After 2 Studies, Methane Puzzle Persists - NYTimes.com

One climate-science conundrum, two research teams, two independent approaches, two seemingly conflicting conclusions.

The unsolved mystery, or perhaps now, twice-solved mystery, is: Why did atmospheric methane levels, steadily on the rise since record-keeping began, abruptly level off and stabilize in the last three decades?

Mitchell flood mocks litany of global warming excuses | Herald Sun

GOSH, is that really water, knee-deep over the Wy Yung Football Clubs oval in Bairnsdale?

Excuse me for doubting my eyes, but Victoria's former Labor government did tell us such floods would rarely happen again, thanks to global warming.

That's why we couldn't have a dam on the Mitchell River that's now flooding Bairnsdale, you see.

That's why Labor had to build a desalination plant instead, for $5.7 billion.

What an utter farce. And if your water bills hadn't gone through the roof to pay for it, you'd laugh.

Film on Climate Refugees Strikes a Chord - NYTimes.com

During the shooting of his 2010 documentary “Climate Refugees,” the Irish-American filmmaker Michael Nash visited nearly 50 countries in about 18 months, interviewing politicians, scientists, health workers and victims of floods, cyclones, hurricanes and droughts.

His conclusion was that short- and longer-term changes in climate are causing vast numbers of people to abandon their jobs, homes and countries to seek better lives elsewhere, or to simply survive.