Real Climate Science

The UN is worried that city dwellers will spontaneously combust.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12881779

Normally the ice in Quebec lasts until April 1, but this year it may be gone by March 30.

http://www.adn.com/2011/03/29/1781404/winter-arctic-ice-coverage-tied.html

I ride my bike everywhere thinking I am saving the planet, and now I find out that plane travel is even worse than they thought. Guess I’ll have to start purchasing carbon indulgences.

http://www.upi.com/

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. — Global warming could make record-setting snowstorms in some parts of the country more common, but not in the Sierra Nevada, according to scientists with the Union for Concerned Scientists.

The Sierra Nevada is having their snowiest winter on record.

“Heavy snowstorms are not inconsistent with a warming planet,” said Jeff Masters, director of meteorology for www.wunderground.com, in a statement from the Union. “In fact, as the Earth gets warmer, and more moisture gets absorbed into the atmosphere, we are steadily loading the dice in favor of more extreme storms in all seasons, capable of causing greater impacts on society.”

Earth to Jeff. It was a cold winter, not a warm one.

http://www.sierrasun.com/

The Catlin team hasn’t moved for a week due to the weather, despite the fact that leading experts tell us there isn’t enough energy in cold climates to produce storms.

http://www.catlinarcticsurvey.com/2011/03/28/the-storm/

Brazil is recovering from months of widespread floods and ravaged by widespread drought – at the same time.

http://www.upi.com/

http://www.ibtimes.com/

http://nsidc.org/data/seaice_index/images/daily_images/N_timeseries.png

100 years of fire suppression, combined with incompetent National Park Service  employees, led to a controlled burn becoming a disastrous fire eleven years ago in Los Alamos, NM.

I spent the last couple of days hiking and running in Los Alamos, and took some pictures. You can see the burn line in the image below.

The image above is the ski area just above the town. Last week I reported on the SF Chronicle warning that the climate of Aspen will become like Los Alamos by 2100. Interesting warning – given that they already have very similar climates.

http://www.sfgate.com/

Good thing that the headline writer specified that the temperature is in Fahrenheit.

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

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/jun/23/fossilfuels.climatechange