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  1. The potato cultivation altitude limit in the Andes has risen by 300m over the last 40 years. #climate
  2. Staggering disinformation: Venezuela's Minister of Communications denounces Colombian Army radio transmissions for "crossing the border."
  3. Traditional knowledge/architecture is an integrated cultural experience over 1000s of years, being quickly overrun by abrupt change.
  4. In many Afghan & Tajik villages, ploughing & harvest begin 15-20 days earlier. Apricots/Apples that depend on cold also gone. #climatechange
  5. A social scientist's take on paleoclimatologists: "You all seem to have an obsession, almost a fetishism, with dating things."
  6. There are 100,000-160,000 glaciers in the world. Most are retreating, but a small number are advancing because of increased local precip.
  7. Gerry Meehl from NCAR: Record High Temperatures Far Outpace Record Lows Across U.S. http://is.gd/4TrNZ
  8. PAGES seeking Project & Comms Officer in Bern, Switzerland http://is.gd/4TqDx [Paleoclimatology International Program Officer] Pls RT
  9. Good website for comparative glacier rephotography: http://www.alpenarchiv.de [click on Gletscher, English available from here]
  10. Cosmogenic radioisotope dating with 10Be is now good enough to date glacier moraines younger than 200 years. Overlaps w/ historical record!
  11. Just listened to a very different perspective: Ben Orlove of UCDavis on Anthropological research around glaciers. Hope 2 get slide link soon
  12. http://twitpic.com/p1emg - My iPhoto's facial recognition software is having a field day with my photos from Xi'an...
  13. @mwmcelroy Thanks for alerting me! I sent a msg to Vaughan, & he replied right away!
  14. @Armchair_Darwin thank you for alerting me. I enjoyed reading several posts.
  15. @thebadhousewife it's the subsequent White Cheddar Booty that will be judged...
  16. Creeping up on Penn Station through the NJ Meadowlands: http://twitpic.com/p0mej
  17. Enjoying the bleak scenery of Philadelphia's 30th Street station surroundings. http://twitpic.com/p0coz
  18. All aboard! Pulling out of Union Station (Washington DC) on an earlier train to NYNY. http://twitpic.com/ozzpi
  19. @jstevens I was stunned. Clearly he & advisors do not comprehend the landscape, or feel they can muscle Google into a better deal.
  20. On I-95N in taxi going 2 Metro 2 get 2 Union Stn 2 catch train 2 Penn Stn/NYC 2 catch a limo 2 Palisades. Carbon footprint = stomp.