Adverse climatic conditions hit mango production – Pakistan

Dr Noorul Islam, Director General, Ayub Agriculture Research Institute (AARI), said that harsh frost bite, has had a severe adverse impact as late as march this year. “Prolonged winter season also impacted the start of late flowering which in turn will lower yield,” Dr. Noor ul Islam said.

80 percent of pulses to be imported: traders | Pakistan

The country is likely to import about 80 percent of pulses required for meeting local consumption after the local crop was devastated by frost in winter last year, importers said on Sunday. "Around 80 percent of pulse crops were destroyed by cold weather in winter last year and the country will now have to import the commodity to satisfy the local demand," a leading importer, Anis Majeed, told Business Recorder.

Michael McCarthy: Ghastly, lethal to birds – but a necessary evil - Green Living - Environment - The Independent

Solar power, wave power, tidal power and nuclear power are all a long way off in terms of major deployment, and wind energy, with those massive turbines, is in effect the only game in town.

On the other hand, there is no doubt that those turbines are a major and unmissable intrusion on any cherished piece of countryside.

Netherlands - “Today coldest summer since 1975”

With a maximum temperature of 11 degrees Celsius (51.8 F) in De Bilt today, it became the coldest day of the meteorological summer since 1975, reports the weather office Meteo Consult.

The reef is robust and dynamic | Climate Nonconformist

Keith Delacy, a former Queensland Treasurer, writes in The Australian about the Great Barrier Reef.