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11:21:04 PM Driest December On Record Possible Even With Return Of Rains
OPB News - Portland,OR,USA

But Washington State Climatologist Nick Bond says the rain deficit in some Northwest cities is so great, a new record for dryness may still be set. "Along the coast at Quileute, right near Forks, less than an inch of rain has fallen there this month. [more]

8:33:44 PM Lead global warming author quits IPCC project
Daily Mail - Charleston

The UN's global warming unit, IPCC, is so discredited that “it is not clear how much additional benefit there is to having a huge bureaucratic scientific review effort under UN auspices” said Ken Caldeira in announcing that he is resigning as one of  [more]

7:04:17 PM Global Warming Hates A White Christmas
Think Progress - Yorba Linda,CA,USA

While the billions of tons of greenhouse pollution in our atmosphere sometimes encourage freak snowstorms, the primary effect of global warming on winter is, well, warmer temperatures — making white Christmases less likely. ... [more]

5:32:38 PM Global warming warnings: Suggested reading for GOP hopefuls
Detroit Metro Times (blog)

By Kelly Caldwell With the exception of former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, GOP candidates all subscribe to one or more of the following positions: 2) If it does, it isn't caused or exacerbated by humans. Or it probably isn't. Or we can't tell for sure. . [more]

4:09:48 PM Top 5 Minnesota weather events of 2011
Minnesota Public Radio

Here are Updraft's top 5 weather events of 2011 in Minnesota, followed by a list from Pete Boulay with he MN State Climatologists office in St. Paul. (Note: I chose to include our winter 2010-11 snowfall in the top 5 events since most of it occurred  [more]

12:59:35 PM From 'Kate' to 'Global Warming': Top 10 Words and Phrases of 2012
International Business Times - New York,NY,USA

By Sanskrity Sinha: Subscribe to Sanskrity Sinha's RSS feed Kate Middleton, global warming and the Olympics will be among the top usage of words in English language in 2012, according to current word trends in global English being tracked by the Glob [more]

12:59:35 PM Michio Kaku's Top 10 Science Stories of 2011
ABC News - United States

The other theory says that perhaps the increase in moisture from the Gulf of Mexico and the erratic jet stream are caused, in part, by global warming. "Global warming" does not mean uniform warming of the earth; instead, it should be called "global . [more]

10:35:47 AM Green Christmas more frequent due to global warming: Climatologist
Global Toronto

But there's no guarantee anymore, and senior Environment Canada climatologist Dave Phillips says blame global warming for the growing frequency of green Christmases. This year, forecasters say unseasonably mild, dry conditions across Canada will keep [more]

8:36:02 AM Global warming: NASA study sees dramatic ecoystem shifts
Summit County Citizens Voice

By Summit Voice SUMMIT COUNTY —Global warming and climate change has the potential to change plant communities across nearly half the Earth's land surface and drive the conversion of nearly 40 percent of land-based ecosystems from one major ecologica [more]

8:36:02 AM 'Wake up and take over! Before global warming does'
PakistanToday.com.pk

The conference aimed at helping to mobilise a partnership on a national scale for implementation of a sustainable strategy on impacts of global warming. The conference on climate change delivered a breakthrough on the response of stakeholders to ... [more]

8:36:02 AM John Keye: Get the truth about 'warming'
Record-Searchlight - Redding,CA,USA

Three high priests of manmade global warming — "Moonbeam" Gov. Jerry Brown, United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change hack Rajendra Pachauri, and ex-Governator Schwarzenegger — insist that we wake up from our somnolent indifference to  [more]

7:13:23 AM Agriculture Has Answers to Climate Change
Truth about Trade & Technology - Des Moine,IA,USA

"Climate-smart" agriculture was a recurring theme during the latest global climate change talks in Durban, South Africa. The concept promotes agriculture as playing a major role in addressing a changing climate, whether it's sequestering carbon in th [more]

6:20:48 AM Worst in weather for 2011: autumn drought, summer dew points, spring tornado
Pioneer Press - St. Paul,MN,USA

By Andy Rathbun The Minnesota State Climatology Office released its annual list of the state's five most notable weather events Thursday, with the tornado that tore through North Minneapolis in May earning the top spot. Assistant State Climatologist  [more]

4:33:14 AM Brrr Sydney, it's warmer in Melbourne
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia

22.3 degree Celsius during the first 22 days of this month, compared to Melbourne's 24.4 degrees and the northern Tasmanian city's 22.4 degrees, Bureau of Meteorology climatologist Acacia Pepler said. "At the moment, it's looking like it's going to b [more]

3:22:07 AM Conservatives and Climate Change: Facts Need To Be Our Guiding Star
Commentary - New York,NY,USA

But I am in favor of conservatives examining, in an independent and dispassionate manner, the best evidence we have on the matter of anthropogenic global warming (AGW). And the case for AGW has, in my estimation, been made. ... [more]



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