Adios El Niño, hello La Niña?

"The central equatorial Pacific Ocean could stay colder than normal into summer and beyond. That's because sea level is already about 10 centimeters [4 inches] below normal, creating a significant deficit of the heat stored in the upper ocean," said JPL oceanographer and climatologist Bill Patzert. "The next few months will reveal if the current cooling trend will eventually evolve into a long-lasting La Niña situation."

FTSE index to highlight investor climate [hoax] risk | Environment | guardian.co.uk

The two new indices, the FTSE CDP Carbon Strategy All-Share Index and the FTSE CDP Carbon Strategy 350 Index, have been developed in partnership with the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) investor group and analyst firm ENDS Carbon.

The indices work by analysing the carbon strategies and "tilting" their rating based on their exposure to climate change related risks such as proposed carbon pricing mechanisms. As a result investors will be able to quickly assess which firms and sectors are most at risk from climate-related impacts.

Aberdeen airport climate change protesters found guilty | Environment | guardian.co.uk

Plane Stupid activists face fines or jail after jury finds that direct action is not justified by fight against climate change

Heavy snow for Europe's glaciers plus more Southern Hemisphere resorts open

# Up to 30cm (a foot) of new snow so far today around Queenstown's ski areas.
# Up to 50cm (20 inches) of fresh snow in the Alps.
# Second Californian ski area to open in July.

Roger Pielke Jr.'s Blog: Peter Webster on PNAS Paper: "Very Likely Disgusted"

Sorry PNAS, but I have evolved, since 2007! But at least my view of the science is not determined by orthodoxy. I imagine Roger Sr. feels the same way.

Re the PNAS paper, it is rather louche. What is the point of this paper? Are the arguments so old and stale that it has to rely on past statements to substantiate a point of view? Death rattle come to mind. Perhaps we are seeing the death throes of the old guard. Perhaps out of these ashes will emerge a more solid scientific view on climate and global change, free of orthodoxy and invigorated by debate.