C3: What Does Ural Mountains' Tree Line Say About Modern Warming? Definitely Not As Robust As Medieval Warming

In the broad realm of empirical evidence for Medieval Warming, there is one unique indicator that does not require a Phd to appreciate and understand - that would be tree lines. In general, if the climate is warmer, the tree line will move farther north and/or to higher elevations. As scientists discovered in the Ural Mountains, the modern tree line is at a much lower elevation than the Medieval tree line.

Climate spruiker finds debate has wind taken out of its sails | Herald Sun

True, weather is not climate - but can someone tell that to McKeon?

Two years ago he told The Age what had helped to convince him of man-made warming was that a rainy wind across Waratah Bay, next to Wilson's Promontory, had all but gone. He knew this because he'd been relying on it to fill the sails of his yacht as it tried to break the world speed-sailing record.

SHOCKED by his limp sails, he's since become a business community ambassador for Earth Hour, spruiking the value of tackling global warming by switching off lights for a single hour on one Saturday each year.

The Reference Frame: La Niña conditions getting started

As klimaskeptik.cz has pointed out, the new Czech environment minister, Pavel Drobil (ODS, Civic Democrats), has called the subsidies for photovoltaics an economic crime.

All Opinions Are Local - How much will Cuccinelli's legal forays cost?

Cuccinelli spokesman Brian Gottstein says that filing the lawsuit against the feds cost $350 and that no lawyers in the office are being taken away from other work.