Emerging El Nino set to drive up carbon emissions | Environment | Reuters

During the very intense El Nino of 1997/98, fires in Southeast Asia released between 2.9 billion 9.4 billion tonnes of CO2, blanketing the region in a choking haze. The smoke equated to between 15 and 40 percent of global fossil fuel emissions and is credited with causing a spike in global temperatures.

By comparison, average annual emissions from forest fires in Southeast Asia between 2000 and 2006 were 470 million tonnes of CO2, while average fossil fuel emissions for the same period in the region were 543 million tonnes of CO2, said Canadell.

Over the past two years, forest fire emissions have plunged because of wet weather.
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Previously, El Ninos in general were thought to suppress hurricane activity, but the latest research suggests this is only for episodes where the warmest waters are off the South America.

"The fundamental problem is we don't simulate El Nino very well with our existing climate models," said Hendon. "That makes it a real challenge to run your model for a future climate and see how El Nino will behave."

Massa stands up for state's farmers | stargazette.com | Star-Gazette

Farmers in 29th Congressional District would like to thank U.S. Rep. Eric Massa, D-Corning, for voting against H.R. 2454, the so-called "Climate Change Bill," which will have a disastrous impact on agriculture.

The New York Farm Bureau strongly opposes this legislation. It will dramatically increase already-skyrocketing fuel prices and send feed prices soaring.

Far worse, it will cause a $5 billion per year loss in nationwide farm income by 2020, essentially ruining the future for young farmers in New York.

Aberdeen graduates [are treated to a little more climate fraud promotion as they head out the door]

The graduates were congratulated by the university’s vice-principal, Professor Chris Gane.

He also warned them of the global issues that would affect them now they had left university. They were leaving the university to pursue their careers in a period of great uncertainty, he said, and the global economic crisis was just the latest contributory factor.

“Global climate change, food and energy security, political and military instability — are all major issues from which none of us can escape, no matter how remote from these challenges we may believe our lives to be.