NASA: 2010 Warmest Year On Record
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A Climate Urban Legend
Coldest Winter in 1000 Years Cometh – not.
This claim circulates in the internet and in many mainstream media as well: Scientists have allegedly predicted the coldest winter in 1,000 years for Europe. What is behind it? Nothing – no scientist has predicted anything like it. A Polish tabloid made up the story. An interesting lesson about today´s media.
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So how did that global cooling bet work out?
While predictions from 35 years ago are holding up quite well.
How it works
Energy and the Environment: A view from Asia
John Baez reports on the 2010 Singapore Energy Lecture, given by Lee Hsien Loong, the Prime Minister of Singapore.
Arctic Report Card
Warm Weather and Melted Ice Are the New Normal
“Return to previous Arctic conditions is unlikely. That’s the understated conclusion from this year’s Arctic Report Card, which found that air temperatures will continue rising and ice will continue melting in the Arctic as global warming continues to take its toll on the region. The annual report was prepared by 69 researchers in eight countries, and was issued by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Unique on the planet
Republican Climate Denial: Nearly Monolithic, and Internationally Unique
….the US GOP is not only coalescing around climate denial–forcing out moderates who accepted the science–but also unique around the world in its uniform opposition to this robust body of research.
Caribbean Coral Reefs Took a Beating This Summer
At 80beats
From Hilbert Space to Dilbert Space, and beyond 