<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine</title><link>http://drich13.newsvine.com/</link><description>If we have seen further it is only by standing on the shoulders of giants.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 18:54:32 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 20:17:28 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title> Obama Will Use Nixon-Era Law to Fight Climate Change - Bloomberg</title>
<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama is preparing to tell all federal agencies for the first time that they should consider the impact on global warming before approving major projects, from pipelines to highways.
...In taking the step, Obama would be fulfilling a vow to act alone in the face&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Physicist-retired]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Physicist-retired]]></source><link>http://drich13.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/15/17328342-obama-will-use-nixon-era-law-to-fight-climate-change-bloomberg</link><guid>http://drich13.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/15/17328342-obama-will-use-nixon-era-law-to-fight-climate-change-bloomberg</guid><category>science</category><category>obama</category><category>climate-change</category><category>global-warming</category><pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 18:54:23 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=drich132C93D2C6-90D6-93AD-5F4C-F6F43E0B5C82.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=drich132C93D2C6-90D6-93AD-5F4C-F6F43E0B5C82.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>1.5C of warming sufficient to thaw Siberia</title>
<description><![CDATA[Evidence from Siberian caves suggests that a global temperature rise of 1.5 degrees Celsius could see permanently frozen ground thaw over a large area of Siberia, threatening release of carbon from soils, and damage to natural and human environments.
A thaw in Siberia's permafro&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Physicist-retired]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Physicist-retired]]></source><link>http://drich13.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/22/17057158-15c-of-warming-sufficient-to-thaw-siberia</link><guid>http://drich13.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/22/17057158-15c-of-warming-sufficient-to-thaw-siberia</guid><category>science</category><category>climate-change</category><category>global-warming</category><category>carbon-dioxide</category><category>fossil-fuels</category><category>permafrost</category><pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2013 15:40:37 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Global warming paradox: Less snow, but fierce storms </title>
<description><![CDATA[With scant snowfall and barren ski slopes in parts of the Midwest and Northeast the past couple of years, some scientists have pointed to global warming as the culprit.
Then when a whopper of a blizzard smacked the Northeast with more than 2 feet of snow in some places earlier t&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Physicist-retired]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Physicist-retired]]></source><link>http://drich13.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/21/17043605-global-warming-paradox-less-snow-but-fierce-storms</link><guid>http://drich13.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/21/17043605-global-warming-paradox-less-snow-but-fierce-storms</guid><category>science</category><category>climate-change</category><category>global-warming</category><category>climate</category><category>snow</category><category>blizzard</category><category>extreme-weather</category><category>snowfall</category><pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 14:29:39 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=drich138BF4E427-CD2C-B553-5217-FB987287AD88.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="235" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=drich138BF4E427-CD2C-B553-5217-FB987287AD88.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="71" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Major Climate Change Bill Coming to the Senate </title>
<description><![CDATA[From yesterday afternoon:
Only an hour before President Obama is expected to deliver his State of the Union address&mdash;in which he might &ldquo;go big&rdquo; on the issue of combating climate change&mdash;two Senators announced they will introduce comprehensive climate change&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Physicist-retired]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Physicist-retired]]></source><link>http://drich13.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/13/16948220-major-climate-change-bill-coming-to-the-senate</link><guid>http://drich13.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/13/16948220-major-climate-change-bill-coming-to-the-senate</guid><category>science</category><category>climate-change</category><category>senate</category><category>global-warming</category><category>renewable-energy</category><category>co2</category><category>bernie-sanders</category><category>barbara-boxer</category><category>berniw-sanders</category><pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 13:05:41 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=drich13BE274552-4E78-10EB-0C39-D194934B2C83.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="109" width="130" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=drich13BE274552-4E78-10EB-0C39-D194934B2C83.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="101" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Sunlight accelerates permafrost's release of CO2 by 40%</title>
<description><![CDATA[Ancient carbon trapped in Arctic permafrost is extremely sensitive to sunlight and, if exposed to the surface when long-frozen soils melt and collapse, can release climate-warming carbon dioxide gas into the atmosphere much faster than previously thought.
University of Michigan &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Physicist-retired]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Physicist-retired]]></source><link>http://drich13.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/12/16938103-sunlight-accelerates-permafrosts-release-of-co2-by-40</link><guid>http://drich13.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/12/16938103-sunlight-accelerates-permafrosts-release-of-co2-by-40</guid><category>science</category><category>climate-change</category><category>global-warming</category><category>climate</category><category>co2</category><category>permafrost</category><pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 16:30:56 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Global Temperature Anomaly Forecasts, 2013</title>
<description><![CDATA[Last spring, I noted that recent global temperatures seemed to be primarily a combination of a long-term trend and modulation by El Ni&ntilde;o and La Ni&ntilde;a (here and here).&nbsp; In September, I took this idea one step further and issued global temperature anomaly forecast&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Physicist-retired]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Physicist-retired]]></source><link>http://drich13.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/11/16926222-global-temperature-anomaly-forecasts-2013</link><guid>http://drich13.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/11/16926222-global-temperature-anomaly-forecasts-2013</guid><category>science</category><category>climate-change</category><category>global-warming</category><category>2013-temperature-anomoly-forecast</category><category>temperature-anomolies</category><pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 14:55:54 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=drich1345990428-D650-496F-CE32-C3EFAA616604.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="310" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=drich1345990428-D650-496F-CE32-C3EFAA616604.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="93" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Climate Scientists Erring on the Side of Least Drama</title>
<description><![CDATA[A paper recently published in Global Environmental Change by Brysse et al. (2012) examined a number of past predictions made by climate scientists, and found that that they have tended to be too conservative in their projections of the impacts of climate change.&nbsp;
The author&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Physicist-retired]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Physicist-retired]]></source><link>http://drich13.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/10/16917580-climate-scientists-erring-on-the-side-of-least-drama</link><guid>http://drich13.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/10/16917580-climate-scientists-erring-on-the-side-of-least-drama</guid><category>science</category><category>climate-change</category><category>global-warming</category><category>climate</category><category>climate-predictions</category><pubDate>Sun, 10 Feb 2013 16:01:26 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=drich1326C10E75-9C26-8F49-B599-CA8B379662B4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="359" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=drich1326C10E75-9C26-8F49-B599-CA8B379662B4.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="108" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Antiscience bill in Colorado fails - by 1 vote</title>
<description><![CDATA[House Bill 13-1089 (PDF), which would have encouraged teachers in Colorado to misrepresent the scientific status of evolution and climate change, was rejected by a 7-6 vote in the House Committee on Education on February 4, 2013.
The committee also voted 7-6 to postpone further &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Physicist-retired]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Physicist-retired]]></source><link>http://drich13.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/05/16853291-antiscience-bill-in-colorado-fails-by-1-vote</link><guid>http://drich13.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/05/16853291-antiscience-bill-in-colorado-fails-by-1-vote</guid><category>science</category><category>climate-change</category><category>colorado</category><category>evolution</category><category>stephen-humphrey</category><pubDate>Tue, 5 Feb 2013 15:28:24 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=drich13B34F9083-80D9-BDE4-4E93-0599DB854FF1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="309" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=drich13B34F9083-80D9-BDE4-4E93-0599DB854FF1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="93" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Global warming has increased monthly heat records by a factor of five </title>
<description><![CDATA[On average, there are now five times as many record-breaking hot months worldwide than could be expected without long-term global warming, shows a study now published in Climatic Change.
In parts of Europe, Africa and southern Asia the number of monthly records has increased eve&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Physicist-retired]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Physicist-retired]]></source><link>http://drich13.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/31/16792163-global-warming-has-increased-monthly-heat-records-by-a-factor-of-five</link><guid>http://drich13.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/31/16792163-global-warming-has-increased-monthly-heat-records-by-a-factor-of-five</guid><category>science</category><category>climate-change</category><category>global-warming</category><category>carbon-dioxide</category><category>greenhouse-gases</category><category>fossil-fuels</category><category>extreme-weather</category><category>heat-waves</category><category>temperature-records</category><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 16:51:35 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=drich13345A23AB-4F1F-3AAB-96F7-92669020A204.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="340" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=drich13345A23AB-4F1F-3AAB-96F7-92669020A204.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="102" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>How Much Has Your Area Warmed?  New Tool Lets You Check Your Local Warming</title>
<description><![CDATA[New Scientist has produced a little tool which enables you to access regional temperature data illustrating how the world has warmed.
Just enter your city and you get an indication of current temperature change from the 1951-1980 average.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Physicist-retired]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Physicist-retired]]></source><link>http://drich13.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/30/16772877-how-much-has-your-area-warmed-new-tool-lets-you-check-your-local-warming</link><guid>http://drich13.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/30/16772877-how-much-has-your-area-warmed-new-tool-lets-you-check-your-local-warming</guid><category>science</category><category>climate-change</category><category>global-warming</category><category>climate</category><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 15:41:18 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=drich134B658784-5738-A16D-9C9F-51247FB879FB.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="248" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=drich134B658784-5738-A16D-9C9F-51247FB879FB.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Exclusive: Billionaires secretly fund attacks on climate science - Climate Change - Environment - The Independent</title>
<description><![CDATA[&nbsp;
A secretive funding organisation in the United States that guarantees anonymity for its billionaire donors has emerged as a major operator in the climate "counter movement" to undermine the science of global warming, The Independent has learnt.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Physicist-retired]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Physicist-retired]]></source><link>http://drich13.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/25/16699896-exclusive-billionaires-secretly-fund-attacks-on-climate-science-climate-change-environment-the-independent</link><guid>http://drich13.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/25/16699896-exclusive-billionaires-secretly-fund-attacks-on-climate-science-climate-change-environment-the-independent</guid><category>science</category><category>climate-change</category><category>climate</category><category>koch-brothers</category><category>koch</category><category>mann</category><category>michael-mann</category><category>climate-change-denial</category><category>competitive-enterprise-institute</category><category>donors-trust</category><category>knowledge-and-progress-fund</category><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2013 19:08:27 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=drich13A256854C-5204-20FF-FB34-DA8B85D756DB.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=drich13A256854C-5204-20FF-FB34-DA8B85D756DB.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>A New Illegal VA Senate Bill: Electoral College Bill Violates Voting Rights Act    </title>
<description><![CDATA[If the VA GOP would stay up nights figuring out how to develop a winning message, instead of coming up with backroom schemes to negate the results of our elections, they might be threats to win the governorship in 2013 and the presidency in 2016. But this would require actually t&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Physicist-retired]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Physicist-retired]]></source><link>http://drich13.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/24/16678365-a-new-illegal-va-senate-bill-electoral-college-bill-violates-voting-rights-act</link><guid>http://drich13.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/24/16678365-a-new-illegal-va-senate-bill-electoral-college-bill-violates-voting-rights-act</guid><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>election</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>virginia</category><category>republican-party</category><category>presidential-election</category><category>electoral-college</category><category>virginia-republicans</category><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 14:28:37 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Sierra Club: Time for Civil Disobedience to Fight Climate Disruption </title>
<description><![CDATA[For civil disobedience to be justified, something must be so wrong that it compels the strongest defensible protest.
Such a protest, if rendered thoughtfully and peacefully, is in fact a profound act of patriotism. For Thoreau, the wrongs were slavery and the invasion of Mexico.&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Physicist-retired]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Physicist-retired]]></source><link>http://drich13.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/23/16661769-sierra-club-time-for-civil-disobedience-to-fight-climate-disruption</link><guid>http://drich13.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/23/16661769-sierra-club-time-for-civil-disobedience-to-fight-climate-disruption</guid><category>science</category><category>climate-change</category><category>climate</category><category>sierra-club</category><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 16:07:18 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Comet ISON May Provide A Spectacular Show Later This Year</title>
<description><![CDATA[&nbsp;
Comet ISON will come within 800,000 miles of the sun&nbsp;on November 28.
That close pass&nbsp;might cause the comet&nbsp;to be torn apart by gravitational forces. If it survives, Comet ISON should become very bright. It might even be bright enough to see in daylight.
And&&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Physicist-retired]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Physicist-retired]]></source><link>http://drich13.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/19/16600404-comet-ison-may-provide-a-spectacular-show-later-this-year</link><guid>http://drich13.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/19/16600404-comet-ison-may-provide-a-spectacular-show-later-this-year</guid><category>science</category><category>space</category><category>astronomy</category><category>comets</category><category>ison</category><pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2013 16:02:04 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content medium="video" url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_1HdOCOJ_Q" ><media:thumbnail url="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/5_1HdOCOJ_Q/default.jpg" /><media:description type="plain">Visit http://science.nasa.gov/ for breaking science news. Astronomers are keeping a close eye on a newly-discovered Comet ISON, which could become visible in broad daylight later this year when it skims through the atmosphere of the sun.</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>arctic.io - Teleconnections: From India to my Doorstep</title>
<description><![CDATA[Sudden stratospheric warming (up to 8C, more than 14F) arises from India, covers the North polar region, and forces cold air south.
I've never seen anything like this.&nbsp; Watch the short animation, and the 'bubble' forms in India and goes straight to the Pole.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Physicist-retired]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Physicist-retired]]></source><link>http://drich13.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/17/16566285-arcticio-teleconnections-from-india-to-my-doorstep</link><guid>http://drich13.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/17/16566285-arcticio-teleconnections-from-india-to-my-doorstep</guid><category>science</category><category>climate</category><category>arctic</category><category>stratosphere</category><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2013 16:18:23 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=drich1333F50E7F-A18F-5455-615F-FEE4223EF097.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="257" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=drich1333F50E7F-A18F-5455-615F-FEE4223EF097.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>David Petraeus Affair Photos</title>
<description><![CDATA[The most important news story of the month.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Physicist-retired]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Physicist-retired]]></source><link>http://drich13.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/14/15163423-david-petraeus-affair-photos</link><guid>http://drich13.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/14/15163423-david-petraeus-affair-photos</guid><category>us-news</category><category>new-york</category><category>new-jersey</category><category>sandy</category><category>hurricane-sandy</category><category>extreme-weather</category><pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 15:37:58 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Reminder:  PBS 'Climate of Doubt'  Airs Tonight (Trailer and Escalator Updates Included)</title>
<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday night, October 23rd, 2012, the US Public Broadcasting Station (PBS) is airing a program called Climate of Doubt.
Here is how PBS describes the program, along with a preview:]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Physicist-retired]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Physicist-retired]]></source><link>http://drich13.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/23/14644233-reminder-pbs-climate-of-doubt-airs-tonight-trailer-and-escalator-updates-included</link><guid>http://drich13.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/23/14644233-reminder-pbs-climate-of-doubt-airs-tonight-trailer-and-escalator-updates-included</guid><category>science</category><category>climate-change</category><category>global-warming</category><category>arctic</category><category>carbon-dioxide</category><category>fossil-fuels</category><category>skeptical-science</category><category>arctic-ice-melt</category><category>climate-of-doubt</category><pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2012 15:00:14 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Orionid Meteor Shower Peaks Tonight</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Orionid meteor shower will rain bits of Halley's Comet on Earth tonight in a promising weekend "shooting star" display.
You can even watch the celestial fireworks online if bad weather spoils your local view.
The 2012 Orionid meteor shower will peak early Sunday (Oct. 21), &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Physicist-retired]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Physicist-retired]]></source><link>http://drich13.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/20/14577748-orionid-meteor-shower-peaks-tonight</link><guid>http://drich13.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/20/14577748-orionid-meteor-shower-peaks-tonight</guid><category>science</category><category>astronomy</category><category>commentid-science</category><category>meteors</category><category>meteor-shower</category><category>halleys-comet</category><category>orionids</category><pubDate>Sat, 20 Oct 2012 13:31:17 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=drich138E1B726C-06C7-BB12-3E4F-B53423271151.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=drich138E1B726C-06C7-BB12-3E4F-B53423271151.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Slightly Increased 2012 Antarctic Sea Ice Levels No Match for Arctic Declines | The Yale Forum on Climate Change Reports</title>
<description><![CDATA[After multiple attempts to seed this Yale Forum article failed (gremilins on the Vine today?), I surrender.
This is a repost of Yale's October 18, 2012 analysis.
Images here, text at the link.

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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Physicist-retired]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Physicist-retired]]></source><link>http://drich13.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/19/14556843-slightly-increased-2012-antarctic-sea-ice-levels-no-match-for-arctic-declines-the-yale-forum-on-climate-change-reports</link><guid>http://drich13.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/19/14556843-slightly-increased-2012-antarctic-sea-ice-levels-no-match-for-arctic-declines-the-yale-forum-on-climate-change-reports</guid><category>science</category><category>climate-change</category><category>global-warming</category><category>arctic</category><category>antarctic</category><category>arctic-ice</category><category>antarctic-ice</category><pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2012 13:42:22 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=drich137794AF66-7915-F00D-4A63-0A284C4070C6.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="292" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=drich137794AF66-7915-F00D-4A63-0A284C4070C6.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Longer-term changes in sea ice cover (Arctic vs Antarctic)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=drich13A8E111DC-C1BE-45B5-FD8B-BFB2A8364849.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="292" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=drich13A8E111DC-C1BE-45B5-FD8B-BFB2A8364849.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Vast differences in changes between Arctic and Antarctic sea ice &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=drich137A386BAC-D088-CB5F-C23F-F796105C7EE4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="292" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=drich137A386BAC-D088-CB5F-C23F-F796105C7EE4.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Changes in Arctic and Antarctic sea ice cover are not remotely comparable. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Antarctic sea ice is barely outside of what would be considered 'normal'. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Arctic sea ice is barely half of what it was three decades ago.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Tropical cyclones are occurring more frequently than before, study shows - ScienceDaily</title>
<description><![CDATA[Are there more tropical cyclones now than in the past -- or is it just something we believe because we now hear more about them through media coverage and are better able detect them with satellites?
New research from the Niels Bohr Institute clearly shows that there is an incre&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Physicist-retired]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Physicist-retired]]></source><link>http://drich13.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/16/14482494-tropical-cyclones-are-occurring-more-frequently-than-before-study-shows-sciencedaily</link><guid>http://drich13.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/16/14482494-tropical-cyclones-are-occurring-more-frequently-than-before-study-shows-sciencedaily</guid><category>science</category><category>climate-change</category><category>global-warming</category><category>hurricanes</category><category>extreme-weather</category><category>commentid-science</category><category>cyclones</category><pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2012 15:19:34 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=drich1356296ACE-AAA2-BF7C-90D6-BD0157C6E47A.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=drich1356296ACE-AAA2-BF7C-90D6-BD0157C6E47A.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Misleading Daily Mail Climate Article Pre-Bunked by Nuccitelli et al. (2012)</title>
<description><![CDATA[The British newspaper/tabloid The Dail Mail and its writer David Rose are notorious for publishing misleading (at best) climate-related articles, as we have discussed previously here, for example.
They have recently struck again, claiming that according to a "quietly released" M&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Physicist-retired]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Physicist-retired]]></source><link>http://drich13.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/16/14478242-misleading-daily-mail-climate-article-pre-bunked-by-nuccitelli-et-al-2012</link><guid>http://drich13.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/16/14478242-misleading-daily-mail-climate-article-pre-bunked-by-nuccitelli-et-al-2012</guid><category>science</category><category>climate-change</category><category>global-warming</category><category>carbon-dioxide</category><category>oceans</category><category>fossil-fuels</category><category>commentid-science</category><category>ocean-heat-content</category><pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2012 12:04:53 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=drich137F3CEAC9-3AEA-233A-6E7D-EA6B9771A29C.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="292" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=drich137F3CEAC9-3AEA-233A-6E7D-EA6B9771A29C.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Creationism, Mr. Nye, and Dr Pepper</title>
<description><![CDATA[Recently, Dr Pepper posted a picture to its Facebook page showing a mock evolution graphic -- a "pre-Pepper" chimp morphing into an upright "post-Pepper" human.
There are many such humorous adaptations of this classic monkey-to-man "march of progress" graphic, and the Mad Men wo&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Physicist-retired]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Physicist-retired]]></source><link>http://drich13.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/13/14414029-creationism-mr-nye-and-dr-pepper</link><guid>http://drich13.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/13/14414029-creationism-mr-nye-and-dr-pepper</guid><category>science</category><category>evolution</category><category>biology</category><category>creationism</category><pubDate>Sat, 13 Oct 2012 12:31:39 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=drich13EC7835D1-0196-2312-9373-3DB0CBA44C53.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="82" width="112" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=drich13EC7835D1-0196-2312-9373-3DB0CBA44C53.jpg&amp;width=120" width="112" height="82" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>At Vice Presidential Debate, Paul Ryan Is Frank About Roe v. Wade Plans</title>
<description><![CDATA[After a week of Team Romney avoiding talk about abortion, his VP pick went ahead and said it: a Republican victory will mean overturning the landmark decision.
...Ryan, by contrast, reminded the country that he opposes abortion in all circumstances, and that Romney intends to se&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Physicist-retired]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Physicist-retired]]></source><link>http://drich13.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/12/14390974-at-vice-presidential-debate-paul-ryan-is-frank-about-roe-v-wade-plans</link><guid>http://drich13.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/12/14390974-at-vice-presidential-debate-paul-ryan-is-frank-about-roe-v-wade-plans</guid><category>politics</category><category>obama</category><category>romney</category><category>abortion</category><category>biden</category><category>ryan</category><category>vice-presidential-debates</category><category>detabe</category><pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2012 12:16:29 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=drich136F4188BE-D41E-DA59-A7E7-59D96DBF222E.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="133" width="200" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=drich136F4188BE-D41E-DA59-A7E7-59D96DBF222E.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Mando's chainless e-bike is headed for Europe in 2013 (w/ Video)</title>
<description><![CDATA[Car-choked city streets are inspiring adults to get on a bicycle for local transport.&nbsp; Reasons range from ecology to economy in getting around.
Korea-based auto part maker Mando is unleashing the next step up in cycling, a chainless electric bike called Footloose.
Sleek mi&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Physicist-retired]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Physicist-retired]]></source><link>http://drich13.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/11/14368697-mandos-chainless-e-bike-is-headed-for-europe-in-2013-w-video</link><guid>http://drich13.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/11/14368697-mandos-chainless-e-bike-is-headed-for-europe-in-2013-w-video</guid><category>technology</category><category>cycling</category><category>transportation</category><category>bikes</category><category>e-bike</category><category>mando</category><pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2012 14:36:25 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=drich13F14B0B57-8B38-D56E-B3A7-BD1C873137E4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="90" width="90" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=drich13F14B0B57-8B38-D56E-B3A7-BD1C873137E4.jpg&amp;width=120" width="90" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>With 'Extreme Weather' Rising Rapidly, 73% Of Americans See Man's Impact On Climate</title>
<description><![CDATA[From dessicating drought to blistering heat, the lower 48 states have taken it on the chin so far this year when it comes to extreme weather events.
In fact, as measured by the federal government's Climate Extremes Index, the January-through-September period has been the most ex&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Physicist-retired]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Physicist-retired]]></source><link>http://drich13.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/10/14338127-with-extreme-weather-rising-rapidly-73-of-americans-see-mans-impact-on-climate</link><guid>http://drich13.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/10/14338127-with-extreme-weather-rising-rapidly-73-of-americans-see-mans-impact-on-climate</guid><category>science</category><category>climate-change</category><category>global-warming</category><category>drought</category><category>floods</category><category>extreme-weather</category><category>commentid-science</category><category>heat-waves</category><pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2012 10:49:53 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=drich1385F9A639-2DE8-0DF0-4373-07E808A19D48.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="333" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=drich1385F9A639-2DE8-0DF0-4373-07E808A19D48.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="100" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>