Daily Archives: October 8, 2008

Haggis at risk from global warming

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From the Now I’ve Heard Everything department. First it was polar bears, now it is sheep guts. The Telegraph.co.uk By Louise Gray, Environment Correspondent Haggis is at risk of dying out due to of global warming. The meat pudding is … Continue reading →

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Aussie astronomers call for more funding in wake of asteroid explosion

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From ABC News, Australia Astronomers are calling for more funding to watch southern skies, after an asteroid took sky-gazers by surprise and entered the earth’s atmosphere over Africa yesterday. Yesterday morning astronomers in Arizona reported seeing a tiny asteroid, which … Continue reading →

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GISS Releases September 2008 Data

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GISS (Goddard Institute of Space Studies) Surface Temperature Analysis (GISSTemp) released their monthly global temperature anomaly data for September 2008. Following is the monthly global ∆T from January to September 2008: Year J  F  M  A  M  J  J  A  S … Continue reading →

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UAH Global Temperature Anomaly Jumps in September

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UAH (University of Alabama, Huntsville) Microwave Sounder Unit (MSU) lower troposphere global temperature anomaly data for September 2008 was published this week and unlike August, which moved a bit below the zero anomaly line, with a value of -0.010°C, (down from 0.048°C … Continue reading →

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Dr. Roy Spencer evaporates Tamino’s critique

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Dr. Roy W. Spencer replies to “Tamino”‘s latest angry missive. As one commenter in my email list put it: It is absolutely hilarious that Tamino’s lengthy, time-consuming, chest-puffing critique can be so comprehensively dismissed in a mere two sentences. Here … Continue reading →

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