Heliogenic Climate Change: USGS: climate change causes sand dunes threat

"Climate change is increasing the mobility of sand dunes in the southwest, posing threats to roadways, infrastructure, human health, cultural practices of the Navajo Nation, and much more. Vegetation on dunes serves as stabilizers, but as the climate warms and precipitation decreases, there is less vegetation growth." "Sand Dunes on the Loose Due to Climate Change"

Hot Air » Blog Archive » Your recommended daily dose of irony

Give the Fleur credit for pushing the boundaries of sailing technology on behalf of renewables — and demonstrating how useless they are for the purpose. And when the Fleur ran into trouble, their rescue turned into high irony on the high seas...
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In one incident Mr Stoddart hit his head and the wind generator and solar panels were ripped from the yacht.

Daily Pundit » No, Influenza Isn’t Like Global Warming

So “influenza scares” aren’t like global warming scares, for one simple reason: Influenza scares are real.

theblogprof: Just What We Need Right Now - An Al Gore Statue

One final thought. Since global warming is now a religion, won't displaying the Gore statue in a public location be tantamount to displaying the ten commandments???

Skeptic's Corner: Why aren't these bears starving?

[NPR] ...Regehr has weighed a lot of huge bears this year — one even set a springtime record in Alaska, at 1,266 pounds.

"He was borderline obese," Regehr says. "He was a very fat bear for this time of the year. If you looked at him in profile, his belly almost scraped the ground, so he was a really fat good-looking bear, and in general most of the bears have appeared quite healthy."

The bears may be in good shape now, but the ice that allows them to gorge on blubbery seals is retreating at an alarming rate.