Climate change a political hot potato for presidential candidates | PRI.ORG

But it’s not just the Republican Party that’s not addressing climate change. President Obama has fallen virtually silent on the issue. If you visit his 2012 presidential website, you’d be hard pressed to find any mention of climate change and global warming. That’s a political calculation, King said.

“If there’s no benefit politically to talking about global climate change, then you just keep your mouth shut,” King said.

The Himalayas and nearby peaks have lost no ice in past 10 years, study shows | Environment | The Guardian

The world's greatest snow-capped peaks, which run in a chain from the Himalayas to Tian Shan on the border of China and Kyrgyzstan, have lost no ice over the last decade, new research shows.

The discovery has stunned scientists, who had believed that around 50bn tonnes of meltwater were being shed each year and not being replaced by new snowfall.