Seattle Environmental Policy Examiner: Global warming blamed for [extreme cold]

The impact on human suffering and rising death toll related to extreme heat and extreme cold, has been increasing every year and according to experts in the field of public health, it will continue to get worse.

[Allegedly] High Odds of [Allegedly] Hot Times - Dot Earth Blog - NYTimes.com

The Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change at M.I.T. has published work, described earlier this year, that greatly elevates the odds of calamitous global warming should no significant action be taken to stem the buildup of greenhouse gases. The team ran a suite of 400 computer simulations incorporating both what is known about how the climate could react to a greenhouse-gas buildup and a wide range of variations in the global economy and other human factors that might affect the outcome.

Airport reports record low temperature | BlueRidgeNow.com | Times-News Online | Hendersonville, NC

Asheville Regional Airport reported a record low of 35 degrees, breaking a mark of 36 set in 1976.

Some farmers took preemptive measures Monday to battle the threatened frost.

Jeremy Sizemore used 20,000 foam cups to cover his eggplant, tomato and pepper plants. It took 14 workers and three hours to complete the task.

The 8-ounce white cups served as an insulator, protecting the crops at Cane Creek Valley Farm in Fletcher.