Environment

Recent Floods:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/41060203#41060203

A Solar Economy?

http://www.tdf.it/2006/2/peart_eng.htm

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2010/07/sunrider-japanese-solar-sail-propelled-by-suns-photons.html?cid=6a00d8341c630a53ef0133f250f458970b

Manmade and natural diasters seems to be occurring at an increasing rate:

BP Gas Leak http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/20/live-gulf-oil-spill-video-feed_n_583682.html

http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1924787/scientists_battle_for_gulf_oil_spill_research_funds/

http://www.rodale.com/environmental-disasters

http://kissdetroit.com/national/atrybula/top-10-worst-u-s-man-made-environmental-disasters/

http://article.wn.com/view/2010/04/12/Rell_asks_Obama_for_floods_disaster_declaration_f/

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3221795.stm

Predictions:

End of the world in 2012

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAtgPaggeTM&feature=related

The Arctic: Is it melting?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3221795.stm

http://cecaust.com.au/global_warming/Big%20Arctic%20Melt.pdf

http://video.nytimes.com/video/2005/11/29/science/1194816481964/the-big-melt-the-arctic-ice-cap.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/1311007.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/2558319.stm

http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=A0geu5vlEN5K.PUAgtFXNyoA?p=melting+arctic&fr2=sb-top&fr=yfp-t-701&sao=1

http://www.eo.ucar.edu/basics/cc_2_b.html

http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/environment/arcticice_decline.html

http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=A0geu568E95Kk.kAgdRXNyoA?p=melting+arctic+and+big+melt&fr2=sb-top&fr=yfp-t-701&sao=1

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/25/science/earth/25arctic.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/1894740.stm

http://www.thewe.cc/weplanet/news/water/dramatic_melt_in_arctic_icecape.htm

http://www.cbc.ca/newsinreview/sept06/PDFs/arctic.pdf

http://theresilientearth.com/?q=content/melting-antarctic-ice-part-natural-cycle

The Antarctic: Is that melting too?

http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?rn=3906861&cl=16151323&ch=4226722&src=news

http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/dpp/news/dpg_Antarctic_Glaciers_Melting_Faster2204475

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=6954089

http://www.livescience.com/environment/050421_glacial_retreat.html

http://www.livescience.com/environment/070920_antarctic_snowmelt.html

http://theresilientearth.com/?q=content/melting-antarctic-ice-part-natural-cycle

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/05/15/melting-antarctic-ice-may-raise-sea-levels-less-than-previously-feared/

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4228411.stm

The Nuclear Issue:

http://climate.envsci.rutgers.edu/pdf/RobockToonSciAmJan2010.pdf

http://www.livestream.com/theglobalforum

8.8 Earthquake and Tsunami in Chile February 2010

http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20100302/sc_space/chileearthquakemayhaveshorteneddaysonearth

http://www.livescience.com/environment/chile-earthquake-tsunami-100227.html

A Few Additional Examples of Catastrophes, Climate Change, Environmental Concerns, Copenhagen, Rising Sea Levels, Tsunamis ...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100107/ap_on_bi_ge/us_winter_weather

http://news.yahoo.com/video/world-15749633/17487849

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvNas8BjcLE&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAkijDDS61A&feature=related

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=6813894

http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=6900574

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOgvoHbLpMg&feature=related

http://www1.american.edu/ted/ice/maldives.htm

http://www.livescience.com/environment/061025_nyc_hurricanes.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xodGMEH_qA0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-8_wEm7t8k

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhuqKhXZkkY&feature=fvw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0uxDQYYsC0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGkeMvxotzI&feature=related

http://emol.org/movies/tsunami/index.html

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2007/04/03/science-hurricaneforecast-20070403.html

http://www.katrina.noaa.gov/

http://video.search.yahoo.com/search/video;_ylt=A0geus.MON5K6xIB_fBXNyoA?ei=UTF-8&p=hurricane%20katrina&fr2=tab-web&fr=yfp-t-701

http://video.search.yahoo.com/video/play?p=hurricane+katrina&ei=UTF-8&fr=yfp-t-701&fr2=tab-web&tnr=21&vid=000145709877

http://video.search.yahoo.com/video/play?p=hurricane+katrina&ei=UTF-8&fr=yfp-t-701&fr2=tab-web&tnr=21&vid=0001636590363

http://video.search.yahoo.com/video/play?p=hurricane+katrina&ei=UTF-8&fr=yfp-t-701&fr2=tab-web&tnr=21&vid=000147049370

http://video.search.yahoo.com/search/video;_ylt=A0geus.MON5K6xIB_fBXNyoA?ei=UTF-8&p=hurricane%20katrina&fr2=tab-web&fr=yfp-t-701

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Katrina

http://www.wunderground.com/education/webster.asp

http://www.magazine.noaa.gov/stories/mag184.htm

http://www.livescience.com/environment/050915_more_hurricanes.html

http://www.kbtx.com/home/headlines/46643632.html

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2007/04/03/science-hurricaneforecast-20070403.html

There have been increasing earthquakes and tsunamis with increasing frequency:

Haiti

Chile

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100227/ts_nm/us_quake_chile