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Climate Change and Electricity
August 19, 2008 | Geotimes

The weather and climate of a region affect electricity usage in many ways. This article explores how climate change could impact several power technologies.

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A Warming Climate and Electricity
August 4, 2008 | GEOTIMES
An essay on how climate affects all major aspects of the electric...

Global Warming vs. Climate Change
December 19, 2008 | NASA
An article on the NASA website explores the use of the terms...

Climate Change Will Spread Global Disease
September 13, 2007 | AFP
Changing climate will result in a change of global disease patterns. ...

Aviation’s Impact on Global Warming
September 25, 2007 | International Herald Tribune
According to the United Nation's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change aviation is...

NASA Climate Change Website
July 2, 2008 | NASA
NASA has dedicated part of their website to helping people learn about...

Water Supplies & Climate Change
December 29, 2008 | MIT News
Global climate change is expected to modify regional precipitation patterns. These...

Wildlife Indicators of Climate Change
September 18, 2008 | USGS
"Two studies funded by a new USGS initiative on Global Climate Change...

Where Climate Change is Felt More Strongly Than Anywhere
October 5, 2007 | Christian Science Monitor
In northern Greenland the sea has not frozen solid in over a...

Global Limits on Energy Farming
June 24, 2008 | Carnegie Institution for Science
Lots of people are excited about producing energy from crops. This...

Oil Sands, Oil Prices & Carbon Emissions
January 3, 2009 | The Globe and Mail
Producing crude oil from oil sands is a high cost operation. ...

Sun Activity the Cause of Global Warming?
July 28, 2007 | Hudson Institute
Water experts who publicly predicted the ends of major South African droughts...

California: Impact of Global Warming
December 19, 2008 | Stanford University
Stanford University researchers say that "Global warming will likely put enormous strain...

Global Warming is Not Just About Temperature
January 16, 2008 | PressConnects.com
PressConnections.com has an article that points out that global warming is much...

Ground Water Levels and Climate
November 10, 2008 | American Chemical Society
An article on the American Chemical Society website explores the relationship between...

How to Fight a Rising Sea
November 16, 2007 | Christian Science Monitor
The Dutch have been fighting to hold the sea back for a...

Drought is Killing Tasmania Hydro Power
October 23, 2007 | ABC NEWS Australia
Droughts have plagued Tasmania and stream levels are low. This is...

Adapt, Move or Die
May 2, 2007 | NPR
How would an animal population respond to climate change? If the conditions...

NASA: 2007 Summation of Global Temperature Change
February 28, 2008 | NASA
NASA has published charts, maps and data that summarize global temperature trends...

More From Al Gore On Climate Change
January 25, 2008 | Terra Daily
Al Gore warns that climate change is happening faster than the worst...

Weather, Climate & Sea Level Workshop
October 20, 2008 | College of Exploration
"The Centers for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence-West would like to invite formal...

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