More about Global Warming in the News

It seems that concerns about global warming are surfacing frequently in the news and magazines now. (Earth Day?) Jonah Golberg describes this as a "green scare." Robert Balling Jr. debunks the forthcoming HBO special, "Too Hot Not To Handle." And here's a nice short article about some of the junk pushed as good science.

My concern is that we help our families get past sound bites and simplest views. There are many stakeholders, including the poor in the fast-developing world. Mankind has proven adaptable to living in many circumstances. Economic systems are vulnerable to well-intentioned manipulations. All souls are precious.

I did laugh out loud when I read this in the WSJ:

"Two US explorers plan to start a four-month summer expedition to the North Pole next month to gather information on the animal they believe could be the first victim of global warming -- the polar bear," Reuters reports from Los Angeles. "Project Thin Ice 2006" will the be the first such expedition since 2004. Reuters explains that the explorers had to call off the mission they planned last year because of -- we kid you not -- "unusually heavy snow and ice."

(Yes, I've been told g.w. will create colder conditions in some areas. But it's still funny.)