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RIO DE JANEIRO (Xinhua) – The southern parts of Brazil, a tropical country, have been stricken by cold snaps since Monday, driving down temperatures to record-low levels and bringing snow in some areas, a local weather service has reported.

Cold endangers 40% of the corn in western Paraná – CBN – COMMODITIES BRAZIL NEWS

The second day of frost cause problems for grain crops in western Paraná. Both corn and wheat suffered from the cold that made early hours of Tuesday. According to José Ernani Beninca and Oscar Klug, partners at Klug Brokerage in Palotina, it still not possible account losses, but is certain to occur “serious loss” in both cultures.

Carbon tax - who's going to foot the bill? - Business LIVE

Carbon tax may still be in the consultative stages in South Africa, but the country's biggest CO2 emitter has this week made it clear who will end up paying if a special tax is eventually levied on it - you guessed it, the consumer, of course.

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2 greatest threats = climate change and nuclear weapons. They are intersecting now. And it's not good. More on @Maddow tonite.

The Last Great Global Warming: Scientific American

Surprising new evidence suggests the pace of the earth's most abrupt prehistoric warm-up paled in comparison to what we face today.

Tom Nelson: Not a great comparison

[David Archibald] What is also interesting is the 2.2° temperature rise from 7.8° in 1696 to 10.0° in 1732. This is a 2.2° rise is 36 years [in Central England]. By comparison, the world has seen a 0.6° rise over the 100 years of the 20th century. That temperature rise in the early 18th century was four times as large and three times as fast as the rise in the 20th century.