CLIMATE-GERMANY: Planting the Forest of the Future

BERLIN, Feb 7, 2010 (Tierramérica) - Exotic tree seedlings grow next to native species in the southeastern German village of Laufen, at a site where researchers are experimenting with ways to restore forests lost to the effects of global warming.

Flashback: Study Finds a Tree Growth Spurt - NYTimes.com

The study centered on trees in mixed hardwood stands on the western edge of the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland that are representative of much of the those on the Eastern Seaboard.

All are growing two to four times as fast as normal, according to a study published in Tuesday’s issue of The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Abandoning all journalistic standards, CBS libels Michael Mann based on a YouTube video — while reporting his exoneration! « Climate Progress

Yes, CBS actually shows Mann singing:

Makin’ up data the old hard way
Fudgin the numbers day by day

Truly unbelievable.

I generally do not use the word “libel” for media miscoverage of climate science. But CBS reports in the same story, almost as a throwaway, that an academic panel had just cleared Mann of the exact same “charge” leveled at it by the fact-free video. Thus, the false charge meets the tough legal standard for determining whether a major media outlet has defamed a public figure — that the publisher had “knowledge that the information was false” or that the information was published “with reckless disregard of whether it was false or not.”

CapitalClimate: Seasonal Snow: Rewriting Records

In the seasonal ranks, the 45.1" reported so far displaces the 1921-22 season and its infamous Knickerbocker storm out of the number 3 slot. With more snow expected in the middle of the week, the second place record of 1995-96 is in serious jeopardy.