Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Snow, cold will stunt produce production (SETimes.com)

Heavy snow and low temperatures in Serbia, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina will have a negative effect on local vegetable producers and will result in limited early supplies, experts warned.

DI-VE - Local news / Current affairs

[Malta?] This year’s comparatively harsh winter has taken its toll on the most vulnerable, and Mater Dei Hospital had to rise to the challenge of meeting the higher demands this brought.
Around 25 more people are being admitted daily compared to the same period last year, mostly afflicted with respiratory problems and other winter-related ailments. This surge means that the wards at Mater Dei are swollen as the staff copes to house all the patients, and wards meant for 24 people are now housing 26 or 27.

Marvin Meadors: Why Do Meteorologists Dismiss Climate Change Science?

they are seemingly unaware of the uniformity of the scientific consensus

Why I Am Peter Gleick

When your opponent has dipped his gloves in glue and glass and has kicked you in the nuts [I guess since I'm not a climatologist, I don't understand why the glove thing would make the alleged nut-kicking more painful], most people would agree that if you depart somewhat from the Queensbury rules the other side has no right to complain about your ethics.  

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