Northern sea ice growth a fluke, not end of climate change: researcher

...But the man whose data is behind the furor says a few weeks of cold weather in one part of the Arctic - not an end to global warming - has skewed the numbers.

Mark Serreze of the U.S-based National Snow and Ice Data Center says ice in most northern waters, including Canada's eastern regions, is still well below average.

He says skeptics should be careful to distinguish between weather - which is local and short-term - and climate, which covers broad stretches of time and space.

Firms confused by carbon reduction scheme - V3.co.uk - formerly vnunet.com

The scheme is voluntary but, for those who register, Walters thinks the ride will be bumpy.

April snow in California

The storms here mean more snow for the Lake Tahoe area. Ski resorts Wednesday reported getting 2 to 3 feet of snow since the latest storms started.

A few inches of snow could fall Friday afternoon at lake level with Saturday looking calm in the Sierra. But the Easter storm could bring 1 to 2 feet more on the highest elevations and several inches at lake level.

Another Earth Hour ignored.Too bad it’s the right idea - thestar.com

[Montreal] But little else in the city changed — not a surprise, since no one we’d spoken with beforehand planned to participate in Earth Hour and most had only a vague idea about it. The event wasn’t much more significant in Toronto, where electricity savings during the hour were substantially less than last year.

That’s no surprise: Repetition quickly dulls the impact of purely symbolic acts.