Sudden cold weather endangers sea turtles; many being rescued « Where’s my Global Warming Dude? By Global Freeze

JACKSONVILLE - Recent cold weather caught sea turtles off-guard before they could reach warmer Gulf Stream waters, and that has led to nearly 25 rescues along the North Carolina coast in the past week.

Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center on Topsail Island has rescued numerous cold-stunned sea turtles since Thursday, said Jean Beasley, the hospital’s executive director.

“We’re overwhelmed, this has never happened before – at least not since the turtle hospital has been in existence,” Beasley said. “We had 11 turtles come in last Thursday, 12 on Saturday and six (Sunday). We’re frantically trying to make more space.”

“Cold weather started it all — with the precipitous drop in temperature, these guys can’t regulate their body temperature,” volunteer Karen Sota said, adding that most have been green turtles around 2 years old. There are also a few loggerheads. [Via An Honest Climate Debate]

Australian Climate Madness: Climate madness from Rudd & Wong

Opposition calls to delay carbon trading were undermining business certainty and were out of step with community attitudes.

"The opposition is looking for any excuse to delay action on climate change, but Australians understand that the longer we wait, the more it will cost us," Senator Wong said.

Once such "excuse" possibly being the fact that it will make not one iota of difference to global climate even if CO2 is a driver of temperature, which, given present cooling trends, is looking less and less likely.

Pure climate madness.