August 31, 2015
By KTUU staff and wire report
President Barack Obama (click here) today called for the U.S. and other Arctic nations to launch more aggressive, faster-paced efforts to combat climate change.
"We know that human activity is changing the climate. That is beyond dispute. Everything else is politics," Obama told the State Department-sponsored GLACIER conference.
The president drew a small cheer when he said those who dispute climate change are on a "shrinking island" of their own.
"We are not moving fast enough. None of the nations represented here are moving fast enough," Obama said. "And let's be honest. There’s always been an argument against taking action. The notion is that this will curb our economic growth.”
Obama did not outline specific new programs or policies, saying only that he will introduce climate change-related measures in the coming days....
Actually, President Obama has put together a comprehensive program for the Arctic. (click here) One of the most important is an assessment to take place over the next five years.
September 1, 2015
...Launching a demonstration project for Arctic marine-biodiversity observing. This year, the Arctic Marine Biodiversity Network (AMBON) will launch the first of three sampling cruises (with others to launch in 2016 and 2017) as part of a five-year demonstration project. These cruises will gather a broad range of Arctic marine-biodiversity data, including bird and mammal observations, water-column analysis (temperature, salinity, chlorophyll-a extraction, nutrients, etc.), and information on microbes and small eukaryotic plankton, zooplankton, sediment cores, and fishes....
The problem about any of this is that it is still nowhere to be found in America media. I think the only newsprint I saw with a picture of the melting glacier was The Wall Street Journal. I appreciate that.
Sometimes the news media doesn't completely understand a subject and only covers what they believe the public can digest. Perhaps the climate crisis and the warming of Earth is one of those subjects. I have a feeling though President Obama has a real grasp of the subject and can speak well to it.
I would not expect him to offer an assessment of a glacier's mass balance, but, the measurements would be something he would understand when reviewed with a glaciologist. President Obama is not intimidated by any aspect of science. He thrives when challenged with a subject important to the USA. When he states time is of the essence, he means it in a way that matters and should matter to everyone else.
By KTUU staff and wire report
President Barack Obama (click here) today called for the U.S. and other Arctic nations to launch more aggressive, faster-paced efforts to combat climate change.
"We know that human activity is changing the climate. That is beyond dispute. Everything else is politics," Obama told the State Department-sponsored GLACIER conference.
The president drew a small cheer when he said those who dispute climate change are on a "shrinking island" of their own.
"We are not moving fast enough. None of the nations represented here are moving fast enough," Obama said. "And let's be honest. There’s always been an argument against taking action. The notion is that this will curb our economic growth.”
Obama did not outline specific new programs or policies, saying only that he will introduce climate change-related measures in the coming days....
Actually, President Obama has put together a comprehensive program for the Arctic. (click here) One of the most important is an assessment to take place over the next five years.
September 1, 2015
...Launching a demonstration project for Arctic marine-biodiversity observing. This year, the Arctic Marine Biodiversity Network (AMBON) will launch the first of three sampling cruises (with others to launch in 2016 and 2017) as part of a five-year demonstration project. These cruises will gather a broad range of Arctic marine-biodiversity data, including bird and mammal observations, water-column analysis (temperature, salinity, chlorophyll-a extraction, nutrients, etc.), and information on microbes and small eukaryotic plankton, zooplankton, sediment cores, and fishes....
The problem about any of this is that it is still nowhere to be found in America media. I think the only newsprint I saw with a picture of the melting glacier was The Wall Street Journal. I appreciate that.
Sometimes the news media doesn't completely understand a subject and only covers what they believe the public can digest. Perhaps the climate crisis and the warming of Earth is one of those subjects. I have a feeling though President Obama has a real grasp of the subject and can speak well to it.
I would not expect him to offer an assessment of a glacier's mass balance, but, the measurements would be something he would understand when reviewed with a glaciologist. President Obama is not intimidated by any aspect of science. He thrives when challenged with a subject important to the USA. When he states time is of the essence, he means it in a way that matters and should matter to everyone else.
