Al Gore – Reflecting on Climate Change and Global Warming I invite you to take 10 minutes to reflect on climate change and Global Warming. Global warming is the increase in the average temperature of the Earth’s near-surface air and oceans in recent decades and its projected continuation. Global average air temperature near the Earth’s surface rose 0.74 ± 0.18 °C (1.3 ± 0.32 °F) during the past century. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concludes, “most of the observed increase in globally averaged temperatures since the mid-20th century is very likely due to the observed increase in anthropogenic greenhouse gas concentrations,” which leads to warming of the surface and lower atmosphere by increasing the greenhouse effect. Natural phenomena such as solar variation combined with volcanoes have probably had a small warming effect from pre-industrial times to 1950, but a small cooling effect since 1950. These basic conclusions have been endorsed by at least 30 scientific societies and academies of science, including all of the national academies of science of the major industrialized countries. The American Association of Petroleum Geologists is the only scientific society that rejects these conclusions, and a few individual scientists also disagree with parts of them. Climate change refers to the variation in the Earth’s global climate or in regional climates over time. It describes changes in the variability or average state of the atmosphere over time …

BlackWatch Energy Services Corp. Announces First Quarter 2010 Results, Revenue and EBITDA Growth Reflecting the Impact … CALGARY, ALBERTA– – BlackWatch Energy Services Corp. is pleased to report its financial results for the first quarter of 2010. All figures are reported in Canadian dollars unless otherwise stated. Read more on CCNMatthews via Yahoo! Finance

IRIS International Reports Fourth Quarter Results Reflecting Improved Instrument Sales and Record Consumables and …
CHATSWORTH, Calif. — IRIS International, Inc. , reflecting improved instruments sales and record sales of consumables and service, today announced revenue of $26.5 million for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2009, relatively flat from revenue of $26.7 in the prior year fourth quarter.

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