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NOAA: 2009 Global Temperatures Well Above Average; Slightly Above-Average for U.S,
NOAA, 12-8-09

 

Tree deaths have doubled across the western US,
usgs, 1-22-09

Study: Warming threatens Tahoe ecosystem, clarity,
ap, March 24, 2008

 

Study: Future snowmelt in West twice as early as expected; threatens ecosystems and water reserves,
purdue, July 15, 2008

Projected California warming promises cycle of more heat waves, energy use for next century,
eurekalert, 7-10-08

 

Our water, our fish, and our rights are gone,
cd, 4-08

 

Study: Contaminent Levels High in Parks,
ap, 2-27-08

Springtime ozone increases over western North America linked to emissions abroad,
NOAA in Nature, Jan. 20, 2010

 

Growing into a water disaster in the west,
lat, 2-1-08

 

Unholy alliance: Corporate Dems, Crimigrants, and Hippies:
growing us to environmental disaster while feeding the beast of irresponsible corporate growth/consumption,
cd, 11-07

 

UC team believes deadly fungus may be killing frogs,
chron, aug 7, '07

 

 

Record highs far outpace record lows across US,
National Science Foundation, 11-12-09

List of 'unsung' wildlife affected by climate change released,
Wildlife Conservation Society, 12-7-09

 

 

Classics

Hansen: Past the tipping point,
national geographic, December 14, 2007

Dramatic expansion of dead zones in the oceans,
U copen, 1-25-09

 

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