[Dangerous idiocy]: 'Global warming more of a threat than war'

[Bulletin of Atomic Scientists] board member Lowell Sachnoff added: "Global warming is more of a threat than nuclear war."

The Age of the Urban Retro-Fit: Reversing Climate Change, One Green Roof at a Time | Architecture &Design | Fast Company - StumbleUpon

We're obsessed with the death of cities: our Netflix queues are filling up with post-apocalyptic sagas, we stack our coffee tables with doomsday books, and drool over ruin porn. [who, specifically, is "we"?]

NASA Caught in Climate Data Manipulation; New Revelations Headlined on KUSI-TV Climate Special | SpaceRef - Your Space Reference

Climate researchers have discovered that NASA researchers improperly manipulated data in order to claim 2005 as "THE WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD." KUSI-TV meteorologist, Weather Channel founder, and iconic weatherman John Coleman will present these findings in a one-hour special airing on KUSI-TV on Jan.14 at 9 p.m. A related report will be made available on the Internet at 6 p.m. EST on January 14th at www.kusi.com.

First Climategate book released! 'Climategate: The CRUtape Letters' co-authored by Steven Mosher who was first to recognize the game-changing importance of FOIA.zip | GORE LIED

So, one is a liberal and the other is a “lukewarmer”, so it’s hard to dismiss them out-of-hand as right-wing ideologues. Undoubtedly, Joe Romm and others will smear them anyway – it’s what the alarmists do when they’re desperate.

USHCN vs USHCN Version 2 – more induced warmth « Musings from the Chiefio

Call me old fashioned, but I really liked it better when my history did not keep changing and past temperatures did not require frequent re-writing…

Record cold temperatures recorded in Belize - The Guardian Newspaper

But the country’s coldest spot was in the mountains of Baldy Beacon in the Cayo District where the minimum temperature recorded on Monday morning was 44 degrees. That is 14 degrees colder than the previous record low of 58 which was set in 2007.

Oilrigs should be used for homes in areas at risk of flooding, report says - Times Online

Decommissioned North Sea oil platforms should be towed to the waterfronts of coastal cities at risk of flooding and converted into homes, shops and universities protected from rising sea levels, a study recommends.

Britain should not retreat from the waves but embrace them, adapting to climate change and consequent flooding by building new communities, either on stilts or floating platforms.

A team of senior architects, engineers and civil servants, appointed by the Royal Institute of British Architects and Institution of Civil Engineers, considered the options for responding to a 6ft 6in (2m) rise in sea levels by the end of the century.