World Climate Report » Raining on Boreal Forest Fires

What? A decrease in boreal fire activity over the past 150 years?

Boycott Big Oil? Prepare to give up your lifestyle - SETH BORENSTEIN

Ready to park the car and take up bike-riding or walking? Well, your bike and your sneakers have petroleum products in them. And sure, you can curb energy use by shutting off the AC, but the electric fans you switch to have plastic from oil and gas in them. And the insulation to keep your home cool, also started as oil and gas. Without all that, you'll sweat and it'll be all too noticeable because deodorant comes from oil and gas too.

The Reference Frame: ENSO 3.4 reaches La Nina threshold

The expected cooling may help to keep the average 2010 temperatures below those of 1998.