On this week's edition of Headline: Earth, Katie hits the week's headlines, and Mellissa Magee shows you a few ways to save some money, and reduce your home's "carbon footprint."

Join Katie Fehlinger this week as she comments on global warming in the news and chats with AccuWeather.com Expert Senior Meteorologist Elliot Abrams on global warming by the numbers.

After some late-week technical difficulties last week, we've got the anticipated Michael Mann interview for you today.

This week, Katie hits the global warming headlines and finishes off her interview with Michael Mann.

In Katie Fehlinger's latest video, Katie and AccuWeather.com's Ken Reeves discuss why scientists in the 1970s believed that Global Cooling -- not Global Warming -- was the concern.

As I mentioned yesterday, Katie Fehlinger had the opportunity to interview Senators James Inhofe and Barbara Boxer on a recent trip to Washington, D.C. Here is part one of Katie's interview with James Inhofe.

The past couple of episodes of Headline: Earth have centered around Katie's interview with Senator James Inhofe (R-Okla.). This week, Katie brings you part one of her interview with Senator Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) along with some global warming headlines.

Katie's got the second part of her interview with Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) today, along with a few more global warming headlines.

Katie talks to Chris Horner, author of The Politically Incorrect Guide to Global Warming (and Environmentalism) in this episode of Headline: Earth.

Katie's got some global warming headlines you may have missed, along with part two of her interview with author Chris Horner.

Headline: Earth turns its attention to science policy this week as Katie Fehlinger visits the Pew Center on Climate Change and interviews Judi Greenwald, Director of Solutions Programs.

Katie also features some of the week's global warming headlines.

Take a look at Katie Fehlinger's latest edition of Headline: Earth - get the week's global climate change headlines along an interview of Akima Cornell of Cool Cities.

Katie Fehlinger has an interview with hurricane expert and global warming skeptic Dr. William Gray this week. Katie also hits some headlines we haven't talked about here. One of them relates to a question Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif) asks on Yahoo Answers. I thought I would include a link here for anyone interested.

Katie Fehlinger has the second part of her interview with Dr. William Gray in this week's edition of Headline: Earth. In this week's segment, Dr. Gray talks about why he doesn't trust computer climate models and his own climate theory. This is the theory that RealClimate has criticized. Watch Dr. Gray, read RealClimate and make up your own mind.

Interesting story last night on the CBS Evening News on the carbon footprint of the G-8 Summit, starting today in Germany. Ferrying world leaders to one location, along with all the press corps and support staff that comes with them, is an expensive and carbon-intensive proposition. Sorry, no way to bypass the commercial at the beginning of the video clip.

Katie Fehlinger has some global warming headlines I haven't touched on here, and an interview with Dan Lashof of the Natural Resources Defense Council.

This week's video features Katie Fehlinger's interview with author and noted global warming Skeptic, Dr. Fred Singer. Ok, you caught me. This was actually last week's video, but because of technical difficulties, it's now this week's video.

Dr. Singer, who is founder of the Science and Environmental Policy Project, believes that the current warming is related to a natural cycle.

Since we had our normal late-week video earlier this week, I thought this might be a good opportunity to look back at some of some of the earlier editions of Headline: Earth. Katie Fehlinger has been able to interview a number of noteworthy people, including Senators Barbara Boxer and James Inhofe, and each video begins with some headlines related to global warming or climate change.

Click on the thumbnail below for the latest edition of Katie Fehlinger's Headline: Earth.

Not only does Katie give a brief report on a 750-dollar solar jacket (coming to a store near you!), but she also mentions a study that ties the recent flooding in the UK to global warming. You may recall that I mentioned on Thursday (Is Ozone Smog and Global Warming Related?) that Prime Minister Brown blamed the flooding on climate change. In the interview section, Katie talks to Climate Project Presenter Richard Whiteford.

In her latest video, Katie Fehlinger discusses a threatening letter to a global warming skeptic. There is also a short piece on the possible hurricane/global warming link and Senator Barbara Boxer's Greenland trip.

In the featured interview, Katie talks to Craig Rucker, executive director of CFACT (Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow), which is a non-profit public policy organization focusing on issues of environment and development. Rucker generally agrees that global warming is occurring, but he questions how much, and voices skepticism in regards to the climate models. He also talks about what he thinks may be more pressing environmental issues.

In her latest video, Katie Fehlinger visits the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL), and gets some answers about climate modeling.

There is also a piece about how climate change can be predicted by mathematical equations and a preview about Leonardo DiCaprio's latest movie, "The 11th Hour".

In part two of her video segment on climate models, Katie Fehlinger presents some of the opposing views to climate modeling. There is also a short segment on some of the recent global warming protests across the world. One of those you could say was x-rated!

In her latest video segment, Katie Fehlinger shows us what some cities in Colorado and Pennsylvania are doing to combat global warming.

Also, AccuWeather's own Expert Senior Meteorologist Ken Reeves responds to NOAA's new claim that greenhouse gases were a major contributor to the near-record warmth of 2006 in the United States.

Katie Fehlinger interviews writer Richard Whiteford, who is the Pennsylvania and New Jersey outreach representative for the Defenders of Wildlife. The mission of Defenders of Wildlife is to take on the task of preserving our nation's native wildlife species and habitat.

Katie also discusses the Asian coal issue and how global warming may be impacting the the tuna industry.

In here latest video, Katie Fehlinger discusses the APEC Summit, which was recently held in Australia. There were several agreements in regards to climate change policy among the member countries, while other issues remained unresolved.

I would also like to encourage our readers to participate in our comment section. We would love to hear your opinion on the different global warming topics. 99% of the comments that I get will be posted within 24 hours, if not much earlier. We will protect your privacy and you do not even need to leave your email or actual name if you do not wish to. Brett Anderson (Moderator)

In her latest video, Katie Fehlinger talks with of our own, expert senior meteorologist Ken Reeves, who is also the director of our forecasting department here at AccuWeather.com. Katie and Ken discuss some of the proposals to save the planet that are discussed in a recent issue of Popular Science. Tell us what you think about some of these proposals in the link to the comment section below.

Katie also has a piece about the ozone layer and the practice of gas flaring.

In here latest video, Katie discusses the impact of global warming on the wine industry and talks about snow melt in Antarctica.

In part two of her interview with AccuWeather.com's expert senior Meteorologist Ken Reeves, Katie gets Ken's opinion on mass-produced, genetically altered trees, man-made wetlands and a way to insulate glaciers.

If you would like to comment on some of these ideas, feel free to do so in our comment section.

In her new video, Katie Fehlinger interviews Dr. Richard Alley, an Evan Pugh Professor of Geosciences at Penn State University. Alley has traveled to Greenland on many occasions and discusses the impact of global warming on the ice sheet.

Some of her other stories deal with the effects of climate change on Australia and blueberries.

In part two of the interview, Dr. Richard Alley, lead author of the 4th Assessment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, talks to Katie Fehlinger about the challenges and the criticisms of writing the report and the compromises that were made.

Barack Obama also talks about his proposed energy plan to combat global warming.

In the final part of this interview, Dr. Richard Alley, a lead author of the IPCC Report on Climate Change, explains his personal views on global warming with our own Katie Fehlinger.

Katie also has a segment on Al Gore and the impact of global warming on the Alps.

Next week, Katie will be interviewing AccuWeather.com's expert senior meteorologist and long range specialist Joe Bastardi.

Update 10/21/07: I am posting this at the top once again. We have received some excellent questions, but I am sure there some more out there. Brett

On October 25th, The Allegheny Institute for Public Policy and the Graduate Center for Social and Public Policy of Duquesne University will be holding a debate about whether or not human activity is causing global warming. The guest speakers are Dr. Fred Singer, a renowned skeptic and President of the Science and Environmental Policy Project and Dr. Charles Keller, an internationally known scientist specializing in atmospheric conditions and climate change.

Katie Fehlinger plans to interview both individuals after the debate and now it is your turn to provide the questions that she will ask. Please keep the questions short and to the point. Keep in mind, due to time contraints, Katie may not be able to use all of the questions. Katie has more details in her video post below.

In part one of her interview, Katie Fehlinger sits down with our own expert senior Meteorologist and hurricane specialist Joe Bastardi, who has strong opinions on climate change. We would also like to hear your feedback. Do you agree or disagree with what Joe is saying?

Katie also discusses a new climate change bill that might have a chance of getting through Congress.

UPDATE........

In Joe Bastardi's column from Wednesday night he voices his frustration about the idea that global warming is being blamed for so many disasters lately. An interesting read....here it is

It's simply astounding how when anything out of the ordinary happens,
global warming is blamed. That leaders of this nation can, within a
period of 24 hours, make such pronouncements about the wildfires ought
to instantly call into account their reasons for such things. How can
you come so quickly to such a conclusion? Have you researched all
this?

For instance the hidden reason for the SoCal drought may be because
the water is so darn cold off SoCal this year, much below normal, it
is leading to large-scale sinking that is retarding precip. The amount
of cold water showing up in the Pacific now certainly is helping tip
the balance away from the warmth over land in the means. So we are
dealing with a case of anomalously cold water leading to the dryness
that can set this up.

Perhaps, with arson suspected in some of these fires, we will blame
global warming for driving people to such things, setting fires.

Let's take the problem with Delaware River flooding that seems to be
more common. Global warming is being blamed by many of the people on
the river, and they seem to be perfectly happy with ignoring the
change in damming policies of lakes in the watershed. We now dam the
lakes up, and for good reason, to make sure that there is water in dry
times, not likely to occur in sustained fashion anyway in the
Northeast in warm cycles of the AMO. But the fact is, the lakes are
never almost parched as they were sometimes in previous years. They
are dammed up; it takes much less water to cause them to rise to
levels where water has to be released. A 10-inch rainstorm now, is
like a 20-inch rainstorm before as far as what can happen on the
river. Why, the water is there to be released much quicker, because it
was dammed up and preserved.

Is this global warming? Yet no one wants to seem to bring this up as a
reason for such things, but instead the finger is pointed at the
bogeyman that like many, may not exist, or if it does, not be the
monster in the closet that people seem to want to portray. What could
be the possible reason for hiding facts like this from you? Facts like
the idea it's the COLD WATER that may lead to more drought and set the
stage for wildfire, or that the change in water conservation methods
(in the case of wildfires, even forest management may be in there)
that is helping with it. Yes, man may be the cause, but not for the
reasons that are being pushed.

What happens in a week to 10 days if a hurricane is hitting Florida
at the end of the month or early November? Who will say this has
happened before, or not as extreme as Kate, later and stronger in '85?
No one, but you know what the blame will be, and the conclusions will
be almost instant.

And that people get upset when deductive reasoning is used as a way to
argue the other point of view, should speak volumes as to who is
opened-minded in this crucial societal debate, which sadly is
political now, and who is not. People will scream, "Stick to the
weather!" Well, the weather has been invaded by something I never
dreamed would intrude upon my peaceful little world: politics.

It's funny, in days gone by, complex answers required long, thoughtful
process, and debate and very, very hard work. Those days are leaving,
and will soon be gone, never to return. Somehow the words of Margaret
Mitchell may apply as far as thinking about the kind of hard work that
was needed to solve problems: "Look for it only in books, for it is no
more than a dream remembered, a Civilization gone with the wind.

Katie Fehlinger brings you part two of her interview with our hurricane and long range expert Joe Bastardi. You do not want to miss this one.

Katie also talks about a report dealing with the effects of global warming on children.

As many of you already know, Katie and a film crew visited Duquesne University in Pittsburgh a couple of weeks ago for the global warming debate featuring Dr. Charles Keller and noted skeptic Dr. Fred Singer. In this video, Katie shows you some clips from the debate. In her next video, she personally interviews both Dr. Singer and Dr. Keller and presents them with many of the questions that we received from you on the commentary part of this blog.

Katie also discusses Hillary Clinton's new energy proposal and that University of Alabama study regarding global warming and heat trapping clouds.

Last month we asked our viewers to present questions for Dr. Charles Keller, an internationally known scientist specializing in atmospheric conditions and climate change and Dr. Fred Singer, a noted skeptic and president of the Science and Environmental Policy Project. In part one of this segment, Katie presents Dr. Keller with some of your questions. Next week it's Dr. Singer's turn. These are the same two men that participated in the global warming debate last month in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, which was featured in one of Katie's Headline Earth segments.

In part two of Katie Fehlinger's interview series, noted global warming skeptic Dr. Fred Singer responds to some of your questions. Feel free to comment on both Dr. Singer's and Dr. Keller's responses, we would love to hear your opinion!

Katie also talks about the IPCC's fourth assessment on climate change.

In part three of Katie Fehlinger's four-part interview series, Climate expert Dr. Charles Keller answers more questions from some of our viewers. Feel free to comment on any of Dr. Keller's responses in our comment section.

This widely popular video, which has been out for a while, but I had not seen it, is titled on YouTube as the "Most terrifying video you'll ever see." The video has had nearly 3 million hits and no, it is not about Britney Spears, but it is about global warming. The reason it has 3 million hits is all in the title obviously, which he cleverly came up with, and not because he talks about global warming. But the man in the video makes a very easy to understand presentation about the risk and reward to the world in taking or not taking action to lessen the impact of global warming. The video has also been talked about in the Canadian press this weekend. If you have not seen the video already here is the link below.

"Most terrifying video you'll ever see"

What did you think of his presentation and conclusion? Which "lottery ticket" would you buy?

Noted global warming skeptic Dr. Fred Singer answers more of your questions in the final part of this particular interview series, which is hosted by our own Katie Fehlinger. Singer also gives his opinion on Al Gore and the Nobel Peace Prize. In addition, Katie talks about the global warming threat to the Emperor Penquin. Next week, Katie meets up with Dr. James Hansen of NASA.

In this week's Headline Earth video, Katie Fehlinger visits NASA lead Scientist Dr. James Hansen. Hansen is well known across the world for his research in climatology and raising awareness about global warming. Dr. Hansen has been the subject of this blog and within the comment section on many occasions. This video interview is part one of a series with Dr. Hansen

In part two of the interview with lead NASA scientist James Hansen, host Katie Fehlinger takes a closer look at what happened when NASA was accused of issuing false temperature data and at Dr. Hansen being linked to the global cooling forecasts from the 1970s.

Katie also takes a look at the impact of global warming on the clown fish habitat (remember Nemo) and 'Lights Out America'.

This in the final part of Katie's one-on-one interview with lead NASA scientist Dr. James Hansen. Dr. Hansen talks about the weather and climate. There is also an interesting link between Dr. Hansen and Seinfeld.

Katie also discusses the latest news on the the protection of the polar bear and the bicycle explosion in Australia.

In this week's video Katie Fehlinger visits the Hearst Tower in New York City. The Hearst Tower is one of the greenest buildings in Manhattan. Check out her video below.....

Katie also talks about the major impact of global warming on the Kootenay region of British Columbia.

In this week's video segment, Katie Fehlinger goes back into the Hearst Tower in New York City and shows us how their employees can enjoy a daily eco-experience while at work!

How would you rate the environment at your workplace? Keep in mind, I am not talking about fellow employees and your boss.

Many media outlets, including AccuWeather and Headline: Earth have been accused of biased global warming reporting. Host Katie Fehlinger discusses news organizations' responsibility and talks to media expert Dan Fagin.

What are your thoughts on this subject?

In part two, host Katie Fehlinger discusses the issue of journalistic balance in regards to climate change with NYU media expert Dan Fagin. Is it always necessary to present both sides of the argument?

In this week's Headline Earth video, Katie Fehlinger brings you to the "Focus the Nation" teach-in event that was recently held at Penn State University. This particular setting was just one of over 1400 that occurred that day across many campuses throughout the nation. You might recognize a few of the speakers.

In part two of this Headline Earth segment, Charles Komanoff, co-founder of the Carbon Tax Center, discusses the advantages of a carbon tax to the average person with our own Katie Fehlinger. Komanoff believes that the tax will need to be inacted at the federal level in order for it to be fully effective and put more money back in your wallet.

Katie also has a short piece on the International Conference on Climate Change (ICCC) that was just held in New York City.

The Earth's population may grow to 10 to 12 billion by the end of this century. Even without any potential effects of global warming, feeding that many people might be difficult. In the latest video, Katie Fehlinger talks to IPCC author Bill Easterling about what climate change might mean for the world's food supply. Both crop production and the economy are discussed.

Note: I originally posted the second part of the video series with Dr. Easterling here; I have changed it to the correct video. Both parts of the video will be available in a post in future post--Paul

When I posted Katie Fehlinger's most recent Headline Earth video, I linked to part of the discussion with IPCC Lead Author, Dr. Bill Easterling, so I have included links to both parts of the video today.

In the first, Dr. Easterling discusses the potential impact of global warming on the world's food supply, and in the second, he gives his personal experience with working with the U.N.

Sorry for the mix-up--look at it like it's a buy one get one free for Headline Earth.

In the final part of Headline Earth's interview with Dr. Bill Easterling, Host Katie Fehlinger takes a closer look at recent research and whether biofuel benefits outweigh the associated carbon cost. What do you think?

Katie Fehlinger of Headline Earth continues her interview about climate-related legal issues with former congressman Dick Ottinger (D). These days, owning property on the coast means more
in premiums. Could insurance companies deny coverage? From what I have heard they already have.

Here is the link to part one of Katie's interview with former congressman Dick Ottinger which was not posted on this blog. In that interview from last week, Katie discusses how law firms are adapting to a changing climate.

Part 1.

Headline Earth host Katie Felinger, with the help from Fitness Magazine, offers some tips when you head out to the grocery store that will give you greener eating habits in addition to helping reduce (in a very, very small way) greenhouse gas emissions.

My comment on the video......

I am a big fan of peaches during the summer and I did not realize that they were #1 on the list of fruits with the most amount of chemical (pesticide) residue left on their skin. I love to eat fruit, but a lot of the organic stuff is very expensive as Katie noted, and with everything else going up in price (food, gas which went up 10 cents just today to 3.50, insurance, college tuition, health care etc.....) it makes it very tough to switch and pay the extra. I have a small garden, but my time to care for it is limited and the growing season here in central PA is not that long so I guess I will have to be hand washing those juicy peaches a little bit more than I used to come this summer. Brett

Katie Fehlinger of Headline Earth shows us how families in Nepal are using their own biogas plants to improve their livelyhoods.

In part two of her biogas report, Headline Earth host Katie Fehlinger takes a closer look at the process of making biogas. Find out how families in Nepal create the alternative cooking fuel - from the cow stall to the kitchen stove.

Headline Earth's Katie Fehlinger recently visited Seattle's Pike Place Market to see how the iconic marketplace is taking steps to help the environment. Katie also attempts to literally catch some slimy fish.

In part two of her video series from Seattle, Headline Earth's Katie Fehlinger checks out the green initiatives of one of Seattle's local hangouts.

Headline Earth's Katie Fehlinger shows you how Seattle, Washington is taking major steps to lower it's greenhouse gas emissions.

Katie Fehlinger of Headline Earth takes you back to Seattle, Washington and shows you some of the eco-friendly local government buildings with help from Mayor Greg Nickels.

Headline Earth's Katie Fehlinger is back this week and finds out why climate change bills are having a tough time getting through Congress. Katie also takes a look at the two presidential candidates proposals to combat climate change.

Headline Earth's Katie Fehlinger takes a closer look at the differences between environmental law and climate change policy. Why is it so difficult to get climate policies passed?

In this week's Headline Earth video, host Katie Fehlinger finds out how climate change is impacting the Bering Sea. Remember the TV show " Deadliest Catch"?

In this week's Headline Earth video, host Katie Fehlinger interviews NOAA oceanographer Phyllis Stabeno. Stabeno says that despite global warming, the Arctic will never be a "warm" place, but the loss of sea ice at certain times of the year will impact more animals than just the polar bear.

In this week's Headline Earth video, host Katie Fehlinger shows us how research vessel trips to the Bering Sea get started and some of the things that scientists are measuring in those cold waters off of Alaska.

In this week's Headline Earth video, host Katie Fehlinger finds out what the job of an environmental planner is all about.

In this week's Headline Earth episode, host Katie Fehlinger finds out how El Nino and La Nina can falsely enhance or mask the overall global warming signal during a particular year.

Headline Earth's Katie Fehlinger continues her interview with NOAA's Michael McPhaden about the difficulties in predicting El Nino and La Nina. Next week she will find out how this all relates to climate change.

Headline Earth's Katie Fehlinger continues her interview with NOAA's Michael McPhaden. In this video segment, McPhaden explains that El Nino has been around for at least 120,000 years and does not cause global warming. Watch the short video and he will explain.

Speaking of El Nino and La Nina, here is the latest sea surface temperature anomaly for the globe as of December 2nd. Image courtesy of the NCDC.

After looking at the image a couple things stand out.....

1. Temperature anomalies in the equatorial Pacific which is the key area for El Nino (warming) and La Nina (cooling), we can see that much of that area is either at or very slightly below-normal, which supports the current neutral phase.

2. Much of the oceans in the southern hemisphere over the past few years have been cooler than normal, but now we are seeing larger areas of above-normal anomalies showing up. Will that continue? Tough to say at this point.

3. Note the significant cold anomaly just south of Alaska and the warm one east of Newfoundland.

According to the latest ENSO (El Nino Southern Oscillation) update from NOAA, the current phase is neutral, but atmospheric and oceanic features mildly reflect the colder phase of ENSO (La Nina), but the official indicator still falls short of the La Nina threshold. The latest Oceanic Nino Index (ONI) was right on 0.0 during the latest three month period from August to October.

To be classified an El Nino (positive ONI greater than or equal to +0.5) or La Nina (negative ONI less than or equal to -0.5) thes thresholds must be exceeded for a period of at least 5 consecutive overlapping 3-month seasons.

Here is a plot of the latest ENSO forecasts from November, courtesy of the International Research Institute for Climate and Society.

A majority of the models are clustered just short of La Nina classification through the winter then trend slightly upward after that.

In part one of her Headline Earth series highlighting Barack Obama's environmental picks for his Cabinet, host Katie Fehlinger takes a look at Energy Secretary nominee Dr. Steven Chu.

What is your opinion of this important selection?

Lake McDonald, Glacier National Park.

I found this video segment from ABC News about the status of the glaciers in Glacier National Park, Montana. This park holds a personal interest for me as this one one of the first National Parks that our family visited back in 1999. I remember taking tons of pictures of the glaciers with my manual 35 mm Pentax camera. I am very glad that I will always have these photographic memories of this beautiful park.

In the video, the reporter takes us on a tour of the remaining glaciers in the park, with many helicopter shots.

Toward the end of the video there are some exact photographic comparisons of the glaciers from many years ago to present.

Scientists are now concerned that the park could completely lose all of its remaining glaciers by the year 2020. Earlier projections estimated 2030.

Here is the link to the video.

In part two of her Headline Earth series highlighting the environmental nominations for Obama's Cabinet, Katie Fehlinger takes a look at Ken Salazar, who was nominated for the Secretary of the Interior.

Here is a link to the mission statement for the Department of the Interior.

Headline Earth's Katie Fehlinger continues her video series introducing us to the new environmental nominees in the Obama Administration. Lisa Jackson, the EPA nominee is featured below..........

Since these segments are short, I figured let's get two for the price of one!

Climate and Energy Czar nominee Carol Browning is also featured.........

Congratulations to Katie Fehlinger and Headline Earth for producing their 100th video segment. In this week's segment, Katie discusses some of the upgrades to certain clean energy initiatives that were put into the U.S. Senate's version of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

The Heartland Institute recently released two videos which are meant to promote their 2nd annual International Conference on Climate Change, which is being held on March 8-10 in New York City. The theme of the conference is: "Global warming: was it ever really a crisis?"

For your viewing pleasure or displeasure.......Here is the link to both videos, which are posted on Youtube. Judge them for yourself. The second one is certainly an attention grabber (LOL).

Video #1 or the "Scare" video.

Video #2 or the "Cows" video.

The second annual International Conference on Climate Change finished up in New York City earlier this week. Katie Fehlinger has more about the conference in our latest Headline Earth video.

Dr. Richard Lindzen, a well known atmospheric physicist and professor of meteorology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) recently spoke at the International Conference on Climate Change in New York, which was sponsored by the Heartland Institute, which is libertarian/conservative think tank.

In the video, Lindzen says that endorsing global warming has made many scientists lives easier. One example is through funding of research.

Lindzen believes that many scientists over simplify the atmosphere and give CO2 too much influence. Here is the short video of Lindzen, courtesy of YouTube.

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President Vaclav Klaus of the Czech Republic was another featured speaker at the conference. President Klaus has been one of the few politicians in Europe speaking out against global warming alarmism.

In the video, Klaus questions the motives of environmentalists.

In a recent episode of Headline Earth, host Katie Fehlinger has a talks with Accuweather.com tropical expert Joe Bastardi. In their conversation, Joe briefly discusses his thoughts on the upcoming 2009 hurricane season and the relation between global warming and hurricanes.

If you are interested in hearing the full three-part, raw, unedited video with Joe Bastardi, regarding the upcoming hurricane season, then you can find those segments right here. Just click on the hurricane 2009 tab and scroll down to the interviews.

Accuweather.com's Headline Earth has had some interesting one-on-one interviews over the past couple of years in regards to climate change. We have seen many new readers to this site since I started doing this blog back in 2007 and I know many of you have never seen some of these interviews from the past. Enjoy!

Accuweather.com's Elliot Abrams
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Michael Mann (famous for his hockey stick) Part 1

Michael Mann Part 2
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Politically Incorrect Guide to GW author Chris Horner part 1

Chris Horner Part 2
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Famous long range hurricane forecaster Dr. William Gray Part 1

Dr. William Gray Part 2
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Dr. Fred Singer, who is a notable skeptic
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IPCC lead author Dr. Richard Alley Part 1

Dr. Richard Alley Part 2

Dr. Richard Alley Part 3
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Accuweather.com's Joe Bastardi Part 1

Joe Bastardi Part 2
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Dr. Charles Keller Part 1

Dr. Charles Keller Part 2
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Dr Fred Singer Part 2

Dr. Fred Singer Part 3
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Director of NASA's GISS, Dr. James Hansen Part 1

Dr. James Hansen Part 2

Dr. James Hansen Part 3

I found this video segment from ABC News. A reporter begins the segment on the edge of the Bering Sea, which is located off the west coast of Alaska. The reporter then travels outside of Nome, Alaska and on to the frozen tundra, where he interviews one of the locals. According to the local man, the area experienced a stormier winter compared to normal.

According to the video, Alaska used to be a warm, tropical location millions of years ago, during periods of high atmospheric greenhouse gas concentration. Actually, much higher than what it is today.

The story then focuses on the potential carbon time bomb in Alaska, and that is the natural stores of CO2 and methane gas that were trapped millions of years ago in the permafrost. The permafrost is starting to melt and some scientists are worried that man's continued contribution of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere could cause the release of massive amounts of this CO2 and methane back into the atmosphere, leading to an abrupt and irreversible warming of the planet.

Oh yea, what about that burning ice? Just check out the video, and you will see what I mean.

You can watch the short video segment right here.

AccuWeather.com Headline Earth host Katie Fehlinger recently held a phone interview in regards to the Waxman/Markey Climate Change bill with ClimateDepot.com's Marc Morano.

Marc previously worked in the U.S. Senate Minority Environment Committee under Senator Inhofe (R-OK).

In the two-part interview, Marc explains why he thinks that this is a bad bill for the nation.

Part 1

Part 2

There has been a lot of discussion about this being a year without a summer, especially from the Upper Midwest through the Northeast and eastern Canada. In this Headline Earth video, host Katie Fehlinger discusses what happened back in 1816 and how large, volcanic eruptions can impact the global climate.

Here is the link to the video.

The eruption of Mount Tambora was heard up to 1,200 miles away! The death toll was at least 71,000 people, of which 11,000–12,000 were killed directly by the eruption.

A Landsat image of Mount Tambora, Sumbawa Island, Indonesia. Courtesy USGS.

The eruption of Mount Pinatubo, Phillipines back in 1991.

The Yellowstone Caldera

A map showing the outline of the caldera in Yellowstone National Park

Headline Earth's Katie Fehlinger discusses some of the latest research on two short-lived pollutants, which contribute to warming.

Scientists are looking at ways to remove black carbon and lower tropospheric ozone, which if successful, would be a much quicker solution to global warming rather than taking on carbon dioxide emissions.

Click here to watch the video.

NASA has recently updated parts of their time lapse satellite tour of the earth's cryosphere, using state of the art computer animation.

The term cryosphere refers collectively to the portions of the earth where water is in solid form, including snow cover, floating ice, glaciers, ice caps, ice sheets, seasonally frozen ground and perennially frozen ground (permafrost), according to the NSIDC.

Below is an excerpt From the NASA press release...............

"The Tour of the Cryosphere 2009" combines satellite imagery and state-of-the-art computer animation software to create a fact-filled and visually stunning tour that shows viewers the icy reaches of Antarctica, the glacier-pocked regions along the Andes Mountains, the winter snows of the American West, the drifting expanse of polar sea ice, and the shrinking Jakobshavn glacier in Greenland.

Here is the 5 minute video, courtesy of YouTube. Enjoy!

Here is the link to this NASA press release.

Google Earth has put together a climate change video tour leading up to the UN Climate Summit in Copenhagen in December. The introduction video, which is narrated by Al Gore, is below, courtesy of YouTube.

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The first tour shows global climate projections under a high emissions scenario. For what ever reason, the image quality of tour 1 and 2 is pretty poor in my opinion. The colors are so washed out it is very difficult to follow.

The second tour shows global climate projections under a low emissions scenario.

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I will link to additional tours when they are released.

NASA recently created a simple, but effective cutaway animation of the seasonal advance of retreat of Arctic sea ice over a four year period. It shows the overall trend toward a thinner ice pack over the four-year period, while less multi-year (thicker) ice survives during the progression of summer melt seasons.

You can click here to view the short animation.

I guess the polar bear was added for effect!

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Here is the latest plot of the seasonal recovery of Arctic sea ice extent, courtesy of NSIDC.

Dr. Stephen Schneider, a Stanford University scientist inexplicably withdraws from a new climate change documentary. Why is that? Host Katie Fehlinger of AccuWeather.com's Headline Earth tells the story...............Here is the link to the video.

Climate Depot also has more on this story right here.

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My opinion......it has been almost 40 years since his comments about cooling, and opinions change with new data and more computing power. However, it is unfortunate that the University stepped in and prohibited the filmmakers from using the audio and video of Schneider.