Does climate change cause storms and civil wars? | Grist

I'm going to get a bit wanky below, but for fun let's begin with a metaphor. Imagine something humans are doing is raising the earth's gravity. By 2050 gravity could be up as much as 5 percent, or so scientists claim. They call it "global heavying."

Republican 'climate zombies' could claim the US Senate | Leo Hickman | Environment | guardian.co.uk

A survey of comments made by Republican candidates for the US Senate show vast majority are climate sceptics

Montford lands some solid blows in review of 'climategate' inquiries | Fred Pearce | Environment | guardian.co.uk

Andrew Montford's report for Lord Lawson's sceptic thinktank raises some valid criticisms but will most likely be ignored for its brazen hypocrisy