Gore on climate skeptics: B.S. - POLITICO.com

“There about 10 names out there,” Gore added. “When you go and talk to any audience about climate, you hear them washing back at you the same crap over and over and over again. They have polluted the sh—. There’s no longer a shared reality on an issue like climate even though the very existence of our civilization is threatened. People have no idea!"

Scientists pinpoint river flow associated with cholera outbreaks, not just global warming

One riddle solved on cholera by examination of four major river basins shows when water flow went up, nutrients in the water were associated with increase in cholera cases

Deerfield, IL (Aug. 3, 2011) – An examination of the world's largest river basins found nutrient-rich and powerful river discharges led to spikes in the blooms of plankton associated with cholera outbreaks. These increased discharges often occur at times of increased temperature in coastal water, suggesting that predicting global warming's potential temperature effect on cholera will be more complicated than first thought, according to a new study published today in the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.

Frost May Cut Brazil Coffee Crop by 1 Million Bags, Archer Says

Aug. 8 (Bloomberg) -- A frost that reached some coffee- growing regions in top producer Brazil last week may cut output by almost 1 million bags next season, according to Archer Consulting.

Temperatures fell below 2 degrees Celsius (35.6 degrees Fahrenheit) in some growing areas in southern Minas Gerais state, Sao Paulo and northern Parana, with possible frost formation, Marco Antonio dos Santos, an agronomist at Somar Meteorologia, said by phone on Aug 5.