Paper: On the recovery from the Little Ice Age

We learn that the recovery from the LIA has proceeded continuously, roughly in a linear manner, from 1800-1850 to the present.

California Board Endorses Forest Clearcutting in Fight Against Global Warming

SACRAMENTO, Calif.— A cap-and-trade program approved Thursday by the California Air Resources Board includes damaging loopholes that would incentivize clearcutting in the name of reducing carbon emissions. The program — adopted as part of California’s effort to reduce statewide greenhouse gas emissions — would allow industrial polluters to purchase carbon “offset credits” instead of reducing their own greenhouse gas emissions. Among the options is buying offset credits from forest clearcutting.

Media Matters Reminds Us To Ignore Cold Weather | Real Science

On the other hand, blaming the Moscow heatwave on global warming was first rate science!

Global warming causes flash floods in Pakistan - People's Daily Online

The latest research showed that global warming caused by emission of greenhouse gases in industrial countries was to blame for flash floods which killed over 2,000 people in Pakistan in July and August 2010, environment analysts told Xinhua on Friday.

World’s Worst Flood | Real Science

CO2 was 310 ppm, well below Hansen’s safe level of 350 ppm. Death toll was 1,000 times higher than Pakistan this summer.