Cold weather caused pelican deaths, officials say - San Jose Mercury News

A rash of brown pelican deaths and illnesses was probably caused by a severe mid-December storm in the Pacific Northwest, state wildlife officials believe.

Claude McIntosh fails to drink the Kool-Aid

* With most of central Canada locked in a deep freeze, the global-warming pitch has stalled.

It's so cold in some parts of the West, the Dr. David Suzuki climate change awareness bus is running 24/7.

Minnesota's difficult winter stresses deer

Further complicating the deer-management picture is the difficult winter the state is experiencing. Deer in many parts of the state already are stressed, and if the remainder of the winter brings continued cold and more snow, animal losses will mount.

Climate Observations: El Ninos Create Step Changes in TLT of the Northern Hemisphere Mid Latitudes

As noted earlier, climate models, the few that attempt to model El Nino events, do not simulate their historical amplitude, frequency, or processes well. Without this ability, their use as a tool to predict or project future climate on a global or regional level is severely limited.