Comments on: NOAA: Second warmest U.S. August ever http://climateprogress.org/2007/09/17/noaa-second-warmest-us-august-ever/ The Latest on Climate Science, Solutions, and Politics Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:27:35 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Richard Schwartz http://climateprogress.org/2007/09/17/noaa-second-warmest-us-august-ever/#comment-5720 Richard Schwartz Tue, 18 Sep 2007 18:41:23 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2007/09/17/noaa-second-warmest-us-august-ever/#comment-5720 As president of Jewish Vegetarians of North America, I want to point out that an essential part of efforts to control global warming is a major shift to plant-based diets. A 2006 UN FAO report indicated that animal-based agriculture emits more greenhouse gases (18 percent in CO2 equivalents) than all the cars and other forms of transportation (13.5%) and that the number of farmed animals is projected to double in the next 50 years/ If that happens, the increased greenhouse gas emissions will negate improvements from many positive changes. hence, a switch to plant-based diets is essential to help move our imperiled planet to a sustainable path. As president of Jewish Vegetarians of North America, I want to point out that an essential part of efforts to control global warming is a major shift to plant-based diets. A 2006 UN FAO report indicated that animal-based agriculture emits more greenhouse gases (18 percent in CO2 equivalents) than all the cars and other forms of transportation (13.5%) and that the number of farmed animals is projected to double in the next 50 years/ If that happens, the increased greenhouse gas emissions will negate improvements from many positive changes.

hence, a switch to plant-based diets is essential to help move our imperiled planet to a sustainable path.

]]> By: Joe http://climateprogress.org/2007/09/17/noaa-second-warmest-us-august-ever/#comment-5711 Joe Tue, 18 Sep 2007 13:52:15 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2007/09/17/noaa-second-warmest-us-august-ever/#comment-5711 He left out the U.S. part. Last month was not tied for the warmest month in recorded history, globally. "The combined global land and ocean surface temperature for August was the 8th warmest on record, 0.85°F/0.47°C above the 20th century mean." http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2007/aug/aug07.html He left out the U.S. part. Last month was not tied for the warmest month in recorded history, globally.
“The combined global land and ocean surface temperature for August was the 8th warmest on record, 0.85°F/0.47°C above the 20th century mean.”
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/ oa/ climate/ research/ 2007/ aug/ aug07.html

]]> By: David http://climateprogress.org/2007/09/17/noaa-second-warmest-us-august-ever/#comment-5705 David Tue, 18 Sep 2007 03:07:56 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2007/09/17/noaa-second-warmest-us-august-ever/#comment-5705 Why focus only on the US? As the blog Quark Soup reported several days ago, last month tied for the warmest month in recorded history, globally: http://davidappell.blogspot.com/2007/09/august-sets-record.html Why focus only on the US? As the blog Quark Soup reported several days ago, last month tied for the warmest month in recorded history, globally:

http://davidappell.blogspot.com/ 2007/ 09/ august-sets-record.html

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