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From the Chronicle:

CONSEQUENCES OF A RISING BAY GLOBAL WARMING: New set of maps reveals how melting polar ice could change shoreline and carry a high price for entire region.

Check out Apple's global warming imagery and upcoming talk in SF and Chicago...

Here are the latest Google Earth layers for 7-meter lightblueline Santa Barbara. There's also 5m, 3m, and 1m.

The rumor mill is picking up on possible policy change re: carbon emissions. Few details now. Bush administration officials will be testifying at Congressional hearings this week although I didn't see any notable hearings scheduled.

here's one example of a discussion (at my alma mater), and an original news article in the UK's Independent.

An AP article ran yesterday -- Scientists See New Global Warming Threat by Seth Borenstein. It highlights this week's Nature article by Walter et al. on findings re: carbon bubbling out from the permafrost.

I found the article's tone to be alarmist, starting with the first line: "New research is raising concerns that global warming may be triggering a self-perpetuating climate time bomb trapped in once-frozen permafrost." But Borenstein was working with direct quotes from scientists.

McKibben has a new book coming out and this labor day he'll be walking for 5 days for PR.