Science a good start to understanding climate change (Science Alert)

Young Australians at primary and lower secondary school levels are learning about the underlying science of climate change and taking a positive approach to the issue, thanks to a schools program developed by CSIRO called CarbonKids.
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[caption] Students at one school came up with a ‘Carbon Cops’ program under which they take turns to check that lights and computers are switched off when required.

Gregoire asks feds to assess Wash. farm damage after cold weather stunts annual crop | The Republic

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Gov. Chris Gregoire is asking the federal government to determine whether the entire state of Washington should be considered a farm disaster area.

Farmers around the state reported that this year's cold and wet weather have caused production delays and crop loses. Gregoire said Monday that this is the first time in recent memory that the state has asked the federal government to determine the extent of agricultural disaster statewide.

They should never have called it global warming « Homepaddock

[New Zealand] The polar blast might or might not be able to be blamed on climate change. But they should never have called it global warming when this sort of weather feels like not just cooling but colding.