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Posts in September 2008

• Warming Oceans are “Engine Drivers” of Stronger Hurricanes

  Andy Rowell

  Sep04

  So Gustav has effectively gone. The hurricane that struck the U.S on Monday was less fierce than expected and largely spared New Orleans and Louisiana, although the cost of cleanup could still be $10 billion. But there may not be much respite for some areas. There are currently four tropical storms swirling around the Atlantic….
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• Dick to the Rescue?

  Andy Rowell

  Sep03

  Do not fear worry, everyone, Dick is coming to the rescue. For those of you who were worried that supplies of gas and oil would be disrupted after the recent conflict between Russia and Georgia, there is no need to worry as Old Dick Cheney is going to sort it out. In what could be…
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• The hockey stick is “alive and well”

  Andy Rowell

  Sep02

  Yet another blow to the climate sceptics. A new study by climate scientists who were behind the controversial 1998 “hockey stick” graph suggests their earlier analysis was essentially correct. Michael Mann’s team from Penn State University analysed data for the last 2,000 years, and concluded that Northern Hemisphere temperatures now are “anomalously warm.