World Climate Report » “A significant measure of negative feedback to global warming”

A new paper just published in Geophysical Research Letters by Roger Davies and Mathew Molloy of the University of Auckland finds that over the past decade the global average effective cloud height has declined and that “If sustained, such a decrease would indicate a significant measure of negative cloud feedback to global warming.”

Arctic ice extent low overall, high in the Bering Sea « Arctic Sea Ice News and Analysis

ice extent in the Bering Sea was much greater than average, reaching the second-highest levels for January in the satellite record.

Inconclusive Melting As Romm Skips Debate

As my colleague Myron Ebell reported earlier this week, Joe Romm pulled out of a scheduled debate on climate policy last Friday with the Heritage Foundation’s David Kreutzer.

Given the last-minute nature of Romm’s cancellation, the host of the debate initially used a bottle of Corona Light to symbolically take Romm’s place at the podium.  I thought the beer bottle was a poor substitute, and replaced it with a plate of ice cubes.