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Climate change threatens Tahoe's snow levels, lake clarity
2013-01-04 13:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mercury News: Lake Tahoe is "the fairest picture the whole earth affords," Mark Twain once wrote. Its crystal blue waters, surrounded by stunning snowy mountains, define one of California's crown jewels as an American landmark. It attracts 3 million skiers, boaters, campers, hikers and other visitors each year. But it could look very different in 100 years. Climate change could profoundly affect the Tahoe area, scientists say, taking the snow out of the mountains and the blue out of the water. Last winter's...
Greenhouse Gas Associated With High Sea Levels Over Past 40 Million Years
2013-01-03 19:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RedOrbit: Researchers based at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, have found that greenhouse gas concentrations similar to the present almost 400 parts per million -- were systematically associated with sea levels at least 30 feet above current levels by comparing reconstructions of atmospheric CO2 concentrations and sea level over the past 40 million years. The study, published online in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), determined that the "natural equilibrium"...
Auto firm stocks at high levels
2013-01-01 08:07:10| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
On New Year's Eve, investors indulged in a little more than the bubbly -- they drove automotive stocks to recent highs.
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