Comments on: Dust storms escalate in western U.S., affect ecosystems

By: Kerstin Harrisow

Kerstin Harrisow — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 03:01:38 +0000

Exceptional website. It absolutely was pleasant to me.

By: Elnora Pettengill

Elnora Pettengill — Thu, 06 May 2010 21:31:22 +0000

I agree with Janine: why can’t we look at scientific data objectively without politicizing it? Why can’t we accept that global warming, the irrefutable fact that the earth’s average temperature has already risen by 1.7 degrees could and is having a detrimental effect on the land, and that conditions might be worsening, as evinced by hard scientific data? Sticking our head in the sand and claiming that the host of worsening trends are all ‘anomalies’ is truly symptomatic of the obtuseness that has brought us to these very extremes.

By: Janine Weber

Janine Weber — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 16:30:25 +0000

I find it utterly amazing that some people are lightening-quick to attribute a subversive political agenda to scientific observations. And what is wrong with a socialist state that serves the people? Ever visit Denmark or the Netherlands? Very nice places and no one complains about a lack of personal freedom – just the opposite. Let’s just disconnect the darn politicking from a science discussion, OK?

By: Terry

Terry — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 18:48:35 +0000

Right! This “common good” stuff and giving high value to the needs of others sounds a lot like something Jesus Christ would promote. And you can see where that got Him! I can understand how many people would not want to be a part of that. It is entirely too radical!

By: Paul

Paul — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 11:57:38 +0000

Dan, you use the same phrase I hear in many environmental articles I read these days….”detrimental to the common good.” Did you ever stop and think about what those words convey and their history? You’ll find them in almost every socialist and communist edict written in these past 100 years. You might want to do a little more research natural cycles of the environment to determine the cause of changes in these cycles.

By: kurye

kurye — Tue, 12 May 2009 11:15:37 +0000

It is terrible

By: a p garcia

a p garcia — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 14:00:09 +0000

I am a former resident of Phoenix and dust is a problem. Part of the reason is because in the Western States because it is so dry.

By: Kent

Kent — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:07:49 +0000

Actually, I dont think the west is “wetter right now than usual” as mentioned in the comment. Here is the US Drought index map:
whttp://drought.unl.edu/DM/MONITOR.html

By: Benjamin Napier

Benjamin Napier — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 10:40:45 +0000

A record for the six years that researchers have followed the phenomenom…

THe west is wetter right now than usual. I travel a lot and can tell you that. I can also tell you that the dust storms are well withing normal confines. The sky is not falling and the “environment” is not out of control.

Our desert southwest is called a desert for a reason. It is arid. Most of Colorado is a desert. It is arid. When the wind blows, it blows dust. Every year.

Certainly our climate is changing. It always has and always will. Anamolies are not harbringers of disaster.

I am glad you saw fit to bring up the dust bowl. It was a period of very dry conditions and wind exacerbated by poor agricultural techniques. And we lived.

I must warn against the mantra of “the common good”. There is no such thing.

Ben