William M. Briggs, Statistician » Interview With A Climatologist

But aren’t there literally hundreds of knobs and dials that you need to tweak to “tune” the models so that they first produce those simulations? Do you have independent evidence that these models predicted new data better than predictions based on the assumption that your theory is wrong?

Watching a glacier die at Imja Lake | Suzanne Goldenberg | Environment | guardian.co.uk

It's an odd sensation to watch a glacier die... The glaciers are melting – although some undoubtedly will remain solid blocks of ice for hundreds more years – and they are spattering the high altitudes with glacier lakes like Imja.
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There's been ice outside the tents some mornings.

Energy: How will mankind keep the lights on and the temperature down? | The Economist

Stopping the increase at 450 parts per million—when the climate is generally expected to be no more than two degrees warmer than in pre-industrial times—is the world’s ambition. How likely is this?

Not remotely, Mr Yergin suggests. Fossil fuels supply 80% of the world’s energy needs and, as the main driver of China’s and India’s growth, they will remain pre-eminent for decades.

Corn, Soybeans, Wheat May Open Higher as Adverse U.S. Weather Hurts Crops - Bloomberg

-- Corn futures are called to open 3 cents to 5 cents a bushel higher on the Chicago Board of Trade on speculation that frost and freezing temperatures in the past three days has hurt crops in the northwestern U.S. Midwest, Chad Henderson, a market analyst at Prime Agricultural Consultants Inc. in Brookfield, Wisconsin, said in a telephone interview.