Revenge of the Climate Laymen - WSJ.com

"You mention his name [Stephen McIntyre] in my community, people just smile. It's a one-liner to get a laugh out of a group of climate scientists," affirms Stanford University's Stephen Schneider.

One wonders what is so funny, when it is not only the Canadian hobbyist fueling skepticism, but also figures from the U.S. National Snow and Ice Data Center that now show thickening Arctic ice; from the U.K. Met (Meteorological) Office showing falling temperatures that contradict modeling predictions; and other studies that suggest natural factors in climate change are being dramatically underestimated.

Scoop: Denmark's Push For Delay In Copenhagen

Oxfam is already seeing the impacts of climate change on the livelihoods of poor men and women around the world and worse is yet to come: the agency has forecast that the number of people affected by climate related disasters each year may increase by over 50 per cent by 2015.

World facing 'catastrophic six-degree rise' say scientists - page 1 - World - NZ Herald News

Such a rise - which would be much higher nearer the poles - would have cataclysmic and irreversible consequences for the Earth, making large parts of the planet uninhabitable and threatening the basis of human civilisation.

The Steel Greenhouse « Watts Up With That?

Guest post by Willis Eschenbach
There is a lot of misinformation floating around the web about the greenhouse effect works. It is variously described as a “blanket” that keeps the Earth warm, or a “mirror” that reflects part of the heat back to Earth, or “a pane of glass” that somehow keeps energy from escaping. It is none of these things.