Daily Archives: April 13, 2014

One of the most liberal Democrats of the 1960s explained why we need the Second Amendment. “Certainly one of the chief guarantees of freedom under any government, no matter how popular and respected, is the right of citizens to keep … Continue reading →

Great Lakes ice cover is still 47%, far greater than any previous years on this date. The previous record years of 1979 and 1994, had barely half that amount of ice on this date. http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/glcfs/glcfs.php?lake=l&ext=ice&type=N&hr=00

April 10 global sea ice area is just behind the current record year of 1982. http://arctic.atmos.uiuc.edu/cryosphere/timeseries.global.anom.1979-2008

Summer afternoon temperatures in the US are declining even faster than winter afternoon temperatures The frequency of 100 degree days is also down 50% since the 1930s. The frequency of all time record maximums was much higher during the 1930s

Winter afternoon temperatures in the US have declined nearly 1º C since 1930. Winters were warm for a few years around 2000, and then again in 2012 – but the trend is towards markedly colder winters in the US.