Happy Birthday Ice! | Real Science

Note the large amount of 1-2 year old ice this year. Guess what? The ice is going to have a birthday this winter and become one year older. If all the >1 year old ice survives the winter, there will be more than 40% >2 year old ice in the spring.

Government energy usage goes online as part of 10:10 campaign | Duncan Clark | Environment | guardian.co.uk

David Cameron committed central government to 10:10, now you can see whether each department is keeping to that pledge

Twitter / Brad Johnson

Vilsack: Ag has reduced energy intensity by 22% in one year. #GreenGov

First Frost blankets parts of St. Louis Area - KTVI

According to the Farmer's Almanac, on average, the first frost of the year in the St. Louis area is October 29th. So this cold spell is here about one month early.

The Lean Green Fighting Machine - Swampland - TIME.com

Current plans call for California's huge Fort Irwin to be energy-independent by 2017 thanks to a 500-megawatt solar energy plant. "The Army is also replacing older non-tactical vehicles with 4,000 electric and 700 hybrid vehicles, saving of 100,000 metric tons on carbon dioxide emissions and 7.5 million gallons of fuel over six years," it adds.

How a two-degree increase would hit home in Canada - The Globe and Mail

A rise of two degrees would halve the amount of summer Arctic sea ice, greatly reduce the runoff in the South Saskatchewan River basin and impede shipping through the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence, the report concludes.

The Lyrics to the song "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"

The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down
Of the big lake they call Gitche Gumee
Superior, they say, never gives up her dead
When the gales of November come early.
[Was this song written by Sarah Palin, Marc Morano, and Lord Monckton? Why else wouldn't it stress the danger of storms in a warm month like August?]