Katrina? Does anyone remember the big 50,000 acre Ketchum fire? Our forests were, and are, still drought dry! Apparently seven years of drought announcements for the entire state has not yet reached certain people in the Wood River Valley.
The scientists never predicted that it wouldn’t get unseasonably cold, but they did say that the average temperature is rising. When that happens, more water rises and evaporates as moisture in the atmosphere and falls as rain or snow -- if it is cold enough to condense or freeze. This means that Sun Valley may get more snow or rain, but overall we are still experiencing drought conditions. This is the eighth year and odds are the weather will continue to be much like it is now -- unpredictable over the long run. A hundred years ago in Ketchum the snow accumulation in one winter season often reached 22 feet.
The “I don’t believe in global warming” thinking seems to be growing again with scientists taking the brunt of it. No wonder they are reluctant to speak out. That is what is scary. Sometimes people all over the world can, because of mistrust and disbelief, be a treachery to truth and logic. Even though Magellan sailed around the world proving it was round -- the “flat earth society” still exists. No one ever said that reason based on facts was perfect. Occasionally mistakes are made, especially when the economics of that change enters the decision.
To address world-wide climate concerns, the Center for Environmental Education and Information (CEEI)maintains a climate archive with 9.5 million line items in which there are 1051 related categories. Five thousand line items are down loaded into this archive per day. This information is now available to the public. (For details contact CEEI@cox.net ) Next year students, from 8th grade to post graduates, will be able to download these archives with their own key words to search data that has been missing on local streams, animals and plants for 8 years, and be able to write a paper that will be current. Using this program students can also add what they learn to their own discoveries and get their research assignments done 50% faster. Quality education requires more teachers, not less.
The truth is that over land the planet is actually averaging 3.5 degrees Fahrenheit higher. But when moderated by the oceans and their currents, it works out to be about one degree increase. Keep in mind that five years ago in the Arctic it was about 25 degrees above overage. This is why it is so important that we pay attention to what the weather is doing everywhere. The climate is measured over the long term and the US weather service is running stats. This is fine, but it’s important to remember that the natural process has been interrupted. The excessive accumulation of moisture in the air can and has caused flooding everywhere, especially when it is out of step with the seasons. As an example, California has been a victim of floods, mudslides, and fire. And then there is the El Nino. The warm Pacific current has been diverted to going north instead of south. This has been going on occasionally for years, which has caused all the moisture in California, Arizona, Colorado, Texas and the east coast this year. This next week another Pacific storm is headed for NYC and New England. That makes three in a row and is more than an INCONVIENENCE ! It is a message !
Max Casebeau, CEEI Executive Director
P. O. 1778 Sun Valley, 83353
208-578-1557
www.ceei-news.org
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for contact info e-mail CGCSAS@cox.net
David R. Klein Ph.D Professor Emeritus, Environmental Sciences University of Alaska, Fairbanks. Is Chairman. Dr. Klein is responsible for all the bio inputs to the ACIA ( Arctic Climate Impact Assessment Report ) to Congress in November 2004. see www.ceei-climate.org and the ACIA.org
Ron Mitchel .Director of the Idaho Sporting Congress Boise Idaho. Mr. Mitchel founded the ISC with Jack Hemingway and has worked on US forest issues for 25 years. See www,apsrs.org
Ray Sterner, Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Lab. Mr. Sterner is responsible for the huge inventory of maps that have been so useful to entire scientific community. see the (www.apsrs.org)
Scott Hughes Ph.D. is the Dean of GEO Sciences at the State University of Idaho At Pocatello.
Anthony Tekaroniake Evans is a free lance writer of Mohawk ancestry has a BS in Cultural Anthropology University of Colorado, He attended the Charles University in the Czech Republic. M. Evans is diverse writer who has reported many environmental stories , articles, nation wide.
Lawrence Barnes BS and soon to be MS . Head of the Science Department
at the Wood River High School, Sun Valley / Ketchum, / Hailey Idaho. see ( www.eco-pedia.org)
Bruce Lium, Ph.D. President .American Water Resources. Hailey Id
Pioneered western stream restoration systems and techniques. see (www.apsrs.org)
Joanna Kirkpatrick, PhD cultural anthropology PhD UC Berkeley
Specialization South Asia, India and Bangladesh .see ( www.ceei-news.org)
Jane Beattie has been in and about the environmental world for several decades. (Her sister was Mollie Beattie head of US Fish and Wildlife who died while in office during the Clinton Administration.See www.esew.org
Neil Wollman Ph.D Psychology Senior Fellow Peace Studies Institute.
Peter Douglas Ward PhD is Professor of Geological Sciences, Professor of Zoology, and Curator of Paleontology at the University of Washington in Seattle. He has written several popular science books. see www,esew.org Prof Ward has written about the 3rd extinction ( the one were in now, extensively.)
Carmen Gonzalez-Gairaud M.Sc. Professor of Geography, University of Costa Rica Planning Environment and Oceanography, in charge of the Geographic Information System Laboratory (Central America, the Caribbean area and South America) Prof Gairaud has dome extensive work documenting the reefs, corals,and species in the Caribbean.
Theresa Grant BS in International Relations, BA in Spanish. Presently heads up Make A Difference Now. Helps empower orphaned children and youth. They do this by providing programs and services that focus on education, health, job skill training and income generating activities at orphanages and community
Schools. main focus is in Zambia and Tanzania, and India . Make A Difference NOW, PO Box 172 Hailey, ID 83333 USA Ms Grant is current working with the CEEI. Tanzania and Kenya and Haiti are in climate drought and facing famine in some areas. Her model is very important.
Elijah Langat B.S. University of Kenya at Nairobi Ecological and Environmental studies. Founded Youthlink
a non-profit organization that plans, impliments programs to aid students and their Eco-studies of Africa. Mr. Langat is participating in the CGCSAS system and its implementation in Kenya.
Richard Springs BS Philosophy Princeton University, Oregon farmer- rancher, teacher and now founder of the Wood River Natural Foods an all organic , natural food resource for helping people to plant, and grow their own gardens that are free of pesticides, preservatives etc. Mr Springs is setting pace for the entire Wood River valley by providing a great new natural food resource. ( New green houses are being planned as well). PO Box 627 Picabo ID 83348. wrnf@earthlink.com wrnaturalfoods.com Location on River street, Hailey, Idaho 83333
Max Casebeau Director CEEI founded in 1992, BA business Administration, Systems engineer, computer systems design. Western Development Laboratories Los Altos. Calif. Asst Publisher Silicon Valley Tech News, a world class management and marketing weekly that reported the device, communications, computer, defense, and semiconductor industries. Los Altos, Ca. Founded Penninsula Electronics News in 1970. |
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