Arctic Ocean To Close, Polar Bears Doomed | The Resilient Earth

While this claim has been made by others, stating that a new glacial onset is impossible without a significant reduction in atmospheric CO₂ concentrations is far from proven. The ability of the Earth system to compensate and recover from sharp increases in atmospheric greenhouse gases had been observed many times in the prehistoric past and it is accepted that glaciation has started when CO₂ levels were at or above current levels. Just the same, if driving an SUV is keeping the glaciers at bay I say keep on truckin'.

Wolves besiege Armenian villages - Can't find food due to deep snow

Due to cold weather and snowfall up to 10 feet (3 meters) deep, wolves cannot find food in the mountains.

 Wind farm fanatics are bankrupting us with their hot air

THIS week the chairman of the National Trust finally admitted what the rest of us have known for some time: wind farms are the ugliest, most stupid, environmentally damaging, expensive, wasteful and utterly pointless monstrosities ever to deface the British landscape

Science, Sustainability and the Arts at #AAASmtg

Neat session recognizing that the big questions in sustaining home planet relate to values as much as data  [I wonder how many of the attendees cared enough about sustainability to try traveling to Vancouver without using fossll fuels]

Harvard German Conference: Germany Attempting To Hock Its Catastrophic Energy Strategy To The USA

ho cares about these nuances – it’s the way the USA should go, these misguided pointy heads will tell us.

AAAS – “science is not enough” | Watts Up With That?

WUWT readers may be interested to see what the AAAS is doing with members’ funding. I’m amused that they baldly admit that they want to “influence public perceptions and debate when the science supporting a position is not enough to carry the argument.”