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1/3 of Amphibians Dying Out
Death Metal sends in a Scientific American article reporting that 2,000 of 6,000 amphibian species are endangered worldwide. A combination of environmental assaults, including global warming, seems to be responsible. "... national parks and other areas protected from pollution and development are providing no refuge. The frogs and salamanders of Yellowstone National Park have been declining since the 1980s, according to a Stanford University study, as global warming dries out seasonal ponds, leaving dried salamander corpses in their wake. Since the 1970s, nearly 75 percent of the frogs and other amphibians of La Selva Biological Station in Braulio Carrillo National Park in the Caribbean lowlands of Costa Rica have died, perhaps due to global warming. But the really bad news is that amphibians may be just the first sign of other species in trouble. Biologists at the University of California, San Diego, have shown that amphibians are the first to respond to environmental changes, thanks to their sensitivity to both air and water. What goes for amphibians may soon be true of other classes of animal, including mammals."
and love nothing more than to hurt Jesus
So, a global scam to undermine some small ridiculous minority religion? I think not, Pinky.
"Violence is the last refuge of the competent, and, generally, the first refuge of the incompetent" - Thing_1
...let him strike down...
I think that's a lot to ask from a super-being that's generally known for doing shit for eternity.
"Violence is the last refuge of the competent, and, generally, the first refuge of the incompetent" - Thing_1
Speaking of thermometers, didn't a researcher recently find that many of the devices used in California, for instance, to measure temperature were in places like hot tarmacs at airports and next to A/C compressors outside buildings? Yeah, I'll take "human induced" global warming more seriously when grant-hungry research teams stop padding the odds.
He's not presenting nonsense, you're being obtuse. His argument is that the reason we have such wonderfully developed and complex engineering marvels is because of "democratically" distributed funds advancing the research and design of solutions to difficult engineering problems. He establishes that as his main premise, and implies the conclusion that if we are already doing research for private companies with public funds, we could just scratch out the middle man and do public research with public funds that would go to the benefit of the contributors, the public. You could retort that many large scale engineering feats were conceived by and implemented by profit driven companies and then provide a list that the slashdot readership could research, which would indicate his premise was false and his conclusion would follow to be likely false as well. Instead you decided to be a dick.
As regards Noam Chomsky, he is an enormously well read man who offers volumes of citations to support his arguments. You can clearly disagree with his interpretation of the data, but to claim that it doesn't make any sense only demonstrates your difficulty with reading comprehension. Chomsky has made time tested contributions to the field of linguistics and has made critiques of current cultural trends that any intelligent person would do well to at least consider. Your designation is little more than an attempt to poison the well against the GP by associating his writings with your flawed understanding of Chomsky's. You and the great-grandparent are both exactly whats wrong with slashdot. You may be "clever" within some approximation of the word, but intelligent you are not.
Brandon
From actual papers on the subject. From the IPCC report, and from the climatologist them selfs as I did work with them. There is a wide range of predctions with the most extreme at the 2-4C range. Thats what *at the most* means.
What exactly did you read on the subject? Second hand toilet paper? Or the next worse thing, Al frekin Gore or a some dam newspaper?
If information wants to be free, why does my internet connection cost so much?