New Statesman - 50 People Who Matter 2010 | 32. Stephen McIntyre

When the mining expert Stephen McIntyre challenged the basis of climate science on his blog, he became a figurehead for many climate-change sceptics.
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The influence might not be positive, but there's no doubt he has shaped the debate.

A MUST READ: European climate, Alpine glaciers and Arctic ice in relation to North Atlantic SST record | Watts Up With That?

In my opinion, this essay is a must read because it clearly illustrates correlation between ocean cycles to; Arctic ice loss and gain, glacier advance and retreat, and land surface temperature rise and fall.

''Holbrooke gives global warming dimension to Indo-Pak tension'' -  International News – News – MSN India

Washington, Sep 27 (PTI) Months before the devastating floods in Pakistan, US Special envoy for Af-Pak region Richard Holbrooke had said the presence of a large number of Indian and Pakistani troops in Siachen was resulting in fast melting of ice that would soon flood the rivers in their countries, claims a new book.
The book ''Obama''s War'', written by noted journalist Bob Woodward, says that Holbrooke made the remarks at a White House meeting chaired by President Barack Obama.
"In one discussion about the tension between Pakistan and India, Holbrooke introduced a new angle. ''Theirs is a global warming dimension of this struggle, Mr President''," he said.
"His words baffled many in the room," wrote Woodward in his latest book that hit the stands today.
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"After the meeting, there were several versions of one question: Was Holbrooke kidding?" Woodward wrote. "He was not."

Cutting shipping emissions could [swindle] billions to help fight climate change, says Oxfam

[Tim] Gore said: "Despite the continuing global recession rich governments can raise the billions required to help poor countries cope with climate change without dipping into their cash strapped budgets. The shipping industry can’t do it alone, but it can be part of a package of innovative finance-raising measures including those addressing uncapped emissions from international shipping and aviation, a Robin Hood Tax on financial transactions and re-direction of rich-country fossil fuel subsidies.

Sudden Ocean Cooling Halted Global Warming – Planetsave

The mid-twentieth century saw the progressing warming of the globe come to an abrupt and for a time inexplicable hiatus. According to new research this temporary cooling was at least partially the result of a sudden cooling event centred over the North Atlantic between 1968 and 1972.
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The different rates of warming across Earth’s two hemispheres in the middle of the 20th century had often been attributed to a larger build-up of tropospheric aerosol pollution in the fast-industrializing Northern Hemisphere. With more advanced countries located in the Northern Hemisphere compared to the Southern, scientists assumed that this was an adequate explanation.