Models hone picture of climate impacts : Nature News & Comment

By January 2013, the project hopes to produce papers detailing the impact of climate change on global agriculture and water supplies, vegetation and health. The results could find their way into the next report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which is set to be published in 2013–14. “It will make a real difference for the assessment process,” says Chris Field, an ecologist at the Carnegie Institution for Science in Stanford, California, and co-chairman of the IPCC’s working group on impacts, adaptation and vulnerability.

Shocker: dirty electric cars | Watts Up With That?

From the University of Tennessee at Knoxville  comes this surprising bit of research. Taken in entirety, and electric vehicle has a greater impact on pollution than a comparable gasoline vehicle.

Germany’s War On Skeptics 1: Greenpeace-Germany Labels Vahrenholt “The Ice-Cold Denier”

We always knew they were going to get nasty – really nasty. That’s because we are truly dealing with intolerant zealots here who react viciously and emotionally when their religion comes under fire. Their latest reaction is proof enough.

Bird brains « The Daily Bayonet

In other words, it’s better to blend birds with giant shredders today than have them deal with slightly milder weather down the road.