New research from the University of Minnesota published in the journal of Earth and Space Science makes some startling claims about weather changes over the next century.
Today on WJON I talked with St. Ben's/St. John's Chemistry professor Henry Jakubowski and retired St. Cloud State Accounting Professor Bruce Busta. We discussed the different between weather and climate and how humans have caused our earth temperature to rise consistently over the years.
The topic of climate change or global warming has been discussed and many theories exist. Today on WJON I talked with Lee Morgan, Coordinator for Citizens Climate Lobby and St. John's/St. Ben's Science Professor Henry Jakubowski. The two discussed a possible tax on carbon emissions and dividend payments.
A Minnesota judge has taken the unusual step of allowing four protesters to use a ``necessity defense,'' enabling them to present evidence that the threat of climate change from Canadian tar sands crude justified their attempt to shut down two Enbridge Energy pipelines last year.
ST. PAUL (AP) - Weather experts say it's difficult to know why Minnesota had such high temperatures in February, but the long-term warming trend goes back about 45 years.
Temperatures in the Twin Cities and southern Minnesota soared into the 60s a couple weeks ago...
Several Minneapolis-area companies that have promised to make changes to protect the environment still contribute to politicians who say climate change is a hoax or exaggerated.
Author Johan Rockstrom joined me on WJON today to discuss his book "Big World, Small Planet." The book discusses the state the world is in with climate change and what we can do to reserve the negative trend of the world temperature rising each year.