Monthly Archives: February 2011

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/

-26C at midnight. And plummeting. Time to take the dogs for a walk.

A Wisconsin panel has issued a more detailed report that looks at how climate change may affect specific parts of the state. It’s the first report from the Wisconsin Initiative on Climate Change Impacts, a collaboration between the UW-Madison and … Continue reading →

Bush EPA Recognized Global Warming Threat — By Kate Sheppard| Tue Feb. 8, 2011 3:20 PM PST Pop quiz: Which administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency sent a missive to the president informing him that the agency is “compelled to … Continue reading →

One of wind’s better days. http://www.bmreports.com/bsp/bsp_home.htm

Georgia eyes coldest winter ever By Pam Knox, University of Georgia Feb. 8, 2011 7:44am Cold temperatures and heavy snow crippled north Georgia in January. Despite heavier-than-normal snowfall, precipitation amounts were below normal, increasing drought conditions across the state. Georgia’s … Continue reading →

A new season of The History Channel’s show “Top Shot” starts tonight. Here are two of the contestants. http://entertainment.blogs.foxnews.com/

A month after Romanian authorities began taxing them for their trade, the country’s soothsayers and fortune tellers are cursing a new bill that threatens fines or even prison if their predictions don’t come true. http://apnews.myway.com/article/20110208/D9L8LR4G1.html

With temperatures in New Mexico running only 25 degrees F below normal, people there are rightly concerned about a 0.6C rise in adjusted thermometer data over the last 160 years. http://www.hprcc.unl.edu/products/maps/acis/MonthTDeptUS.png

The Vermont State Police in Rutland have reported a record number of “lost” skiers at Vermont ski resorts and backcountry ski areas since December. Heavy snowfall and whiteout conditions have added to the problem of skiers losing their ways on … Continue reading →