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May 2008
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KGW Meteorologist Joe Michaels: November 2007 ArchivesFor those of you that don't know, I have off on Thursday and Friday. That's my 'weekend.' And this past weekend, I had an urge to go hiking. So, I choose a hike, packed my supplies (water, warm clothes, compass, fire-starters, some food - all the essentials, should I get stuck out there), and then headed into the Coast Range. I did know a storm was coming, but I just had to get outside! And I'm so glad I got out there - what I discovered ... My story today - about climate change and Mt. Hood's glaciers - is a story that needs to be told; Mt Hood's shrinking glaciers are just a symptom of a much larger problem. For more than two decades the debate over climate change and global warming has raged. Is global warming happening? If it is happening, are people to blame? Questions like these have swirled about the scientific community for years, often with murky or inconclusiv... For you stargazers out there, you may want to roll out of bed a bit earlier than usual and catch a glimpse of the International Space Station and the Space Shuttle overhead this week. The 'viewing schedule' is listed below: |
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