Canadian Harp Seals In New England (“prediction” of cooling?) | Watts Up With That?

Canadian Harp Seals may have “read” the predictions of the coming decades of stabilization of global temperatures and perhaps some cooling. Animals like the Harp Seal have experienced many millions of years of climatic change and, through the complex processes of evolution and natural selection, may have developed an ability to sense coming changes.

UPDATE 2-California cap-and-trade plan faces setback | Reuters

SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON, March 21 (Reuters) - California did not adequately consider alternatives to its plan to create a cap-and-trade market for carbon emissions, a judge ruled on Monday, throwing a wrench into the most aggressive U.S. effort to combat climate change.

Northwest Passage In 1853 : Open Water Found In The Arctic Basin – In May | Real Science

Is Climate Change Happening Faster Than Climate Change Used To Happen? | Real Science

Scientists have no metrics (or even definitions) for measuring climate change, yet they still seem to be able to determine that unmeasured climate change is happening faster now than unmeasured climate change used to happen.

For example, Joe Romm found one hot day during LA’s coldest summer on record last year, and was able to determine that that was a symptom of the fast “pace” of climate change.