A new way of measuring carbon emissions that doesn’t let rich people cheat | Grist

this is all a bit in the nerdy weeds, but the task of giving local leaders reliable, shared metrics to track GHGs is vital

Twitter / @Revkin: Nice reading/watching list ...

Nice reading/watching list for American U. course on climate/environment communication from M Nisbet @ageofengagement climateshiftproject.org/2012/02/10/rea…

Twitter / @ClimateReality: Climate change is like a t ...

Climate change is like a train: it starts slowly, but it’s awfully hard to stop once it gains a bit of momentum ow.ly/8Ydkg

BBC: Met Office Global Forecasts Too Warm In 11 Out Of Last 12 Years

2011 is the 11th year out of the last 12 when the Met Office global temperature forecast has been too warm. Whatever the reason for this ongoing 'warm bias,' the Met Office forecast for the first half of this decade, published in early 2010, that half the years between 2010 and 2015 would be hotter than the hottest year on record is already looking in doubt.

Global temperatures fell quite sharply in January, according to the UAH satellite measure.

Peter Foster: Political Science At The Academies

The perversion of science by the Royal Society and its Canadian counterpart

When Lord Robert May — a distinguished British population biologist — told a journalist: “I am the president of the Royal Society, and I am telling you the debate on climate change is over,” he was risking the reputation of the venerable institution he headed.

Presidents of national science academies are not meant to engage in ex cathedra statements, but to promote objective research.

Gulf Times – Qatar’s top-selling English daily newspaper - Europe/World

Hungary closed the Danube to river traffic yesterday because of thick ice, bringing shipping to a near standstill on Europe’s busiest waterway, as the continent’s cold snap death toll reached past 540.