March 3, 2007
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GOES East Water Vapor Satellite
LOOK AT THAT MONSTER. Jeeze. Okay. So, how does a monster get to be a monster? Born a monster? Nah. This is a pure example of NURTURE over nature. The nature of Earth is benevolent. Sure there are a lot of aspects of Earth that are turbulent and scary, but, none that don't dicatate 'the continuance' of Earth's rich biotic content, spawning life and believing in it's persistence.
The monster in this particulare circumstances was 'nurtured' under the thick layer of carbon dioxide that the USA is PERSISTENTLY producing in the face of global opposition to same.
From the New York Times ::
U.S. Predicting Steady Increase for Emissions (click on)
The new report has been bogged down for nearly two years. In April 2005, the State Department published a notice in the Federal Register saying it would be released for public comment that summer.
Several government officials and scientists involved with preparing or reviewing parts of the report said that the recent departures of several senior staff members running the administration’s climate research program delayed its completion and no replacements have been named. The delays in finishing the report come even as Mr. Bush has elevated global warming higher on his list of concerns. This year, for the first time since he took office in 2001, he touched on “global climate change” in the State of the Union Message, calling it a “serious challenge.”
The draft report contains fresh projections of significant effects of human-caused warming on the environment and resources of the United States and emphasized the need to increase the country’s capacity to adapt to impending changes.
Drought, particularly, will become a persistent threat, it said: “Warmer temperatures expected with increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases are expected to exacerbate present drought risks in the United States by increasing the rate of evaporation.” (evaporation/vaporization/sublimination - depends on the 'water type' one is discussing.)
