Cold weather trims Carolina shrimp harvest | McClatchy

An unusually cold winter that decimated native shrimp has robbed the Carolinas of a spring delicacy.

Below-normal water temperatures killed virtually all the white shrimp that overwinter in South Carolina's estuaries, and N.C. officials also report dead crustaceans.
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S.C. fishermen who caught 1.3 million pounds of white shrimp last fall are now hauling up only handfuls, said Larry DeLancey, who oversees crustacean monitoring for the S.C. Department of Natural Resources.

Gore: Systems Define Our World

He noted that a warming atmosphere can carry more water vapour and may leader to fewer but more destructive storms. AIR Worldwide noted Monday, for instance, that the storms and tornadoes that swept the United States in the single week of May 20 to 27 caused somewhere between $4 billion and $7 billion of insured losses to automobiles, buildings and their contents.

“The destructive impact of wind increases with the cube,’’ Gore said.

Climate scientist warns that Keystone XL pipeline will lead to tar sands monster | The American Independent

Dr. James Hansen, a former NASA climatologist and one of the foremost experts on global warming, is speaking out against the approval of the Keystone XL pipeline, arguing that if it isn’t rejected there will be no stopping the “tar sands monster.”

Climate-change film should get critics hot under the collar

''I hope the film can sketch out a third, middle road between the denialists and the alarmists,'' [Lomborg] says. ''[Climate change] is real but it is not the end of the world and we have to fix it smartly but the real point is that today we are not willing to spend the money.