Don't leave us in suspense: Are you finding lots of melting ice, or not?

A slight rise in temperature (-38 degrees C at the moment) has been a positive development on the whole. It means I can spend longer outside, carrying out the experiments that are the purpose of us being here. I made 48 snow measurements after we’d stopped walking today – the best yet.

Though there’s a big downside – and that’s that at night our sleeping bags are no longer frozen, but wet. I’m not sure which is worse. Martin’s is the most soggy and he’s hardly slept for 6 nights now.

Charges against wind companies upheld - AltoonaMirror.com

HOLLIDAYSBURG - A Blair County judge has upheld all but two civil charges brought against two wind companies by a Juniata Township couple, who have complained that 40 wind turbines on Blue Knob Mountain are noisy and cause light to flicker in their home.
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The Stulls say the resulting noise, vibrations and flicker have caused them to lose sleep and to suffer anxiety and emotional distress.

Allegheny Ridge denies the noise from the wind farm is excessive.

The civil case is important because state and federal energy programs emphasize the development of wind energy, but wind energy brings with it environmental damage to streams, and wetlands and animals, Tupi said.

What will it take for America to wake up to the threat of climate change?

President Obama hosted an interesting experiment yesterday. On his Open For Questions site, he requested people to submit questions to him and vote on submitted questions. Subsequently, in a special online Town Hall, he answered several of the most popular questions - fabulous stuff.

However, despite hurricane Katrina devastating New Orleans, one of the US’s best known cities and now Fargo and many parts of North Dakota under threat of 43 foot floods, the top two questions in the Green Jobs and Energy category were related to legalising marijuana, not climate. Wtf?

Is Global Warming About to Cause Harm to Your Pet?

Hotter summers and milder winters have a hidden health impact, with experts now cautioning that warmer year-round weather will make more countries a haven for disease-carrying pests.

Climate change could make Sydney deadly by 2060: scientist - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

The forecast for Sydney in summer 2060 is hot, polluted and deadly to the elderly.

Pickens reveals actual scheme « Green Hell Blog

Billionaire oilman T. Boone Pickens revealed on Wednesday that his much-vaunted Pickens Plan is nothing more than a sell-more-natural-gas-to-make-Pickens-richer plan.