- Bishop Hill blog - Lecture at St Andrews

The lecture theatre was just about full, probably 80 people or so, including St Andrews academics, which was more people than usual and very encouraging.
...The general impression I received was that the audience was very interested in what he had to say, and there was no overt hostility from anyone.

Afterwards there was a rush for the copies of the HSI, which sold out, and the Bish. was a kept busy signing the books and talking to members of the audience.

The Reference Frame: Snowcap of Kilimanjaro refuses to die

Like the hockey stick, the shrinking snowcap of Mount Kilimanjaro became one of the most costly overhyped pieces of sloppy science in the history of mankind. Many people have believed that CO2-Kilimanjaro link despite the fact that it had been known that the retreat began long before CO2 emissions became significant. Local moisture was arguably more important for the fate of the snowcap.

Even more importantly, it was realized in the very new research that although the area may be shrinking, the thickness of the snowcap isn't really getting any thinner, and it's the thickness that decides about the long-term survival.

Representatives for Al Gore declined to comment on this article, Mass Live.COM says near the end of the text. ;-)