China: Spotted seals can come up for air

Spotted seals living in an open-air zoo can now come up for fresh air after ice floes blocking the sea surface thawed yesterday afternoon.
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Before yesterday's warming, most of the seawater in the 2,000 sq m bay had frozen as a result of near 0 C seawater temperatures, a situation Li had never seen since the opening of Seals Bay four years ago.

On Saturday, park employees rushed to clear the ice floes floating into the bay with shovels to prevent the seals swimming underwater from dying of suffocation, said Sun.

The Shandong province has seen the most severe freezing of seawater off its coasts in the past 30 years due to a cold snap lasting for days.

New Zeal: Bring Back "Global Warming' I Say

Nobody believes the Global Warming/Climate Change scamsters anymore, except politicians.

Farm Bureau Fires Back Against Climate Bill's 'Power Grab' - NYTimes.com

In a fiery speech that kicked off the powerful farm lobby's four-day convention in Seattle, Stallman said farmers and ranchers must unite to respond to "misguided, activist-driven regulation."
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Correction:  This story was corrected at 2:55 p.m. to reflect that there were 47 scientists, organized by the advocacy group Union of Concerned Scientists, that sent a letter to Stallman last week.

Typotheque: Gore’s choice

[comment] Amazing and yet the cover of his book has a southern hemisphere cyclone Photoshopped off the coast of North America.

Republicans -- and one Dem -- beat up global warming bill - Wisconsin

Rep. Bob Ziegelbauer (D-Manitowoc), who has voted with Republicans on major issues and often clashes with Democratic leadership, called the bill an "expensive mandate-laden threat to our economic future" in a statement.

He also scoffed at the notion the bill would generate jobs.

"The 'green jobs' touted as a byproduct of this proposal are merely another disheartening example of the 'one step forward, five steps back' approach to job creation currently embraced by the Legislature by adding a few new jobs after decimating the manufacturing sector of our economy," his statement said.

[Listen to the natives, except if they disagree with your ideology?]: Nunavut hotline callers claim boom times for polar bear

[Paul Irngaut] “The polar bear population has exploded to the point that Inuit are seeing bears that they never used to see.”