Earliest, Fastest Ice Growth In At Least A Decade | Real Science

Al Gore and The Guardian are currently reporting on record fast ice loss, while the Arctic gains ice at a record rate.

- Bishop Hill blog - Nursing times

Having recently announced that he wants to use the Royal Society as a tool to influence political debate, Paul Nurse has now decided that he's going to use his position as Royal Society president to try to influence elections more directly, taking a direct shot at the US Republican party.

Is it just me that finds the spectacle of the president of the Royal Society wallowing around in the mud just a little unedifying?

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Evaporated water from vegetation helps in global cooling - Online News # 67738

Washington, Sept 15 : A new study has found that evaporated water helps cool the earth as a whole and not just a local area, showing that water evaporated from trees and lakes could have a cooling effect on the entire atmosphere.

Report recommends ETS slow-down | New Zealand

A new report has recommended the government slow down implementing the emissions trading scheme (ETS)

The ETS Review Panel's report, released today by Climate Change Issues Minister Nick Smith, recommends putting on hold plans to have the energy, transport and industrial sectors fully obligated under the scheme by 2013.