Prediction: Arctic Ice Will Continue to Recover This Summer « Watts Up With That?

Steven Goddard writes below that he agrees with the prediction I made in late 2009 that we’d see another 500,000 km2 of Arctic sea ice recovery in 2010. The Arctic Oscillation seems to be negative again, and according to NSIDC, this figures greatly in making thicker ice thus lowering summer losses. – Anthony

- Bishop Hill blog - Hansen's colleague eviscerates AR4 Chapter 9

[Andrew Lacis] There is no scientific merit to be found in the Executive Summary. The presentation sounds like something put together by Greenpeace activists and their legal department.

Climate economist's email security breach - Channel 4 News

A source at the Grantham Institute said they had no indication that the attack was the work of climate sceptic hackers.

Crop Watch: 'Keep a close eye on post cold snap diseases' - 09/02/2010 - Farmers Weekly

A range of diseases has already been spotted said Ruth East, who seized the opportunity last week to spray oilseed rape with outstanding propyzamide and carbetamide applications.

Ruth, of AICC (Lincolnshire), said: "Rape crops appear to have come through the winter so far unscathed, but it is early days and it will be interesting to see if the extremely low temperatures will have affected some of the large canopy crops internally."

Our south agronomist Swaran Bacho said light leaf spot is at its highest level in 34 years experience in the field.

Scrap UK's wind farm plans, says Gazprom boss | Business | guardian.co.uk

Plans to build thousands of wind farms in the UK are irrational and should be scrapped in favour of more gas plants, according to the deputy chairman of the Russian energy firm Gazprom.
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"If we do not want to see the authors of the 2020 strategy decapitated in a public square, I do not think they can forget about gas," he said. "We at Gazprom believe gas should be treated on an equal footing as renewables. I just hope that after the disappointment post-Copenhagen that the decision-makers will take a more pragmatic and rational approach to this."